The HD Adventures of Rotating Octopus Character, a remastered version of the PS Mini title, still provides the same fun and colourful atmosphere on the Vita. Players control an orange octopus in an effort to retrieve all of its offspring scattered throughout the world. Birds, bulldogs and projectile-throwing hats are…
Read MoreHere’s the reason this game is essential if you’re one of those people that grew up in the 80’s and 90’s with Dungeons & Dragons and other pen and paper RPGs, and the likes of Wizardry on your PC; In Etrian Odyssey you draw a map on grid paper as…
Read MoreSo, you remember when I argued that the fighting game genre was one ripe for the freemium model? That being able to buy individual characters could work much like people are happy to buy individual characters in a game like League of Legends and in fact this was good for…
Read MoreSonic Generations on home consoles far exceeded the standards of the average anniversary game. Ironing out the kinks of Sega’s past efforts such as Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Colours, the game seamlessly rotated between 2D and 3D mechanics and transcended what could have been a cash-in nostalgia gimmick. Backed up…
Read MoreGame Atelier has charmed us with Flying Hamsters, SunFlowers, Space Pirates and ever a Zorbie, but now it’s ready to charm us with, err… death. In Tiny Death, Game Atelier squashes the Grim Reaper down to a cute and lovable size, and puts him up against 80 challenging levels in…
Read MoreSquare Enix gets a bad rap from self-proclaimed “hardcore” gamers for taking games like Theatrhythm, which was always a touchscreen-only experience, and then releasing them on iOS. Something about a lack of buttons being an issue on a touchscreen-only game… I dunno. I long ago gave up on trying to…
Read MoreVivid Games just delivered a punch to the Vita lineup with its Real Boxing title – coming to the US on September 17th – and in our review, the game’s fantastic visuals obviously caught our very own Editor-in-Chief, Matt Sainsbury, by surprise; so much so that he went on to…
Read MoreGolum Arcana might not be a name that means much to you, but if you’re a fan of tabletop gaming, you better hustle over there and drop down the biggest wad of cash you can find. Because this thing is everything you ever wanted in a game. Think Warhammer mixed…
Read MoreIn a little under a month EB Games will be hosting its third Expo, giving folks a chance to play all the upcoming games and console before they are released to store shelves. Last year we got hands on with the Wii U. This year we’ll be putting the Xbox…
Read MorePlatinum Games’ titles are nothing if not divisive. The Wonderful 101 is no different. In fact, with this specific game my Twitter feed contains comments ranging from “game of the year,” right through to “what the heck is this thing?” Division over the quality of a game isn’t anything new…
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