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Roccat Kone Pure Owl-Eye Review – Ice Ice Baby

3Jan

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Roccat Kone Pure Owl-Eye Review – Ice Ice Baby

Gaming mice come in all shapes and sizes along with a vast array of extra buttons bringing with them additional functionality. The burning question is however "Which mouse is best for you?" Having taken a look previously at the Roccat Kone Aimo Gaming Mouse earlier in Summer that featured 12 buttons and a mesmerising lighting job how would Roccat's latest gaming mouse fare? Ladies and Gents I give you the Roccat Kone Pure Owl-Eye, now available in white. Sitting infront of my PC screen the first thing that stands out is the illuminated colour changing Roccat logo located where your palm rests onto the mouse. The vibrant pulsing emblem stands out well against the white of the mouse and begins to get positive comments from staff walking by. The main job of the Kone Pure...

12Dec

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Features, Gaming

Thumb Culture Team Christmas Wish List

Here at TC HQ we love Christmas! This year we have rounded the staff up, stuffed them with mulled wine, plyed them with mince pies before asking them to write down what they would like to find under the Christmas tree on Christmas day. Everyone has come up with a game title, a piece of merchandise and a random third choice of whatever they would like to see them through the festive season! If you're stuck for ideas yourself, take a look at what we are after, you may be pleasantly surprised! Stu Game - Battlefield V, around £45 from numerous sites. Contrary to a lot of opinion and even though this game is primarily the same at Battlefield 1, there is something about it that feels new. Yes its essentially a re-skin with upgraded textures, but the gameplay feel fresh. Those bullets ...

Just Cause 4 PS4 Review – Explosive Déjà vu

11Dec

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Just Cause 4 PS4 Review – Explosive Déjà vu

Avalanche are back with the 4th instalment of the crazy destroyathon series that is Just Cause, available now on PC, Playstation and Xbox. I was lucky enough to obtain a copy for my PS4 Pro meaning for the last week atleast, the O'Driscoll family have been safe from being gunned down! So is Just Cause 4 worth the hype and more importantly, should it be on your letter to Santa this year? Read on and make your mind up! Gameplay Just Cause 4 is set on a South American Island called Solís where all the inhabitants know is conflict, oppression and extreme weather conditions. Playing as the rogue hero Rico Rodriguez, you make your grand entrance as you attempt to learn the truth about your past as well as free the Islanders from their slave like evil overlord. Just Cause 4 is massiv...

6Dec

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News & Updates

Steel Circus Alpha Test News – Sign Up Here!

The Steel Circus alpha test is now open for all you PC gamers to sign up to! Developed by Iron Mountain Interactive (GTA, Max Payne, Man Hunt & Dead Island) and published by Oasis Games, Steel Circus is set in a futuristic, dystopian background where players need to control one of several heroes and take part in online multiplayer matches with the objective of shooting a ball into the opposing goal by any means necessary. Fast forward to the future In 2350, decades of seemingly endless war have worn down the solar system, and peace hangs by a thread. To promote peace and enhance communication among the most powerful factions, every year the Solar Council brings together representatives from each faction to discuss politics behind closed doors. During these talks, heroes, referre...

5Dec

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News & Updates

Last Year: The Nightmare – Launch News

Elastic games, based in Montreal have announced that its asymmetric multiplayer action-survival debut game, Last Year: The Nightmare will be available through the Discord store on Tuesday December 18, 2018. A distinguished voice cast was also revealed, unveiling the talent that breathes life to Last Year: The Nightmare. The game launches as part of the "First on Discord" program and will retail for around £24. Additionally, Elastic games has disclosed that they are planning to release Last Year: The Nightmare for consoles, in 2019. What is it all about? The year is 1996. A group of teenagers awake to find themselves trapped in a dark, twisted reflection of their sleepy hometown of Forest Hills. As they make their way across the East Side High School campus, they realise they are bein...

WWE 2K19 Review – The Ayatollah Of Wrestling Games?

