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Andy’s Top Ten: Games that could use a next-gen reboot

Remember these? I do, and I think it’s high time developers gave these brilliant titles a new lease of life. Necromancy isn’t illegal, right…? Number Ten: Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy Midway, a now...

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Andy’s Top Ten: Games that could use a next-gen reboot (Part two)

Missed part one? Scroll down or click here Number Five: Flashback/Another World Games so difficult they made you want to hurl your controller through a window, Flashback and Another World did a...

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Review: Metal Gear Rising: Revengance

There was a cutscene in Metal Gear Solid 4 where cyborg ninja Raiden turns up and saves his old friend and mentor Solid Snake by kicking so much ass it makes you want to cheer, easily slicing up five...

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Review: Crysis 3

Having been a long-time fan of the Crysis series, my initial reaction to the news that Crysis 3 would be set once more in New York City ran along the lines of ‘what…again?’ My second comment was ‘they...

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Riffing on: The demise of Lucasarts

In a shocking turn of events, various industry news sources are reporting that Disney – the new owners of the Star Wars brand after beardy-wierdy George Lucas decided to take his money and run – have...

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Andy’s Top Ten: Moments that shook gaming

In recent years the videogaming industry – and gamers themselves – have gone mainstream. Gone are the days of gaming being for your weird big brother who lives in the basement and eats only Wotzits (or...

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Andy’s Top Ten: Real-time strategy units (part two)

I’ve been busy building the second half of my top ten RTS units list in my special top-ten-list-building building, but then I ran out of power, so I had to build more generators before I got Zerg...

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26 More Answers (Part one)

While typing a query into Google this morning, I was suddenly reminded of a previous article of mine – 26 Answers. I was also reminded of how much fun I had writing it. So, here’s 26 More Answers! The...

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26 More Answers (Part two)

OK…. despite the slapdash nature of my general knowledge revealed in part one, here’s the rest of my answers to 26 most Googled questions, by letter. Brace yourselves. Why are Native Americans called...

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Andy’s Top Ten: Things you need to know about the Xbox One

So Microsoft unveiled their new console yesterday, the ‘Xbox One’. It looks like a late 80s VHS player, and has ambitions of being the centre of your living room – and it might just do it too – if it...

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Even more answers… (Part one)

Guest writer Rob Evers liked my 26 Answers articles so much, he decided to take on the challenge himself, and has produced his own 26 answers to Google’s many alphabetical questions. Enjoy! I was most...

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Andy’s Top Ten: Doctor Who baddies (part two)

Even more baddies. Missed part one? Scroll down (or click here if you’re lazy! ) Number Five: The Wire My older readers will remember the British TC show ‘Watch with Mother‘ – and will know why The...

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Halo 4′s ‘spartan’ Spartan Ops

Having just finished the last mission of Halo 4′s downloadable blast-fest Spartan Ops’ first season (try saying that three times fast… while drunk), I thought I’d discuss what the mode needs to improve...

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‘Space Hulk’ returns…

Those of you who don’t respond to the ‘Warhammer 40,000′ brand by yelling “Geek!” and running away to shoot pre-pubescant Americans online in the latest incarnation of Call of Duty may be interested to...

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Splintered cell

As a long-time fan of seminal stealth-em-up Splinter Cell, I was very pleased to hear of the long-running series’ latest iteration: Splinter Cell: Blacklist. However, while I myself am not too...

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Are you sitting comfortably?

…then i’ll begin. It’s naval-gazing time, so bear with me. With the success of Beyond: Two Souls, I found myself thinking about the videogame plot, and how important it has become in recent years....

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Forced Review

Forced is a game which rewards co-operation through combat – and is proud of it. Pitching the title as a ‘tactical arena combat’ game, developers Beta Dwarf have lovingly crafted an addictive,...

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Bionic Dues Review

Bionic Dues is an odd little game, but one which nevertheless managed to capture and hold my interest. Not difficult, admittedly – it’s tricky to master, challenging and stars massive mechs bristling...

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The agony of choice – PS4 or Xbox One?

So it’s finally here – generation eight, the most powerful video gaming consoles yet made – and yes, they cost a shedload of money and have mostly-terrible launch line-ups. Some things never change…...

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Blackguards Preview

I’m not a massive fan of old-school point-and-click RPGs (excluding Monkey Island, naturally), or of dungeon crawlers like Diablo – but I can still see a good game when I play one. Sure, Diablo isn’t...

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