Ben Taylor

Well, after 4 years lurking in the darkest corners of YARS, it's probably about time I updated this profile. I'm Ben, one of the senior editors here, and outside of scribbling on here, editing and finding pwetty pics to put in reviews, I'm studying 'Game Cultures' at uni. That's...that's game development in simpler terms, I don't spend my time analysing pixelated toes to determine whether they're 'art' or not. Anyway, I generally write to either save people money on utter crud or at least make them smile in some wry way with my bitterness and general disdain. If you're not laughing with me, you're laughing at me, and hey, that's progress in my books. :)

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The DC universe tears itself apart with ‘Infinite Crisis’ (PC)

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Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment today announced Infinite Crisis, an all-new multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game developed by Turbine, the award winning studio behind free-to-play online games including The Lord of the Rings Online™. Infinite Crisis is a free-to-play game that features a deep roster of DC Comics characters and is scheduled …

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‘Dragon’s Crown’ dons itself on Sony systems (PS3, PSVITA)

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Dragon’s Crown, the long-awaited 2-D hack and slash, beat ’em up action game from Vanillaware and ATLUS will have players bludgeoning, cleaving, shooting and looting their way through intricate side-scrolling dungeons this summer. Dragon’s Crown will be available for PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®Vita systems, and feature up to four-person cooperative play for adventurers to band together and …

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PETA is on hand to complain about ‘Gundog’ (PC)

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OGPlanet, a publisher of Free-to-Play, multiplayer, online games, today announcedthat GUNDOG, a team-based third person shooter with card collection elements, is the newest game to be added to the OGPlanet family of free-to-play game Published by OGPlanet and developed by Innoceed, GUNDOG deploys newly recruited pups and strays into a World War-esque era that has gone to …

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BRIAN BLESSED DEMANDS YOUR ATTENTION IN ‘War of the Roses’!!!! (PC)

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Brace your earphones in anticipation for the epic echoes of Brian Blessed, as he booms down upon ‘War of the Roses’ players. Paradox Interactive, publisher of games and self-diagnosed Anglophiles, today released the powerful vocal performance of Brian Blessed as an add-on for their medieval combat title War of the Roses. Players can now charge into …

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‘Kingdom Hearts 1.5 ReMIX’ FINALLY gracing our shores (PS3)

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Get an extra half decimal on the original Kingdom Hearts, with the remastered ‘Kingdom Hearts 1.5 ReMIX’ coming to Playstation 3 this Autumn. Fully remastered in HD, KINGDOM HEARTS HD 1.5 ReMIX is a stunning collection of the critically acclaimed KINGDOM HEARTS FINAL MIX and KINGDOM HEARTS Re:Chain of Memories, never previously available in Europe …

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Colourful adventures await those who launch into ‘Rainbow Skies’

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Rainbow Moon developers eastasiasoft have announced that they’re reaching to multi-coloured stars yet again with new RPG Rainbow Skies. Today, eastasiasoft—the Hong Kong-based developer and publisher of interactive entertainment—announced that they have once again teamed up with their trusted indie developer SideQuest Studios to work on Rainbow Skies. “Built on Rainbow Moon’s system, Rainbow Skies …

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The pain never ends with ‘Painkiller: Hell and Damnation’ DLC (PC)

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Nordic Games and Farm 51 have set out to provide ‘Painkiller: Hell and Damnation’ with year long DLC packs to ensure you never stray away from its gory glory. A DLC roadmap for Painkiller Hell & Damnation has been laid out – two horrifying DLC’s have already been released and there are five more to …

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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance Review (360)

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Reveling in Revenge Tactical Espionage Action? Bah. Baffle. Poppycock. Dumping yourself in cardboard boxes whilst chomping on cigarettes and rations may be somewhat effective when it comes to saving the world, but the more brutal, fatal and downright awesome looking processes you undertake in doing so, the better. Quarter man, majority robot Raiden gets the …

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