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Gaming: What to look forward to in 2020

Katie Green February 17, 2020 No Comments 2020consolesgamingnew gamespaystationxbox

Games, consoles and accidental space death – here’s what to get excited about this year… 2020 is set to be a huge year for the…

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Culture and Entertainment Features

Interview: Get your game on with uni esports

Katie Green December 6, 2019 No Comments competecompetitionconfettieventgaminglivelocaluni

We spoke to local gamers to see the competitive gaming opportunities on offer… There are a variety of societies at NTU but one of the…

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Culture and Entertainment News

New gaming cafe and geek culture venue to open in Nottingham

Katie Green November 11, 2019 No Comments Animecardscomicsfilmgaminghobbiesmovies

A new space for geeks and gamers is coming to Nottingham. Geek Retreat, a brand-new venue for fans of gaming, films and comic books, will…

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Culture and Entertainment

Bethesda’s Fallout 1st subscription model for Fallout 76 is leading players towards The Outer Worlds

Katie Green November 6, 2019 No Comments gamingmicrosoftmicrotransaction

Fallout 76 hasn’t had the best life cycle when it comes to a triple-A game and some would say this new Fallout subscription service puts…

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Culture and Entertainment

Activision met with heavy criticism ahead of Modern Warfare launch

Katie Green November 6, 2019 No Comments codgamingnews

The criticism warranted a change in the loot box system, but it did not bring the yearlong PlayStation exclusive survival mode to PC and Xbox…

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Culture and Entertainment

Game Review: Greedfall

Katie Green October 14, 2019 No Comments adventureconsolegamingopen worldPCrpg

Old, new and borrowed, but definitely not blue… The role-playing game genre is so over-populated and samey now that finding out about the release of…

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Opinion Piece Sports

Are FIFA’s player ratings guilty of big team bias?

Alex Brinton October 14, 2019 No Comments EAFifaFIFA 20FootballgamingPlaystationxbox

A date always circled in red by football fans and media alike – the day of the annual FIFA video game release. For someone who…

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Culture and Entertainment Music

Our Top 10 FIFA Songs Of All Time

Deputy Editor October 5, 2019 No Comments FifaFootballgaminglisticlemusictop 10

FIFA. We hate to love it. We love to hate it. With the amount of stick the game franchise gets on a regular basis it’s…

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Culture and Entertainment

Game Review: Red Dead Online: Frontier Pursuits

Katie Green September 18, 2019 No Comments battle passdlcgamingmicrotransactiononlineopen worldopinionps4reviewshooterSonyupdatewesternxbox

The latest Red Dead Online update takes two steps forward but one step back… From a barren open-world map with griefers running rampant to constant…

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Culture and Entertainment News Politics

MPs pressure government to ban gambling in video games

Katie Green September 18, 2019 No Comments 2KaddictiondebateEAesportsfinancefortnitegamblinggaminginternetMoneyNBAoverwatchparliamentsportstechnology

Campaigners have requested that the government update their policy on gambling systems in video games. Loot boxes, or as the publisher Electronic Arts calls them,…

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