Reviews of the latest tv, films, gigs, comedy, games, theatre and more from the Lancashire

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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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: 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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