Anthony Dickens

Anthony Dickens

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Anthony launched Nintendo Life in late 2005 and has remained at the helm ever since. He loves Nintendo but sometimes gets confused and tells everyone that F-Zero X is the best game. We've tried getting him help, but alas...

Growing up in the 1990's he developed a passion for video games by playing Game Boy, Super Nintendo and PC games. With a keen interest in the Internet and IT he fell in love with software development and programming, becoming a professional website developer in the early 2000s.

Anthony honed his craft as a developer and was director of the website development company Cuttlefish for nearly 15 years before shifting his sole focus to Hookshot's family of websites, Nintendo Life, Push Square and Pure Xbox.

Today, Anthony is both the Founder & CEO of Hookshot but also its lead developer and continues to develop the bespoke CMS that sits under the family of websites.

More recently, Anthony helped conceptualise and launch Hookshot's latest website, Time Extension along with Damien McFerran.

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  • MadWorld producer working on new IP

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    News MadWorld producer working on new IP

    It has been revealed that Platinum Games producer, Atsushi Inaba, is already working on a new IP, possibly for Wii.

    Develop Mag: What are you ambitions for the studio and the Japanese games market in 2009? Atsushi Inaba: We have been developing games since we started this company. We've got big titles coming out this year, MadWorld releasing very...

  • Virtua Tennis serves onto Wii

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    News Virtua Tennis serves onto Wii

    SEGA have confirmed that Virtua Tennis will appear on Wii for the first time with Virtua Tennis 2009.

    Virtua Tennis 2009 was unveiled earlier this month for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Now SEGA has said Wii owners will be able to give it a go too with a version that has all the same features and arcade action. That means a playing roster that includes...

  • DSi European Launch April 3rd

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    News DSi European Launch April 3rd

    Nintendo UK announce that the DSi will be released in Europe just before the US on April 3rd, here's the details:

    Nintendo will launch its new handheld console, the Nintendo DSi, in Europe on 3rd April 2009. The Nintendo DSi will be available in black or white and is the thinnest and lightest member of the Nintendo DS family. The console is packed...

  • Nintendo DSi launches April 5 in US

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    News Nintendo DSi launches April 5 in US

    Nintendo set the new version of the DS to launch for $169.99 with DSiWare all ready to go and also announce new "Rhythm Heaven" game.

    Nintendo pioneered hand-held entertainment in the ’80s and made it fully mobile with the Game Boy video game system. Now, Nintendo is transforming the way people access, experience, create and share content with the...

  • Guns 'n' Gore II

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    Event Guns 'n' Gore II

    Last week SEGA invited us down to Nintendo's Wii Flat in London to play some with some guns and some gore, here's the juicy details.

    One of the perks of running a games website is when you get invited to events, SEGA put on the fantastic Guns N Gore II event to showcase House of the Dead: Overkill, MadWorld and The Conduit. Upon arriving at the Wii...

  • Sonic The Percival

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    News Sonic The Percival

    Sonic and the Black Knight gets another trailer, scheduled for release in Europe for March 13th.

    Sonic returns to the Wii to take a wild ride through the storybook world of Camelot in his all-new adventure Sonic and the Black Knight. Designed exclusively for the Wii, Sonic and the Black Knight brings a new twist to Sonic gameplay by combining...

  • Dead Space Extraction

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    News Dead Space Extraction

    EA reveal that Dead Space Wii will infact be a prequel to the famed "Dead Space" and in fact be an "on-rails" shooter.

    Dead Space Extraction is a prequel that reveals the events leading up to Isaac Clarke’s mission on the USG Ishimura in the original Dead Space game released in 2008. Dead Space Extraction will marry the innovative motion controls...

  • MadWorld gear available in the UK

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    News MadWorld gear available in the UK

    SEGA announce that you'll be able to get your hands on some niffty MadWorld goodies here in the UK.

    We know how you guys love our merchandise, so allow me to present to you some nice bits of MADWORLD merch that are available when you pre-order the game at various outlets in the UK. If you pre-order MADWORLD at HMV you can get the soundtrack CD for...

  • Episode 2

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    Podcast Episode 2

    Overkill

    Including an interview with House of the Dead: Overkill producer, Neil McEwan of Headstrong games. Along with the interview episode 2 of the Nintendo Life podcast includes a round up of the latest Wii and DS news such as the recent announcement of another Mario & Sonic game. Podcast #2 contents: Wii & DS News round up Neil...

  • House of the Dead: OVERKILL (Wii)

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    Review House of the Dead: OVERKILL (Wii)

    Overkill; the capacity to obliterate a target with more weapons than are required.

    Last year the Wii was graced with arguably two of the greatest light gun games of all time thanks to House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return. For fans of the series, like myself, it was fantastic to replay some truly classic arcade games as the Wii simulated the old...

  • House of the Dead: OVERKILL

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    Out Today House of the Dead: OVERKILL

    They came for brains, you'll give them bullets! SEGA horror-thon House of the Dead: OVERKILL is out today.

    Survival horror as it’s never been seen before! A pulp-style take on the classic SEGA light-gun shooter series. Back when the famous Agent G was still fresh out of the academy, he teamed up with hard-boiled bad-ass Agent Washington to...

