(Review by Jon Wilson) This game gave me one of those gaming moments I will always treasure and remember. You might know what I mean by this if I say “the first time I jumped off of the cliff-top helipad playing the Damavand Peak map in Battlefield 3”. This was more like an epiphany, except it was coupled with the joy you feel whilst watching …
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Microsoft and Sony are getting festive as they both launch digital sales today. Sony’s 12 days of Christmas sees a different deal every 48 hours over 12 days on the run up to Christmas for both PS3 and Vita.
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The day has finally arrived. Microsoft have launched their new console, the Xbox One, and it’s been set up in homes across the world. But what did we actually get and does it live up to the hype? The first thing that struck me on opening the black packaging was just how much care had gone into packing and presenting the Xbox One. Some might …
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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment have come up with a pretty amazing infographic, which highlights some incredible facts about the LEGO series and LEGO Marvel Super Heroes. The biggest achievement is certainly that over 85 million Lego games have been sold around the world to date, with 12.9 million in the UK alone, showing just how popular the franchise has been since those early Lego Star …
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With the rest of the next generation on the horizon, people are only becoming more and more eager to get their hands on both new consoles for themselves to truly see what they were capable of. By chance, Luke Palmer and I happened upon the opportunity to get an early taste ourselves with the arrival of GAME’s Xbox One demo booth in Newcastle’s Northumberland Street. …
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Sony have added a new unboxing video to their Youtube page, featuring a sinister gloved hand removing parts from a Playstation 4 box. It’s certainly a bit different from the usual clinical official unboxing videos put out by console manufacters and adds a little flair to the event, with a final unveiling that may surprise you (I won’t spoil it, just watch the video below)
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Humble Bundle is back and has teamed up with Warner Bros for another fantastic set of games. The Humble team bundle a set of great games each month and raise money for charity, as well as giving some money to the publisher or developer of the games. The great thing about this is that you can choose both how much to give and how much …
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Activision have launched a live-action trailer for their forthcoming Call of Duty: Ghosts game. We provide our own view on the new trailer to see if it will drum up support for the game ahead of launch. It’s true that the series comes in for a lot of stick for providing a similar experience every year, but the annual gun-fest is still enjoyed by millions …
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It’s that time of year again. The time when parties happen, great costumes are made, and when the Let’s Players on YouTube all crawl out of their holes and start doing horror playthroughs of such games as Slender (that are totally not exaggerated or scripted). But alas, we are the Joypads and we don’t do things the normal way (mostly we just don’t do things …
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Cast your mind back to 21st May 2013. A black tent in Redmond hosted the grand unveiling of Microsoft’s new hardware, the sequel to their highly successful and highly regarded Xbox 360. It was an event that should have brought excitement to millions, but then something went wrong. Don Mattrick stepped on stage and promised to put you in to the centre of a new …
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