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Dead Island Screens Heat Up Debate

Dead Island fever continues to hot up a treat – but some early previewers are getting the cold sweats over the game’s direction. These new screens give us at Grig Towers the chills – in that lush, 1/8th-of-an-orgasm-sneeze kinda way … Continue reading

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Sega America, rare swag on ebay proceeds to red cross charity

Sega america are putting up some seriously rare items on ebay in order to help raise money for the red cross in light of the tsunami/earthquake dissaster that hit japan nearly 2 weeks ago. Items of exceptional note are the … Continue reading

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Tax credits for R & D in the games industry. Great

Now i have no idea about economics, politics and most things important to society, so when it says “tax credits” i have no idea what that means, but i know enough that something is better than nothing. This is the … Continue reading

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Video Nasties for Dear Old Bats

Well, the fun just keeps on coming. The new Batman game is looking like a peach – Batman: Arkham City has tranferred all of Gotham’s loons into a brand-spankers new complex that sprawls across the city like a big fat … Continue reading

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leonardo vs zitz, and yoshi vs ripter over on death battle

Over on revision3.com (an internet video service that distribute the likes of diggnation, destructoid tekzilla etc) also has a relatively new show called Death Battle. Death battle are short 6 minute retro video game humour video that reals off facts … Continue reading

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Street Fighter IV iphone/ipod £0.59

In support of the non, non non, non heinus disaster in japan last week, capcom have dropped the price of Street Fighter IV on the iphone/ipod to just £0.59p, offer valid until the 22nd march and sales are donated to … Continue reading

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Holy Release Date, Groonman!

Strap on your utility-belts, cape-fans – Batman: Arkham City is now equipped with a launch date. UK Xbox 360, PS3 and PC will all get this handsome little gem on October 21st. And to keep you drooling til then, we’ve … Continue reading

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Alice? Who the Grig is Alice?

Who doesn’t love the dark? All the cool shizzle goes down in the shadows, and all the best art is tinged with menace. So American McGee’s Alice, a curiously psychotic take on the Lewis Caroll classic, was always going to … Continue reading

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Catherine Craziness Coming

There’s been a lot of FPS-love floating around Grig Towers of late – so now for something completely different. And we mean completely different. Catherine is a “relationship horror” – an exploration of fidelity that sees you guiding lead man, … Continue reading

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unreal engine 3 is epic hehe

So last week at the game developer conference (GDC) epic showcased 2 minutes of samaritan, this is not a game, but an unveiling of some awesome new developments in what the unreal engine 3 can do utilizing directx11, apparently this … Continue reading

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