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Final Fantasy XIV takes the world by storm with over 10 million players

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Final Fantasy XIV is taking the world by storm and the MMO has now surpassed 10 million players worldwide! Final Fantasy XIV’s capacity for providing regular and fresh new content, not forgetting the release of its latest expansion Stormblood, are some of the reasons attributed to its continuing success. Not only does Stormblood present players with […]

Watch Ninja Theory’s final Dev Diary for Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice

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Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice arrives tomorrow (8th August 2017) on the PS4 and PC and to celebrate this release, we’ve got the final Development Diary from Ninja Theory to take a look at below.  Within the video you’ll see the team’s final push for release and getting prepared the game’s launch. From the makers of Heavenly Sword, […]

Sun & Moon – Burning Shadows hits the shelves with a free Pokémon coming to the 3DS at GAME

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For fans of Pokémon to “Catch’em all” is truly a way of life.  Most of the numerous Trainers out there know that the third expansion of the Trading Card Game series titled, Sun & Moon—Burning Shadows, is now hitting the UK shelves; this being some rather excellent news for the millions of Pokéholics.  Though this isn’t the […]

Video Game Review – Tacoma

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Shaun Munro reviews Tacoma… The follow-up to Fullbright’s much-discussed exploration game Gone Home is an effort both ambitious and familiar, a frequently haunting, character-driven sci-fi drama that mostly overcomes its occasional divergences into ennui. Mostly. The year is 2088, and protagonist Amy Ferrier is a technician sent to the titular abandoned space station to retrieve ODIN, a valuable […]

Video Game Review – Redeemer

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Lewy Buck reviews Redeemer… For someone who enjoys twin-stick shooters I admittedly don’t play enough of them, from early titles such as Smash TV to the more recent Blacksea Odyssey I’ve never really had an awful experience with one but at the same time I’ve never thought one should have a place in my yearly […]

Marvel Contest of Champions welcomes Green Goblin, Doctor Octopus and the Stark-Enhanced Spider-Man

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In addition to the Stark-Enhanced Spider-Man suit from Spider-Man: Homecoming, Marvel Contest of Champions is adding two of the wall-crawler’s most iconic foes this month in Green Goblin (available now) and Doctor Octopus (available August 17th). Cunning businessman Norman Osborn was rarely satisfied with the success lawful ventures provided. Intending to gain the strength to […]

5 Ideas For Future Telltale Games

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Calum Petrie with five ideas for future Telltale games… Telltale Games has now been pushing out narrative driven episodic games for a number of years, and the source material has always came from an outside property. The company has seen great success adapting the likes of The Walking Dead, Batman and even Minecraft into its […]

“Diablo meets Mortal Kombat” as Redeemer available now on Steam and GOG

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Let loose today upon PCs across the globe – from Gambitious Digital Entertainment – is a top-down, close-quarters action brawler called Redeemer, the game that’s been described a “Diablo meets Mortal Kombat”.  Indie developer Sobaka Studio’s have delivered a truly brutal game in which you play an ex-mercenary called Vasily, who is on the run […]

Captain America takes on The Hulk in footage from cancelled Marvel fighting game

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We found out last year that a fighting game based on the characters from the Marvel Universe was the victim of the shut down of EA Chicago. The game, rumoured to be titled Marvel: Destruction, would see one-on-one fights between your favourite characters in fully destructible locations – perfect for characters like The Hulk! In […]