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Uncharted: Golden Abyss for 79p? Oh, go on then…

Uncharted: Golden Abyss for 79p? Oh, go on then…

John February 23, 2012 0

Red faces at Sony tonight, as floods of people were able to download PS Vita’s Uncharted: GoldenAbyss for an incredible 79p. A keen-eyed observer noticed that the Golden Abyss Treasure Map DLC pack on PSN was actually the full game. Priced

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Konami: ‘No Current Plans’ for Console Silent Hill: The Arcade

Konami: ‘No Current Plans’ for Console Silent Hill: The Arcade

John January 6, 2012 0

I contacted Konami yesterday to see if there was a planned console release for Silent Hill: The Arcade. “It’s not on any current plans,” was the official response from their European PR handlers, Voltage

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Five Signs That Batman’s a Manic Depressive

Five Signs That Batman’s a Manic Depressive

John December 2, 2011 0

***MASSIVE SPOILERS BELOW!!*** Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. Two of the best-selling games over the last few years, starring the world’s greatest detective, trained to the absolute limits of physical human perfection. But both

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Why Metal Gear 5 Will Suck MASSIVE Dick

Why Metal Gear 5 Will Suck MASSIVE Dick

John November 22, 2011 8

That bastard Hideo Kojima depressed me no-end yesterday, when Eurogamer published a direct quote of his from an interview he recently gave to Official Playstation Magazine. “I think we’ll probably have to make it

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Excuse me, where are my boss fights?

Excuse me, where are my boss fights?

John November 17, 2011 1

*WARNING: SPOILERS BELOW!* I’m irked. I feel a lot of key titles this generation have let down hardcore gamers because of their story-driven principles. Well, let me down at least. Maybe I’m just tired

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How The Black Eyed Peas Sum Up Kinect’s Failings

How The Black Eyed Peas Sum Up Kinect’s Failings

John November 16, 2011 1

Everyone has their opinion on motion controls and gaming. Me? I don’t mind it, really – but then again I don’t really play any games where motion sensing is a pivotal requirement. I play

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The Five Best Gaming Jokes in the Latest Simpsons Episode

The Five Best Gaming Jokes in the Latest Simpsons Episode

John November 14, 2011 3

Our opinion of The Simpsons? It’s certainly waned an awful lot since the twelfth season, but we can forgive it. We grew up with it, it helped shape our generation, and it’s a cartoon

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Five Books That Would Make Great Video Games

Five Books That Would Make Great Video Games

John October 5, 2011 0

Award-winning author Christopher Fowler, writing for CVG today, asks why more books aren’t turned into video games, citing them as an excellent source of inspiration. Fowler says: “Imagine a game of JG Ballard’s ‘High

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Why There’s No Defence for the New Features in Fifa 12

Why There’s No Defence for the New Features in Fifa 12

John October 4, 2011 2

Like every modern football fan, I demand instant success. If my team loses three games in a row then I want to see the manager publicly hung, drawn and quartered, all from the comfort

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Is There Any Way Back for Music-based Games?

Is There Any Way Back for Music-based Games?

John September 30, 2011 0

When we’re not whittling our lives away looking at porn, we’re usually doing a good impression of Scrooge McDuck. Credit and Debit cards in hand, we’ll scour the internet for the best gaming bargains

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How Microsoft is Killing Gaming with Sinister SEO

How Microsoft is Killing Gaming with Sinister SEO

John June 22, 2011 5

Never heard of SEO? We used to work in it for a living, and let us tell you, it can be a horrible mistress at the best of times. Standing for ‘Search Engine Optimisation’,

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The Two-tier Gaming Premier League

The Two-tier Gaming Premier League

John June 10, 2011 0

Follow football? Then you’ll know how boring the Scottish Premier League is, with only Celtic and Rangers realistically contesting the title every year. The same two-horse race happened this year in Spain with only

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