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Aug 11, 2017
2 min

Tempest 4000 -Atari And Jeff Minter Bring the Sequel Later This Year

Above: TxK Gameplay from the PlayStation Vita version, a spiritual spinoff of Tempest Legendary video game developer Jeff Minter and Atari has announced that they are joining forces to create and release a new incarnation of a historically influential video game, Tempest. Announced this week, Tempest 4000 will be the newest incarnation of the classic 3D tube shooter, Tempest. The last successor was the 1994 remake of the original, Tempest 2000, along with a spiritual spinoff,

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Tempest 4000 -Atari And Jeff Minter Bring the Sequel Later This Year

Jul 30, 2017
4 min

Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition – Review

Before the dawn of the modern day internet, there were thinkers, dreamers, and inventors tinkering with what was possible in the early days of the internet, a time of American Online, Internet Explorer, and Flash Games. For passionate artists and programmers, many took to open-source websites, like Shockwave Dot Com, where players uploaded entire PC games for all to play. This method paved the way for all sorts of free, open content to be made available, but it would also be

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Blasting Agent: Ultimate Edition – Review

Jul 9, 2017
4 min

Ghost Blade HD – Review (PS4/ Xbox)

The SEGA Dreamcast can be best described by a lyric from Sir Elton Johns classic song in that it lived its life like a candle in the wind. On the market for only three short years, the Dreamcast made an astounding cultural impression with its plethora of games, before being snuffed out by the rise of the PS2. With the Dreamcast’s demise came the end of SEGAs reign in the console market and its beginnings as a third party publisher of various games. However, since that end, th

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Ghost Blade HD – Review (PS4/ Xbox)

Apr 5, 2017
3 min

Crash Bandicoot goes N’Sane in PAX East 2017 Demo

One of the biggest announcements coming out of last year’s PSX event was the remaking of one of the most classic video game franchises in recent memory. Crash Bandicoot: the N’sane Trilogy was given the big announcement at the PlayStation Expo in San Diego, and it ignited waves of nostalgia and excitement across old and new players alike. The franchise, known for being a fun, witty gameplay experience, was a huge cultural phenomenon in 1995 when the first game launched with t

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Crash Bandicoot goes N’Sane in PAX East 2017 Demo

Oct 16, 2016
5 min

assault suit leynos review

The 16-bit era of video games gave rise to the most celebrated arcade shooting games of all time. On the SNES, games like Phalanx, Gradius III, and UN Fighter introduced tremendous, challenging gameplay with sharp visuals and incredible soundtracks. On the SEGA Genisis, as well as the SEGA CD, game such as Truxton, Robo-Aleste, and Silpheed introduced new mechanics and dynamics to shooting gameplay. Among them was a special series of video games, introduced onto both platform

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assault suit leynos review

Aug 22, 2016
2 min

outcast second contact appeal studio makes first debut

Appeal Studio released its first images for Outcast: Second Contact. Yves Grolet has revived his 90’s studio with his old colleagues Yann Robert and Franck Sauer, and together with Bigben Interactive, they plan to bring the critically acclaimed Outcast series into the 21st century. According to a press release included with the images, Outcast Second Contact will be an expanded HD remake of the original 1999 title. The developers want to stay loyal to the game’s plot, gamepla

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outcast second contact appeal studio makes first debut

Jun 29, 2016
4 min

postal redux review steam

Like the game’s atmosphere, Postal is a title that rings a dark, but flamboyant tone throughout classic PC gamers the world over. Those that started their gaming habits on the personal computer may recall many games that made them into gaming enthusiasts, designers, and programmers. Among the dozens of ground-breaking titles, such as DOOM, Quake, and Wolfenstein, there was Postal by Running With Scissors. In a gaming age, where pure violent mayhem was a theme, Postal was a ga

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postal redux review steam