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GameTheNews Initiative 2012-2018 – A Retrospective
NOTE: This post was written by our Production and Design Director, Tomas Rawlings and published by our Community Manager, hence the author being Jake Connor. The words and thoughts are all Tomas’s. Thanks! This article was written when we decided that our GameTheNews newsgaming initiative will be folded into the main work of Auroch Digital. […]
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Elections of US America Election: The Card Game
To buy the game via Paypal, check out the options below! For more information about the game scroll down past the purchasing options. Order Now (UK & Rest of World) – PayPal Game Postage UK £20.00 GBPEurope £27.00 GBPRest of the world £32.00 GBP Game + Limited Edition Expansion Pack Postage UK £28.00 GBPEurope […]
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Jack the Ripper: Shadow Over Whitechapel
In 1888 a series of murders happened that shocked the world. The killer was never caught and has gone into history with the infamous title, ‘Jack the Ripper’. What are the reasons that Jack the Ripper remains arguably the world’s most infamous serial killer over 125 years after his crimes? Is it the shocking brutality […]
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NarcoGuerra
“NarcoGuerra is Risk applied to the war on drugs; it’s hard, it’s political, it’s really quite good.” PCGamesN “…a unique and surprising handheld strategy experience.” Penny Arcade Report “This is a good quality game that delicately handles a difficult topic and does so without proselytizing.” Today In Gaming App of the Week […]
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Endgame: Syria
“…not only a brave initiative [but] a great game..” AppsZoom.com – Endgame Syria is a free interactive exploration of the ongoing civil war. Can you make the choices to win peace as well as war? Updated! Version 2.1 is now on PC, Mac and Android. Version 1.2 is available to play here as HTML5 and on Facebook (note if you […]
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My Cotton Picking Life used in phD study!
We’re honoured that Dr. Ruud Jacobs, in his phD on his study of persuasive games, chose a GameTheNews project as part of the basis for his studies. You can read […]
Ogres of Our Better Nature: When Science Fiction Games the Future of War
As computer technology with Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been coming on leaps and bounds, so too have concerns about how it might be used and misused. Elon Musk, noted technology […]
RPS plays Real Lives and writes a fascinating diary to document their experiences
If you’ve not yet played Real Lives, then the Rock Paper Shotgun team’s diary of their time with it will be all the encouragement you need to give it a […]
Floppy Candidate is The Washington Post’s new political game that’s got us in a flap
We always love seeing organisations that aren’t typically associated with games trying their hand at the medium, none more so than with Floppy Candidate from The Washington Post. You choose […]
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#Hacked – Syria’s Electronic Armies is Al Jazeera’s disquieting look at the hard realities of cyberwarfare – GameTheNews Exclusive Interview
Can you give us a brief description of #Hacked? #Hacked – Syria’s Electronic Armies is a real-life investigation into Syria’s cyberwar presented in the form of a mobile web app. […]
Ever wanted to build your own drug cartel? Narcos: Cartel Wars has you covered
We’ve talked about our own NarcoGuerra on these pages before, as well as a GameTheNews Twitch special in which we played and discussed this and other GTN games, but if […]