Review by Matt S. A developer/ publisher with the history that Square Enix has needs to be careful when its goal is to pull on the nostalgia strings. It’s a fine idea in principle to give your longest fans something that reminds them why they loved your games in the…
Read MoreReview by Clark A. Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God is a revival of a niche series in a niche genre, boasting otaku appeal and being released during a slow period. It’s not going to set the North American charts on fire with that approach but it certainly…
Read MoreThe tree is up, the lights are on, the stockings are over the fireplace and everyone’s getting into the eggnog. It’s Christmas and it’s the best time of year. Nothing beats Christmas; it’s the time for fun and play, for family and friends. It’s the chance to get away from…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Ossian Studios recently released an iOS-exclusive RPG that offers the depth you’d expect from a console or PC game, and in doing so have reinforced the reality that for some genres, mobile platforms are every bit as capable as their traditional platform counterparts. This is a…
Read MoreVideo by Harvard L. To get a full understanding of what Eryi’s Action is and why it exists in the first place, we first need to look at two approaches to games which until recently have been fairly exclusive to Japan. Ever since the platformer genre took off in the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The Shadow Sun floored me from start to finish. It’s been quite some time now since a developer took on the task of an exclusive, new, RPG for the iOS platform that offers modern production values, but that’s precisely what’s happened here, and the result is…
Read MoreA couple of months ago we asked you to vote on your favourite games of the year (up to the end of October, except for the blockbuster of the year award, which is still running now on the site). You’ve voted and now, in the coming weeks, we will unveil…
Read MoreThe tree is up, the lights are on, the stockings are over the fireplace and everyone’s getting into the eggnog. It’s Christmas and it’s the best time of year. Nothing beats Christmas; it’s the time for fun and play, for family and friends. It’s the chance to get away from…
Read MoreAs everyone who knows me knows I have a slight obsession with Tecmo Koei’s Warriors franchise, and I love how the developers over there keep turning the formula to a range of different Anime/ Manga and JRPG franchises. A Zelda Warriors (tentatively titled “Hyrule Warriors”) game on the Wii U…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Wayforward is usually reliable. Even when it’s building licensed titles it’s usually reliable (Thor on the DS is a truly great brawler). And while Wayforward is well known for its platformers, it has proven that it does understand dungeon crawlers with the excellent Silent Hill: Book of…
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