Jim Franklin

Jim Franklin

Jim Franklin is a freelance writer, living in Derby UK with his wife and his player 3. When time allows he likes nothing more than losing himself in a multi-hour gaming session. He likes most games and will play anything but prefers MMO's, and sandbox RPG's.
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One Night in Karazhan Hearthstone Expansion

One Night in Karazhan, the latest expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s online card game Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft has been out now for just under a week and I have finally got round to checking out the prologue. Here I am…

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Nuka-World Fallout 4 DLC Release Date

Bethesda Softworks have finally announced the release date for their latest and last piece of Fallout 4 DLC, Nuka-World. The release date has been set for 30th August and there’s a brand spanking new trailer as well. Details are still…

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Overwatch World Cup Announced

So, I’m currently trundling my way embarrassingly through the competitive matches of Overwatch (2 out of 7 anyone L ) Despite this, I’m still loving the game. Sure the shine has come off a little bit and the gaps between…

Team Fortress 2 – Matchmaking Patch Update

Valves latest Team Fortress 2 update brought the new matchmaking functionality into the popular team first person shooter. Although, the patch that brought this new method of forming a team, brought along with it a number of problems that Valve…

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New Overwatch Hero Ana Amari Announced

So, no sooner had I written this rumour piece about how the new sniper support hero in Blizzards Overwatch would be a character named Sombra, and all the hidden messages dotted around here and there, when Blizzard only go and…

New Sniper Support Hero Overwatch Rumours

Overwatch has been out now for two months and despite its success, Blizzard are not resting on their laurels, with rumours of a new Sniper Support hero circulating the internet. Details are a little sketchy as they tend to be in…

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Overwatch Competitive Play Announced

A few days ago Blizzard Entertainment released their latest mode for those Overwatch players who like to play a little harder, Competitive Play. In short competitive mode is a way of ranking the players in terms of skill (or at least…

5 Insanely Important Overwatch Tips

5 Insanely Important Overwatch Tips

Overwatch, the Blizzard Entertainment First Person Shooter has really captured my attention. There’s a review here which only starts to show you how much I like it. Now, even though it’s a game you can dive straight in and play,…

My Top 3 Overwatch Characters

I’ve been playing Overwatch, Blizzard Entertainments’ foray into the First person Shooter world now for a couple of weeks. I’m not exactly an expert; in fact some of the matches I’ve been in have been downright laughable, without many laughs.…

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Civilization 6 Preview

I’ve been a massive fan of the Civilization games for a long time. I think it was something about being able to re-write history, at least virtually. I loved the idea of creating a war-mongering Gandhi or a cultured and…