News by Matt S. Just before Christmas we reported the very sad news that the developer of Rune Factory 4, Neverland, had gone bankrupt, despite its final game (that being Rune Factory 4), being a massive hit on the charts. With the game not yet released in Europe and Australia,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. In what will be a surprise to no one, Disney’s Skylanders riff, Disney Infinity, is off to a spectacular start. According to a report published on gamesindustry.biz, the company has sold three million starter packs to date. That’s just the starter packs, mind you, not individual…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. As our regular readers would know by now, we have launched a Kickstarter to fund the production of a book on the topic of games as art. And core to that book will be interviews with some of the games industry’s most prominent artistic game developers. With that…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. How could a developer – even one as experienced in producing strategy games as Paradox Development Studio – possibly hope to add to the experience of the near-perfect Europa Universalis IV? A game that deep, that rich with content, couldn’t possibly offer even more through an…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Ok, so as a disclaimer first: I’ve never actually reviewed a mouse before. It’s one of those things that you use, but you don’t really think about, as far as I’m concerned. I’ve never bothered with those hardcore gamer mice (frankly, it wouldn’t help me), but…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Jennifer Schneidereit has been a part of the development teams behind some of the nichest of Japanese games, and then the most casual of western projects. In a career that has taken her to both Japan and the UK, Schneidereit has worked for Acquire in Japan…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. UPDATE: Tecmo Koei has confirmed to me that yes, this game will be released in Australia too. Celebrate the crimson shower! On the 28th of March I become a brutal, evil, trapmaster. For that is the date that Tecmo Koei releases Deception IV for PlayStation 3…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. I know this headline and topic is going to cause some people to get defensive (I look forward to seeing you all in the comments…), but it needs to be said. I want to see Nintendo succeed. I bought both the 3DS and Wii U at…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nintendo has signficantly revised down its financial year sales expectations for both the Wii U and the 3DS. In fact, its own sales expectations for the Wii U are now truly dire for the period April ’13-March ’14. Where it had previously projected Wii U sales…
Read MoreToday in the News Wrap Oxide Games shows off their new Nitrous RTS engine, Infinity Ward brings Michael Meyers to Call of Duty, Castlevania II arrives on the eShop and we ask how that Rambo game still looks this good. Oxide Games’ new Star Swarm engine demo looks pretty amazing…
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