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Dead by Daylight Patch 4.5.0 “Mid-Chapter” – Now Live

10Feb

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Dead by Daylight Patch 4.5.0 “Mid-Chapter” – Now Live

Patch 4.5.0 is now live on all platforms for Dead by Daylight. With this patch, players can expect a whole slew of new content. Starting today at 16:00 GMT the "Tome VI for The Archives - DIVERGENCE" event will be live. Starting February 11th at 16:00 GMT "The Gilded Stampede" event will be live. There is going to be multiple new HUD changes from layout, new HUD elements and also UI Scale sliders. Visual updates to the Gideon Meat Plant and Asylum maps. As well as model and texture updates on The Nurse and The Clown outfits. The following killers have had some balancing - The Clown, The Trapper and The Wraith. And also miscellaneous changes including Hex: Undying, Misc. Perk changes, Deep Wound and Mangled. A multitude of bug fixes to gameplay, audi...

Just Announced: Police Simulator: Patrol Officers

10Feb

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News & Updates

Just Announced: Police Simulator: Patrol Officers

News just in! There's just been an announcement about Police Simulator: Patrol Officers. This is a new game incoming from Munich based developers Aesir Interactive (Restless Echo, Windstorm The Game) and sim specialist publishers astragon Entertainment (Bus Simulator, Firefighter Simulator: The Squad). Via a press release, astragon sent out news that Police Simulator: Patrol Officers is set to come to Steam Early Access during Spring 2021. It is built on the Unreal 4 engine, so has the potential to look stunning. In the provided screenshots it certainly looks like it's off to a good start, as in the below image. I do like the sound of the following for Police Simulator: "You can take up your badge as a male or female US police officer and go on patrol in the streets of a fictitiou...

10Feb

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News & Updates

EA To Buy Mobile Game Studio Glu Games

EA is back in the picture at the moment. There has been an announcement of them purchasing mobile game developer, Glu Games, for $2.1 Billion. Who are Glu Games? WWE Universe and Disney Sorcerers Arena are just a couple of games they've developed. In addition to previous mobile studio purchases, could this mean EA is looking to push even further into mobile gaming? Or do you think they're just looking to buy the competition? Let me know in the comments. But this is fantastic news for Glu Games shareholders also as it sounds like the stocks are going up in price. Does that mean they're quids (or dollars?) in? REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, and GluMobile Inc. (NASDAQ: GLUU), a leading global ...

9Feb

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News & Updates

Fall Guys X Fortnite Incoming Content!

In the latest Fall Guys update, there is a line of data that could mean we may see some Fortnite content come to Fall Guys real soon. There are some fantastic cross overs already in Fall Guys, one of my favourites being the Bulletkin from Enter the Gungeon, as below. As you can see below, Max @ Fortnite Leaks reveals in a Tweet the latest strings of code in the game's content. FNLeaksAndInfo is pretty popular on Twitter and has been very reliable with content leaks. I would say this seems a bit odd as both are "battle royale" games and in theory, they're competing against each other. I guess that one is kind of like a gameshow whilst the other involves me building a small building whilst others build mansions. Fortnite X Fall Guys will be coming in the future! Some new str...

9Feb

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News & Updates

New Final Fantasy VII Remake Content

For those of you who don't know, Final Fantasy VII Remake is nearly a year old! Square Enix Music announced that along with the Final Fantasy VII Remake orchestral world tour starting their performances on Friday 13th of February, that we're also going to see something before the concert. The first concert will be held in Tokyo, with more to follow. Check a list of them here. It's good to see the orchestra is finally going to perform after initial delays of the concert due to that C-word that we shall not speak about! I'm very excited about this news, could we be seeing more of the "one-winged angel" sooner than we think? I do hope they perform that song at the concert. The Co-Director of Final Fantasy VII Remake, Motomu Toriyama, announced that there will be an "extra broadca...

