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What next for Medal of Honor?

Once a titan of videogaming, Medal of Honor has fallen on hard times. The rise of Call of Duty as an annual gore-fest has left the one-time trendsetting series as something of a laughable footnote,...

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Pieces of Eight: Videogame ‘space’ levels

Continuing my exploration of the best random levels in games I’ve played, here’s my pick of the best ‘Pieces of Eight: Videogame Space Levels’, in no particular order. As for a few of them being set...

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Retro Reboot: G-Police

Games, these days, are easy. Sure, there’s the occasional indie platformer that can lead to controller-hurling incidents, and anything involving online play can often leave me foaming at the mouth,...

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Retrospective: Warhammer Games

The war-torn battlefields of the 41st millennium have found more fans through the medium of mainstream gaming than it ever did on the 28mm tabletop. In fact, Nottingham-based ‘world’s best plastic...

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Top Five Games To Watch In 2015

After an arguably lacklustre 2014 for games, 2015 looks to be shaping up well for great titles. Here’s my top five most-anticipated games for 2015 – and a few that didn’t quite make the list. Number...

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Alien: Isolation – Sleeper hit of the year?

I’d heard of Alien: Isolation, but I had no intention of buying it. Aliens: Colonial Marines was a joke of a game, and only went on to prove my conviction that movie tie-in games – and games set in the...

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What next for XCOM?

I recently returned to my underground command centre somewhere beneath the Himalayas, and once again took control of the XCOM project – a global initiative activated in times of alien invasion, with...

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Know Your Enemy

Loath as I am to admit it, I thought about Call of Duty the other day. Usually I try to avoid thinking about that once-great series, which has fallen far from its heyday (Call of Duty: Modern Warfare)....

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Andy’s Top Ten: Videogame Technology (part two)

More fun with technology… go read part one here. Number Five: The Ebon Hawk (KOTOR) Well-shielded, well-armed, well-stocked and well-sexy looking, the Ebon Hawk would be my selection for interstellar...

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Andy’s Top Ten: Videogame Technology (part one)

Ever played a game and thought “Wow, I wish I could do that”? I know I have – and with the advancement of technology, someday I may be able to do all those things our videogame heroes take for granted....

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Retro Reboot: Syphon Filter

They don’t make ‘em like this anymore… Man, did I love the Syphon Filter games. There was just something about their easygoing, intense action which kept me coming back for more – despite the...

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The agony of choice – PS4 or Xbox One?

So it’s finally here – generation eight, the most powerful video gaming consoles yet made – and yes, they cost a shedload of money and have mostly-terrible launch line-ups. Some things never change…...

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Lights, camera, awful…

To my knowledge, there are no good videogame movies. The few which didn’t suck so badly I wanted to murder the director and use his skull as a drinking goblet went on to be so badly milked it just got...

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2013 Fail of the Year nominations

Despite 2013 being a truly epic year for video gaming, it wasn’t all champagne and caviar (unless you’re a Sony shareholder after the bodged Xbox One launch event…) We’ve had my nominations for the...

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GTA5 vs Saints Row 4: Lines in the sandbox

Despite what you might think, when I discuss ‘the sandbox war’ I won’t be discussing an epic battle between two toddlers down at the local recreation area. No, this article will be discussing a far...

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Fear the Twitterati…

Once upon a time, console wars were fought in schoolyards, between groups of friends banging on about how their console has 32 bits, and yours doesn’t – mostly without ever knowing exactly what a ‘bit’...

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Andy’s Top Ten: E3 2013 picks

Too busy to watch the live E3 coverage flowing from LA? Here’s my top ten news snippets you need to know, it’s Andy’s Top Ten: E3 picks. Number Ten: OUYA! (The noise one makes when spotting the Cops)...

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Guest Review: Epic

Guest hack Brett Maddux went to see animated movie Epic the other day – and rather felt it didn’t live up to its name… With only the visually impressive display in the theater lobby and the movie...

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Andy’s Top Ten: Things you need to know about the Xbox One

So Microsoft unveiled their new console yesterday, the ‘Xbox One’. It looks like a late 80s VHS player, and has ambitions of being the centre of your living room – and it might just do it too – if it...

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Review: Iron Man 3

After the triumph that was ‘Avengers Assemble’ (or ‘The Avengers’ in every country that doesn’t remember John Steed), I had high hopes for Iron Man 3. Sadly, those hopes were misplaced. This movie was...

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