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Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters DLC Pack Coming Soon

22May

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Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters DLC Pack Coming Soon

Dan Aykroyd voices classic character as players create the most authentic Ghostbusters entertainment park in this new content pack Frontier Developments today announced Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters content pack is coming soon to Steam. Featuring an all new story-driven scenario, new gameplay mechanics, plus new rides, characters and scenery straight from the classic 1984 movie, this new Planet Coaster content pack provides everything players need to create the most authentic Ghostbusters entertainment park seen in a videogame. The Planet Coaster: Ghostbusters content pack also sees Dan Aykroyd voice his original role as the iconic Raymond Stantz, mentoring players throughout their campaign as they build their park and take care of the ghostly issues that besiege their rides....

15May

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Bow to Blood PS4 Review – A Politically Focused Battle Royale

Battle Royale is the phrase that is on most gamer's lips these days. Last year we got games like Fortnite, Player Unknown's Battlegrounds, and more recently Apex Legends, absolutely dominating gaming conversation, yet all of them play the same way with minor tweaks to each game's specific mechanics to set themselves apart. None of them is trying to innovate with each of them pinching ideas from the other. Bow to Blood by developer Tribetoy however, takes the genre and gives it a more Hunger Games feel, having you pitted against only seven other contestants in an almost politically focused battle of attrition. Gameplay You play as The Freelancer, a new contestant to the tournament and you'll need to make it to the top in order to survive. Kind of like a morbid TV show, Bow to Blood has yo...

Mechstermination Force Switch Review – Robot Wars

9May

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Gaming, Switch Reviews

Mechstermination Force Switch Review – Robot Wars

Have you ever jumped straight into a game whilst skipping tutorials and suddenly regretted doing that because you've no idea what on earth is going on? well, how about a game that doesn't even give you the option to skip it, throws you in the deep end from the very moment you start the game without a safety net. Mechstermination Force gives you the challenges you need and more. Gameplay Humans vs transforming robots, I'm sure I've heard of this kind of thing before, although Hörberg Productions Has produced a game, not like any other I have played before, from the mechanics to the multiple bosses and guns this game left me wanting more! You're a member of the titular resistance, well the only member (unless you have a friend around you can duo this up with) if I was to be truthful...

8May

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Dick Wilde 2 PSVR Review – Darn Varmint

Dick Wilde 2 was developed by Bolverk Games and is published by Playstack. Currently, you can pick up this title for PSVR, Oculus and Vive. Today my review of Dick Wilde 2 will be based on my PSVR experience. Gameplay First thing you will notice about Dick Wilde 2 is the graphics. The cartoon style is straight out of a Yosemite Sam cartoon. Normally this style will put me off but here it works. It's a simplistic format for Dick Wilde 2. There are 4 keys to collect per level and the more keys you collect the more levels you unlock. As you float on down the river or in some cases the sewer systems on your raft, you will get attacked by various animals and vermin. Ranging from birds trying to carpet bomb you with poop, to fish jumping out the water to eat your face off, and what I...

Mango Cart Simulator PC Review – Man, Go Play This!

3May

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Mango Cart Simulator PC Review – Man, Go Play This!

In my 25 years of life I'm still very much unsure what route I want to go down in life (well, aside working with the amazing team which is Thumb Culture!)!, so I figured if I tried Mango Cart Simulator it would either show I want to be a mango salesperson or I don't want to use that route, am I cut out for this kind of job? Gameplay Mango Cart Simulator is developed and published by AkriGames, They are an independent games studio based in Berlin, Germany and their plan is to bring out the fun and challenging games for people, dropping Mango Cart Simulator as their first game it sure did bring me a whole lot of challenges! All across the gaming community, simulation games are there many are thriving and many are something you wouldn't spend your time playing,Mango Cart simulator t...