Mario 64 3D All Stars Review – That Damn Camera

8Feb

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Retrogaming Corner, Switch Reviews

Mario 64 3D All Stars Review – That Damn Camera

Mario 64 is a Nintendo 64 game brought to us by Nintendo in 1997. This game is the forefather to many Mario games to follow, as well as bringing in new features to games that we'd never seen in platform games before. Mario 64 - That Damn Camera! What will I think of Mario 64? Is it really an all-star? Or should Nintendo have let the light die down? As always, if you enjoy this article, please check out my previous here. Gameplay Mario 64's main story is about Mario trying to save the Princess from Bowser. This is an age-old story that time won't forget as it seems to be the recurring theme for Mario games. During Mario 64 you must find hidden stars that will allow you to open doors to progress further in the castle. Once inside rooms, you need to jump into paintings. This allows Mario ...

Cyber Shadow Review – Retro Vibes Galore

5Feb

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PC Reviews

Cyber Shadow Review – Retro Vibes Galore

Cyber Shadow is a side-scrolling action-platform game brought to us by developers Mechanical Head Games and publishers Yacht Club Games. Cyber Shadow is available on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox One (via Gamepass I might add). Retro Vibes Galore! Cyber Shadow takes me back to the glory days of similar games on the Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis to some) and the Super Nintendo. Come see what I really think of the game. If you enjoy this read please check out my previous article here. Gameplay Immediately the player is greeted by an incredible 8-bit menu with a matching soundtrack. I am already in love. The game is challenging, but not in a way that would leave you pressing ALT+F4 followed by uninstalling the game. The protagonist in Cyber Shadow is called Shadow. Shadow i...

The Medium Review – More Ultra Than Medium!

3Feb

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PC Reviews

The Medium Review – More Ultra Than Medium!

The Medium is brought to us by Bloober Team (Layers of Fear, Blair Witch), they developed and published this game. It is a psychological horror game on the Xbox Series S|X and Microsoft Windows. Because you can play via Xbox Game Pass for PC (or Xbox of course), this makes The Medium easily accessible for many. However, if you choose to, you can purchase via storefronts such as Steam. The Medium - Actually Well Done! I chose to play The Medium via Xbox Game Pass for PC. I was so pleased with this game, it really stood out there for me. Read on to see why I think The Medium was such a great game to play. Check out my previous article here. We also have a feature on Xbox Game Pass that was written by Jay, have a read of that here. Gameplay First things first, Bloober Team warns us abo...

2Feb

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PC Reviews, Previews & Early Access

Valheim Preview – Build Your Saga

Valheim is a multiplayer exploration and survival game which is set in a procedurally-generated world inspired by Viking culture. Build, battle and conquer your way to a saga that is worthy of Odin's patronage. Valheim - Can You Build Your Saga? Valheim is brought to use by developers Iron Gate Studio and publishers Coffee Stain Publishing (Goat Sim, Deep Rock Galactic). Check out what I think of Valheim below. Gameplay Now you've spawned into the world, Hugin greets you. Hugin is a raven who is effectively your guide to the game. When there's something new to learn, Hugin will pop up informing you he has stuff for you to learn, or, a new objective for you. Soon, you'll discover you can level up your skills quite easily. For example, by simply running about 10 metres and I level...

Ghostanoid Review – Another Brick In The Wall?

20Jan

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Switch Reviews

Ghostanoid Review – Another Brick In The Wall?

So here we are, a new brick breaker. This one is Ghostanoid from developers Qplaze (Real Blockcraft, Galaxy Warfighter) and publishers JoyBits (Doodle God, Commando). The game will release on Nintendo Switch on January 21st 2021. Still weird typing 2021 instead of 2020. Ghostanoid - Another Brick In The Wall? Let's take a look and see what I think of Ghostanoid. Will it be a smash hit for the Switch? Or just another brick in the wall? Gameplay Ghostanoid has gameplay akin to the classic brick breaker Arkanoid. There's a certain trick to getting through the levels as quick as possible and that's to hit the ghosts by bouncing balls into them as you can see on the levels as below. Each level has slightly more blocks (or furniture in the case of this game) that you have to break bef...