If I think carefully about what attracts me to the RPG genre and keeps me coming back for more, I can come up with a fairly definitive list of features. It’s a genre that has been my personal favourite since I discovered Dungeons & Dragons when I was about seven…
Read MoreSonic the Hedgehog for the Game Gear was a legitimately solid title that, while flawed in several regards, still managed to establish itself as a viable alternative to the Mega Drive release. It was an even more impressive effort considering the game was not developed by Sonic Team but by…
Read MoreRecently, there’s been a lot of discussion as to where the gaming industry is headed in the immediate future. With the next generation of consoles fully looming upon us now, there are a number of questions to be answered on what we’re to be faced with in the next couple…
Read MoreWith the announcement that Index Corporation would be looking to sell off its assets as it struggles through bankruptcy, the games industry has naturally looked towards the fate of Index’s champion developer and publisher Atlus. There have been a lot of theories thrown around, and one of the most popular…
Read MoreWhat just might be the most anticipated Virtual Console release that never happen on the Wii, has at long last arrived on the Wii U Virtual Console: Earthbound. The cult classic that has only been available via physical copy outside of Japan – typical resale value soars above $100 USD…
Read MoreSonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Game Gear is perhaps not the game that immediately comes to mind upon hearing the name. Preceding Sega’s days as a third party publisher or before systems had the capacity to handle one of the company’s innumerable ports, the decision was made to create…
Read MoreAfter a couple of weeks of sheer excitement with great new game releases – XCOM on the iPad, The Last Of Us on the PS3, and Time and Eternity for the otaku amongst us, it seems that we’re in a rare quiet moment for game releases right now. So picking…
Read MoreMonster Hunter has a huge following everywhere, but particularly in Japan. Monster Hunter 4 is set to release on the Nintendo 3DS September 14th of this year in Japan. It’s been a while since there has been a genuinely new Monster Hunter game; for some time now Capcom has been…
Read MoreUbisoft’s Wii U Zombie survival game will not be on the receiving end of a sequel any time soon thanks to the original title being “not even close” to making a profit. According to a story posted on MCV by way of gamesindustry International, Ubi CEO Yves Guillemot has stated…
Read MoreTwo things are very apparent; Nintendo’s Wii U is never going to be the relative success of its greatest selling consoles – the Wii, SNES and various handheld devices. It’s also not going to bankrupt the company. It is, in fact, very likely that the device ends up being like…
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