28Nov

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Gaming, PC Reviews

WWE 2K19 Review – The Ayatollah Of Wrestling Games?

WWE, or back in my day WWF, is the largest wrestling movement in the world. Most people can remember atleast one main character from their childhood era and although we (may) have left our childhood of performing moves onto mattresses draped across the living room floor (do not copy me), the constant new wrestling arrivals and revolving storylines captivate both wrestling fans both old and new. WWE 2K19 developed by Japanese based Yuke's and Visual Concepts located in the home of WWE, USA, is the 6th instalment to be published by 2K Games onto PC, Playstation and Xbox. Releasing a new version of a game each year can lead fans of franchises to question whether it is worth buying each time, for instance I find myself only buying Fifa games every other year to keep the gameplay feeling f...

Steel Rats Review – Like A Bat Outta Hell

12Nov

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Steel Rats Review – Like A Bat Outta Hell

Steel Rats by Polish based Tate Multimedia (the devs behind the Urban Trial games) is out now on Playstation and PC and is a retro futuristic 2.5D motorbike combat game set in an explosive 1940's diesel-soaked America whereby you ride through the districts of Coastal City destroying pretty much everything that gets in your path using your motorbike. With the ability to turn your front wheel into a firey spinning disc, robots and even parked cars feel your wrath as you speed along the various platforms of the levels slicing through them like a hot knife through butter, all be it with a few explosions along the way. When I played Steel Rats earlier in the year at EGX Rezzed in London I found myself getting a little frustrated with the controls. Let's see how the final release performs! ...

Spintires: Mudrunner American Wilds Dlc Review – Come In Rubber Duck!

7Nov

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Spintires: Mudrunner American Wilds Dlc Review – Come In Rubber Duck!

Looking for a driving game that is a bit of a break from the norm? Do you enjoy watching Ice road truckers or going off-road? Spintires: Mudrunner has had its latest dlc drop; American Wilds, across PC, Ps4 and Xbox One with Nintendo Switch looking to follow on November 27th. For the full review of the main game see Stu's review here! For info on the new dlc, read on! Building onto the already epic off-roading content, the new American Wilds expansion adds 7 new iconic American trucks from the likes of Western Star, Ford, Hummer and Chevrolet bringing the vehicle total to 30 and if that wasn't enough there are an extra 14 new vehicle add-ons that brings the amount of equipment options to 60. 2 new sandbox maps; Mount Logmore and Grizzly Creek have been added that are inspir...

Warhammer 40,000 Inquisitor Martyr Review – Bloodfest

26Oct

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Warhammer 40,000 Inquisitor Martyr Review – Bloodfest

Warhammer has always been a piece of my life. I remember the early days of playing D&D style adventures during lunch breaks at school that culminated in epic battles using carefully painted figurines that spread across a battlefield of huge proportions in the common room. The Warhammer club was in full swing! The Warhammer universe has made steady progression across digital platforms for many years and Neocore's latest offering, Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor - Martyr finally hit consoles in Summer. For the sake of this article I am going to refer to the game simply as Martyr from now on. Are you ready to purge the unclean and protect the Imperium from corruption? Lets get on with it! Gameplay In a first for the Warhammer 40K Universe, Martyr is branded as an open-world s...

Roccat Suora FX Gaming Keyboard Review – Keystroke of Genius?

15Oct

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Hardware & Tech

Roccat Suora FX Gaming Keyboard Review – Keystroke of Genius?

When it comes to building a gaming rig most of the money goes into the graphics card, cpu, ram and sexy 4K screen before there has been any consideration for the peripherals that you will be using to input your every command into your machine. The interface that you choose may seem insignificant in the grand scheme of things however you could not be further from the truth when it comes to the ways they can be customised to ensure that you are playing at top efficiency. For mice I recently took a look at the Roccat Kone Aimo Gaming Mouse and was wowed at the different configurations that were possible when gaming to make the experience so much smoother. For the last few weeks I have been using the Roccat Suora FX Gaming Keyboard and it is seriously something else. The first thin...