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FoxNext announces new Alien video game

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There may be some big question marks over the future of the Alien franchise on the big screen following the critical and commercial failure of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant (not to mention Disney’s acquisition of Fox’s film assets), but fans do at least have something to look forward to, with a new video game in […]

Version 2 update for Kingsman: The Golden Circle Mobile Game coming at the end of January

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NHN Pixelcube and FoxNext Games have announced that the Version 2.0 update for their puzzle action RPG, Kingsman: The Golden Circle Mobile Game, will be arriving at the end of this month.  This brand new update will feature lots of new content including a new friend system and more costumes. With the upcoming release of the […]

Johto Legends: Music from Pokémon Gold and Silver now available on CD and vinyl

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The latest classic game to get the orchestral treatment from Seattle based videogame music publisher and label, Materia Collective, is the Gameboy gem, Pokémon Gold and Silver from the good old days of 1999.  Titled Johto Legends: Music from Pokémon Gold and Silver, this latest orchestral re-imagining provides Pokemon fans with over an hour of new […]

BAFTA Award-winning Jesper Kyd returns to score Warhammer: Vermintide 2

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Fans of the fantastic first-person melee/shooter Warhammer: The End Times – Vermintide, will be pleased to hear that returning for the upcoming sequel Warhammer: Vermintide 2, is the BAFTA Award-winning Danish composer Jesper Kyd.  Once again Jesper Kyd will be bringing to this release a totally original score, that weaves perfectly throughout the game.  Below […]

Video Game Review – Nightmare Boy

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Scott Watson reviews Nightmare Boy… Take a strong pinch of Terry Gilliam’s unique storytelling, a healthy does of Guillermo del Toro’s at times extraordinary fantasia, and chuck it in the mixing pot with a metroidvania style old-school influenced 2D scroller come platformer and you may think you’re on to a winner with Nightmare Boy on […]

New trailer revealed for Call of Duty: WWII Resistance Community Event

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Call of Duty: WWII players are being called to battle in the new Resistance Community Event set to kick off on the 23rd January.  The event will run until the 27th February and feature free content including a new Resistance Division, new weapons and uniforms and new limited time game modes.  Plus there’s plenty of opportunities […]

PC release of Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA delayed again

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PC gamers looking forward to playing NIS America’s Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA will be disappointed to hear that the game has been delayed once again and this time without a set release date.  It goes without saying that there are plenty of good reasons for the delay and in my opinion, at the end of the […]

Video Game Review – The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: Xbox One Edition

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Calum Petrie reviews The Vanishing of Ethan Carter: Xbox One Edition… Upon the original release of the game in 2014, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter was both praised and ridiculed for its simplicity. The game was labelled a “walking simulator” due to the bare bones investigation and traversal around the game’s luscious and outstanding vistas. […]

Video Game Review – Nantucket

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Red Stewart reviews Nantucket… When I first saw the concept for Nantucket, I admit I was quite piqued. As someone who enjoyed the literary classic Moby-Dick, here was a game that, on the outset, took Herman Melville’s epic and combined it with a good old-fashioned graphic adventure. Unfortunately, the experience I got from playing it ended up […]