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The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens IMAX details, new LEGO sets for 2016, Star Wars Steelbook Blu-Ray details and more

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In this edition of The Week in Star Wars, we’re looking at the IMAX details for The Force Awakens, we’ve got details of LEGO sets for 2016 and the new Steelbook Blu-rays as well as some video game and comic book news… Kicking things off this week is some details about the IMAX screenings of […]

Poltergeist helmer Gil Kenan to direct Five Nights at Freddy’s movie

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Back in April, Warner Bros. announced that it had acquired the movie rights to the video game franchise Five Nights at Freddy’s, and now Deadline is reporting that the studio has found its director. According to the site, Gil Kenan (Monster House, Poltergeist) has signed on to direct the film, as well as writing the […]

The Week in Star Wars – Leaked image from The Force Awakens, Benicio Del Toro for Episode VIII, Michael Jackson playing Jar Jar Binks and more

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We’ve got some new concept art and leaked images from The Force Awakens, a possible new villain for Episode VIII and The King of Pop as the most annoying character in the saga in this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars… Kicking things off with news from Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and […]

Report: PLAY it! at the MOSI in Manchester

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Villordsutch reports from PLAY it! at the MOSI in Manchester… Yesterday evening I attending the grand opening of PLAY it! at the MOSI in Manchester.  The doors were finally flung open for a hands on video gaming event for the next coming fortnight, which will see people embracing gaming through the past three decades. Whether […]

The Week in Star Wars – First Order Stormtrooper details, LEGO Star Wars: The Force Awakens sets revealed, Rogue One begins filming and more

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In this week’s edition of The Week in Star Wars, new information about the First Order Stormtroopers revealed, plenty of LEGO Star Wars bits and pieces and the secret history of Obi Wan Kenobi… Kicking things off with only a couple of bits of The Force Awakens news (which is bound to explode this coming week […]

Fabled Nintendo PlayStation actually exists

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A Reddit user has posted pictures of what seems to be the incredibly rare prototype which Sony made for Nintendo during their brief partnership some 25 years ago. The prototype itself was created in 1990-91 as a disc playing add-on for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, however, the deal turned on its head after Nintendo […]

Batman: Arkham Knight and A Trip Back to the Asylum

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With the release of Batman: Arkham Knight this week, Samuel Brace takes a trip back to the Asylum… This week, as Batman: Arkham Knight hit consoles and PC’s across the globe, I sat there unable to refrain from hearkening back to years past, 2009 in particular and the series debut game that so many of […]

Interview: Cities Skylines lead game designer Karoliina Korppoo

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Ben Rayner chats with Cities Skylines lead game designer Karoliina Korppoo… With Cities Skylines capturing gamers minds in their droves, as thousands build sprawling landscapes, bustling with life Ben Rayner sits down with Lead Game Designer Karoliina Korppoo to talk tips, success and mods. Ben Rayner: Why do you think Cities Skylines has been so […]

Video Game Review – Cities Skylines

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Ben Rayner reviews Cities Skylines… To follow an old concept that’s often been thrown around in the gaming world, Cities Skylines is a killer. More precisely it’s a Sim City killer. The way it looks and feels, along with its core soul, it takes what everyone loved about Sim City and rather than throw in […]