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  • Rogue Two: Could a Sequel to Rogue One actually happen?

    As we approach December the hype for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story continues to grow with fans excited to see the first of the Star Wars Anthology films which offer cool diversions to the main Skywalker saga. With Disney firmly behind Star Wars, the film series is going...
  • Tanked Up 47 – Playstation Shmaystation

    Ben, Aadil and Lucy get together this week to chat a slew of Playstation games and the ‘event of the year’ the Playstation Meeting. Lucy kicks us off with recent PS4 exclusive Ratchet and Clank. Aadil chats Badlands, one of this months PS Plus free games, and Ben’s been...
  • How to make Bates Motel Season 5 more than just a Psycho remake

    Remaking a classic film like Psycho in a satisfying way is as close to impossible as you can get. For the past four years Bates Motel has flirted with the events and mythology of Hitchcock’s Psycho, and to a much lesser extent Robert Bloch’s novel, by giving us explorations...
  • The Interactive Theatre of Hitman

    Io-interactive’s latest Hitman title, released episodically over this year for reasons, is expertly designed to revolve around repetition. Through playing its massive, open levels over and over again, you’ll not just have got your money’s worth, but be so good at murder you’ll be able to do it in...
  • On The Test – Battlefield 1 Beta

    On The Test is the newest podcast series coming to you from Out of Lives. We’ll be discussing and dissecting the latest betas, stress tests and demos to bring you our thoughts from across the network. This week Ben and Aadil (Tanked Up) are joined by Adam (OOTXF) to chat...
  • Tanked Up 46 – A Simulated Jaunt

    This week it’s just Ben and Aadil; having a beer, talking some games — no theme, just short and sweet. Ben spoke about “The Old City: Leviathan”, and then the boys wax poetic about ‘walking simulators’, and the wonder of narratives. Aadil follows this up with a less tidy...
  • Telltale Games And What They’re Doing Wrong

    Telltale. Telltale, Telltale, Telltale. My oh my, what a developer you are. It still baffles me to this day how incredibly incapable you are at evolving past The Walking Dead. You haven’t even bothered to change the art style, let alone the gameplay and tone of your games. It...
  • Top 5 Atmospheres In Gaming

    The current generation seems to have kept its promise for more colour and far fewer piss filters than the last, there are more and more games showing an ability to create their own individual feel and personality that build wonderful atmospheres to truly allow the player to immerse themselves...
  • How to turn ‘Bourne’ into a sustainable franchise

    The following article contains spoilers for the recently released film ‘Jason Bourne’. After a lengthy hiatus the ‘Bourne’ film franchise returned this year with the no nonsense if not slightly lame titled ‘Jason Bourne’ with series veterans Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass both returning. To call the Bourne...