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Deal: Torchlight free from GoG as summer sale starts

Given just how bleak and miserable the weather is looking, it is beginning to seem that the smartest thing to do this summer will be stay indoors. Good Old Games (GoG) obviously agree, launching a 17 day sale which includes Run...

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Dead Island composer’s C64 tribute album yours for $1

As we look at the imminently due next-generation consoles, already fighting each other for our attention with the ability to show ever more impressive levels of detail and immersion, it’s easy to forget the really importa...

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Neverwinter official release date announced

We looked at the beta of Neverwinter in perhaps too much detail upon its release back at the end of April; since then the game has had regular patches and adjustments, leaving Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment fee...

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Realms of Arkania to return to this land

21 years have passed since Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny was originally released, and became a good template to define a hardcore RPG – although perhaps not a universally recognised name. Based on German pen-and-pap...

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Sega show behind-the-scenes of Castle of Illusion

After the initial leak, followed by confirmation, Sega have been slowly revealing information about the forthcoming update/reimagining/”retro-plus” version (delete as applicable) of the Megadrive classic, Castle of ...

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How To Survive? 505 Games shows the way

At this stage, the zombie apocalypse is pretty much confirmed as the way the world will end. Movies and games have been preparing us for this for years now – but always with a spark of hope. There are always survivors, ab...

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Batman: Arkham Origins trailer released

Warner Bros today released the full trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins, and when I mention that the video linked above has several minutes of the Batman fighting Deathstroke… well, I suspect that I could write whatever I ...

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Rift to join the free-to-play club next month

Rift, the well-received MMORPG released two years ago by Trion Worlds, has until now been running via a traditional subscription model. This is to change next month however, as Trion Worlds have announced that as of June 12th t...

Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army (PC) review

Sniper Elite Nazi Zombie Army is good, though perhaps not great. Taking the realism afforded by the Sniper Elite v2 game engine and applying it straight up to zombies will probably leave you somewhere between mildly frustrated ...

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Shadow of the Eternals fundraising begun

Nintendo consoles and mature games are not two concepts immediately associated with each other, and this was probably even more true in 2002 when Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem was released for the Gamecube. At the ti...