News by Matt S. I know it’s cool to hate Square Enix for its free-to-play iOS games, but the upcoming Rise of Mana looks really, really, really good. This action RPG is the latest in a franchise which, it’s fair to say, hasn’t really been a big deal since the…
Read MoreReview by Pierre-Yves L. It started off like any other routine mission. Turns out that you forgot that you had a base out in the recesses of space and now the enemy has taken it and is using it as a staging point. How did you forget that you had…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sitting underneath Skyrim, Dragon Age and Mass Effect is a “B-grade” of western RPG development. These games are always ambitious projects, where inevitably budget constraints mean the games simply can’t compete with the big guns. If this were the film industry, the B-grade RPGs would be…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Normally, when writing a review for a game, convention would suggest that the author stick to analysing the game itself. But with Senran Kagura Burst I find that impossible, because in the lead up to its release the game has been tainted thanks to a ill-informed…
Read MoreMr. Nukem goes to court, Microsoft’s Xbox division gets a new boss, we get a deeper look at Daylight and Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes gets some purchase incentives. Duke Nukem goes to court as Gearbox sues 3D RealmsIt seems like the terrible, terrible story that has become Duke…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. We love Tin Man Games’ iPad apps. It’s a small indie dev that churns out gamebook apps at a frightening rate; it was only a few weeks ago that we were playing Sultans of Rema, and before that Gun Dogs. So when Zombocalypse landed on the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. An unspecified number of employees at Sony Santa Monica, the developer of the successful God of War franchise, have been laid off, with Sony claiming a “resource re-alignment” via a press release. This is the second announcement in as many weeks of a major developer of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’ve always preferred Donkey Kong’s 2D platformers to any others (yes, including Mario). From the primal background music, to the exotic locations, to the animal heroes and enemies, there’s a more earthy theme and style to Donkey Kong than the other major platformer franchises, and I…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Here’s a great idea for people that like stuff. Loot Crate has been around for a couple of months now, but I just discovered it, and thought it was a neat enough idea that it was worth highlighting. It’s a subscription service – kinda like PSPlus…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony’s just successfully launched the PlayStation 4 in Japan, but it hit another milestone today which has largely flown under the radar. The PlayStation Vita has turned two, and despite poor sales throughout its life so far, we think it’s a nifty console. In fact, we’d…
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