July Games With Gold Free Titles

Microsoft has announced the free games that Xbox Live Gold members will receive in July, and it includes four games in total--one of which was already made free during June.
Xbox One:

Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition -- This version of the game adds extra content which includes characters, levels and so forth.

Max: The Curse of Brotherhood -- This one if already available, so download if you haven't yet.

Xbox 360:

July 1: Gotham City Impostors -- This is Batman-themed shooter which a decent multiplayer game which was first given away in the collectors edition of Batman Arkham City.

July 16: BattleBlock Theater -- This one is from The Behemoth, a developer known for Castle Crashers and Alien Hominid.

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PES 2015 Announce By Konami

Konami has released a bunch of screen shots from PES 2015 which showcase character and stadia details of the next-gen football title.

The images are of 3D recreations of well known Juventus players such as Carlos Tevez and Paul Pogba. The pictures also outline new details added to stadia, particularly with crowd generation which seems to be a dramatic leap from previous games.

PES 2015 is the first entry in Konami's co-developed in the UK to enhance the game's authenticity. It has been suggested the PES 2015 release date will fall on September 26 though it has yet to be confirmed.

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Alien: Isolation - Screenshots

In October, the chance to be pitted against an acid blooded creature that has been the cause of more than a few nightmares will be offered in the form of Alien: Isolation. Set within a world highly reminiscent and based of  Ridley Scotts 1979 film Alien, Isolation will be placing you into the shoes of Amanda Ripley, the daughter of Ellen Ripley, as she sets out to investigate a possible lead on her missing mother, taking her to a space station that has descended into chaos.

Until then, a wealth of new screenshots from E3 have arrived showing an environment oozing with atmosphere and potential scares. The terrifying Alien itself is fully visible below, a horrifying figure of death that is joined by determined, and possibly just as dangerous, androids striding towards the player. A whole load of fire also features in many of the images, a substance that may be both a danger and a useful means of defense.

Alien: Isolation will be heading to PS4, PS3, Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC on October 7th. 

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Crazy Horse Gaming Visits The Yorkshire Cosplay Con 6 !

So Mike took a trip up the road to Doncaster  Dome to check out The Yorkshire Cosplay Convention 6 and bring to you another master piece in shaky cam mastery.......What!?

If you want to Find out more info on the Yorkshire Cosplay Convention then click here It is a great day out for all!

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Bungie Extends Alpha On Ps4

Over on Twitter Bungie announced the extension of the Destiny first-look alpha which started Thursday after E3 and was supposed to end on Sunday.

Yup. Alpha still works. Now, we're gonna test it in expert mode. If you're still playing, pardon our dust. This is for the Beta!
— Bungie (@Bungie) June 16, 2014

The Beta is hitting the PlayStation 3 & 4 on July and then a few days later on Xbox 360 and Xbox One. Until then check out the mouth watering trailer below.

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Transformers Getting Angry Birds Treatment

Rovio Entertainment has announced that the next game in it's long running Angry Birds series will be Transformers! Hasbro and Rovio are teaming together just like they did with the Star Wars franchise in what is surely their most ambitious game yet. 

It is thought that Angry Birds: Transformers will launch the same time as Transformers 4 this summer. Rovio and Hasbro will also be releasing a line of toys. Over on the Rovio website it states that the game is coming to App stores soon and that it will be most likely be released on platforms beyond the mobile market.

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Fable Anniversary - PC Release

If you have been waiting to play Fable Anniversary, but lack an Xbox 360, you are in luck. The game's developer, Lionhead Studios, has announced that the game is coming to PC.

What was originally teased through a video has now been confirmed. Fable Anniversary will be coming to Steam later this year. An exact release date has not been offered directly, but rather is hidden within the teaser trailer. Can you find it?

The first Fable was released on the original Xbox in 2004 and in 2013 was re-mastered and released on the Xbox 360 as Fable Anniversary. This version included updated visuals and audio, bringing the game to players in HD, and bundled in extra content in the form of The Lost Chapters. Soon it will be on PC.

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Play Expo Manchester 11th-12th October 2014

The Norths biggest video game expo is to return to Manchester! Play Expo from the 11th to the 12th of October at the  EventCity will be bigger and better than any that came previously. Now there is still a few months until the Expo hits the ground but there has already been a great amount of announcements made that are already getting me giddy for the expo.

First of all we should mention Tickets are on sale and are available from Here, You can currently purchase three different types of ticket at the moment and if you preorder your tickets as apposed to paying on the door you will receive a nice little discount the prices for prebooking are as follows .

Adult (1 day) £14 – Adult (weekend) £23
Child (1 day) £9 – Child (weekend) £14
Family (1 day) £42

If you don't have the spare cash to get your tickets now do not worry as you can book online all the way up until the 10th of October!

