Casting Shadow Warrior into the limelight

The original Shadow Warrior was released a year after Duke Nukem 3D. Whereas Duke Nukem went on to appear in numerous spin-offs – no less than 13 different studios have created games starring the cigar smoking macho man, in fact – Shadow Warrior’s protagonist Lo Wang was consigned to obscurity. That was until Polish developer …

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The rise of Sony’s new order

Despite a mixed reception, The Order: 1886 has become the latest UK chart topper, dethroning Evolve after just one week on top. Evolve now rests at #3 while Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare moves back up to #2. Far Cry 4 and GTA V finish off the top five at #4 and #5 respectively. How …

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The Order: 1886 review round-up

It’s just as the prophecy (read: that notorious YouTube walkthrough) foretold – Ready at Dawn’s The Order: 1886 can indeed be beaten in an afternoon. Every critic has now had their say on how they feel about the game’s length, and a fair few felt that it’s still worth considering despite being short. “Yes, it’s …

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Evolve – Review

Surrounding the player in just the right amount of chaos is a tricky task. If things get too hectic then all sense of being in control is lost and the player will no doubt feel frustrated as a result. If a developer gets it right though, controlled chaos can be a wonderful thing. Titanfall creators …

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Nintendo strikes back

Last week’s trio of big name releases – Evolve, Zelda: Majora’s Mask and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate – are off to a monstrously good start. It’s 2K’s Evolve that takes the top spot in the UK all-formats top 40. Chart-Track reports that the Xbox One version shifted the most copies, albeit by fewer than 400 …

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The current-gen remasters keep on coming

Amazon has listed a bunch of rather unlikely PlayStation 4 re-releases. Unlikely in the sense that most are games we never expected to see getting a dust off. As spotted by VG247, they’re an assortment THQ and JoWood games from days gone by. Nordic Games – who acquired a hefty amount of THQ’s IP when …

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Evolve review round-up

It would have been easy for Turtle Rock to milk the zombie genre further by creating a spiritual successor to Left 4 Dead, but instead they’ve taken the much more challenging route with Evolve to give us something new and fresh. This – combined with the fact that there’s no last-gen strap – really is …

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The Legend of Zelda – eBay round-up special

So there we were thinking that a Zelda eBay round-up would be pleasurable to write, when in fact it was actually pretty disheartening. This is all down to the copious amount of limited edition New 3DS Majora’s Mask pre-order bundles being sold for vastly inflated prices. We even spotted some marked up as high as …

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Get ready for #Nintendo3DSDay

Rather than put out the usual weekly download schedule, Nintendo has instead issued a “special” press release in anticipation for the New Nintendo 3DS’s launch this Friday. Or #Nintendo3DSDay as they hope folk will call it. Twitter folk, presumably. It was already a given that The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask 3D and Monster Hunter …

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UK top three unchanged

Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare celebrates its 8th week at the top of the UK top 40 this week, putting it neck and neck with the amount of weeks FIFA 15 has spent on top. GTA V remains at #2 for a second week running while FIFA 15 holds fast at #3. Assassin’s Creed: Unity …

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