News by Matt S. Pullbox (or Pushmo, depending on where you live in the world) is one of Nintendo’s relatively new IPs, with two games (the second being called Fallbox) having been released on to the 3DS eShop exclusively. These games are truly charming spatial puzzle games, requiring players to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Ghostlight is having a good time with PC games at the moment. Its Record of the Agarest War franchise has done quite well on PC, and now it’s taking the opportunity to start porting Japanese games that haven’t previously been released outside of Japan. Elminage Gothic…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If there is any grand strategy game you should play, it’s Europa Universalis IV. This empire building strategy game is deep, complex, and endlessly rewarding. We gave the original release of the game a full 5/5 score, and the first expansion, which improved the “New World”…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Child of Light is a special game, so the fact that it is coming to the PlayStation Vita is reason enough to celebrate. The game will release for $20 on July 2, and while it will be of course available for download, you’ll really want to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Kingdom Under Fire was one of the most underrated games on the original Xbox. It was a mix of RTS and Dynasty Warriors-style hack-and-slasher. After a disastrous attempt to make a more conventional sequel on the Xbox 360, early on in its life, we finally had…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. What we discovered last night: the Australian government has decided that it has no interest in funding game development any longer. It has emerged that the government did this without bothering to engage with the games industry first. Because, to be sarcastic, what could a game…
Read MoreNews by Chris I. Back in 2001, before there were plastic guitar peripherals and drum sets being hooked up to gaming consoles in mass, Harmonix delivered an explosive controller-based hit rhythm game that gained quite the cult following: Frequency. Even though it amassed strong critical acclaim, sells weren’t great. In…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It was brought to my attention today that the upcoming Atelier Rorona Plus has been rated R18+ for its release in Australia by the Classification Board. My thoughts? Morons. According to the Classification Board, the rating is because the game refers to sexual violence, as so therefore…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The franchise that caused one critic to have a meltdown without really understanding (or having played) it when it was released on the Nintendo 3DS earlier this year, Senran Kagura, is coming to PlayStation Vita. Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus is going to be much the same…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Well, that’s a relief. After some speculation that Tecmo Koei would not localise Atelier Rorona Plus, a remake of the fun-but-flawed first game in the Atelier of Arland trilogy, the publisher has announced that we would all be playing the game in June, with the European…
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