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Valve Takes Action On CS:GO Gambling Sites

July 17, 2016 David Savage

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Valve has finally broken their silence on the CS:GO Lotto controversy, where two prominent YouTubers owned a site they were promoting. CS:GO Lotto allowed users to gamble using weapon skins for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in place of cash. This conveniently allows the site to not have to follow any legislation about gambling. Which is why it also […]

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Event

ALT Events Dublin Game Night On This August

July 17, 2016 Brian Dooley

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ALT Events Dublin Game Night is a monthly event where participants can choose to play a game from ALT’s ever growing collection of modern board games! It takes place every second Sunday of the month and the next will be on Sunday August 14 at the Fringe Lab. You’re also welcome to bring your own games, but there will have a […]

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Culture

Pokémon GO Drops In Ireland!

July 16, 2016 Brian Dooley

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Pokémon GO releases in Ireland (officially) today for both Android and iOS devices. Made by Niantic and published by The Pokémon Company, Pokémon GO can only be described as a mobile phenomenon. Everyone seems to be playing it or talking about and now you can join in. Pokémon GO sees the player create a profile […]

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Details Released For Dublin’s Walking Dead Interactive Cinema Club Ep 2

July 16, 2016 Brian Dooley

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The Arcade recently ran an article about ALT Events Dublin’s The Walking Dead Interactive Cinema Club. ALT Events Dublin are a non-profit group attempting to create a sustainable alternative to drink culture in Dublin by putting on quirky, alternative events like gaming and board games nights in the hopes of giving people other options on how to spend […]

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Games

Player Chooses Pokémon Go Over Job

July 15, 2016 Luka Costello

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Pokémon Go was released just a week ago in the United States, Australia, and New Zealand but it has already become a phenomenon. As of today, the app has generated an estimated 15 million downloads. This has made it the fastest game to top the App Store and Google Play Store. Unfortunately, players in Canada and Europe […]

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Consoles

Nintendo Announce Nintendo Classic Mini

July 15, 2016 Brian Dooley

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Nintendo have announced the Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System. Pre-loaded with 30 classic NES titles, it allows you to relive some of Nintendo’s best titles of the 80’s. “The Nintendo Classic Mini: Nintendo Entertainment System comes packaged with an HDMI cable, a USB cable for powering the system*, and one Nintendo Classic Mini: NES Controller. And whether […]

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Featured

Iron Maiden: Legacy Of The Beast – Review

July 14, 2016 Kevin Coffey

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With Pokémon Go dominating the airwaves and statistics showing it has a user base that is rivaling Twitter we can see that mobile gaming can be incredibly popular, especially when related to something iconic. So I would like to take some time to talk about another mobile game released recently, Iron Maiden: Legacy Of The Beast. The game […]

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Games

Metal Gear Solid Director Speaks About New Project ‘Death Stranding’

July 14, 2016 David Savage

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Famed Metal Gear Solid director Hideo Kojima has said he is confident that Death Stranding will be his “best work so far”. Speaking at the Develop Conference Kojima said; “So far, when I’ve been making games, I’ve had to give up on something or at least compromise on something in order to get things done. […]

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No Microsoft Conference At Gamescom 2016

July 14, 2016 David Savage

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Following Sonys example, Microsoft will not be having a media briefing event at Gamescom this year. They will be replacing it with a “new and more intimate” event called Xbox FanFest 2016 for attendees. Their booth at the show will feature Gears of War 4, Forza Horizon 3, Halo Wars 2, ReCore and Sea of […]

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Overwatch Reveals Its First New Hero

July 13, 2016 Laura Kelly

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Ever since the teaser image Blizzard released this week fans have been scraping to find information on Overwatch’s new hero. Well, thankfully the wait is over! With the release of an origin video, gameplay trailer and official hero page, we get our first look at Ana. Ana Amari, Codename: Sombra, is a support sniper with a biotic rifle. Using […]

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