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Max Payne Mobile double taps Androids

June 11, 2012

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No, Max hasn’t become a Blade Runner – the original bullet time shooter is landing on Android handsets and tablets this week. The first game in the long running series, Max Payne got the mobile treatment not too long ago when the game made a spectacular arrival on iOS devices.…

Retro Review: Tumble Pop (3DS Virtual Console)

June 11, 2012

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Tumble Pop is the kind of game the Game Boy really excelled at. It’s a simple, joyous little arcade game, and while it’s a title that’s largely been forgotten to history, it’s a game that is worth looking at again now. Released back in 1993, it’s a simple take on…

Review: 3D Solitaire (3DS)

June 11, 2012

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I’m not quite sure what the point of 3D Solitaire is. I mean, it’s a card game – perhaps the most basic popular card game of all time – and I’m not sure anyone was hanging out for a 3D take on it when the 3DS was announced. Card games…

Review: Uncharted: Golden Abyss (Vita)

June 11, 2012

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Treasure hunter, expert climber, fighter, even heartthrob? Pretty much all the characteristics Nathan Drake embodies. His first outing onto a portable device brings with it the same cinematic action sequences that are present on the console games whilst also showing off the power of the Vita. There is a story…

Crytek CEO: “The future is online and free-to-play”

June 8, 2012

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In an interview posted on VideoGamer.com, Crytek CEO Cevat Yerli has stated that all of their future games beyond those already in development will be entirely free-to-play. As stated before, this bit of information comes from an interview that VideoGamer.com had with Yerli on the last day of E3. While…

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June 8, 2012

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If you’ve been around for a while, have a look down the bottom of this post – you’ll see our comments platform has been upgraded! Now you can keep up to date with our hottest topics and discussions in real time – we hope it helps us be even a…

Peter Molyneux is a misunderstood creative genius

June 8, 2012

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Peter Molyneux is a true champion of games creativity, but in the world of gaming mixed messages, that means he is also quite possibly the least popular high profile developer. As an observer of the industry for some 20 years, one of the persistent commentaries I’ve seen in recent years…

humble-update-humble-indie-bundle-v

June 8, 2012

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As I speculated earlier, Humble Indie Bundle V has added more games to the overall package to sweeten the deal. A total of three new games have been added; Jasper Byrne’s 2D horror game Lone Survivor, Team Meat‘s extremely difficulty platformer Super Meat Boy, and Number None’s possibly-pretentious Braid. While…

choose-your-own-review-diablo-3-pc

June 8, 2012

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Diablo 3 is the biggest game on the planet right now, so it’s likely that you’ve already formed an opinion on it. You might hate it for its always-on DRM and the regular Error 37s that stop you connecting to the server. Maybe you’re a fan and you’ve completed it…

The Nintendo Download heads to Gotham City

June 7, 2012

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Hot on the heels of E3, the latest Nintendo Download is jam packed with trailers and a very cool download in the form of the LEGO Batman 2 demo. Batman 2, in case you don’t know, should just probably just have been titled LEGO Justice League since it features all…

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