Impressions by Matt S. “Miku is so amazing,” goes one early line in the story that comes with Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage! on mobile. She sure is, people. She sure is. Anyhow, SEGA and developer, Colorful Palette, just released Colorful Stage! for a global public beta. It will only run…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. I’ve finally got my hands on Cyberpunk – as one of the critics playing it on console I needed to wait until close to launch to be able to sit down with it. I’m playing it now though, and I’m about a dozen hours in. Since…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The 2020 Olympic Games is being held in Japan, and that, of course, means it’s going to be the best Olympics ever. There’s going to be a video game tie-in to go with the world’s biggest sporting event, and just like with previous efforts to capture…
Read MoreImpressions by Matt S. Pokemon Go was released globally today, to a great deal of fanfare. Seriously, my Twitter has been filled up with pictures of people’s ‘mons in the real world omigosh for most of the day now. What is Pokemon Go? Well, for those that somehow missed the…
Read MoreImpressions by Matt S. Gumi, the Singapore-based localisation specialist, focuses on bringing popular Japanese mobile games out west. This hasn’t always worked. Chain Chronicle, a game I absolutely adored, and kept playing right to the bitter end, was unceremoniously shut down earlier this year after it didn’t get the numbers…
Read MorePacked in as a rather neat bonus to purchasing Final Fantasy Type-0 HD was a demo for Final Fantasy XV, the long (long) awaited next game in Square Enix’s most valuable franchise. Having thoroughly devoured Type-0, I set about this demo, which is extended and gives players a really good sense…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. And there we go. The first of Nintendo’s regular web news shows, the Nintendo Direct, is over. We got to see some games in action for both the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U, and now we have a better idea of what the company has…
Read MoreImpressions by Sam M. The Order: 1886 is a different game. Rather than presenting itself in full screen, developer Ready at Dawn has chosen for a cinematic resolution, resulting in two horizontal black bars appearing at the top and bottom of the screen. This aesthetic decision is complemented by the…
Read MoreImpressions by Brad L. Wrestling has been a huge part of my life over the past 20 or so years. I’ve witnessed the highs of Hulkamania (through VHS tapes from my local video store), Stone Cold and The Rock rising from nothingness, and The Undertaker winning 21 Wrestlemanias in a…
Read MoreImpressions by Harvard L. Tucked away in a dark corner of the EB Expo was Bethesda’s booth for The Evil Within: a mock stone wall construction and a queue barrier decorated with police tape. On one side was the line to try out the game, and on the other was…
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