David Smith is the former games and technology editor at The AU Review. He has previously written for PC World Australia. You can find him on Twitter at @RhunWords.
Just as he did five years ago, Kratos, the patron saint of temper tantrums that would make a two-year-old go “Dude, relax”, has embarked on his latest unstoppable butchery spree and, as usual, anything that gets in his way – from animals to the gods themselves – will receive a profound thrashing.
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A Nest of Vipers is the fifth and penultimate episode of Telltale’s Game of Thrones adventure game and uses its time wisely, placing all four of the disaster-prone Forrester children where they need to be in preparation for the finale.
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Hyper-realistic racing sim Project CARS launched back in May on Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC with a Wii U version supposedly coming in the hazy, indistinct future. Today, developer Slightly Mad Studios has confirmed in an interview with Nintendo Life that the Wii U version has been cancelled.
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The hosts of ABC2’s wildly popular video games review program Good Game are once again putting their collective wits to the test in front of a live audience. The live quiz show features personalities from the show, interactive trivia and many IRL lols.
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CD Projekt Red have released the 1.07 patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt over the weekend. The patch fixes a staggering number of bugs and issues and also adds an alternate control scheme.
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Ubisoft have released the hour-long playthrough of their July 15 Assassin’s Creed Syndicate livestream onto YouTube. The video shows off the developer’s E3 demo in full.
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Fans of the tabletop strategy game Warhammer have a lot to be excited about in Total War: Warhammer. Developer The Creative Assembly have released the game’s first “in-engine” trailer to give fans a taste of what the game will look like.
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Arriving Tuesday for Kombat Pack owners, Tremor is the latest character to be added to the Mortal Kombat X character roster. Check out his absolutely brutal move list in the brand new character trailer.
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The fifth episode of Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series will start rolling out July 21, developer Telltale Games have announced.
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EB Games have released the first official games line up for this year’s EB Expo and it’s a doozy. Headlining the announcement is the news that both Star Wars Battlefront and Call of Duty: Black Ops III will be playable at the PlayStation 4 stand. But that’s not all. Also on hand will be titles like Assassin’s Creed Syndicate, Rainbow…
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Marvel Studios and Warner Bros. have very different opinions on what makes a good superhero movie. To date, Marvel’s formula has worked out a lot better for them than Warner’s, but then again the WB is only now getting the ball rolling on their DC Cinematic Universe. On the topic of how successful Warner’s strategy…
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2015 has been a great year for gaming so far. Current-gen consoles are finally coming into their own and we’re seeing some truly creative, interesting new IP emerging as well. Here’s our ten favourite games of 2015 so far. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUytj7jaIIo 1. Cities: Skylines (PC) If EA’s much-maligned Sim City reboot failed to impress you then Cities: Skylines may…
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Those who forked out for the Batman: Arkham Knight season pass are getting a pretty awesome drop next month with the release of a new set of skins, including the “1989” pack that will contain the Batsuit and Batmobile designs from Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman. Considering that film is now over 25 years old, these designs have…
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It’s been a few years since the last Insert Coin(s) event, dubbed Back in the Game. The party/gaming event was renowned for their old school gaming tournaments and allowing the public to get hands on with upcoming titles. The event returns to The Oxford Art Factory on August 6 – and they’re bringing playable Street Fighter V…
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President of Nintendo Satoru Iwata has died aged 55. Nintendo confirmed his passing in a statement released earlier this morning.
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We were told prior to yesterday afternoon’s panel not to expect a new trailer for the upcoming seventh film in the Star Wars saga, The Force Awakens. While Disney were good to their word on that one, we did end up getting a quick look at the film anyway. The behind the scenes reel gives a quick…
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Milestone only released their last motorcycle racer, Ride, back in May. A scant few months later and the developer is dropping their second racing sim for the year in MotoGP 15. Despite being the closest thing MotoGP fans have to a Gran Turismo of their own, MotoGP 15 still feels more evolutionary than revolutionary.
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The Talos Principle launched late last year and quickly established itself as one of 2014’s best/most infuriatingly challenging puzzle titles. It’s first major expansion, Road to Gehenna, arrives July 23.
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Sony have released images of a new limited edition PS4 model to coincide with the release of Destiny‘s new expansion, The Taken King and it is really, really pretty.
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Telltale Games have made an appearance at Minecon 2015 in London over the weekend, bringing the first trailer for their next episodic adventure, Minecraft: Story Mode.
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Batgirl: A Matter of Family, the first story driven add-on pack for Batman: Arkham City releases July 15 for Season Pass holders and will see Barbara team up with Tim Drake/Robin to crack some criminal skulls.
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Australia now plays home to a fast-growing number of gaming conventions and the latest addition to that list is GX Australia. The event will bring the popular Gaymer X convention to Sydney early next year. While it’s still early days, organisers are hoping to hold the event at the Australia Technology Park, February 27-28, 2016….
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After announcing that one of the Westfield Matildas women’s football team would be appearing on the local cover of FIFA 16 alongside Messi, EA have decided to ask the game’s Australian fans to vote for their favourite. Fans can head over to the official FIFA 16 website now to cast their vote for midfielder Katrina Gorry, defender Stephanie Catley…
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Nintendo has announced they plan to roll out an overhaul of its Miiverse social platform on the Wii U in the coming months. The update will dump the activity feed for a play journal and will add new features like an album for keeping screenshots in. According to the announcement on the Miiverse website, the…
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PlayStation Plus subscribers will be getting their six free games during July and the lineup for the month is made up entirely of awesome indie titles. This month sees four of the six titles available on PlayStation 4. Rocket League, Styx: Master of Shadows, MouseCraft and Entwined. PS3 owners aren’t being left out completely, getting SCEJ’s Rain free of charge and…
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Naughty Dog closed out Sony’s impressive E3 press conference this year with a crazy live demo of their upcoming sequel, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End. The thing is, that trailer only showed off half of what Naughty Dog had brought to show off.
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Valve’s free-to-play shooter Team Fortress 2 has received its latest annual update, called the Gun Mettle update. It arrives this week and will bring a pile of new weapons, three fresh maps, new taunts and a brand new contract system to the game, in addition to a number of tweaks to all eight classes.
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Nintendo have announced that their kid-or-squid shoot-em-up Splatoon will receive its next online multiplayer mode today when Tower Control is added to Ranked Battles. The aim of the game in Tower Control, similar to the Payload game type found in other shooters, is to clamber aboard a mobile tower and then ride that bad boy straight into…
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Blizzard’s MOBA/hero brawler Heroes of the Storm kicks off its first major promo campaign today with the launch of the Eternal Conflict update. The Diablo-themed update brings new playable hero The Butcher as well as a new battleground, mount, fresh mercs, Treasure Goblins and more. The update also applies a number of tweaks to every character already in…
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Batman: Arkham Knight is the fourth game in the Batman: Arkham video game series and the third by series creator Rocksteady Studios. The little-known British developer took the gaming industry by surprise with Batman: Arkham Asylum back in 2009. Its innovative combat, smart design and reverent treatment of the Dark Knight left fans gobsmacked. Rocksteady…
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