by Aditya | Apr 19, 2018 | Film Reviews, Films & TV, Not Games, Not News!
Phase 2 is in full swing! Overall my feelings on this phase as a whole is pretty mixed. There was some bad eggs in phase 1 but there were also greats like Iron Man and Avengers. There’s something similar going on again in this phase with some movies that strike...
by Chris Lewis | Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, Games, Mobile, PC, Reviews
Wake. It’s not so much a command as it is a sudden reality; at the moment of consciousness, your positronic brain is alert and scanning hundreds of reports taken over thousands of years. It takes less than a moment to acknowledge all the data, and discover why...
by Colin Head | Apr 19, 2018 | News
Fortnite Mobile has been a massive success for Epic Games, and a terror for schools across the country. The latest port has only been available on iOS since April 1st. The smartphone version alone has grossed more than $25 million in its first 30 days and the average...
by Colin Head | Apr 19, 2018 | News
UEFA announced over on their website yesterday an end to their partnership with Konami. The official statement is as follows: A ten year partnership between Konami and UEFA’s club competitions will come to an end following the UEFA Champions League final in Kyiv. The...
by Will Jones | Apr 19, 2018 | News
Leading headset manufacturers, Turtle Beach, today announced that they are extending their partnership with Splyce- the eSports giant the owns teams competing on the world level in CS:GO, League of Legends, and Call of Duty- and are the 2018 Halo world champions....
by Will Jones | Apr 19, 2018 | Reviews
It was announced today that ‘Flinthook’ and ‘Mercenary Kings’, two games by indie studio Tribute games are to be given physical releases this Monday. Also releasing is a limited collector’s edition, which contains both games in a single...
by Chris Lewis | Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, Games, News, PC
Earlier today, Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order announced that their popular PC/Mac city building simulator, Cities: Skylines, would be getting a new expansion on May 28th. The expansion, Parklife, will focus on providing cities with a variety of green...
by Joe Gribble | Apr 19, 2018 | Featured, News, PC, Playstation, Xbox
The new PvP map, Rialto, is now live in the Overwatch PTR. First featured in the new Retribution mission during the Overwatch Archives event, the escort map takes place in Venice, Italy. Players have to team up to guide a payload along the canals and cobblestone...
by Respawning | Apr 18, 2018 | Club Posts, Featured, Films & TV
Welcome to Respawning’s Film & TV Club! The purpose of this is to get a bunch of us together every Wednesday and allow us the chance to chat shit about whatever takes our fancy in the world of Films & TV! With Super Troopers 2 finally releasing, being a sequel...
by Aditya | Apr 18, 2018 | Film Reviews, Films & TV, Not Games, Not News!
Well here we are guys, we made it to the end of phase 1. It’s nostalgic and quite amazing to be at this point in the MCU. With Infinity War just over a week away it makes this movie feel so small in scale. However at the time the idea of having Iron Man, Thor...
by Tom Archard | Apr 18, 2018 | Featured, Games, Nintendo, PC
Passtech Studio’s third release, Masters of Anima, is an impressive and immersive experience. The graphic style is charming and colourful, the gameplay is relatively fluid and the voice acting is fine. But at least they put in voice acting! The story isn’t half bad...
by Colin Head | Apr 18, 2018 | News
DOOM® (Original Game Soundtrack) rips and tears its way onto Vinyl and CD in Summer 2018 The physical release of Mick Gordon’s acclaimed composition arrives in style via a collaboration with Laced Records Laced Records, in partnership with Bethesda Softworks®, a...
by Will Jones | Apr 18, 2018 | Films & TV, News
This month’s Lootcrate, which is all about the upcoming ‘Avengers: Infinity War’, will include exclusive T-shirts available nowhere else. This first shirt is available in the Lootbox ‘Core’ crate, and features the mad titan, Thanos, sat...
by Aditya | Apr 17, 2018 | Film Reviews, Films & TV, Not Games, Not News!
Well we’ve made it to the last Phase 1 origin story. It’s been a lot of fun remembering where these characters came from. Despite my distaste for Iron Man 2 and Hulk, the main 3 Avengers get great introductions. Captain America was one I was more...
by Joe Gribble | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, Games, PC
Having originally been released for a Russian-only market, Halo Online sought to bring the Halo 3 Multiplayer experience to PC for the first time… Regardless, the original Halo Online project was cancelled and seemed to fade into obscurity… That was, until...
by Colin Head | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, News
EXCLUSIVE MINI GAME AS PSN PRE ORDER OFFER FOR LITTLE WITCH ACADEMIA: CHAMBER OF TIME BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment today reveal the release date of Little Witch Academia: Chamber of Time. Magic, friendship, adventure and mystery will be the elements of this brand new...
by Aditya | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, News
Konami has announced Castlevania: Grimoire of Souls, a new title in the Castlevania series set to release exclusively on iOS devices! Read additional details and check out the screenshots here! According to Gematsu, which translated the original Japanese news, users...
