Steel Arts Software announce new game

Andi Hodgetts

Remember the guys behind Welcome to Hanwell? Well, I say guys in plural, but it was really a solo effort by Nathan Seedhouse. Well, today his new company, Steel Arts Software LTD have just announced their new title to be released in 2020. Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the teaser for War of the Worlds. Yes, you heard that right, the famous HG Wells tale is being adapted to consoles and steam

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TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge 2 review (PS4)

Andi Hodgetts

It doesn’t seem that long ago that I was sitting down in total frustration to write my review for last years release and I will fully admit that when it came to being offered the follow-up to review I wasn’t entirely overly excited by the prospect. As COVID-19 currently does its best to close down public events, it seems that this years TT race is also on the list, so what better way to get your fix than play the official game? After all, taking to the famous 27 mile…

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Sony Interactive Entertainment plans on acquiring the Metal Gear, Silent Hill, and Castlevania IPs from Konami.

Andi Hodgetts

An apparent employee from Konami back in January on 4Chan (stick with me here folks, I’ll explain later why this is being reported on) says that Sony wants to buy Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Metal Gear from Konami and have Hideo Kojima involved in both Metal Gear and Silent Hill. Castlevania will apparently receive a full on reboot at Japan Studio in the style of BloodBorne and Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Just to tell you how much Sony cares unlike Konami, the Castlevania Requiem: Symphony of the Night and Rondo…

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APPLICATIONS NOW OPEN FOR THE GDC RELIEF FUND FOR STRUGGLING INDIE GAME DEVELOPERS, SPEARHEADED BY WINGS INTERACTIVE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY PARTNERS

Andi Hodgetts

WINGS Interactive is teaming up with Redbeet Interactive, Landfall, Raw Fury, Modern Wolf, Warhorse Studios, Versus Evil, 11 bit studios, Those Awesome Guys, United Label, Triband, Makers Fund, gamedev.world and the Games and Online Harassment Hotline to support struggling indie game developers following the recent GDC postponement. For an indie developer, attending GDC is a significant investment, not only on a financial level, but also with the time invested in travelling, preparing demos and pitches – all in hopes of meeting key partners, learning and sharing with industry peers. GDC’s postponement due…

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Review: Death Stranding (ps4).

jonnylupsha

by jonny Lupsha ft. Andi Hodgetts This review is spoiler-free and contains additional insights from AIR Entertainment co-founder Andi Hodgetts, which are highlighted in bold print and with shaded backgrounds. If you enjoy this sort of “dual perspective” review format that Andi and jonny have employed here, let us know in the comments and we’ll do another one the next time our taste in games overlaps. In 2014, Metal Gear Solid mastermind Hideo Kojima released an hour-long playable demo on the PlayStation 4 called P.T.  In this demo, players found…

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Eddie’s Puzzle Time – Unreleased Gameboy game (Download Link Included!)

JulieAndPaul

Written by JulieAndPaul: Unreleased 1994 title for Gameboy, Jason McGann: Design and Programming, David Bland: Level Design Peter Tettersall: Graphics “Eddie’s Puzzle Time” is an unreleased puzzle game that was submitted to us by Jason McGann, who has given us permission to share it with you. The game was meant for the GameBoy, so you will need to run an emulator on your computer to play it. The game is retro and rather straight forward with easy-to-play elements. There are three starting points with each having its own set of…

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Jane Whittaker: Keystone Games, Blue Sock Studios and the exploitation of disabled people

Andi Hodgetts

Continuing on from my first article that has been published exposing Jane Whittaker as a fraud I will move on to his time at Keystone Games as well as his own company, Blue Sock Studios. These are the most recent dealings as far as Whittaker is concerned when it comes to fraudulent dealings, but in some cases they can also be looked upon as some of the more disturbing things he has tried to pull. I have recieved various emails from people who had dealt with Whittaker during his time…

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UK Government and video games industry join forces in fight against coronavirus

Andi Hodgetts

DEPARTMENT FOR DIGITAL, CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT  Government partners with leading UK video games companies to help get essential health messaging into more UK homes Geotargeting technology will see ‘Stay At Home, Save Lives’ messaging appear in some of the world’s most popular games, including Candy Crush Saga, Sniper Elite 4, DiRT Rally 2.0 and Farm Heroes The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is working with some of the UK’s leading games companies to feature the government’s clear  ‘Stay At Home, Save Lives’ instruction in some of their…

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Mechanica

Paul Timlin

A Game by Deimos Interactive. Different spin on a trending game concept. We received a code for this game, Please see our review policy. We did reach out to Tyler Hankinson from Deimos Interactive https://deimosinteractive.com/ during this review to ask a few questions. This is Tyler’s first game, developing it with input from his community with a full release target of End of 2020/start of 2021. Survival games have been increasingly popular. To be successful you need to have a unique spin, but still be familiar enough people can figure…

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