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13Nov

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RoboCop: Rogue City – PC Review

Be the future of law enforcement in RoboCop: Rogue City. Developed by Polish Dev Teyon and Published by French Publisher Nacon, RoboCop: Rogue City was released worldwide on 2nd November 2023. It is available for the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Today we'll be looking at the PC version, which will cost £44.99/$49.99 and will require 51 GB of storage. Part man. Part machine. All cop. RoboCop: Rogue City is set after the events of RoboCop 2 and sees Murphy cleaning up the mean streets of Detroit while chasing down a new player in town, the aptly named "New Guy". There will be plenty for you to get involved with along the way. From issuing tickets to illegally parked cars, getting a get well soon card signed around the precinct to, of course, shooting your way through hordes...

12Oct

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PC Reviews

Dave The Diver – PC Review

There's something fishy going on in Dave the Diver! The scuba diving, sushi restaurant managing RPG is developed and published by South Korean-based Mintrocket, a subsidiary of Nexon. Originally released back in June for PC, it will be released on the Nintendo Switch on October 26th 2023. Today we'll be taking a look at the Steam version which will require 10 GB of available space, and will cost you £16.99/$19.99 at the time of writing. Here Fishy Fishy Dave the Diver is described by Mintrocket as a casual, single-player adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Overall, that's the game in a nutshell. Dave the Diver is a simple game on the surface, but take a deeper look and the little pixel-art aquatic RPG...

Will Like A Dragon Gaiden Come To Xbox Gamepass?

21Sep

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News & Updates

Will Like A Dragon Gaiden Come To Xbox Gamepass?

Microsoft have been doing an incredible job recently, bringing Japanese games to Xbox players around the world. Adding both the Persona and Yakuza/Like a Dragon series to their Game Pass offerings, the attention now turns to the latest title from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios, the developers of the series formerly known as Yakuza, Like a Dragon Gaiden The Man Who Erased His Name. Will Microsoft manage to nab Gaiden for it's Game Pass lineup? After all, Zero to Like a Dragon are all there. Conversely, Ishin isn't available via Game Pass. This One Is For You, Kyodais! So, will Gaiden be available on Game Pass? Microsoft took to the stage at the Tokyo Game Show and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio Head Masayoshi Yokoyama had an answer for exactly that. Yes, Gaiden will be available on Game Pass. From Da...

15Sep

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News & Updates

Where Will Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth End?

After PlayStation's State of Play closed out with some amazing scenes from Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Final Fantasy veteran and Rebirth Creative Director Tetsuya Nomura has confirmed which point in the story the second game in the Remake series will finish on. And you may want to have your box of tissues and comfort blanket ready. I'm Not Ready To Relive That Scene The State of Play revealed plenty of fresh information for Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth. This included some of the locales we'll be visiting, party members we'll be meeting (including my personal favourite, Vincent Valentine) and enemies we will be facing off against. Much like Final Fantasy 7 Remake, I'm sure there will be some great new additions. But seeing the return of Costa Del Sol, the Midgar Zolom, The Gold Saucer and The W...

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 AMP AIRO Review

8Aug

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Hardware & Tech

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 AMP AIRO Review

Today we'll be looking at the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 AMP AIRO. Much like with the previous 4070 Ti review here, my system contains a Ryzen 5 5600, which will bottleneck the ZOTAC RTX 4070. As a result for some of the benchmarks, you may see diminishing returns or even lower frames at lower resolutions. So again, I will be seeing how the Graphics Card fares as a mid-range GPU. Overview of The RTX 4070 The ZOTAC RTX 4070 can be purchased at around the £650 mark, at the time of writing. That is about bang in the middle for a 4070. So while it's still considerably more than XX70 Graphics Cards of the past, it isn't the most expensive for the current gen. Especially considering this is ZOTAC's top-end 4070, offering their highest factory clock boost. Visually, it looks identi...

