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Play Expo 2015

This year, I went to Manchester’s EventCity to experience Play Expo 2015. An annual event that brings together game lovers from all around the country, Play Expo lived up to the hype of previous years...

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Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2 – Preview

Did you watch E3 this year? Do you remember during the EA conference the man in the oversized mascot costume and how absolutely no-one applauded? That pretty much sums up Plants vs Zombies: Garden...

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Review: Undertale

Recently there has been a lot of uproar regarding one game—Undertale. This RPG by tobyfox was released in mid-September 2015 and the internet has not shut up about it since. If aliens invaded tomorrow,...

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Review: The Legend of Zelda: Triforce Heroes

In 2014, the Legend of Zelda for Wii U was revealed to the public. The game looked stunning, and was promised with a 2015 release date. Unfortunately, at the beginning of this year, Mr Aonuma revealed...

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Bloodborne – how to tell a story through lore

Fear what you do not understand. This is one of the main themes of Bloodborne, the latest game from FromSoftware, released in March of this year. And this theme can very easily be applied to both the...

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Geist – Retro Review

In the video game industry at the moment everyone, both fans and video game companies, are used to Nintendo being the kid-friendly company who likes to do something different from everyone else, with...

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The Bad Truth behind Destiny’s Development

When science fiction shooter Destiny released in September 2014, it was clear that something had gone wrong. In the months leading up to its release, grand promises were made, hyping up the already...

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Chibi-Robo! Zip Lash – Review

Nintendo’s holiday line-up for 2015 is more than a little lacklustre, to say the least. While Xenoblade Chronicles X and Mario & Luigi Paper Jam appear to be shaping up very well as must have...

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Review: Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see London from the top of Nelson’s Column? It’s fair to say that I hadn’t considered it… until Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate came out. With the newest...

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Review: Subterfuge

Subterfuge is a mobile game. It’s also probably my game of the year. Blasphemy, right? It turns out that this might be the best format for strategy games that I never knew existed. Co-created by one of...

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Rayman 2: The Great Escape – Retro Review

Ubisoft has recently been taking Rayman back to his platforming roots with Rayman: Origins and Rayman Legends. These games are 2D platformers much like the original Mario games and, much like Mario,...

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Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc – Retro Review

Previously I reviewed the game Rayman 2: the Great Escape on the Nintendo 64. It was Ubisoft’s first attempt at taking their platforming hero Rayman into the third dimension. Like other games in the...

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Final Fantasy VII HD: Everything we know?

Square Enix has recently found itself back in the forefront of our minds and on the tongues of all gamers young and old, and there can only one real explanation why—the long awaited urban legend has...

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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Review

Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 is easily the weirdest Call of Duty ever made, and that’s definitely not a bad thing. Whether it be electrocuting imaginary wolves with the palm of your hand, or travelling...

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The Witness in motion

After waiting years for The Witness to be released on PlayStation 4, I downloaded it within a week of its release. A puzzle game not too different the classic PC game Myst, but it has more intuitive...

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Xenoblade Chronicles X – Review

Back in 2010 there was an internet movement known as ‘Project Rainfall’. The idea behind this was to convince Nintendo to localise three games on the Wii that had gained some notable notoriety online...

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Where’s My Mommy? – Review

Going through the list of new releases and looking for something to review can be a tedious task; the choices being I go into my overdraft buying the latest triple-A game, or I find some artsy piece...

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Pokémon Red/Blue & Yellow – Retro Review

A few weeks ago we had what was collectively known across the internet as ‘Pokémon Day’. This celebration happened on February 27th, 2016, 20 years to the day after the release of the very first...

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Is hype everything?

Last November was a busy month for the gaming industry, with numerous big releases coming to all platforms. Fallout 4 was perhaps the most hyped of all of these releases and I, like many others, was...

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Why E3 2016 may be the best year yet

It’s getting to that time of year again when the world’s largest expo for gaming shows up with a bang and leaves us tantalizing over all the new game and tech reveals. The Electronics Entertainment...

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