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Game review: Prison Architect

Cast your mind back to the sim games of the late 90s. Classics like Dungeon Keeper, Theme Park and Theme Hospital. Their influence is clearly visible in Introversion’s Prison Architect – an unashamedly...

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Game review: Guitar Hero Live

Let’s face it. Plastic instruments may have lost their edge since the days when one couldn’t enter a gaming store without seeing the floor littered with drum sets and guitars. Nowadays, they’re lucky...

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In the Console World, War Does Change

The console war is an odd beast. You wouldn’t see people arguing over why LG makes a better fridge than Samsung. Yet many gamers feel the need to argue that their particular console of choice is much...

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The Five Best New Features of Black Ops III

Just as Christmas comes round every year, so too does the release of a new Call Of Duty. This year it was Treyarch’s job to deliver the next instalment in the series, which, not surprisingly, is Black...

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In Between Curiosity and Frustration

In Between is a story-driven puzzle game. The protagonist is a man dying from cancer – not a subject often touched on by video games, but handled very well here. The award-winning game by gentlymad and...

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Another Halo Misfires

Halo 5: Guardians fails spectacularly when it comes to delivering a satisfying campaign, both in terms of story and gameplay. This is largely due to the fact that the game’s advertising did not...

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The Galleon’s Game Of The Year Awards 2015

The Galleon’s Game of the Year 2015 It’s that time of the year again and the Gaming and Tech writers of The Galleon have come together to celebrate 2015’s greatest achievements in video games. Across...

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Microtransactions – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

I recently reviewed Forza Motorsport 6  and in that review I praised it for removing the microtransactions that held back its predecessor and having an economy that didn’t require you to grind in order...

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Stressed Out

After incubating inside the veritable treasure trove that is Steam Early Access for the last year or so, Red Hook Studios’ highly anticipated Darkest Dungeon has emerged as one 2016’s first triumphs....

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Dinosaurs Are Back!

ARK: Survival Evolved is a multiplayer survival game set on a mysterious island known as the Ark. As a man or woman stranded naked, you wake up and must begin to gather resources and food, craft...

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GAME REVIEW: Adrift (PC: 28th March, PS4/Xbox One: Summer)

In the years following its announcement, two sets of expectations have been fuelled by both Adrift’s marketing campaign and a continuous stream of internet comments that were eager to liken the game to...

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Indie-spection: January 2016

Welcome to Indie-spection, The Galleon’s new monthly column taking a plunge into the diverse and richly creative world of independent games development. Each month I will be taking a close look at...

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Sleepless in Birmingham

Last December I had the opportunity to work as a volunteer at the Insomnia Gaming Festival, a gaming-oriented event first created 1999. Since its inception it has grown into a huge, multi-day...

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Surprise, War Still Hasn’t Changed

Bethesda certainly has a good track record when it comes to open world role playing games. Oblivion, Skyrim and of course Fallout 3 are all games highly acclaimed by fans and critics alike. When...

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Interactive Tales – The Battle over Gameplay vs. Narrative

“It’s an academic bickering session.” Dan Pinchbeck is sitting back leisurely on the couch in front of me, legs crossed, one arm thrown out over the backrest, yet there is a ferocity to his remark...

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Column: Release Calender May

May rolls around packed to the brim with blockbuster releases. With such a busy schedule, most of us will unavoidably going to have to make some tough calls. What titles are earning your hard earned...

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Praise the Sun…Again

With Dark Souls III, FromSoftware has brought this epic and beloved series to a fitting close. In many respects it plays homage to the original whilst also taking inspiration from the more recent...

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Colony Architect

In Rimworld you are tasked with building and maintaining a space colony on a distant planet. The game is made by Ludeon Studios, a one man studio based in Montreal, Canada founded by Tynan Sylvester,...

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No Man’s Sky: An Equal Measure of Beauty and Monotony

  Reviewed on PC No Man’s Sky is a shell of the game we were promised. A sprawling universe spanning 18 quintillion life-sized planets, yet falling short of matching the variety of a basic crib mobile,...

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The Death of the Headphone Jack is Business as Usual for Apple

Your worst fears have been confirmed: the beloved headphone jack will not be in the iPhone 7. Apple revealed that the 3.5mm headphone jack would be replaced by wireless Bluetooth headphones and if you...

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