  • MadWorld

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    Hands On MadWorld

    We've played the gorefest MadWorld from Platinum games, but is it all about the visuals?

    MadWorld is a game that I've been wanting to play ever since I saw the first trailer. The "Sin City" comic book style is jawdroppingly cool, I wasn't sure what it'd be like in the flesh but it looks great. Having read other previews I'd heard of people...

  • The Conduit

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    Hands On The Conduit

    The much hyped The Conduit has been making headlines left right and centre, but is it the FPS saviour for the Wii?

    Maybe. Thanks to SEGA we managed to have a quick sneak-peak play of The Conduit yesterday. Let me start by saying that I do have some pre-conceptions about this title, casting our minds back to "Red Steel", we saw a shed load...

  • LEGO Batman (Wii)

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    Review LEGO Batman (Wii)

    Riddle me this, riddle me that, who's afraid of the big, black bat?

    Batman, the caped crusader, a franchise that has had a massive reinvention over the past few years thanks to the wonderful Christopher Nolan and his Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. However Batman has been around for a long long time and has now had three distinct on screen...

  • Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

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    News Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games

    SEGA announce the second helping in the Mario & Sonic series, this time our heroes do battle in the Winter Olympics!

    Developed by SEGA of Japan, under the guidance of Shigeru Miyamoto, Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games will take players to lifelike Olympic venues where they can choose from a legendary cast of playable characters,...

  • Design your own OVERKILL wallpaper

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    News Design your own OVERKILL wallpaper

    SEGA want you to be bad, create your own House of the Dead: OVERKILL wallpaper and share it with the world.

    Get ready for the release of The House of the Dead: OVERKILL™ on Friday the 13th by creating your own OVERKILL-inspired shock-horror film poster with The House of the Dead: OVERKILL Movie Poster Wallpaper Creator You can save your...

  • SEGA Under Pressure?

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    News SEGA Under Pressure?

    SEGA announce a huge impending loss and possible job cuts, what's happening at SEGA of Japan?

    Across Sega Sammy Holdings as a whole - which includes Sammy's pachinko/pachislot machines, along with Sega's arcade machines and home video games - a downturn in revenue has led to the company revising its forecast for the financial year, with Sega now...

  • New "The Conduit" Details

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    News New "The Conduit" Details

    Details have surfaced during New York's Comic Con, the game should be out in June (US) and won't include local multi player.

    According to Eric Nofsinger, Chief Creative Officer, there'll be a lack of spilt screen multiplayer, but still having strong online features. Apparently the team tried to enable multiplayer play using LAN, but Nintendo...

  • Bored today? Try Cheerleading with We Cheer!

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    News Bored today? Try Cheerleading with We Cheer!

    505 Games announce that Namco's We Cheer is out today in UK/Europe, apparently the girls of "Sheffield Storm All-star Team" are dead impressed.

    “We’re more than happy to be involved with a game which will hopefully give more publicity to our sport, which is always growing in popularity in this country,” commented Coral Head, Storm All-stars...

  • House of the Dead: OVERKILL gets positive first reviews

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    Feature House of the Dead: OVERKILL gets positive first reviews

    The monolith EuroGamer gives SEGA horror rebirth a respectable 8/10 in one of the first reviews around, not bad eh?

    Combined with the occasionally grating script, these moments of weakness and imbalance can cause The House of the Dead: Overkill to feel flat at times. But that's only because they're thrown into stark relief by the rest of the game's...

  • SEGA dates Sonic and the Black Knight

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    News SEGA dates Sonic and the Black Knight

    Hot on the heels of Sonic Unleashed, Sonic and the Black Knight is scheduled for March, worldwide.

    Created by Sonic Team in Japan, this innovative game takes Sonic into a medieval world and arms him with a sword to aid in his effort to save the day. More Details » Sonic and the Black Knight will provide Sonic fans with an irresistible cast of...

  • New Play Control! Metroid Prime is HOT.

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    News New Play Control! Metroid Prime is HOT.

    Trailers for the "new" Wii version of Metroid Prime start hitting the internet, prepare excited Metroid fans.

    It might be true that Nintendo are just re-releasing a game, it's true that we've all paid for it before Metroid Prime was probably my favourite Gamecube game - ever. When Metroid Prime 3 came to Wii it completely reinvented the controls,...

  • Natsume to offer something reely abit fishy...

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    News Natsume to offer something reely abit fishy...

    Natsume to offer a more "realistic" fishing game when "Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream" launches this year.

    Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream will fulfill the need of every gamer who has fished or who has wanted to cast their first line. Featuring a magnificent 3D fishing engine, lifelike fish and soothing environmental sounds, Reel Fishing: Angler's Dream...

  • EA announce Nerf N-Strike

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    News EA announce Nerf N-Strike

    EA just can't stop making "casual" Wii games, here's the latest, Nerf N-Strike.

    EA Casual Entertainment and Hasbro bring the action and chaos of the popular NERF brand to the digital world. In a world specifically created to be the perfect landscape for NERF pandemonium, players can wreak havoc and perfect their blasting skills or challenge friends...