DIE HARD ARCADE: THE DYNAMITE COP COLLECTION

Hollywood iconography is a big thing in Japan, so much so that SEGA's AM1 R&D Division were heavily inspired by Die Hard to create Dynamite Deka (translation: Dynamite Detective). This early 3D beat-em-up was so indebted to John McTiernan's classic actioner that they gained the IP rights for the west. Thus we got Die Hard Arcade, the first entry in an incredibly underrated yet bat-shit crazy series.

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DIE HARD TRILOGY

If there's one Die Hard game that everybody remembers, it's Die Hard Trilogy. Released in 1996 by Fox Interactive for the PlayStation (and later Windows and Saturn), it's actually three games in one; an action game, an arcade lightgun game and a racing game. That could be a warning sign as to the game's quality right there, but Die Hard Trilogy is actually regarded as one of the better movie tie-ins out there, and the huge number of sales reflect that.

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'Anthelion: Conclave of Power' Playtests Open

ButtonShy Games has just launched their playtester network for upcoming wallet games. These are all games using just 18 cards packed in a tiny little vinyl wallet. I've had a couple of wallet games published over the years and I'm very excited to see the next one come to life.

Anthelion: Conclave of Power is based on John DuBois' Avignon: Clash of Popes, a clever 2p strategy game where players push and pull cards in a tense tug-of-war. Anthelion takes that fun gameplay to the stars in ButtonShy's Pocket Universe space opera setting. Your goal is to gain enough star power in your conclave to sway the galaxy.

This playtest pack includes the base game: four Liberator characters, four Dynasty characters, and four Rogue characters. Each has their own abilities, attributes, and resources. We've also included two expansion factions to test: The Androids and the Fuzzies. I'm very eager to see how these play out in blind tests.

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DIE HARD COLLECTION

It's been thirty years since Die Hard - in my opinion the best action movie of all time - hit theatres. Since then there has been a number of game adaptations too with a good number of them bucking the movie licence curse by actually being good. Here are a number of the earliest attempts, some of which are criminally underrated.

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