Bitcoin Tycoon – Xbox Indie Review

Unsure what a Bitcoin is? Don’t even bother looking for the answer – you may as well just spend those thirty seconds cleaning dirt from under your finger nails. Trust us, that’s a far more beneficial thing to do with your time. All you need to know is that they’re the currency in this Xbox …

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Can’t wait for Zelda Wii U? Try Darksiders II

Impatiently waiting for Nintendo to finally reveal Legend of Zelda on Wii U? You should definitely consider reaching for Darksiders II to fill the Hyrulian-shaped void. Though rather than heading on a quest to save the princess or uncover the secret to a mysterious event; as Death, and his journey to free his brother War …

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Talking about MyDream

It appears voxels are in this season. California-based indie developers MyDream Interactive have recently finished their successfully funded Kickstarter campaign for MyDream, a co-operative world building game that takes inspiration from the likes of Minecraft and LittleBigPlanet. After surpassing their Kickstarter goal and receiving backing from high-profile figures such as Ultima Online creator Richard Garriott, …

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Titanfall – Xbox 360 Review

EA wasn’t lying when they claimed the Xbox 360 version of Titanfall was in safe hands. Over the years Bluepoint Games have made a name for themselves by releasing a steady string of quality HD conversions, including Konami’s MGS HD collection and Sony’s pairing of Ico and The Shadow of Colossus. Titanfall however is their …

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Tackle Nintendo Pocket Football Club from Thursday

It’s a decent week for new releases on the Nintendo eShop, with Nintendo Pocket Football Club arriving just in time for the World Cup. Reviews of the 3DS soccer management sim surfaced last week, including 7/10 from both Eurogamer and God is a Geek. Nintendo Life meanwhile felt it was worth an 8/10: “If you’re …

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Titanfall gets back on top

With the Xbox 360 version finally released, Titanfall has re-taken the top spot of the UK chart. This is more of an accomplishment than it may seem – it has managed to keep LEGO The Hobbit from claiming #1. And we all know how popular LEGO games are, right? LEGO The Hobbit enters at #2. …

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Talking about Let’s Go Camping!

Texas based indie developer Steamburger Studios have just launched their campaign on Kickstarter to help fund the development of their colourful new camping adventure game, Let’s Go Camping! We had the chance to chat and find out more about their plans. With its beautiful, simple visuals and mix of open world exploration, monster hunting and camping, …

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Kinect Sports Rivals – swing and a miss?

There’s more riding on Kinect Sports Rivals than you may expect – Microsoft hopes that it’ll reignite people’s passion for the motion controlled device, just like the original Kinect Sports did back on Xbox 360. Sadly though, review scores haven’t been too positive so far. On the bottom end of the scale there’s the 2/5 …

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Gran Turismo 6 and Flappybalt in perfect harmony

Console games are bloated dinosaurs! Mobile games are stupid time wasters! Both true. But that’s fine, when taken together. Take Gran Turismo 6, which I quickly tired of before even playing, due to the initial update and install. But I got a lot done in the time GT6 took to do basically nothing. Canabalt is …

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WarioWare leads second wave of GBA re-releases

We were hoping to spend this week negotiating deals in the free-to-play Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball and brushing up our photography skills in Chibi-Robo: Photo Finder, but both are sadly absent from this week’s Nintendo eShop schedule. Fortunately, there are other releases of note due out. On the Wii U there’s the second wave of …

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There’s no tackling FIFA

FIFA 14 has unexpectedly re-taken the top spot of the UK chart, keeping The Elder Scrolls Online at bay. Bethesda’s PC RPG – due out on PS4 and Xbox One later this year – has to make do with #2. It’ll be interesting to see where it is next week – Diablo III: Reaper of …

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First Scram Kitty review appears in ONM

Oodles of promising Wii U indie titles are on the horizon, but arguably Dakko Dakko’s Scram Kitty And His Buddy on Rails is the most promising of all. The anticipated on-rails platform shooter – with its eye-catching Army of Trolls artwork – leads the way in ONM’s review section this month. A four page review, …

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Ark at Batman in Blackgate

Batman doesn’t stray far from the world of videogames, does he? This week the caped crusader is back once again – Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate – Deluxe Edition is one the few releases out this week. Just like last year’s Castlevania: Mirror of Fate HD, it was originally a handheld release. Capcom’s whip cracker is …

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Sci-fi shooter Sev Zero launches alongside Amazon Fire TV

Finally putting an end to countless rumours, Amazon has revealed their master plan to dominate living rooms all over the world. The front room assault begins today – the $99 Amazon Fire TV is available to purchase now in the US. The system – which comes with a remote – packs 8GB internal storage, 2GB …

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Rambo: The Video Game – Review

It’s easy to forget that a couple of decades ago many publishers relied almost solely on movie tie-ins to turn a profit. It’s not quite as easy to forget just how awful the majority were – your current favourite movie being transformed into generic 2D platformer was about as much as you could have wished …

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