In celebration of Crash Bandicoot’s 19th birthday, Power Up Gaming co-founders Chris Mawson and Chris Needham recently went head-to-head in a race through the PS1 classic Crash Team… Continue reading
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Nintendo Celebrates Super Mario Bros. 30th Anniversary with New Miyamoto Interview
Nintendo has marked the 30th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. with the release today of a new interview with legendary series creator Shigeru Miyamoto. The newly released video… Continue reading
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Super Mario Maker: Super Mario Bros. 3 Level 1-1 Recreated in Super Mario World Style
Super Mario Maker is a game that we’ve all dreamed about before. How many times have you thought, “I wish I could make my own Mario game”? And… Continue reading
Introduction Although the Sega Dreamcast had one of the shortest console lifespans in history – being released in 1999 and discontinued by March 2001 – its influence and… Continue reading
As part of its Super Mario Bros. 30th birthday celebrations, Nintendo is to launch a new video series featuring Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto. “Mario Myths with Mr Miyamoto”… Continue reading
While the staff here at Power Up Gaming are reluctant to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original PlayStation in North America today (since it means facing up… Continue reading
With today marking 19 years since the release of the seminal platformer – and iconic mascot – Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation, we’ve dug up a whole… Continue reading
A number of previously unpublished early sketches and concept art for SNES classic Donkey Kong Country have recently been shared with the world by a veteran Rare developer. Gregg… Continue reading
Metal Gear Solid is a series that is defined by its cinematic nature. While often absurd or overly complex, there can be no arguing the richness of the… Continue reading
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The Best Metal Gear Games (Let’s Discuss: Metal Gear Solid – Part 1)
To celebrate Metal Gear Week and the release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, Power Up Gaming’s Scott, David and Nathan discuss their personal favorite Metal… Continue reading
I tend to reject fanboyism; I couldn’t care less about the console wars, have no favourite game company, and I have about as much loyalty as a hungry cat…. Continue reading
To celebrate the impending release of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain, we at Power Up Gaming have decided to take a look back at this lauded,… Continue reading
Who’s ready to feel awful? I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream recently saw a revival of its lovely self on Steam. Seeing as I mentioned it… Continue reading
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Crash Bandicoot Producer Feels ‘Forgotten’ by Naughty Dog; Shares Original Design Documents
While Naughty Dog co-founders Jason Rubin and Andy Gavin are widely regarded as being the creators of iconic PlayStation mascot Crash Bandicoot, a group of video game designers… Continue reading
In all my years I can honestly say I’ve never played another game quite like Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen. From its tarot-reading introduction (which determines… Continue reading
One clear cut age line on the wrinkly face of the arcade motorbike game Hang-On is that it, along with its sister F1 racer Super Monaco GP, advertised… Continue reading
A massive, action-packed game with four interweaving campaigns between eight agents, Resident Evil 6 was an ambitious game trailing on the disappointment of Resident Evil 5. Strap in,… Continue reading
Oh, Resident Evil 5. I remember lining up at midnight, intensely excited to get you. There was a crowd of fans, one dressed in impressive zombie make-up, and… Continue reading
I’ve mentioned before how I feel about Resident Evil 5 and 6 – I don’t think they’re awful, just not horror focused games any longer. I decided to… Continue reading
Back in the heyday of arcade beat ’em ups, the trend for brutal violence only seemed to intensify as the ’90s went on. Starting with Mortal Kombat, a… Continue reading