Author: Nick Banks

A dyed in the wool gamer from a very young age. Nick is engaged in a never-ending battle, trying to decide if he wants to play games or write about them. A huge Witcher fan, lord of the opinion piece and lover of the shiniest graphics in all the land!

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Hover: Revolt of The Gamers Review (PS4)

Hover is a strongly stylised free running game, set in a Rick And Morty-esque world. As a member of the Gamer Rebellion, it’s the player’s job to have as much fun as possible in protest to the state’s anti-entertainment laws. To do that, yo...

5 Average

Devil May Cry V Microtransactions Confirmed

Devil May Cry V, it was discovered at this year’s Tokyo Game Show, is confirmed to have microtransactions. These will serve to offer players purchase of Red Orbs so they can upgrade one of the three playable characters much more quickly. ...

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Downward Spiral: Horus Station Review (PS4)

Downward Spiral: Horus Station is a first person atmospheric puzzler. Its main draw is its fully three dimensional movement system as, on this doomed and dead space station, things have gone very wrong - including gravity. Downward Spiral d...

7 Good
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How Will Microtransactions Make Fallout 76 ‘Feel’

You read that right. Just in case you had missed the news, Bethesda’s Pete Hines recently confirmed to the press that the upcoming Fallout 76 will have microtransactions. Upon first glance of the headline for this piece, I’ll bet you rolled...

EA Believes It Is Above The Law

In recent news we have seen EA top brass defy the requests of Belgian government to remove lootboxes in their games. Ever since the furore surrounding the Battlefront II lootbox controversy, several governments around the world have run the...

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Battlefield V Open Beta Impressions

The Battlefield V Open Beta was available this weekend. If you missed it, take a look at our first impressions of the game. It’s no secret that EA and DICE are suffering a bit of a PR nightmare with this iteration of Battlefield V. First it...

15 Essential Warframe Phrases For Veterans And Beginners

Whether you have been playing Warframe for a few days, months or even years, it’s safe to say there is tons of lore to get into. Although, Warframe’s formula of allowing players to do things in whatever order they choose, especially when pl...

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Weekly News Roundup Issue #32

This is your latest Weekly News Roundup. Every week we gather together last week's most prominent news from right here at KeenGamer for the busier folks out there looking for more bitesize news. This week, we have coverage on EVE: Online , ...

Insomnia: The Ark Gets A Release Date

Insomnia: The Ark is the result of eight long years of hard work from the ten-man team at Studio Mono. It is inspired by the original two Fallout games, has strong Bioshock overtones, has been praised by many a gaming exec at events worldwi...

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Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw Revealed

Independent developer Double Damage Games has announced in a press release, their upcoming title Rebel Galaxy: Outlaw. Back in 2015, a little known indie title called Rebel Galaxy released to gamers, offering a unique take on space combat i...

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Man of Medan Reinvigorates The Horror Genre

Man of Medan will be the first of several interactive horror stories developed by renowned studio, Supermassive Games. This series is being called The Dark Pictures Anthology and to brazenly announce so early on that we will indeed be getti...

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Weekly News Roundup Issue #30

This is your latest Weekly News Roundup. Every week we gather together last week's most prominent news from right here at KeenGamer for the busier folks out there looking for more bitesize news. The week, we have coverage on CD Projekt Red ...

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Bethesda Creates Even More Cross-Play Pressure For Sony

Bethesda’s upcoming title to Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and supposedly the PlayStation 4, Elder Scrolls: Legends, is supposed to be fully cross play. However, as it is becoming more and more renowned for doing so, Sony is flatly refusing thi...

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The Quiet Man Gameplay Footage Revealed

In a recent live stream from Square Enix, The Quiet Man’s gameplay has been revealed. While the video itself is a generous forty two minutes long, there remains to be very little explanation about what the game really is or what it’s about....

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Weekly News Roundup Issue #28

As the year approaches its fourth and final quarter in the games industry, more announcements and developments have begun to emerge. Of course, what week in gaming news would be complete without a little controversy? EA has done it again, o...

EA’s “Moral Compass” Policy Is A Joke

EA has announced that, in light of the PR disaster that was Battlefront II, it will be implementing a "moral compass" policy on games under development that use live services. Their newfound sense of morality is supposedly a step in the rig...

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Fallout 76 Will Not Be Coming To Steam

In a controversial turn of events, Bethesda has announced the highly anticipated MMORPG, Fallout 76, will not arrive on Steam on day of release. There is no technical issue for this, only that Bethesda have deemed their upcoming title shoul...

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Cloud Gaming Will Soon Take Over

As the eighth generation of games consoles draws to an end in the coming years, discussions on whether cloud gaming will take over have arisen. In the darker corners of the internet, rumblings about the extinction of the disc drive loom. Bl...

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Weekly News Roundup Issue #26

The last week in gaming has been a big one for updates. With the biggest overhaul ever applied to No Man’s Sky, can the game that was once the scandal of the year redeem itself? Raiders of The Broken Planet will also soon enjoy a big overha...

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Quantic Dream Loses Court Case

Quantic Dream have today lost a court case against them, set in motion by an ex-employee. The grounds for appeal included inappropriate workplace behaviour and becoming a victim of a toxic environment. CEO David Cage has come under fire fro...

