Review by Matt S. Straight Right deserves recognition for being the best developer in the industry when it comes to porting games to the Wii U. Its port of Mass Effect 3 was a tragic tale; despite producing the finest version of one of the finest games of the generation…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s been a long time since I cared about a big game release on the PlayStation Vita. Reading that sentence you might assume that I’m not playing the console any longer, but that couldn’t be further from the truth; if anything the Vita is my most…
Read MoreOpinion by Nick H. It’s hard to believe the next generation of consoles is right around the corner. I suppose a fair point could be made that the Wii U actually kicked that generation, though many people felt it was more of a midway pit stop than a full on…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I loved Assassin’s Creed 3. I realise that’s a controversial statement to make for the fans of the earlier AC games, especially considering that I wasn’t a fan of the series until AC3 (at all), but the trip through early-era America was for me a revelation.…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Boy Pac-Man has changed a lot over the last 33 years. I still remember the arcade cabinets that released when I was just a little kid back in 1980 (I feel like I just dated myself a bit there). But as with all things, a touch…
Read MoreHappy Halloween everybody! This week’s edition of the News Wrap covers the announcement of The Walking Dead season 2, sees the Wii U continue to struggle at retail, Blockbuster re-enter administration and Microsoft deny (deny, deny) that there’s anything wrong with the Xbox One’s OS. The dead walk againTelltale Games’…
Read MoreOpinion by Lucy I. The seventh gaming console generation began nearly eight years ago in 2005, but it’s finally come to the end of an era. It’s time for us to look back over the last generation of home consoles. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Wii. Over the last eight years,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Some impressive data has come from the New Zealand Game Developer’s Association (NZGDA); the development community has seen a massive increase in revenue over the past year. For the 2012 year through to March 31, 2013, the NZ industry grew 86 per cent, to $36.3 million.…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. It’s time for one of those dirty little admissions that no game critic should be making; I haven’t played either of Rocksteady’s Batman games. I know them by reputation to be some of the finest examples of games this generation, however, and that’s especially impressive considering…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. The inspiration for Magrunner Dark Pulse is clearly Valve’s incredibly popular Portal. Between the visuals and the sense of perspective (first person) and the puzzle-solving nature of Magrunner, the two games really do have a great deal in common. That is really just a surface view…
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