Andrzej Marczewski

Well, lets start by saying that I run YARS. Gaming has been a passion of mine for as long as I can remember! I felt there were just too few games review sites out there, so created YARS to fill that sorry looking gap....

Ukie welcomes appointment of BFI as administrator of cultural test for games tax relief

25 February 2013 – London, United Kingdom – games and interactive entertainment trade body, Ukie welcomes today’s announcement from the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) that the British Film Institute (BFI) will be administering the cultural test for the UK games tax relief. The BFI cultural test team has a proven record of …

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Defiance Revealed as the Lead Sponsor for the 2013 SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival

Trion Worlds’ groundbreaking sci-fi video game Defiance™ has been unveiled as the lead sponsor for this year’s SCI-FI-LONDON Film Festival, the UK’s leading Science Fiction experience. Due to be released on 2nd April 2013, the highly anticipated Defiance is a true genre revolution – a multiplatform online shooter that will interconnect with an upcoming Syfy …

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Seven developers to make exclusive game announcements at TIGA Discovery Afternoon

Atomicon, BeefJack, Bossa Studios, Evil Twin Artworks, Force of Habit, Retroburn Games Studios and Swallowtail Games are set to reveal major new titles on the 1st March at the press-only Discovery Afternoon, hosted by TIGA in London between 2.00pm-4.00pm, followed by a chance to play some of the games. Atomicon will give an exclusive of …

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Dino Storm Rocks �MMO of the Year� Award

The free2play browser game Dino Storm ( dinostorm.com ) by Splitscreen Games has been awarded “MMO of the Year” in the Best Action Browser MMO category. Remarkably both jury and audience cast their vote independently of each other for the game with the unique setting. Over 200,000 gamers worldwide joined the user voting for “MMO …

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DESTINY on PS4 (PS3, PS4)

Earlier this week, Bungie and Activision officially announced that Destiny™ would be shipping on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Last night at the PlayStation press conference, Bungie co-founder Jason Jones shared a simple message with PlayStation fans around the world: Destiny is being developed for PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®4, with both versions available at Destiny’s launch. …

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Watch_Dogs to Debut on Playstation 4 Computer Entertainment System at Launch (360, PS3, PS4)

Today, following the announcement of the PlayStation®4 from Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCE), Ubisoft® revealed that its highly anticipated open world action-adventure game, Watch_Dogs™, will be available for the launch of the new system.       As demonstrated onstage today at PlayStation Meeting 2013, Watch_Dogs’ ambitious scope illustrates that Ubisoft is once again at the forefront …

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Destiny From the Creators of Halo

A new generation of gaming is upon us. Today, Activision Publishing, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI), together with critically-acclaimed developer Bungie, revealed the first sneak peak of their partnership. The game, called Destiny, is an ambitious evolution of the first-person action genre that brings gamers together in a shared, …

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Hotline Miami Kicking Down the Door on Playstation3 and Playstation Vita This Spring (PS3, PSP)

Independent developer Dennaton Games and rogue game publisher Devolver Digital have announced that the award-winning Hotline Miami will arrive on the PlayStation®3 (PS3™) and PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) this coming spring. Crashing onto the scene last fall, Hotline Miami grabbed the attention of gamers all over the world with stylish sights and sounds, tough as nails …

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In Space, no one reads reviews. Aliens: Colonial Marines takes the top spot.

Well, despite a mauling by the press – and probably due to pre orders, Aliens: Colonial Marines goes straight in at number 1. Let’s see how long it stays there. LW TW TITLE AGE RATING PUBLISHER             1 ALIENS: COLONIAL MARINES PEGI 18+ SEGA 1 2 DEAD SPACE 3 PEGI …

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The Amazing Spider-Man Wii U (WIIU)

Activision and Marvel Entertainment today announced that The Amazing Spider-Man™ Ultimate Edition is swinging onto to Nintendo’s Wii U™ console on 8th March. The new Wii U edition of The Amazing Spider-Man includes four bonus DLC packs for the first time on disc and features the same combination of fluid, intuitive combat and exhilarating, free-roam …

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 Goes Gold (360, PC, PS3)

CI Games, a fast-growing international publisher and developer of interactive entertainment, today announced that its upcoming game, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2, has completed development and has officially gone “gold.” Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 will be available for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®3 system and Windows PC in North America, …

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