In Europe and America, Nintendo has decided to remove some of the more revealing costumes from the list of unlockable bonuses in its upcoming Fatal Frame (or Project Zero): Maiden of Black Water. Naturally I’m not a big fan of this decision. I find censorship, be that for political or…
Read MoreWe all agree that child soldiers are a bad thing, correct? We all understand that basic human rights dictate that children should be kept free of the horrors of conflict, and we all look at what happens in places like, say, Africa and the Middle East, and react with horror…
Read MoreAsia’s largest gaming event, Tokyo Game Show, was bigger and better this year than ever before, boasting a record number of exhibitors from all over the world, and of all sizes, from indies of one developer through to the mega publishers Square Enix, Sony, SEGA and Koei Tecmo. I have…
Read MoreOver the weekend the news broke that EA had silently killed off a whole bunch of its older games for iOS. You can still download them if you have already purchased them, but they’ve disappeared off the App store and you won’t be able to buy any of them going…
Read MoreOr so the media and the hype would lead you to believe. Apple held its annual event on September 9. As always, the focus was all on the shiny new line of iPhones coming out. And there were other announcements, such as the iPad Pro, a new iPad Mini model,…
Read MoreIn a news announcement that we all assumed would happen eventually (even though the company kept insisting it wouldn’t), Koei Tecmo has confirmed that, yes, it is working on a new Dead or Alive Xtreme game. Related reading: Our review of Dead or Alive 5: Last Round. For those not…
Read MoreHow the Abbott government and Australia’s games industry is turning into a case of history repeating
Over at Crikey (one of Australia’s premier independent news outlets), I’ve penned a piece looking at some of the recent political events around the arts, and why Abbott’s government’s handling of the games industry is eerily similar to what happened to the film industry in the early years of that…
Read MoreChina has eliminated all restrictions on the import and sale of gaming consoles (e.g. PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Wii U). We knew that this change in law was finally coming, as the country was trialing a pilot reform program for the past year or so that has been…
Read MoreThere is every chance that the Citizen Kane of games has already been produced, but no one really knows it yet. As the games industry continues to push towards the artistry that we know it is capable of, and move beyond offering simple entertainment into telling stories of greater depth…
Read MoreSony has utter dominance over Microsoft (and Nintendo, but for different reasons beyond the scope of this opinion piece). Reports are that Sony is claiming as much as 90 per cent of some European markets, and we all know how popular the Xbox business is in Japan (hint: not very).…
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