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AMP AIRO SPIDER-MAN™: Across the Spider-Verse Review

13Jun

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Hardware & Tech

ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AMP AIRO SPIDER-MAN™: Across the Spider-Verse Review

The kind folks over at ZOTAC sent us over the ZOTAC GAMING GeForce RTX 4070 Ti AMP AIRO SPIDER-MAN™: Across the Spider-Verse... which I from here on out will refer to as the ZOTAC RTX 4070 Ti. Now, I should preface this by saying that my system contains a Ryzen 5 5600, which while a great processor, will bottleneck the ZOTAC RTX 4070 Ti. As a result for some of the benchmarks, you may see diminishing returns or even lower frames at lower resolutions. For that reason, I will be seeing how the Graphics Card fares as a mid-range GPU. The RTX 4070 Ti At A Glance This variant of the ZOTAC RTX 4070 Ti is currently available on Amazon for a whopping £876 at the time of writing. Though to be fair, it isn't the most expensive 4070 Ti. It's roughly in the middle of the price bracket that you'll...

Xbox Showcase 2023 – Our Top 5 Announcements

13Jun

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Features

Xbox Showcase 2023 – Our Top 5 Announcements

Microsoft really went all out with their Xbox Games Showcase + Starfield Direct last night. The showcase saw the announcement of many exciting new games, from both third and first-party developers. We’ll be taking a look at our top 5 announcements from the Xbox Showcase 2023. 5 Announcements From The Xbox Showcase That Excited Us Most Now, before we go any further, we realise this is highly subjective and your list may differ. After all, Microsoft gave us a lot to be excited about. Without further ado, here are the 5 announcements from the Xbox Showcase 2023 we’re most looking forward to. 5. Persona 3 Reload We kick things off with Persona 3 Reload. Touted as "the best one in the series" by many of its fans, Persona 3 Reload was technically announced before the Xbox Showcase, albeit ...

6Jun

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Gaming, PC Reviews

Magenta Horizon – PC Review

Today we'll be looking at Magenta Horizon, a Metroidvania from one-man developer Hellfire Railway Interactive and published by YouTuber turned indie game micro-publisher 2 Left Thumbs. Magenta Horizon is available now for PC via Steam and will cost £8.29/$10.99. Don't Fear The Reaper Magenta Horizon is a Hollow Knight-esque Metroidvania, where you play as Gretel, a Reaper looking to make her way back to the Nest Sanctuary after her exile. Along the way you'll rescue lost souls, find new upgrades and of course, fight hordes of monsters, demons and bosses. It's a fast-paced action game that'll keep you on your... thumbs? Yeah, we'll go with that. Gameplay After choosing the difficulty, you start the game with the coffin of Gretel being stumbled upon by an old Scottish fella called...

PlayStation Showcase 2023 – Our Top 5 Announcements

25May

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Features

PlayStation Showcase 2023 – Our Top 5 Announcements

Last night's showcase saw the announcement of many exciting new games, as well as more details on previously announced ones. We'll be taking a look at our top 5 announcements from the PlayStation Showcase 2023. 5 Announcements From The PlayStation Showcase That Excited Us Most Now, before we go any further, we realise this is highly subjective and your list may differ. Without further ado, here are the 5 announcements from the PlayStation Showcase 2023 we're most looking forward to. 5. Final Fantasy XVI Square Enix certainly made an impression at the PlayStation Showcase, showing off a new trailer for Final Fantasy XVI ahead its release. Some people have been apprehensive of the new direction that the series is taking, opting for more action-based combat, rather than the classic turn-b...

9May

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PC Reviews

Shardpunk: Verminfall – PC Review

Shardpunk: Verminfall is described by its developer as a "tactical squad-based survival strategy game, based in a steampunk, rat-infested world". Developed by Clockwork Pile and published by Retrovibe Games, Shardpunk: Verminfall is available for PC. It is available now and will set you back £9.99/$11.99 on Steam and will require 3GB of storage. Survival of the Rattest Now, I'll start off the same way the game does, by telling you that Shardpunk: Verminfall is not an easy game. Basically, you're going to die. After that, you'll start the game anew, with new skills and new characters to choose from. Then you'll die again. So on and so forth. I'm sure more competent players will be able to play the game all the way through with fewer restarts than I did. But not many will complete it wi...