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The Restoration Game, Ken MacLeod
The Restoration Game, Ken MacLeod Orbit, 303pp, £18.99 Where does the end of a story belong? At [...] -
Veteran, Gavin G Smith
Veteran, Gavin G Smith Gollancz, 391pp, £12.99 pbk I like Richard Morgan’s novels, and the cover of [...] -
Pratchett, Transworld Publishers announce new writers’ competition
Transworld Publishers and Sir Terry Pratchett have announced a contest for new writers. The contest, called [...] - More from Books & Writing News:
Film & TV News
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Sigourney Weaver talks Ghostbusters 3
So, Ghostbusters 3, is it going to happen? Well, maybe. Or maybe not. But it [...] -
London cinema plans 80 hour Lost marathon
Lost fans – mind you, only really serious Lost fans – should be aware of [...] -
Avatar 2 not coming any time soon
Avatar has blasted its way to monumental success in the box office, on DVD, and [...] - More from Film & TV News
Games & Tech News
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Batman: The Brave and the Bold out on September 24th
Warner Bros has confirmed that its video game based on the animation, Batman: The Brave [...] -
The Owls of Ga’Hoole demo due next week
The rather clunkily named Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole is a game [...] -
Doctor Who TARDIS adventure now out
The BBC has released the third in its series of adventure games based on the [...] - More from Games & Tech News
Awards & Events
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World Fantasy Award nominees announced
The finalists for the World Fantasy Awards have been announced. Nominees for Novel include Blood of [...] -
Chesley Award Winners Announced
The Chesley Awards, meant to recognize excellence in art related to science fiction and fantasy, [...] -
Ditmar Awards finalists announced
Finalists for the 2010 Ditmar Awards for Australian Science Fiction have been announced. Finalists for Best [...] - More from Awards & Events
Other Recent Articles
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Dungeon Defenders out in November
Reverb Publishing has announced that its innovative gaming mash-up of role-playing and tower defence will be out on PSN, Xbox Live and the PC this November.
Developed by Trendy Entertainment using the Unreal 3 engine, the game blends action and RPG elements with multiplayer co-op and tower defence. An intriguing sounding combination indeed.
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Saga Online gameplay trailer unveiled
Deep Silver has released a new trailer showing off the gameplay of its Saga Online massively multiplayer real-time strategy game.
You can take a gander at the trailer, which shows the sort of kingdoms you can build up, and battles you’ll experience, over at the Saga website. It’s two and a half minutes long.
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Neverwinter RPG announced by Cryptic Studios
Atari and Cryptic Studios have unveiled a new role-playing game called Neverwinter.
Neverwinter is based on the famous D&D city, which in the game finds itself in turmoil following the sad demise of the last Lord of the city, and the ensuing struggle between rival factions who all wish to rule.
Throw in a recent “spell-plague”, which [...] -
Play EverQuest II for free
This week Sony has launched EverQuest II Extended, which lets players sample the delights of their massively multiplayer online RPG for free.
Extended allows you to experience the game with no need for any subscription or credit card details, and it also offers quick access to Norrath via a web-based streaming download application.
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Star Wars Uncut fan movie released
A fan project which has been a long time in the making has finally been released.
Star Wars Uncut is a novel comedy project in which fans of the famous sci-fi franchise and amateur film-makers across the globe were asked to submit a short 15 second retake of a chosen scene from the original movie. These [...] -
Pilot the TARDIS in the Beeb’s next Doctor Who adventure
The BBC has revealed details regarding its third Doctor Who adventure game, which is simply called TARDIS.
As you can probably guess, it centres around the famous blue police box, which is far bigger on the inside than it is on the outside, and travels with its own funky tune and materialises to the noise of [...] -
Dragon Age 2 official launch date: March 11th 2011
EA has announced that the sequel to Dragon Age: Origins will be released on March 11th next year.
Bioware’s Dragon Age 2 casts the player in the role of Hawke, a refugee from his desecrated homeland. His legendary story, which spans a decade, is followed by the game.
In terms of mechanics, the RPG is intending to [...] -
Bethesda snaffles up Arkane, makers of Arx Fatalis
Arkane Studios was started up in 1999, and produced the cult classic Arx Fatalis in 2002 (which was actually intended to be Ultima Underworld III, but they couldn’t get the license for the name).
The developer, who also produced the PC version of Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, has just been acquired by Bethesda Softworks.
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Tripwire announces Dwarfs for the PC and Xbox
Tripwire has announced that it’s to publish an arcade style strategy game, Dwarfs, on the PC and Xbox 360.
Developed by Power of Two, the game has already picked up several awards, including the Game of the Year at the Swedish Game Awards 2010.
Dwarfs demands that the player guide a tribe of asexual, bearded stunties as [...] -
Deep Silver announces X Superbox space compilation
Deep Silver and developer Egosoft have revealed a new compilation to be published based on the famous X series of space trading and combat games.
The X Superbox is labelled as a special collector’s edition, which contains every X game patched and fully up to date, plus a range of additional goodies.
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Clone Wars Complete Season Two on DVD in October
Star Wars: The Clone Wars the Complete Season Two is due out on DVD and Blu-ray come October 25th.
The second animated series encompasses a range of Jedi heroes (Anakin, Obi-Wan, Yoda), space pirates, improbably slimy monsters, mind-controlling brain worms, and the return of a young Boba Fett, out for revenge.
Set between Episodes II and III, [...] - All Recent Articles