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain PS4 Review – Bug Stomping

11Apr

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain PS4 Review – Bug Stomping

Earth Defense Force: Iron rain is a third-person arcade shooter game developed by Yuke's and published by D3 Publisher. The game will be released on PS4 on the 11th April 2019. With multiple weapon choices, your own personalized character and giant bugs to squish (via rockets and bullets) what else is there to have in an arcade game? Huge robots that want to kill you of course! if you've played the previous Earth Defense Force games you may want to try this one out, I hear Yuke's have upped their game massively to bring you Iron Rain! hit me baby one more time? Gameplay First of all, you get to design what character you want to create, you can personalize it any way you want, starting with gender, then hairstyle, body type, facial hair and many more! I think as an avid sims player I d...

The Walking Vegetables Radical Edition PS4 Review – Beat Your Vegetables

4Apr

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

The Walking Vegetables Radical Edition PS4 Review – Beat Your Vegetables

Hate vegetables? rather smash one up than devour it? The Walking Vegetables Radical Edition may be right down your street. Brought to you by publisher Merge Games Limited and devs Still Running, The Walking Vegetables is an action-packed game available on PC, Nintendo switch, Xbox One and PS4 Gameplay You're a beat cop style guy who looks very much like Walter White with a DeLorean (every guy in the '80s had them right ?) yet you're less law-breaking and more helping the city and trying to not get mauled by giant mutated vegetables, The main aim of the game is to go through the levels to free the city from them. Using either sofa co-op (or if you're a lone ranger like myself) head out and beat the baddies solo. Multiple enemies cross your path, carrots, broccoli, tomatoes and many ...

The Division 2 PS4 Review – Welcome to DC

3Apr

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

The Division 2 PS4 Review – Welcome to DC

The Division 2 is here finally and as you all probably know this is Ubisoft's latest work. So with nothing else to say let's dive straight in shall we? Gameplay The Division 2 is a tactical cover to cover shooter. You can choose to go in all guns blazing..... but why? I'm sure everyone has played the first game which was set in New York with a smallpox epidemic and if not then where have you been? Well anyway The Division 2 is set in Washington DC and smallpox is no longer the issue but instead you now have the green poison. Lovely isn't it? Story-wise this isn't as good as the original Division game. But this is a beautiful game with a really well thought out open-world that begs to be explored. Your choice of weapons vary also depending on how you play the game. In the or...

ChromagunVR PSVR Review – Paint A Rainbow

28Mar

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Gaming, PC Reviews

ChromagunVR PSVR Review – Paint A Rainbow

ChromagunVR is published and developed by Pixel Maniacs. This game is available on Steam, PS4, Switch and Xbox One. Today I will be reviewing the PSVR version and using a PS4 Pro model with a PS Aim Controller. Gameplay ChromagunVR in it's most basic form is a simple puzzle and colour making game. You start in a room and have to make your way out guiding worker drones to relevant points in the room or corridor. The worker drones are manipulated by colours. ChromagunVR gives you three primary colours to work with. Red, Yellow and Blue, so as an example red and blue mixed make purple. Yellow and blue make green. I'm sure you get the idea. Some worker drones are harmless to you, others, however, have spiked bodies and can and will kill you so you need to be careful at all time...

Attack of the Earthlings PS4 Review – Reverse XCOM

27Mar

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Gaming, PlayStation Reviews

Attack of the Earthlings PS4 Review – Reverse XCOM

Very rarely does one video-game inspire others with its mechanics. Off the top of my head, I can only think of a handful that has had any lasting effect on the video-game industry. Gears of War popularised the cover-based shooter, Arkham Asylum invented a combat system that is widely used amongst many developers, Dark Souls was groundbreaking when it came to game design and difficulty, and XCOM practically invented a whole new form of strategy in a genre that needed something to shake up the formula. All of these games have inspired smaller developers to take their mechanics and turn into something new. Attack of the Earthlings, developed by Team Junkfish and published by Junkfish Limited, was definitely inspired by the latter. Gameplay You play as an alien race that is going ab...