If paying online is not your thing then you can just as easily pay on the door on the day and those prices are,

Adult (1 day) £15 – Adult (weekend) £25
Child (1 day) £10 – Child (weekend) £15

Family (1 day) £45

Indie Dev's Welcome

So now that the money thing is out of the way we should get to the big stuff the things that we all go to the Expo for the games. First of is due to the massive success of the Indie section at Play Blackpool The Manchester Expo is expanding their indie section with special Packages available for Indie Dev's to show their latest titles on the main show floor so if you are a indie Dev and are wanting to get your latest creation out there for all us gamers to see then what better place to that! If you are interested then the link to contact Play Expo regarding that is HERE.

The First Special Guest

Now the first big announcement that has already been made is that Mel Croucher will be attending the Expo as a Special Guest. For those of you who may not know who Mel is he is the creative mind behind a lot of great games including, Pimania and Deus Ex Machina as featured on Plays on site Mel announced his appearance at Play in a rather unique way. 

“I’ve agreed to attend Play Expo, the most extensive celebration of video games history ever seen in the UK, to be held in Manchester UK on 11th and 12th October. My status is “special guest”, which translates as “old fart”, and I’ll be giving talks and signing stuff, as well as showing old and new games, blessing children and healing lepers.”

It's All Gone VR At The Expo!

The Second announcement made by Play Expo is that there will be a heavy presence by the Retro Computer Museum at the Expo Showing a large range of retro, rare and obscure systems along with some interesting tournaments to help raise funding for the museum. RCM have also announced that they are bringing something rather special to the Expo, A rather rare and classic piece of gaming history one which if did not exists you would not be seeing things like the Oculus Rift today!  RCM are fetching to the party  two, fully working W Industries Virtual Reality machines that will be system linked, enabling Play Expo visitors to play head-to-head against friends and family! How is that for something special!

Round One Fight!

For the fifth year running now Electronic Dojo will be leading the fighting game tournaments at the Expo with the assistance of Manchester Battle Arena. While it is still to early for Play Expo to announce what games will be present at these tournaments please feel free to leave your fighting game suggestions with the Expo team via This LINK.

Also for more info regarding Electronic Dojo or Manchester Battle Arena then please follow the links in the names.

Better Bring Your Dice

Following on from their hugely popular debut at Play Blackpool Dark Cleo Production  will be bringing the Expo masses and variety of awesome and interesting board and card games which proved super popular at the Blackpool Expo.

Are You A Pin Ball Wizard?

Northern Lights returns for its third year running fetching with them over 100 Pinball Machines for you to enjoy at your leisure over the weekend not to mention what is sure to be some awesome pinball tournaments. 

This Is My Idea Of Heaven!

Retro Games Party will be creating what is the largest public arcade or over twenty years by bringing a huge amount of classic arcade machines to the party which i can not wait for. I do love me some arcade action!

Well it is still early days and there is still much more to come but as you can see Play Expo Manchester is already set to be a huge and amazing Expo for all to enjoy! We will keep you posted on any new announcements as they arrive.

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Mario Kart Sells 1.2 Million

Over the weekend Mario Kart 8 launched on the Nintendo Wii U in what is the highest reviewed game in the series. Things are getting even better for Nintendo with sales at an astonishing 1.2 million in just over one weekend. This has seen sales of the Wii U console rise by 666%! "Such positive early feedback for Mario Kart 8 reinforces the great gameplay experiences that Wii U currently offers," said Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata. "With Nintendo set to showcase its future releases at E3 next week, this is a great milestone going into the summer season."

Prior to the release of Mario Kart 8, the series has sold over 100 million copies which ranges from SNES version to the 3DS.

Title	System	Global Sales (as of 3/31/14)
Super Mario Kart	Super Nintendo	8.76 million
Mario Kart 64	Nintendo 64	9.87 million
Mario Kart: Super Circuit	Game Boy Advance	5.91 million
Mario Kart: Double Dash	Nintendo GameCube	6.88 million
Mario Kart DS	Nintendo DS	23.56 million
Mario Kart Wii	Wii	35.53 million
Mario Kart 7	Nintendo 3DS	9.62 million
		Total: 100.13 million

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New Wii U System Update

Nintendo has today announced a new system update is now available for Wii U, introducing changes that promise to enhance the user experience. The most notable change is the addition of a Quick Start feature for the Wii U GamePad controller. After the update has been downloaded, users starting Wii U with the GamePad controller can view the Quick Start screen, which features the icons of 10 recently used or installed games and applications. Users can start the game or software they want to use immediately without first loading the Wii U Menu. Quick Start is ideal for users who want to start playing games right away.

Some additional changes include:

· Users can now receive occasional visual notifications about new games and products, special promotions and more on their GamePad controllers. Users can adjust or remove alert sounds, choose whether to power up the GamePad when notifications arrive and even set hours when such visual notifications are prohibited (such as the middle of the night).

· System updates, in addition to being downloaded automatically, are now also installed automatically while the Wii U console is powered down.

· Easier Nintendo Network ID setup for new users.

· Notifications (different to notifications on the Wii U GamePad) can now be accessed from the Home Menu as well as the Wii U Menu.

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