Review by Matt S. When a fighting game gets a new DLC character, it’s a big deal; will the character unbalance the competitive side of the game? How does the character fit in with the existing cast? Is the character different enough to offer hardcore fans of the game something…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s nothing new that games and sex have been a controversial mix when it comes to the games industry. From the earliest days of Leisure Suit Larry, the mere suggestion of sexual activity within a game has been enough to court the ire of both the…
Read MoreThe tree is up, the lights are on, the stockings are over the fireplace and everyone’s getting into the eggnog. It’s Christmas and it’s the best time of year. Nothing beats Christmas; it’s the time for fun and play, for family and friends. It’s the chance to get away from…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Exhibit A: Dead or Alive. A game that features rather lovely ladies (and men, but no one really pays any attention to them, do they?) wearing rather… lovely… costumes beating the living bejeebus out of one another. Dead or Alive is a popular franchise. I get…
Read MoreBecause Tecmo Koei knows they’re going to sell, they’ve gone and done a massive DLC release: one free spoooooooky stage and one new costume for each character to celebrate Halloween. If you think of this like a Halloween costume party for college students, it all starts to make sense. It…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Let’s get this out of the way before we start the review; if you want to know what I think of Dead or Alive 5’s jiggling breasts and microkinis (yeah, that’s a technical term, go Google if you’re brave and not at work), click on this…
Read MoreArticle by Matt S. $60. If you’re going to buy the complete set of optional downloadable costumes available for Dead or Alive 5 (that being all the costumes released for the previous versions of the games, Dead or Alive 5 and Dead or Alive 5 + on the Vita), you’re…
Read MoreTecmo Koei has been one of the more consistently profitable developer/ publishers in Japan in recent years. This trend continues with the company posting a 10.9 per cent year-on-year growth in sales for the first quarter of the financial year. That growth, to 6.5 billion yen, generated the publisher a…
Read MoreNamco Bandai has shown that it is willing to try a few new things with their established franchises. The most recent example has come from the Tekken series, which is following a similar path as the recent Dead or Alive free-to-play announcement. The last official Tekken console title was Tekken…
Read MoreAn interesting little story over at Polygon hints as a possible future for the fighting game genre – the Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate game, due for release later this year, will release in Japan with a free-to-play option. The free-to-play version will come with four characters and all of…
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