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Review: Defiance, PS3, £29.99

3:30pm Friday 19th April 2013

Ambition is a huge virtue in the crowded world of mass-market console experiences.

BFI appointed to look after games tax relief

4:36pm Monday 25th February 2013

The UK government has appointed the British Film Institute to administer the cultural test for games tax relief.

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PlayStation 4 unveiling is praised by gaming body

9:53am Friday 22nd February 2013

A videogame body has welcomed news that Sony is set to release the PlayStation 4 later this year.

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Colonial Marines, Xbox 360, £37.99

1:25pm Friday 15th February 2013

More space shooting is on the horizon, as Aliens: Colonial Marines drafts you into a United States Colonial Marine squad preparing to face an Aliens assault more intense and horrific than ever before.

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Scribblenauts Unlimited, Wii U, £44.99

1:28pm Friday 15th February 2013

Scribblenauts Unlimited sits somewhere comfortably between game and software demonstration, holding a vast vocabulary in its back-end that players can draw upon to conjure almost any object or person their brain can come up with.

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Review: Dead Space 3, PS3, £39.99

1:20pm Friday 15th February 2013

The Dead Space duo to date has caused a massive stir in the console world, delivering an awesome intergalactic pair of adventures that thrilled and chilled in equal measure.

Review: Dead Rising 2, PS3, £14.99

10:56am Friday 1st February 2013

A true console zombie-fest, Dead Rising 2: Off The Record sees Frank West, photo journalist and original hero of Dead Rising’s Willamette incident, take centre stage as gamers get a different perspective on the Fortune City outbreak.

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Review: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, PS3

10:53am Friday 1st February 2013

The Resident Evil series has so often sought to push the boundaries of survival horror gaming.

Review: The Avengers: Battle For Earth, Wii U

10:48am Friday 1st February 2013

Fancy escaping the humdrum of regular life, in exchange for an outrageous, superhuman fighting challenge?

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Greater numbers of women now work in gaming

11:08am Monday 21st January 2013

More women are working in the videogame industry than ever before in the UK, a new survey has found.

Review: The Walking Dead, XBox 360

4:09pm Friday 11th January 2013

It’s astounding to see that this quality of video game is available for the price of a sandwich, bag of crisps and a drink at lunch time.

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Review: Trials Evolution, Xbox 360, 1,200 Microsoft Points

4:11pm Friday 11th January 2013

The original Xbox Live edition of Trials HD set an incredible benchmark for downloadable content, with production values as high as the awesome two-wheeled stunt jumps performed in the game.

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Review: Journey, PS3, £9.99

4:08pm Friday 11th January 2013

There are some game experiences that you will simply never forget. Journey is one of them.

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Review: XCOM: Enemy Unknown, PC, £20

4:44pm Friday 4th January 2013

Strategy games have come on in leaps and bounds since 1994, when the first XCOM title was released, and there may only be a pocketful of gamers who remember the original with the fondness it deserves.

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Review: Dishonored, PS3, £24

4:43pm Friday 4th January 2013

In a gaming world of generic shooters that have created a fog of mediocrity, Dishonored stood out this year as a simply brilliant first-person action game, which thrust you into the role of a supernatural assassin driven by a thirst for revenge.

Review: Far Cry 3, PS3, £22.49

4:42pm Friday 4th January 2013

The Far Cry franchise has delighted and frustrated in equal measure in its first two outings, but finally everything has come together for this third island expedition.

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Wii U shows enduring evidence of the games industry’s creativity and popularity

12:00pm Wednesday 19th December 2012

The Wii U, tablet and smartphone devices are further evidence of the games industry’s creativity and popularity, a leading gaming organisation says.

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Kickstarter can "produce a flourishing creative sector"

10:28am Wednesday 19th December 2012

The gaming industry says the number of new UK projects on Kickstarter shows that the site has the potential to improve access to finance for games developers.

Review: ZombiU, Wii U, £43.99

4:38pm Friday 14th December 2012

FOR a launch title, ZombiU will succeed in showcasing just what the dual-screen action of the new console can achieve, as well as scaring the living daylights out of you.

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Creative industries to be boosted by 25 per cent tax relief

2:19pm Wednesday 5th December 2012

The UK games industry said today that the commitment to introduce a 25 per cent tax relief for video games development, animation and high end television production would provide a powerful boost to the creative industries.

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