Gareth Trueman, Author at Thumb Culture

5Oct

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An Update On Jurassic World Evolution 2

An Update On Jurassic World Evolution 2. Developers Frontier gave us a look at the second development diary for Jurassic World Evolution 2. Exciting times are ahead in Frontiers Jurassic World Evolution 2 and we cannot wait to show you some new features on what the game has to offer. In the latest installment Game Director Rich Newbold. Executive Producer Adam Woods, Principle Designer Dan Davies, and Dialogue Manager James Stant dive deeper into the process of creating the game's original story. The team goes from where and when the game's narrative picks up. To how the story stays true to the Jurassic World franchise and finds out more about the exciting events that will unfold. You also take a closer look at the diverse locations that players can go to and build in. Plus the d...

5Oct

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Features

31 Days Of Halloween – Alien Isolation

31 Days of Halloween - Alien Isolation. Developed by Creative Assembly, Feral Interactive, and published by Sega. Alien Isolation is a survival horror game that will push even the most hardcore horror fans to the limit. It was released back in 2014 for the Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Alien Isolation - Everyone Will Hear You Scream Day 5 of our 31 Days of Halloween sees us head aboard the Nostromo in one of the most popular horror/sci-fi franchises of all time. The Alien series truly is a masterpiece in cinema history (Well the first two movies anyway). So if you enjoyed this then why not check out some previous entries in the 31 Days of Halloween here. You can also check out what the rest of the Thumb Culture team are up to on our social media. Is there any o...

4Oct

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31 Days of Halloween – Dead By Daylight

Developed by Behaviour Interactive and published by Behaviour Interactive, Starbreeze Studios, Deep Silver, Koch Media, and 505 Games. Dead By Daylight is an online multiplayer survival horror game for the Playstation 4, Xbox One, and PC and belongs in our 31 Days of Halloween. Dead By Daylight - Choose Your Horror Icon Moving on to day 4 of our 31 Days of Halloween and we choose our favorite horror icon and get our killing groove on in the ever-entertaining Dead By Daylight. If you enjoyed this then why not check out my latest review here. You can also catch up with what the rest of the Thumb Culture team are up to on our social media. You will be hard pushed to find a game that can turn best friends into mortal enemies in the space of sixty seconds. But Dead By Daylight does jus...

3Oct

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31 Days Of Halloween – Friday The 13th

Developed by Gun Media, Nighthawk Interactive, Black Tower Studios, and published by Gun Media. Friday the 13th is a survival horror game that was released on the Playstation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and in 2017. Friday the 13th - Jason Still Lives We continue our marathon of 31 Days of Halloween with the king of kills. Let's take a stroll through Camp Crystal Camp as the iconic Jason Voorhees and raise some hell. As usual, if you enjoyed this then why not check out my previous review here. You can also check out what the rest of the Thumb Culture team are up to on our social media. Even if you aren't a horror fan. Almost everyone knows who Jason Voorhees is. The hockey mask-wearing, machete-wielding, mommy's boy. An absolute force to be reckoned with who even went ...

2Oct

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31 Days Of Halloween – Until Dawn

Developed by Supermassive Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Until Dawn was an interactive horror that was a Playstation 4 exclusive released in 2015. Until Dawn - The Modern Day Slasher Day 2 of our 31 Days of Halloween - Until Dawn. Sees us take on the slasher genre. Until Dawn was a game that could have been plucked for the silver screen. If you enjoy horror games and all things Halloween. Then why not check out my latest review here. You can also check out what the rest of the Thumb Culture team are up to on our social media. Until Dawn was the very first game I ever bought for my Playstation 4. Still remember it to this day as I took it home and was completely blown away by the graphics. The fact that you have to be aware at all times just added to the ten...

1Oct

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31 Days Of Halloween – Dead Space 2

Developed by Visceral Games and published by EA. Dead Space 2 is the hit sequel to Dead Space. A science-fiction horror survival game that was released on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Dead Space 2 - In Space Only They Can Hear You Scream We kick off our 31 Days Of Halloween with a sequel. A sequel that very may well be better than the original. Dead Space 2 had all the elements of the original and ramped up the fear factor by 10. The year was 2011 and there were some great games out during that year. But Dead Space 2 got the attention of many of us. Not just the fact that it was a sequel to the hit game Dead space. It made some of the horror games we know today possible. In Dead Space 2, you join Isaac Clarke, the Systems Engineer from Dead Space, as he wakes up three y...

27Sep

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Xbox Reviews

Dustwind – Xbox One Review

Developed and published Dustwind Studios. Dustwind is a post-apocalyptic tactical strategy game. There are so many video games out there now that are set in a post-apocalyptic world. Will this be just another copy and paste of all the rest or will there be some surprises up its sleeve. Let's find out in the Dustwind Xbox One Review. Dustwind - Played One Played Them All Now years ago whenever there was a release of a tactical strategy game. I always got excited to play it but lately there just seems to be so many of them knocking about. Is there really any more room for these types of games anymore. Well, let's find out if Dustwind falls into the category of just another mediocre RTS game. As usual, if you enjoyed this review then why not check out my latest one here. You can also che...

FIFA 22 Soundtrack To Include Swedish House Mafia

22Sep

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FIFA 22 Soundtrack To Include Swedish House Mafia

The FIFA 22 soundtrack is going to include Swedish House Mafia. FIFA 22 will have its largest soundtrack ever this year with artists such as Swedish House Mafia and French performer DJ Snake & Malaa. Who debuts a new song in the game. To say that this year's soundtrack is big is an understatement. It will compose of over 52 tracks. With a genre-spanning collection of bold and uplifting rhythms from artists like Glass Animals, Polo & Pan, Bakar, CHVRCHES, and more. Gone are the days of Robbie Williams being on a FIFA soundtrack. The soundtrack will also feature some of the world's hottest newcomers and rising stars such as. NYC vocalist Casper Caan, Australian alt-rockers Bloodmoon, Brazilian vocal phenom CAIO PRADO and London soul singer Hope Tala. The VOLTA FOOTBALL m...

22Sep

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Sheltered 2 Launches On PC Today

Sheltered 2 has launched on PC! Team17 and Unicube Studios has launched the sequel to their smash hit survival game Sheltered on Steam and GOG. Following the success of the original 2016 survival game, Sheltered 2 brings deeper strategic gameplay and new challenges to the post-apocalypse. New features include a revamped combat system, a new 3D art style, and punishing challenges. Sheltered 2 builds upon the original with deeper strategic gameplay and the permanent threat of extinction to the end of the world. The wasteland is a baron and dangerous place to go in alone. It's your job as a faction leader to make sure recourses are managed. Survivors are fed and happy, and relationships with rival factions are maintained will be the key to surviving the punishing world of Sheltered 2. ...

18Sep

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Farewell Sir Clive Sinclair

It was the summer of 1986 when I got my very first computer. A ZX Spectrum was in the living room waiting for me as I got in from school. The feeling of playing games on a home computer system was just mind-blowing and if you had one then you were the envy of the whole street. Remembering classics such as Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner, Chuckie Egg, and Jetpack. The ZX Spectrum was a marvel in home entertainment. It was also very affordable at a price of £125 it was way cheaper than anything else on the market. But it was the games that made the computer so memorable as you could get games for as little as £2. All of this was thanks to Sir Clive Sinclair. The man behind it all. Sinclair's first array into electronics was back in the 1950s with Sinclair Radionics. But it was in the 60...