Tetris Blitz is everything that is wrong with freemium gaming boiled down into one exploitative little game that bears the Tetris name, but contains none of the Tetris gameplay. Here is a game that has taken a formula so addictive and perfect that nothing needed to be done to it…
Read MoreWe have posted some screens and even an announcement trailer for GungHo Online Entertainment’s upcoming Ragnarok Odyssey Ace – and now we have a few more screenshots and a little more information. A hard date of August 29th has been set for Japan, and both Europe and North America are…
Read MoreThe Starship Damrey kicks off with a promise that it will not tell you how to play it. We’re explicitly told as players that that game is not going to guide us; no tutorials, no guides, no glitter on the floor pointing us to the next destination. Within the small…
Read MoreThe lovely Anne from Chic Pixel (and various other game publications around the ‘net) was kind enough to let me onto her new podcast series to rant and rave a little about a pet favourite topic of mine: otaku gaming! To have a listen simply click here. I’ll probably never…
Read MoreI was a huge fan of The Splatters when it released on Xbox Live last year, and so was Matt as he scored it a 4 out of 5 in his review of the game. However, The Splatters only released for the Xbox at the time. That is being remedied…
Read MoreBlack Rock Shooter is something of an oddity as a franchise. Each piece of media revolves around one iconic character and her stories take place in separate universes with their own characters. However, since the eponymous lass is the only thing that needs to be incorporated, this means BRS lends…
Read MoreIn reflection, it still surprises me to think that the philosophical thinker and independent developer, Jonathan Blow, played a major hand in Sony’s unveiling conference for the PlayStation 4. His confident quip “how am I going to follow up all of those explosions?”, as he walked onto the stage and…
Read MoreLast week a demo popped on to the 3DS eShop download store for Project X Zone. Useless name aside, this is a game worth paying attention to because it perfectly demonstrates the value of the clever application of characters in building a compelling game experience. We’ve seen character crossovers before…
Read MoreSo, finally, we have an idea of how the next generation of consoles will shape up on the store shelves. We know what Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo will all be leading with, and it just remains to be seen which company will lead, and which will inevitably fall to the…
Read MoreEveryone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…
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