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07 June 2011 ~ 11 Comments

Master Chief back in Halo 4

At their E3 press conference in LA yesterday Microsoft made the announcement that gamers across the world have been waiting four years for. The Master Chief is back… I’ll be honest, I may have cried a little manly happy tear. The return of “Big Green”, or Master Chief Petty Officer Spartan John-117 to give him [...]

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01 November 2010 ~ 6 Comments

Fable III voice cast features the cream of British actors

Fable III voice cast features the cream of British actors

Top British actors lend their voices to the latest installment in Lionhead’s Fable series of videogames.

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14 October 2010 ~ 60 Comments

A history of Sonic the Hedgehog.

Sonic 4 is coming out, so let’s take a look back at our favourite blue friend.

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21 September 2010 ~ 74 Comments

A Brief History of Zombies

Zombie horror has finally broken into the mainstream after years of cult obscurity.Follow the history of the modern zombie, all the way from George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead to Valve Software’s Left 4 Dead.

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03 August 2010 ~ 73 Comments

Rock Band 3 Announces New Features

Rock Band 3 is going to be all new and fancy. Woo!

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18 February 2010 ~ 56 Comments

Ubisoft DRM requires always-on internet connection

Image via Wikipedia Games publisher Ubisoft have come in for some considerable flak over plans to implement a new DRM and copy-protection approach to their PC games. Back in January, the publisher announced that to play or save any Ubisoft games on PC then the user would require to be permanently connected to the internet [...]

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14 January 2010 ~ 95 Comments

Star Trek Online Klingon trailer

Star Trek Online Klingon trailer

Star Trek Online, the new MMORPG based on the Star Trek universe and due to be released on 2nd February have let loose the dogs of war by releasing a ‘Klingon’ trailer. In the trailer, you’ll be able to visit Qo’noS, the Klingon’s home base as wekk as some good looking space battles featuring Klingon [...]

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26 August 2009 ~ 8 Comments

Red Faction: Guerilla Multiplayer Pack revealed

Red Faction: Guerilla Multiplayer Pack revealed

Image by THQInsider via Flickr More downloadable content is coming to Red Faction: Guerrilla according to THQ. Following the recent release of Demons of the Badland DLC pack, THQ has announced details of a second DLC pack which will feature two new playmodes – Bagman and Team Bagman, as well as eight new maps which [...]

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21 August 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Codemasters DiRT 2 Demo Lap

Codemasters DiRT 2 Demo Lap

Codemasters have released a demo video of a lap from DiRT 2. It was one of the most popular videos on YouTube the day after the English production house uploaded the vid. It’s clearly a hard thing to do but we looked through the YouTube comments. A lot of people are trying to compare this [...]

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19 August 2009 ~ 57 Comments

Earthworm Jim makes a return

Earthworm Jim makes a return

Image via Wikipedia Good news heroes. Earthworm Jim is making a comeback. The much loved and funny Earthworm Jim character hasn’t had console success in about ten years. It’s been announced that Gameloft has sorted out a deal with the developer Interplay. Which consoles will Earthworm Jim appear? We don’t have all the details yet [...]

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