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September 2011

Uk Charts 19/09/2011 Dead Island keeps a death grip on the top spot

Dead Island is still head stomping it’s authority at the top of the charts. The Zombies are closely followed by the Space Marines of Warhammer 40,000. The charts are looking good if you ask me! UKIE Games Charts©, compiled by GfK Chart-Track LW TW TITLE AGE RATING PUBLISHER 1 1 DEAD ISLAND BBFC 18+ KOCH …

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Matt Hampson to launch SpecialEffect’s Record-breaking Challenge at this year’s Eurogamer Expo

Matt Hampson, Patron of the SpecialEffect charity, is to attend this year’s Eurogamer Expo to launch two Guinness World Records Gamer’s Edition attempts. The charity is using the event to create records for the fastest time lap time in a racing game using only eye-movement sensing controllers and the greatest number of people competing in …

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A turn-based strategy that doesn’t take itself too seriously? Cue ‘Tiny Token Empires’ (IOS)

Tiny Token Empires™ is an amazing turn-based strategy game with a mix of puzzle gaming to boot. Think Risk with Bejeweled type matching added for extra fun. The player plays one of the five major ancient empires: Rome, Greece, Egypt, Persia, or Carthage. By developing cities and armies, and annexing new territories, the player gradually …

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BAFTA winning ‘Assassin’s Creed’ veteran composer on board for ‘Revelations’ (360, PC, PS3)

Following his critically acclaimed music for Assassin’s Creed, Assassin’s Creed II and Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, British Academy award-winning composer Jesper Kyd has written and produced the original score for Assassin’s Creed® Revelations, the fourth installment in Ubisoft’s immensely popular video game franchise, alongside music composed by Lorne Balfe. To reflect the story’s multicultural setting of …

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Alien invasion has never been so tactical and colourful in ‘Astralia’ (XBLA)

In its first press release ever Astroboid would like to announce its debut XBox Live Indie game “Astralia – A Real-time Strategy Shooter Experiment”. Astralia is a top down space shooter with RTS elements, you fly around shooting up monsters, at the same time commanding a team of drone fighters and capital ships, and gathering …

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Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead Oymax Launches the Cash Shop for Zombie-Fuelled World War II Online FPS (PC)

oymax, a leading online game developer and publisher, announced today that the Cash Shop for its first-person shooter World War II game, Karma Online: Prisoners of the Dead has now gone live and is available to its community of players. The first wave of cash shop items includes new weapons, equipment, abilities and bonuses. To …

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WORMS™ ULTIMATE MAYHEM The most fun you’ll ever have playing with yourself!

Action aficionados Team 17 today released a brand new trailer for their latest love-in of 3D Worms™ lunacy, Worms™ Ultimate Mayhem. Worms™ Ultimate Mayhem’s single player content features all of the single player story missions from the classic 3D titles Worms™3D and Worms™4: Mayhem, along with a whole host of improvements and enhancements, to both …

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Rejoice Mac users! You’re finally getting ‘Batman: Arkham Asylum’ whilst everyone else plays ‘Arkham City’! (OTHER)

Feral Interactive has today announced the smash-hit action adventure Batman: Arkham Asylum™ will be released for the Mac on Thursday, October 13th, 2011 Developed by Rocksteady Studios and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment with DC Entertainment for game consoles and PC, Batman: Arkham Asylum features an original story by Paul Dini, Batman writer and …

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Professor Layton and The Lost Future Review (DS)

Another journey for the prolific professor…through time? Following your dreams into the world of archaeology can be something of a dangerous escapade unless you swallow pride and teach your trait to some gormless students. Indiana Jones may have a fairly dull 9-5 job, but his holidays are far more interesting than the typical tutors. A …

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