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Could TimeSplitters finally be making a return?
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Could TimeSplitters finally be making a return?

After a sacrilegious hiatus of thirteen years, the TimeSplitters franchise could be set to make a long-awaited and warm-welcomed return. Koch Media, a THQ Nordic-owned company, announced they had acquired the rights to the infamous arcade shooter franchise just a few days ago. The TimeSplitters franchise, originally created by Free Radical Design (later known as

Rosalind Griffiths · August 18, 2018 · 2 Mins Read

The Best VR-Ready Laptops You Can Buy Right Now
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The Best VR-Ready Laptops You Can Buy Right Now

Virtual Reality, or VR for short, used to be more of a novelty for home gamers. Today, many companies are investing heavily into the VR market, and with the advances and reduction in costs, it’s here to stay. With platforms such as the HTC VIVE, virtual reality is more accessible than it’s ever been before.

Jessica Thompson · August 15, 2018 · 5 Mins Read

You’re The Voice: Tips And Tricks To Help You Master Alexa
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You’re The Voice: Tips And Tricks To Help You Master Alexa

Many sci-fi visions of the future included voice-controlled devices of some sort. Whether the plucky protagonists were ordering the lights to be dimmed or telling laser turrets to fire on the enemy spaceship, voice control was an integral part of what we thought the future would look like a few years back. Now, it seems,

Jessica Thompson · August 5, 2018 · 5 Mins Read

5 Tips & Tricks for Building 3D Game Characters
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5 Tips & Tricks for Building 3D Game Characters

Most games are almost all about the characters. While things like plot and landscape certainly play a role in the success of a game, characters are the foundation. All 3D characters start as an idea, then they’re transformed into 3D models. From there, you’ll add things like texture and materials to make them begin to

Jessica Thompson · July 20, 2018 · 3 Mins Read

Lego The Incredibles Review – Super Soldier Formula
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Lego The Incredibles Review – Super Soldier Formula

Consider, if you will, a perfectly constructed piece of furniture. Ornate and exquisitely carved, with minute designs etched into high-quality wood, this chair, this wardrobe, this bed hasn’t been created to break new ground, but to serve a specific purpose extremely well, and to look great doing it. In many ways, that’s analogous to the

Jessica Thompson · July 5, 2018 · 3 Mins Read

Build Your Own PC vs. Buy from a Brand – Why I Opted for an Alienware
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Build Your Own PC vs. Buy from a Brand – Why I Opted for an Alienware

Those who are looking to buy a new desktop computer might consider the option of building their own. My DELL XPS is now heading towards four years old, and it still performs fantastically well today. With that said, the latest games don’t perform too well anymore, since the graphics card is somewhat dated. Also, I

Jessica Thompson · June 29, 2018 · 3 Mins Read

How To Get A Cheap Graphics Card For Gaming In 2018
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How To Get A Cheap Graphics Card For Gaming In 2018

With the huge surge of cryptocurrency mining, the prices for graphics cards has increased massively. Trying to get your hands on a graphics card capable of playing all of the latest games in 2018 is very difficult. Not only have all pre-owned and new prices been inflated, but the availability of graphics cards is also

Jessica Thompson · June 29, 2018 · 3 Mins Read

5 Reasons Why Fortnite Is Better Than PUBG
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5 Reasons Why Fortnite Is Better Than PUBG

That’s right, we’re going there. We think that Fortnite is better than PUBG, and there are a number of reasons why. In this article, we point out 5 of the biggest reasons. We think it’s fair to say that this article is only based on opinion, not facts, so if you have a different opinion,

Jessica Thompson · June 29, 2018 · 3 Mins Read

The Top 10 Upcoming Horror Games
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The Top 10 Upcoming Horror Games

1. The Last of Us Part II After the emotional rollercoaster that was the first instalment of The Last of Us, the highly anticipated second part of the story seems to follow Ellie on a revenge-a-thon through the post-apocalyptic, shroom-ridden United States. We’re not sure yet who she’s avenging but with those graphics and those

Rosalind Griffiths · May 26, 2018 · 6 Mins Read

5 Past Gems In Need Of A Remaster
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5 Past Gems In Need Of A Remaster

Nostalgia is a funny thing, isn’t it? We love revisiting our past, reliving the experiences that made us who we are and that we still regard with fondness many years later. Nowhere is this more prevalent than in our media; I’d wager you, like me, have games you should rightly be ashamed of loving but

Jessica Thompson · May 20, 2018 · 5 Mins Read

Imagining EastEnders As A Video Game, For Some Reason
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Imagining EastEnders As A Video Game, For Some Reason

Some things are obvious picks for adaptations. Reading J.R.R. Tolkien’s opus The Lord of the Rings yields nothing but cinematic images and imagined sweeping shots across Middle-Earth vistas, while JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series is almost inextricable from its movie counterparts. The same is true of video games; one can hardly imagine the Batman universe

Jessica Thompson · May 20, 2018 · 4 Mins Read

Pimp Minecraft with Awesome Skins
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Pimp Minecraft with Awesome Skins

The Minecraft sensation has undoubtedly taken over the world by storm and is the subject of many online discussions across the vast reaches of the interwebs. If you are among the millions who love Minecraft, then there is a particular attribute of the game that you’ll find quite appealing: the ability to choose from a

Jessica Thompson · May 18, 2018 · 4 Mins Read