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The most wonderful time of the year is upon us. No not that one, the scary one. Well if you need some entertainment fort he spooky season then Shudder should sort you. It is loaded with new and exclusive films and TV shows you need to…

I have a question to ask and it's pretty simple; why does Bethesda Game Studios hate money? Instead of pumping resources into remastering Skyrim for the upteenth time (which no, they're literally doing), can we not just get a remaster…

Another month, another absurdly good value release to Xbox Game Pass. Seriously I could comfortably do all my gaming in this service easily. Well this month has the ridiculously good Dragon Ball FighterZ. Then it has the cool looking…

Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy is getting close. 6 days close to be exact, and so naturally there is a new trailer. This CGI trailer is loaded with the silliness we would expect from Guardians of the Galaxy. The game is so close.…

If you are anything like me then you were shocked by the announcement of the DC League of Super-Pets movie. Well it just isn't a movie without a game...or something like that. Hence DC League of Super-Pets The adventures of Krypto and…

As I write this during a pandemic-induced lockdown, I am reminded that this time last lockdown I was reviewing Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. Eighteen months later, I’m reviewing another dungeon themed game on Switch – Kitfox…

After the confirmation that OPPO is sponsoring the glorious and majestic Nix I bet you thought the year was done. I mean what news could be bigger than that? It's the most important thing that could happen this year. And if you are…

Do you want to see pre-launch hype building taken to a new level? Well for the Guardians of the Galaxy game, a new 80's metal band has been made. The game will have Starlord named after a band called... Star-Lord. Now they can't have…