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Kingdom Review – I’m King Of The Castle….And They’re All Dead. Damn.
Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Noio , Licorice Publisher: Raw Fury Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No Kingdom takes the epic, sprawling kingdom building of games like Civilisation and compacts it into a tiny, pixellated, side-scrolling game where, as the ruling monarchy, your primary method of interaction is to hurl money at things and let the peasants take…
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Warner Bros. Offering Full Refunds For Owners Of Batman: Arkham Knight On PC
Having been pulled from sale on Steam for four months and then finally re-released Batman: Arkham Knight on PC has been one hell of a farce from the very beginning, and now it seems that following a large amount of people still having problems with the game Warner Bros. are admitting defeat. Today the company…
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Batman: Arkham Knight PC Version Back On Sale, But May Still Be A Mess
Four months Warner Bros. removed Batman: Arkham Knight from sale following massive backlash from consumers over the game’s horrendous launch state, promising to fix the multitude of problems that had been stopping many people from enjoying it. Now, four months on, Batman: Arkham Knight has returned to Steam, and according to many people it’s still…
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Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate In-Depth Review – Yes, It’s Actually Quite Good This Time
Available On: Xbox One, PS4, PC (at a later date) Reviewed On: Xbox One Developer: Ubisoft Publisher: Ubisoft Singleplayer: yes Multipkayer: no Review code provided free of charge by the publisher. Fair Warning: the “in-depth” title is used for lengthy reviews. In this case the Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate review is nearly 6,000 words long, so…
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Transformers: Devastation Review – Autobots, Roll Out And Kick Ass
Platforms: PC, Xbox One, PS4, Xbox 360, PS3 Developer: Platinum Games Publisher: Activision Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No The Transformers license has had an incredibly rocky time when it comes to videgames, from the awesome PS2 title Transformers: The Game and High Moon Studios great War for Cybertron, and then considerably less impressive the movie tie-ins.…
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(Single-Player) Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game Review – Avengers Assemble! And Some Other People, Too…
Designer: Devin Low Publisher: Upper Deck Entertainment RRP: £44.99 Players 1-4 Game was provided free of charge by UK distributor Esdevium Games A while back I wrote an article where I talked about how tabletop games have seen a massive and impressive resurgence, which in turn has led to some truly stunning designer games that…
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Beyond Sol Review – Do I Have To Do Everything Around Here?
Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Praxia Entertainment Publisher: Praxia Entertainment Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes There are some days when I sit in front of the keyboard preparing to begin typing yet another hideously deformed review and simply cannot think of anything to say in the intro that will segue me into actually talking properly…
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Might & Magic Heroes VII Review – Same Old, Same Old
Platforms: PC Reviewed On: PC Developer: Limbic Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: Yes The last time I touched a Heroes of Might and Magic game was the sublime Heroes of Might & Magic 3, widely regarded as the best game in the entire franchise. Imagine my surprise to discover that despite some three core…
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Rebel Galaxy Review – Shiny, Let’s Be Bad Guys
Platforms: PC (Xbox One and PS4 coming later) Reviewed On: PC Release Date: October 20th Developer: Double Damage Games Publisher: Double Damage Games Singleplayer: Yes Multiplayer: No You may have noticed me slip a good few mentions of how much I love Firefly into various posts, the sci-fi western from Joss Whedon that never even…
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Twisted Dark Volume 1 Graphic Novel Review – A Twisted Pleasure
Following on from my adventures at Glasgow’s Comic-Con, which you can read about here, I promised four comic-book/graphic novel reviews. Here’s the third of them. Note: pictures here are not scans of the book, but rather images taken with a less than great camera. Take that into consideration when examining the artwork. Over the years…
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