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The Week in Star Wars – The Force Awakens unlikely to beat Avatar, young Han Solo actor shortlist, Darth Vader in Rogue One, Princess Leia joins Rebels, Poe Dameron getting his own series and more

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This edition of The Week in Star Wars sees more updates on The Force Awakens’ box office totals, casting news for Han Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rogue One rumours and more… We’re going to kick things off this week by looking at Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ box office totals. The film is still […]

2016 Won’t Be the Year of VR

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Samuel Brace doesn’t think 2016 will be the year of VR… The journey to VR — to real, sustainable VR — has been long. The journey to VR has been torturous. The journey to VR has been exciting and mysterious. The journey to VR has been fuelled — as any notable product is — by […]

John Romero releases his first new DOOM level in 21 years

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John Romero, the co-creator of DOOM has created his first new level in the game for 21 years. It's been 21 years since I made a DOOM level. Here's my version of E1M8 using DOOM1.WAD. https://t.co/ueKM7gBbXd pic.twitter.com/NlmA9aIALN — John Romero 🤘🏽 (@romero) January 15, 2016 The stage has been titled Tech Goes Bad and Romero […]

Video Game Review – StarCraft II : Legacy of the Void

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Tristram O’Brien reviews StarCraft II : Legacy of the Void… Now is time for our last stand, My Life for Aiur! Welcome to the third and final expansion for the epic StarCraft II Trilogy, Legacy of the Void. I will skip the story recap of the previous two instalments in case you are one of […]

Video Game Review – The Escapists

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Scott Watson reviews The Escapists… The start of 2016 hasn’t been particularly pleasant for me. Banged up for a crime I’m sure I didn’t commit, I’ve been stuck in a persistent routine of waking up for daily roll call, sharing my meals with some Grade A troublemakers, wandering around the grounds of the prison without […]

Batman and Superman fight Mongul and General Zod in unreleased Justice League video game

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Last year we saw some videos (here and here) and concept art from Double Helix’s canclled Justice League fighting game that was originally intended to tie in with George Miller’s movie. Now we’ve got some new videos from PToP Online (via ComicBook) which shows us Batman and Superman fighting Mongul and General Zod in the final […]

The Week in Star Wars – George Lucas calls Disney “white slavers”, The Force Awakens Blu-Ray details, Episode VIII to start shooting and more

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It’s the post Life Day edition of The Week in Star Wars, and we’ve got some harsh words from George Lucas about the new Star Wars overlords, details for The Force Awakens Blu-Ray release, information on Episode VIII and more… Happy 2016! Kicking things off the first The Week in Star Wars of 2016 with The […]

Star Wars generates $1 billion of video game sales in 2015

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It’s not just at the box office where Star Wars is generating huge sums of money, with Forbes reporting that the franchise has pulled in over $1 billion of revenue from video games in 2015, spurred on in no small part by the excitement over Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The site reports that 6 […]

Flickering Myth’s Favourite Video Games of 2015

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Flickering Myth’s writing team pick their favourite video games of 2015… There’s no doubt about it, 2015 has been a pretty incredible year for games. In the past 12 months we’ve returned to the wasteland in Fallout 4, saved Gotham one last time with The Dark Knight in Batman: Arkham Knight, Snake returned for one last […]