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Doctor Who: computer game and new comics on the way

2. August 2007

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Marko at Neorama has gathered together several sites posting on the announcement of a forthcoming Doctor Who video game in production with Eidos (home of Lara Croft, Tomb Raider) and Ironstone Partners. They reveal very little in the way of details about the game, other than the fact that it will be “extremely loyal to [...]

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Hup two three four, I like fighting video war…

27. July 2007

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Hi-tech weapons systems often attract criticism from people noting that they turn war into a video game where soldiers are operators and removed from the first-hand consequences of their actions. Now the US Army has taken it one step further and actually commissioned an official army video game for arcades. The game supposedly has missions [...]

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The Darkness competition

22. June 2007

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Top Cow’s The Darkness (a tale of a hitman with dreadful powers, nothing to do with the glam-rock crooners) has generated a new video game where Jackie Estacado must learn to master these new, dark powers to wrest control of the Franchetti family from his less-than-savoury Uncle Paulie. The game features a story by comics [...]

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Tomb Raider retrospective and animation draws on top comics talent

23. May 2007

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Game Tap have joined up with Eidos to create 10 Years of Tomb Raider – a Game Tap Retrospective which looks into the history and development of the game, the fans, the live action models and all aspects of the first lady of computer gaming, Lara Croft. “We wanted to do something special for Lara’s [...]

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The Darkness video game trailer

3. October 2006

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Comic Book Resources has an impressive-looking trailer for The Darkness video game due next spring. That’s Top Cow’s comic series The Darkness, of course, not the pseudo-glam rock band of the same name. Slick, movie-like graphics suggest a hit on a criminal hide-out with plenty of two-handed gun-play… Until the lights go out and far [...]

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More digital acting for Serkis

5. June 2006

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Andy Serkis, the flesh and blood actor who brought life to the digital creations of Gollum in Lord of the Rings and the eponymous hairball in King Kong has landed another digital acting gig – this time for a game. British software house Ninja Theory managed to persuade Serkis to play the role of King [...]

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A Game of Thrones

6. July 2005

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There has been a great deal of online discussion generated by the author George R R Martin in recent months as many of this best-selling writer’s fans wait for the long overdue next novel (which George has explained sensibly will be ready when its ready, rather than simply releasing a sub-standard and hurried work). Well, [...]

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R P G

29. June 2005

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So, you like games? You like losing yourself in some carefully-created character in a good, absorbing RPG, be it a mock-medieval dungeon or a far-flung future? Well, then, let me introduce you to my colleague Paul who maintains our shiny, new website dedicated to all things RPG and he will give you something to smile [...]

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Bone

13. May 2005

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Telltale Games have just set up a website for a game based on the cult-favourite comic character Bone. Not a huge amount of details yet, but given the following Bone has built over the volumes and years I’m sure there will be a lot of interest – as ever, more when we get it.

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Half-Life 2 Sweeps BAFTA Games Awards

3. March 2005

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Half-Life 2 swept the BAFTA games awards this week, taking no less than six awards including the coveted Best Game and, reflecting the modern broadband online experience Half-Life 2 also took the Best Online Game. The very fact that BAFTA now run a games category (this was the second ceremony) illustrates how film, TV, music [...]

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