Tag: Gaming
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Nintendo Preview New Switch Console
We live in a world where there is a very fine line between gimmick and game changer and the Nintendo Switch could end up being either. Here’s what we know so far; The Switch is a portable console, amalgamating the best of portable games consoles and the traditional home entertainment system. You can play using…
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Gaming Weekly 05/08/2016 – Xbox One S, Warhammer 40K, Nintendo Power, The PokeRock is Back!
The Gadget Helpline’s GAMING WEEKLY is here! Each week our dedicated team of gamers will gather some of the top gaming news and announcements from the last seven days and deliver them here to you, our fellow players! Xbox One S 2TB Model Goes on Sale This week the first Xbox One S model was released…
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Gaming Weekly 08/07/2016 – Evolve Goes Free to Play, Xbox Avatars, FIFA 17 Cover Vote, Nintendo’s Next Handheld
The Gadget Helpline’s GAMING WEEKLY is here! Each week our dedicated team of gamers will gather some of the top gaming news and announcements from the last seven days and deliver them here to you, our fellow players! We’ve been able to find a few interesting titbits of gaming news for you this week (while the…
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Xbox France Debuts Stunning Game of Thrones Themed Xbox One
Microsoft has apparently decided to take this to its logical extreme with a special Game of Thrones console to celebrate the Season 6 finale. The new console, built on your standard Xbox One 1TB device, comes decorated as though it were manufactured by the finest tradesmen in Westeros. The Game of Thrones Xbox One comes bedecked…
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Gaming Weekly 23/06/2016 – Sonic the Hedgehog Turns 25!
25 years ago today, Sonic the Hedgehog set out on his first badnik-bashing adventure on the 16-bit SEGA Mega Drive / Genesis console. That’s two and a half decades to us humans and probably a lot more in Hedgehog years! But despite the crazy-fast critter’s seniority in the gaming biz, he’s still proving that he’s far from…
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Smart Boy Brings Retro Feel to Modern Gaming
The Game Boy made one of those splashes seldom seem in the game industry that has allowed it to surpass multiple generations. Hailed frequently as a classic, anyone who has played a games console has had some interaction with the little portable device that brought handheld gaming to new heights. The Game Boy however has…
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E3 2016: Ghost Recon Wildlands Goes to War March 7th
The very first trailer brought to us by Ubisoft at E3 was for the much anticipated Ghost Recon Wildlands, and we’ve been waiting for a long time for any hard information for a little while, the drip feed of information has ended, and now it’s coming thick and fast. The game is a significant departure…
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E3 2016: Hideo Kojima Makes a Splash with Death Stranding
At E3 last night Hideo Kojima made his comeback after his unceremonious end with Konami last year. The split which is far from being called amicable, ended the development of the Silent Hill sequel and seemingly put the brakes on a collaboration between the famed developer and director Guillermo Del Toro. During the Sony conference…
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E3 2016: Fallout and the Year Ahead
Along with the expected gamut of Elder Scrolls information came the follow up on the status of fallout over the coming year, and it came in two varieties. The first the flavoursome Fallout 4 DLC barrage and the second being an update on Fallout Shelter. We’ll tackle the Fallout 4 downloadable content first. This appears…
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E3 2016: Elder Scrolls Comes in Threes
As with most years at E3, Bethesda brought plenty of Elder Scrolls based news with them. Unfortunately it wasn’t Elder Scrolls: 6, but there was a little information on everything else Scrolls related. The first Elder Scrolls related bit presented at the Bethesda conference involved Elder Scrolls Legends, a collectable card game in a similar…
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E3 2016: Quake Champions A Blast From the Past
If there was one thing that could be labelled as the biggest surprise of the night, it would be the unexpected return of Quake. Initially hitting shelves in 1996 Quake became one of the quintessential forefathers of the modern first person shooter. A lot can be traced back to those grimy, alien filled corridors. Well…
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E3 2016: Prey Returns
At E3 this year Bethesda turned our attention to a new game coming from Arkane studios, Prey. Some of you may remember a game from 2006 with the same title. It’s the same franchise, it’s actually a reboot. The game seems to feature a new protagonist and a completely new story, at this stage it…