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Has Kingdom Come: Deliverance Been Fixed?

It’s no secret that the highly respected passion project that is Kingdom Come: Deliverance had its share of bugs on release. It was quickly announced that developer, Warhorse Studios, was reaching a point where keeping the lights on in the ...

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Raiders Finally Fixed With Spacelords Update

Raiders of The Broken Planet released September 2017 and was received by a very divided audience. Nearly a year later, Raiders’ biggest update since launch has been announced and it appears to focus on a fix for the game’s extremely problem...

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Fan Made Uncharted Shows Hollywood How It’s Done

Last Monday, a fan made short based on popular game series Uncharted dropped onto YouTube from out of the blue. Taking fans by surprise, director Allan Ungar ensured this short would be no pushover. With incredible production value and a gr...

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Latest GTFO Trailer Reveals Sinister New Enemy

GTFO, developed by 10 Chambers (Payday) is a Left 4 Dead style four player co-op shooter. Since its reveal back in December of last year, we’ve been drip fed snippets of information that continue to show it off as the most interesting co-op...

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Weekly News Roundup Issue #24

In this week’s news roundup, we have a few big announcements from the world of gaming. It’s a week that has proven the Switch is still the coolest kid on the block as we’ve enjoyed reviewing yet another spectacular title for the platform. I...

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Code Vein’s Release Date Delayed

Code Vein, brought to us by the team behind God Eater, Bandai Namco Games has been delayed. For many an anime fan, this is the game they’ve been waiting for a long while. All the RPG and combat stylings of Dark Souls injected into a quintes...

How To Use Nexus Mod Manager

Downloaded the Nexus Mod Manager but not sure how to get started? We'll show you how! Our handy guide on the Nexus Mod Manager has everything you need to know to get the system started. You'll be modding games before you know it. The great ...

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Weekly News Roundup Issue #22

After the initial blast of news on the top games of the future pouring out of this year’s E3, things have finally calmed down a little. To break up your obsessive trailer watching and theorising on these upcoming titles, why not catch up wi...

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Sony Under Mounting Pressure For Crossplay Problem

Recent events regarding Fortnite crossplay, or the lack thereof where Sony is concerned, continue to shine a light on Sony’s insistence not to allow the feature in any game on their platform. Since the reveal of Fallout 76, there have been ...

Here’s How Much You’ve Probably Spent On Fortnite

A recent survey carried out by student loan company, Lendedu, has analyzed the spending habits of Fortnite players. The average figures across the board are surprisingly high as the global phenomenon continues to tug at the purse strings of...

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Lust For Darkness Review (PC)

Lust For Darkness is a walking simulator horror title with light puzzle elements. It boldly sets out to disturb you not with the typical horror tropes we see in games, but with sheer sexual discomfort. The Alien franchise of films is renown...

6 Fair
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Here’s How Much You Have Ever Spent On Steam

Steam has recently released a new tool that allows you to see just how much you’ve spent on Steam. That’s right - all the money you ever splurged on games for the entirety of your Steam account. With the Steam Summer Sale now in full swing,...

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Fortnite PS4 Crossplay Problem Isn’t Going Away

In a recent interview with Fox News, Head of Nintendo America Reggie Fils-Aime was questioned about Fortnite. It’s no secret by now that Sony holds a baffling stance when it comes to cross-play. This has resulted in Switch owners unable to ...

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Weekly News Roundup Issue #20

The last week has been an incredibly busy one for the gaming journalist. Readers likely need not reminding that E3 2018 has now come and gone and our keyboards are still warm from the furious typing that followed it. Among the deafening noi...

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The Fortnite Kids of ’18 And How To Understand Them

With the ever rising success of Fortnite, we see more and more articles with supposed mental health experts "warning of the dangers." To a degree, their angle has a kernel of truth, like most things. Playing games as a kid these days is a w...

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Ubisoft E3 Showcase Review

As E3 continued into its Ubisoft conference in what was the night for me, here in the UK, another session of frantic note taking took place. Ubisoft enjoyed a fairly strong conference this year. On the other side of a successful battle agai...

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Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot – What To Expect

For some time now, Bethesda has been hinting at a stronger focus on VR offerings. At the recent Bethesda E3 conference, we learned of the existence of Wolfenstein: Cyberpilot. It’s nothing short of an unexpected treat for Wolfenstein fans a...

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Everspace Review (PS4)

Everspace is a space flight sim action adventure, set in a fictional universe. Being a mid range title, it’s a safe bet to assume that many who pay for entry will be pleasantly surprised with Everspace. It has a layer of hamminess that init...

7 Good
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Agony Review (PC)

Agony is a first person, atmospheric survival horror. Words like morbid, gruesome, explicit and visceral spring to mind for anyone who has seen the trailers, let alone played the game. In truth, those words don’t even begin to cut it. MadMi...

6.5 Fair
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Weekly News Roundup Issue #18

Welcome to the latest in your weekly digest of gaming news. For newcomers, our Weekly News Roundup is all about capturing the biggest news we’ve covered here at Keen Gamer which we personally believe will offer something a little different ...

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