Article by Matt S. When people talk about innovative game industries, they’re almost certainly going to think of Japan and America (the US and Canada, specifically). Between the likes of Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Square Enix, Atari and others a lot of the history of game development owes itself to those…
Read MoreContest by Matt S. We do love giving our readers awesome games to play! Koei Tecmo has kindly provided us with two download codes for Atelier Ayesha Plus on the PlayStation Vita. If you missed our review of the game, we like Ayesha. A lot. It was our first five…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. People like to give Ubisoft a lot of heat at times, with a host of its games from Watch Dogs to Assassin’s Creed, and even Rayman and Tetris attracting plenty of criticism. It doesn’t always have to do with the quality of the game, but Ubisoft has…
Read MoreList by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often 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…
Read MoreContest by Matt S. It’s our first game giveaway of 2015! Thanks to the kind people at NISA, we have three (3) copies of Akiba’s Trip on the PlayStation 4 to give away. Akiba’s Trip is a quirky open world/ RPG mix that tasks players with ripping the clothes off…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Swedish startup, Lionbite, clearly has some ambition going for it. Its first title, Rain of Reflections, is looking incredible. Promising to be a noirish cyberpunk RPG, Rain of Reflections is meant to de-emphasise combat to instead focus on the character development and narrative. Across the game’s…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Indie RPGs are a dime a dozen these days, of course, but Some of the stuff that we’re seeing indies do is truly impressive. The latest title that’s looking to make a name for itself in being something different is Gambrinos’ Guild of Dungeoneering. Guild of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Game like Ironclad Tactics are a dime a dozen on mobile platforms. Billing itself as a “strategy game,” Ironclad Tactics is really a casual semi-turn based experience that is briefly diverting, but it’s hardly the kind of thing that you’re going to sit down for and…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Satire is a very difficult genre for to pull of well in a game. Consider this – if you went along to a 20-hour performance from a comedian, would you find him or her as funny by the end as the start? Probably not, right? It’s…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Europa Universalis IV is one of the finest strategy games ever produced. Epic in scope, it forms a ridiculously complex but ultimately rewarding balance of diplomatic, economic and military strategy as players look to build and then maintain an empire. Expansions have continued to add real,…
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