by Joe Gribble | Apr 17, 2018 | Featured, Games, News, Nintendo
Bandai Namco Entertainment previously announced the release date of Dark Souls: Remastered for the 25th May on all platforms; the release date for the Nintendo Switch version however has now been pushed back to this Summer. Additionally, the Solaire of Astora amiibo...
by Respawning | Apr 17, 2018 | Not Games, Not News!, Podcasts
In the first episode of the Respawning Podcast, the gang comes together to talk scary. They’ve got some horror stories that may or may not be blown out of proportion! But that begs the question of what sort of content is too mature for audiences, especially on...
by Respawning | Apr 16, 2018 | Club Posts, Featured, Games, Mobile, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Xbox
Welcome to Respawning’s Games Club! The purpose of this is to get a bunch of us together every Monday, to allow us the chance to chat shit about whatever takes our fancy in the world of video games and discuss what we’re currently playing. In celebration of the new...
by Aditya | Apr 16, 2018 | Film Reviews, Films & TV, Not Games, Not News!
Yes I know we skipped Sunday, but I was busy eating Yorkshire Puddings and finishing phase 1 of the MCU. If you remember, we last covered Iron Man 2, the first sequel. At the end was a tease for a more out of world superhero, the mighty Thor. When this movie...
by Joe Gribble | Apr 15, 2018 | Events, Featured, Games, Mobile, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Xbox
It’s that time of year yet again where the infamous Tobacco Dock down in Aldgate, London becomes the UK’s bustling centre for all things gaming related! Having attended last year, we had high hopes for this year’s EGX Rezzed, so, after grabbing our press passes and...
by Respawning | Apr 15, 2018 | Club Posts, Featured, Games, Mobile, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Xbox
Welcome one and all to our Sunday club feature “Controversial Club”. As so much of our content is positive, charming and a lovely read, we thought we’d start a weekly article where we can get a bit of rage out, or just generally be dicks! I introduce our...
by Aditya | Apr 14, 2018 | Film Reviews, Films & TV, Not Games, Not News!
Now I’ve spent the last two movies talking about Iron Man, Tony Stark, and my dying love for Robert Downy Jr. However, Iron Man 2 does not live up to the huge expectations I had after that perfect origin story. We’re not dealing with a bad film here,...
by Joe Gribble | Apr 13, 2018 | Events, Featured, Games, Mobile, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Reviews, Xbox
It’s that time of year yet again where the infamous Tobacco Dock down in Aldgate, London becomes the UK’s bustling centre for all things gaming related! Having attended last year, we had high hopes for this year’s EGX Rezzed, so, after grabbing our...
by Aditya | Apr 13, 2018 | Film Reviews, Films & TV, Not Games, Not News!
While I previously optimistic and excited about this journey I have to lay this on the table. I do not like The Incredible Hulk very much. While the character grew better with time after a literal face lift, I can’t deny that this movie is overall very...
by Will Jones | Apr 13, 2018 | Films & TV, Games, News, Playstation
Big News today for Yakuza fans, as a new set of live-action films designed to accompany ‘Yakuza 6: the song of life’, the 2016 title which launches in the west on April 17. The films, entitled “Stories of the dragon”, are arranged into a...
by Chris Lewis | Apr 13, 2018 | Games, News, Nintendo, Playstation, Xbox
Regalia: Of Men and Monarchs – Royal Edition is now available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch! Regalia is a tactical RPG experience, with a story inspired by classic JRPG storytelling and humour. Taking place in the kingdom of Ascalia,...
by Aditya | Apr 12, 2018 | Film Reviews, Films & TV, Not Games, Not News!
Welcome to Josef Kills the MCU. Before we start, yes that is a reference to Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe. Alright we good? In this very quick fire style series we are going to take on every single MCU movie in the next 14 days. It’s not going to be easy...
by Clarice Kehoe | Apr 12, 2018 | Events, Featured, Reviews
When you think the word ‘festival’, you think big and bold, colourful and packed to the brim with content… And that’s initially what I had hoped for when going to the London Games Festival; and boy was I wrong. Clarice here bringing you my...
by Respawning | Apr 12, 2018 | Featured, Films & TV, Games, News, Playstation
Earlier today, Sega of America’s YouTube channel released a series of live-action shorts known as “Stories of the Dragon” to promote the impending western release of Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. Shot on location in Tokyo, the series focuses on...
by Joe Gribble | Apr 12, 2018 | Featured, Games, News, PC, Playstation, Xbox
Loot Crate today confirmed the inclusion of an awesome, fully sharp replica Great Sword from Monster Hunter World in April’s Gaming Loot Crate which is themed ‘HUNT’. Check out the reveal vid here!! Loot Crate would like to add: “What, you...
by Respawning | Apr 11, 2018 | Club Posts, Featured, Films & TV
Welcome to Respawning’s Film & TV Club! The purpose of this is to get a bunch of us together every Wednesday and allow us the chance to chat shit about whatever takes our fancy in the world of Films & TV! With DC renewing all of it’s IP licences,...
by Will Jones | Apr 10, 2018 | Featured, Games, PC, Writers
‘Lawbreakers’ was shit. For those of you who didn’t play it (That’d be all of you), it was a generic FPS with some interesting mechanics added ,in that characters could use interesting new mechanics like swinging from grappling hooks and...
