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Six video game worlds that would likely smell terrible on the Nosulus Rift

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Jordan Jones with six video game worlds that would likely smell terrible on the Nosulus Rift… If you haven’t heard, South Park: The Fractured But Whole is going to introduce a cutting-edge peripheral to market: the Nosulus Rift. What does this magical device do, you ask? The Nosulus Rift will allow players to actually smell the […]

Pipe Dreams: I’d like to see a Sonic the Hedgehog title developed by Ubisoft

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Jordan Jones dreams a scenario in which Ubisoft develops a Sonic the Hedgehog game… We have all had this conversation: “I would like to see… (insert developer here) … make a… (insert franchise here)… game”. Gamers are an imaginative bunch, and it’s fun to let the mind run wild with endless scenarios involving unlikely developers taking […]

Dino Crisis reboot is not being planned, says series producer

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Not long ago, it was revealed that Capcom was shifting its focus to reviving some of their older IP’s. Obviously, aside from Onimusha, one of the first series that came to mind was Dino Crisis, Capcom’s Resident Evil meets Jurassic Park survival horror series from the late-’90s (and the awful Xbox 360 installment, of course). […]

Lost In Translation: Why Video Game Movies Always Disappoint

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Jordan Jones on video game movies and why they always disappoint… Hollywood doesn’t understand the rules of video games. Can we all agree on that? Unless this changes, there may never be a truly “good” video game movie, and I fear that we will be forever steeped in “bad” (Super Mario Bros.) to “just okay” […]

Marvel Games Creative Director: “We want all of our games to tell an original, all new story”

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During DICE 2017, Marvel Games Creative Director Bill Rosemann opened up a bit about the direction that upcoming Marvel games will take. Speaking to IGN at the event, Rosemann stated: “We want to give [developers] freedom to tell their story and we want to make it an original story… We want to give our partners…freedom to look […]

Check out this NES Friday the 13th fan film

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A few months ago we interviewed filmmaker Michael Ramova about his upcoming fan film based on the Friday the 13th game for the NES. This week, he has officially released the short film to the masses via Youtube, which you can check out right here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgYzcTfF6vk Legendary for its difficulty, and utter craziness, Friday the 13th […]

The Netflix Castlevania TV Series will be “R-rated as f*ck” and based on Dracula’s Curse

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Earlier this week it was revealed that Netflix is bringing an animated TV series based on Castlevania over to its streaming service this year. We now have a bit more information regarding the series, as Producer Adi Shankar has shed a little more light on the project. Speaking with IGN, Adi Shankar confirmed that the series […]

It’s official: Nintendo announces cancellation of Project: Giant Robot

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You may remember, a few years back at E3 2014, that Shigeru Miyamoto was hyping a game codenamed Project: Giant Robot. The game was to take full advantage of the Wii U controller, allowing players to build, and customize giant robots in order to pit them against various robotic monstrosities. The game was never officially “scrapped”, […]

Nintendo is not even close to giving up on the 3DS, according to investor briefing

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A lot of us were a little worried when we finally received confirmation that the Nintendo Switch would be a home console/handheld hybrid. It’s an awesome idea, of course, and the prospect of playing The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on-the-go is almost too much excitement to handle. However, what about the 3DS? Throughout […]