transformers

July’s New Releases

It's officially summer, which means everyone's gone outside, gone on holiday or gone to a festival. As such, there isn't much in the way of new games or music releases this month "" although there are plenty of summer blockbusters. Music   Trouble in Paradise "" La Roux You remember …

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01/07/2014
Chris Smith
playstation 3

Have you conquered gaming's hardest achievements?

It used be that the biggest achievement in a video game was completing it. Since the introduction of achievements and trophies, however, a game is never truly finished  until you've managed to strike off all its achievements. And while this is easy enough with some games, others require a near …

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30/06/2014
Chris Smith
Watch Dogs

You’ve finished Watch Dogs â€" what do you play next?

Another big game release has come and gone. Watch Dogs, one of the most anticipated games of recent times, entered with a bang and has left with a whimper (according to some gamers). Whatever your opinion, you've probably completed Watch Dogs by now so the big question is "˜what next?' …

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26/06/2014
Chris Smith
badland

Hidden App Game Gems: Android

Here's a fun task for you: go to the Google Play store and try and find a decent game to download. Sounds easy, doesn't it? Well it isn't. Finding decent games on Google Play is like trying to find a diamond in a Mount Everest-sized pile of horse dung "" …

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23/06/2014
Chris Smith
Sega Dreamcast

Thursday Throwback: Sega Dreamcast

It's Thursday, which means that it's time to jump in the Magpie time machine and visit CDs, DVDs, Games & Tech from the past! Today's Throwback Thursday tells the tragic tale of the best games console ever… Ah, the Sega Dreamcast. It's a name that, for many, won't mean anything …

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19/06/2014
Chris Smith
Xbox Controller

The Best of E3 (so far)

The great and good of the gaming industry gathered in LA this week at the E3 Expo, the world's biggest videogame exhibition. Last year's E3 was full of exciting announcements about the PS4 and Xbox One, so this year was always going to struggle to match it. Nevertheless, Sony, Microsoft, …

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12/06/2014
Chris Smith