by Respawning | Apr 10, 2018 | Featured, Games, News, PC
During a press conference at Žalgirio Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania, the Žalgiris Basketball Club announced it would be expanding into competitive eSports. The brand will create three new teams – all known as Žalgiris – focused on tackling competitive Hearthstone, League...
by Respawning | Apr 9, 2018 | Club Posts, Featured, Games, Mobile, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Xbox
Welcome to Respawning’s Games Club! The purpose of this is to get a bunch of us together every Monday to allow us the chance to chat shit about whatever takes our fancy in the world of video games and discuss what we’re currently playing. With Hellblade: Senua’s...
by Aditya | Apr 9, 2018 | Featured, News
Recently, LawBreakers developer Boss Key Productions announced it was moving on from that game, saying the title had “failed to find an audience”. Today, they announced what they’re working on next: Radical Heights, a free-to-play battle royale game...
by Ben O'Brian | Apr 8, 2018 | Games, PC, Reviews, Writers
In the past few weeks, I have been playing RuneScape once again, partly to fuel my nostalgia (I used to play the game a fair amount when I was younger), but also because I enjoy procrastinating way too much. If you’ve not played RuneScape in any way at all, you will...
by Respawning | Apr 7, 2018 | Club Posts, Featured, Not News!, Writers
Welcome one and all to our Saturday club feature ‘Controversial Club’. As so much of our content is positive, charming and a lovely read we thought we’d start a weekly article where we can get a bit of rage out, or just generally be dicks! I introduce our...
by Respawning | Apr 6, 2018 | Featured, Games, News, PC
Earlier today, Paradox Interactive announced that it’s 2012 grand-strategy hit, Crusader Kings II, would be available for free on Steam ‘for a limited time’. All DLC for the title is also on sale. Crusader Kings II is a sandbox strategy title that...
by Joe Gribble | Apr 5, 2018 | Featured, Games, Playstation, Xbox
That’s right! Our favourite purple dragon is returning to our screens!! Originally leaked by French website jeuxvideo, after a supposed mistake on Amazon Mexico listing for the Spyro: Reignited Trilogy was found this morning, a recent gameplay trailer has...
by Respawning | Apr 5, 2018 | Featured, Games, News, PC
Earlier today, Attic Games announced that their entry into The 7th Guest franchise, The 13th Doll, would be releasing on Halloween of this year. The game was made possible due to a successful Kickstarter campaign, and licensing the franchise from its owners, Trilobite...
by Aditya | Apr 4, 2018 | Reviews
Insomniac Studio’s upcoming PS4 exclusive Spider-Man has finally got a confirmed release date in September. Read additional details here, and check out the trailer! From GameInformer’s exclusive coverage, we’ve gotten a look at plenty of details...
by Respawning | Apr 4, 2018 | Club Posts, Featured, Films & TV, Not Games
Welcome to Respawning’s Film & TV Club! The purpose of this is to get a bunch of us together every Wednesday and allow us the chance to chat shit about whatever takes our fancy in the world of Films & TV! To celebrate the widely positive opinions of Isle of...
by Will Jones | Apr 3, 2018 | Games, PC, Playstation, Xbox
A new trailer appears! Call of Duty: WWII returns this week with a new DLC ‘The War Machine’… From April 10th, PS4 owners will be able to get their hands on 5 new maps. Three new standard multiplayer maps take place in Egypt, Dunkirk, and around the...
by Joe Gribble | Apr 3, 2018 | Featured, Games, Nintendo
It’s no secret that the Wii U, successor to one of the biggest and most accessible gaming systems at the time, failed pretty darn hard. Reaching a total 13.6 million units sold in five years, that’s drastically less than its competitors, with the Xbox One...
by Luke Stone | Apr 3, 2018 | Featured, Games, PC, Playstation, Reviews, Xbox
Recently, I wrote an article stating that Far Cry 5 was my most hyped game of 2018 (Find it here) and essentially how everything I had seen about the game so far had me incredibly interested and super hyped. The SECOND I wrote this article I realized that Far Cry 5...
by Respawning | Apr 2, 2018 | Club Posts, Featured, Games, Mobile, Nintendo, PC, Playstation, Xbox
Welcome to Respawning’s Games Club! The purpose of this is to get a bunch of us together every Monday to allow us the chance to chat shit about whatever takes our fancy in the world of video games and discuss what we’re currently playing. Since we can’t seem to...
by Will Jones | Apr 1, 2018 | Album Discussions, Music, Not Games, Not News!
Usually in my ‘Armchair Designer’ series, I break down the design of games… But here, I’d like to take a short break from that and take a look at my favourite album of 2017- Humanz. Humanz was received by fans about as well as a cannonball to...
by Salman Malik | Apr 1, 2018 | Featured, Funny, Not Games, Not News!, Writers
Have you ever seen a man so perfect, that even his shortcomings can be ignored almost completely? A man so beautiful, that you consider them a modern Adonis? A man so charming, that you were smitten the second you laid eyes on him? To me, that man is Mark Wahlberg....
