Category: The week in games

The fortnight in games: Xbox Series X and PS5 specs, Mario Lego

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It’s been a fortnight since my last Fortnight in Games article, so logic dictates that it’s time for another one.

In case you missed it last time, The Fortnight in Games is a bi-weekly rundown of the bigger and more interesting stories that have happened in the gaming world, with a healthy helping of shit jokes dolloped in for good measure.

As ever, each story below contains a link to the fantastic Video Games Chronicle (VGC), the spiritual successor to CVG and the best site for high quality, well-researched daily gaming news.

If any of the below stories tickles your fancy and you’d like more information, just follow their respective links and VGC will give you all the details. Continue reading “The fortnight in games: Xbox Series X and PS5 specs, Mario Lego” →

The fortnight in games: E3 resignations, Kojima’s rant, sweat sensors

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In today’s busy times, it’s sometimes difficult to keep on top of all the big gaming news.

Although there are a number of high quality websites out there reporting news on a daily basis, sometimes there just aren’t enough hours in the day to sift through hundreds of articles.

Yer man Scullion is here to help with The Fortnight in Games, a fortnightly (obviously) rundown of the bigger and more interesting stories of the past two weeks.

Every story below contains a link to the wonderful Video Games Chronicle (VGC), the spiritual successor to CVG and the very best place for high quality, well researched daily gaming news (and I’m not just saying that because I write the odd review for them).

If you want to know about any of the stories you see below, clink on their respective links to head to VGC and get significantly more detail. And fewer shit jokes, which is an extra bonus.

If you enjoy this article, let me know and spread the word. If it becomes popular enough I’ll happily do it every fortnight. Now let’s get cracking. Continue reading “The fortnight in games: E3 resignations, Kojima’s rant, sweat sensors” →

The week in games 27/5 – snake in a PS4, shit Mega Man

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‘The week in games’ is my weekly series covering the week’s gaming news in a (hopefully) humorous way. If you missed the last edition, check it out here.

Where the Street has two names

Capcom has confirmed that the names of the two chaps who fight each other at the start of the Street Fighter II arcade intro are Max and Scott, putting to rest 25 years of speculation.

In further news, the company is also expected to announce that the massive skyscraper that features at the start of the Mega Man 2 intro is called Colin.

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The week in games – cancelled titles, starter Pokemon

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‘The week in games’ is my new weekly series covering the week’s gaming news in a (hopefully) humorous way. If it seems familiar it’s because I tested it out with a couple of articles last year, but now it’s here to stay in a weekly form.

Losing its Spark

project sparkMicrosoft has finally properly cancelled Project Spark. The free-to-play game is no longer available for download, and if you already have it online services will be cancelled from August.

Anyone who bought the retail version of the game will be getting the price refunded into their Microsoft account. The company will be holding emergency talks to discuss how to recoup the £79.98 they’ll lose as a result of this. Continue reading “The week in games – cancelled titles, starter Pokemon” →

The week in games: Kojima’s birthday, Jimmy Kimmel

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gallery-hitman1Agent 47, the second movie based on the Hitman series of games, was released last week and currently has a score of 28 on Metacritic. Nonsensical, ill-thought-out and potentially financially devastating for people involved in it, Metacritic is a review aggregator that launched in 1999. Continue reading “The week in games: Kojima’s birthday, Jimmy Kimmel” →

The week in games: Jamie Lee Curtis, Five Nights At Freddy’s 4

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Jamie Lee Curtis VegaJamie Lee Curtis surprised gamers by revealing she’d gone to the Evo 2015 fighting game tournament dressed up as Vega. It turns out she was there with the rest of her family as a graduation treat for her son, who’s a massive fighting game fan, but she had decided to wear the Vega costume for anonymity. Apparently, her son didn’t want anyone to find out his mum was in Christmas With The Kranks. Continue reading “The week in games: Jamie Lee Curtis, Five Nights At Freddy’s 4” →