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Humble Indie Bundle 11 revealed

February 19, 2014 Ciaran Nolan

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The latest Humble Indie Bundle has just gone live yesterday, and boy is it a fantastic one. The bundle gathers some of the best indie title of the last few months, including Guacamelee! Gold Edition, Dust: An Elysian Tail, Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams, The Swapper, Antichamber and Monaco: What’s Yours is Mine. Ciaran Nolan

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Bioshock studio Irrational Games is Shutting Down

February 18, 2014 Anthony McGlynn

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Bioshock developers ‘Irrational Games’ have announced they are closing their doors for the final time. After seventeen years, today it was announced that Ken Levine has decided to dissolve Irrational Games and move on to newer projects.   What sort of newer projects? Well, in a statement on the studios website, Ken writes, ‘In time […]

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Fairy Bottle will appear in Super Smash Bros

February 18, 2014 Ciaran Nolan

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After the massive announcement of Little Mac from Punch Out as a new character in Smash bros, we got something a little more low key today, but still interesting non the less. The game director Masahiro Sakurai has been leaking a lot of pictures featuring new additions like assist trophies or items over the last […]

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Preview: Titanfall

February 18, 2014 Alan Horgan

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Titanfall, you probably heard a LOT about it, and rightly so. In short it’s a first person sci-fi shooter from the makers of Call Of Duty, which, last generation completely defined all first person shooters with Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, like it or not, Modern Warfare was a benchmark in first person shooters […]

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La Mulana 2 funded with 4 days to spare

February 18, 2014 Ciaran Nolan

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The sequel to last year’s torture platformer, La Mulana recently turned to Kickstarter in order to gain funding. Fans of the original(myself included) took to Kickstarter to help out, and lo and behold the game has reached it’s goal. While the goal was $200,000, the developers still have four more days left in the campaign, so […]

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Release Roundup 16/02/2014

February 16, 2014 Ciaran Nolan

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Welcome to the weekly Recap, which from now on will be a stand alone feature that runs alongside the Weekly Recap. Well now that we have gotten all the announcements out of the way, lets get right onto recommendations. Ciaran Nolan

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Weekly Recap 16/02/2014

February 16, 2014 Ciaran Nolan

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Watch Dogs still on track for April to June, Wii U version delayed One of the biggest games of 2012’s E3 was without a doubt WatchDogs, but in recent months the hype has certainly died down. Well if you still have a interest in the cyberpunk style open world adventure, its gotten a update in […]

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High Score: Heavy Rain

February 14, 2014 Andy Kavanagh

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We’ve written a little about Quantic Dream before here on The Arcade. As studios go, they’re somewhat of a maverick. Headed by the infamously ambitious David Cage, they’ve spent the better part of the last eight years pushing the boundaries of video game storytelling, mostly, for better or worse, by taking cues from the world […]

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Need for Speed – The Movie

February 13, 2014 Declan Doody

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Fresh from prison, framed for a crime he didn’t commit, street racer Tobey Marshall (Breaking Bad’s Aaron Paul), is hell bent on settling the score.  With revenge at the forefront of his mind, he gears up for the ultimate cross-country race heaving with adrenaline-charged muscle machines and high-octane super cars. When his powerful rival (Dominic […]

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The Last of Us leads BAFTA 2014 Games nominations

February 12, 2014 Andy Kavanagh

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The BAFTAs have revealed their nominations for games in 2014 and once again, the list is diverse in the best possible way.  Surprising no one, The Last of Us leads the charge with ten nominations in nine categories including Best Game, Best Original Score, Best Performance (Ashley Johnson and Troy Baker for Ellie and Joel, respectively) and […]

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