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The Interactive Canvas interview announcement: Brenda Romero

February 7, 2014

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News by Matt S. Today we have another wonderful artist interview announcement to make. One of the most experienced game developers still working in the industry (and the longest-serving female developer), Brenda Romero, is going to participate in our humble book about games as art. Romero started working in the…

Review: Echo Prime (PC)

February 7, 2014

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Review by Harvard L. The world first saw Echo Prime as a premium price iOS title from Robot Entertainment, a studio that developed titles like Orcs Must Die and Hero Academy and are made up of former employees from Ensemble Studio, the team which developed Age of Empires. It’s a…

a-useful-ios-app-for-gamers-sheet

February 6, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Finding a good application to digitalise your Dungeons & Dragons pen-and-paper RPG character sheet is more difficult than it should be. There’s plenty of them on the market, but they almost universally have terrible interfaces, or miss vital information, or are simply clunky to use. Sheet…

kojima-clarifies-ground-zeroes-play-time

February 6, 2014

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News by Shaan J.While Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain doesn’t have a solid release date, its standalone-prequel, titled Ground Zeroes, is due out next month, and serves to show player the open-world nature of the game, along with then newly developed Fox Engine. However, amid all the pre-release…

How does that Pokemon Bank stand up?

February 6, 2014

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Review by Matt S. A couple of days ago Nintendo finally rolled out its hotly-anticipated Pokemon Bank to European and Australian Poke-nuts, and the service has just launched in the US. Promising the ability to store thousands of virtual critters on nice, safe servers back at Nintendo HQ, this Cloud…

amazon-makes-major-gaming-acquisition

February 6, 2014

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News by Matt S. Here’s an interesting bit of news; Amazon has acquired Double Helix Games, the developer of the recent Killer Instinct reboot and Strider. This follows rumours that Amazon was preparing to make a formal play into the game console space currently dominated by Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft.…

review-sultans-of-rema-iphone-ipad

February 6, 2014

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Review by Rob P. I once wrote a gamebook based on my life. It went like this: What would you like for lunch? If cheese, turn to page 23. If sandwiches, you must pass a dexterity check. Ah, it appears you are an inexpert sandwich-maker. You drop them on the…

Assassin’s Creed IV expansion is so big, it’s now a stand-alone game

February 6, 2014

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News by Matt S. Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag was initially a DLC add-on titled Freedom Cry. Obviously it’s a very big game in its own right though, because Freedom Cry is being released as a stand-alone title. In other words you don’t need to own Black Flag to download…

Gadget Review: QPAD QH-85 Pro Gaming Premium Stereo Headset

February 6, 2014

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Review by Rob P. Would you mind if I have a little gush? Because this is a lovely headset. Lovely, lovely, lovely. QPAD have a reputation for understated, pro-grade kit, and the QH-85 is no exception. It’s lovely, I tell you. Thankfully, there are some slightly less-than-lovely elements too, which…

Hands on with Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2

February 5, 2014

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Preview by Matt S. Following on from the quality reboot of the Castlevania franchise was always going to be a big ask. While the narrative itself left a sequel wide open, I felt that as an experience, Lords of Shadow was near-perfect as a self-contained title. There wasn’t any need…

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