Video Game Reviews, Articles
If, like me, you’ve been holding off buying games because of the imminent console generation leap but still find yourself perusing the shiny things in the store, September’s Games with Gold are here to rescue your wallet. The lovely folks…
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QuakeCon has announced that, thanks to $20,000 worth of donations, Quake III Arena is now free to download via the Bethesda Launcher (you can download it here – check it out on the store page). Released in 1999, Quake III…
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Copyright strikes have once again claimed another ambitious project, that being Goldeneye 25. Intended on being a fan remake of the critically-acclaimed shooter Goldeneye 64, developed by Rare in 1997, the title was to be released on the original game’s…
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We may be nearing the end of the current console generation but there are still plenty of games to be played while we hungrily consume each scant morsel of next-gen news. What’s more, if you’re an Xbox Live Gold or…
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Factfile Developed by: Taito Published by: Taito Released: 1978 Format played: Arcade Ruminations Is it possible? Are there gamers who have never played Space Invaders? Or even *GASP* never heard of it? Forming the second part of my Holy…
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Widely considered to be one of the greatest Super Nintendo titles ever made, Rare’s iconic side-scroller Donkey Kong Country from 1994 is now available to play on Nintendo Switch Online. In it, Donkey Kong and his little buddy Diddy Kong…
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We’ve all fantasized about making our own action movie at some point (you’re probably an exceptionally boring person if you haven’t), but the vast majority of us either can’t be bothered to rob a few banks to fund such a…
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July’s free games for Playstation Plus subscribers are now available (until August 3) as Sony celebrates 10 years of the service that set the standard for consoles. As always, remember that Plus games can be added to your library if…
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Independent development studio WayForward has recently announced that, due to popular demand, two entries from the action-adventure-platformer Shantae series are making their way to consoles later this year. Shantae was released on the Game Boy Colour in 2002 in very…
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Duke Nukem has been kicking alien ass since the early nineties, but he really made his name in the critically-acclaimed shooter Duke Nukem 3D. 3D Realms had a masterpiece on their hands, as it was running on a more powerful…
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A retro-inspired first-person shooter… set in socialist Czechoslovakia? Admit it, that wasn’t what you were expecting from an indie FPS. HROT is the brainchild of the one-man developer Spytihněv, who manages to pull off not only the old school shooter…
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I’ve played some fast-paced shooters in my years of gaming, but ULTRAKILL is on a whole new level. Taking inspiration from a slew of titles like Quake, DOOM 2016 and Devil May Cry, what we have here is a sugar…
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Project Warlock is yet another first-person shooter that pays tribute to the classics of yesteryear. This one feels like a ramped-up version of Wolfenstein 3D with a punchy arsenal akin to DOOM’s, some Hexen-esque spells, and a few other nifty,…
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Oh, another retro-chique first-person shooter on the market? Not exactly surprising at this point. What sets This Strange Realm Of Mine – developed and published by Doomster Entertainment – apart from the rest of the shooters out there is its attempt…
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What is it? DOOM is a first-person shooter developed by id Software and published by Bethesda in 2016. It is a reboot of the classic series. The legendary DOOM Slayer has awoken in a military installation on Mars, where the…
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