In two days the Australian Classification Board has shown its true colours. That R18+ rating, which was introduced on the promise that the Board recognised the rights for Australian adults to play the kinds of games that children should not be playing, was a lie – the Board plans to…
Read MoreDigitally Downloaded is invading your games! My little avatar is sitting in a cafe, having a mid-afternoon digital coffee and chat with Digitally Downloaded editor, Clark (or, at least, his avatar). They’re not actually doing much. Just performing the in-game action of sitting and chatting via short, single-line conversation bubbles.…
Read MoreUnless you have decided to stay hidden under a rock, chances are that you already know that Microsoft just pulled one of the largest 180s even before seen in the gaming industry. The ‘anti-consumer’ DRM policies that Microsoft spent years to develop were just nullified within a matter of days.…
Read MoreI want to make this clear in the first couple of words (as in, the only ones your typical knee-jerker will read before getting all abusive in the comments section): I was not a fan of the Microsoft Xbox One. In fact, the fact that the company has backtracked on…
Read MoreNow that the dust has settled from the storm that was E3 2013, the time of reflection has begun. The whirlwind between Microsoft and Sony has clearly been topping headlines across major aggregate gaming sites understandably, but not so much so for Nintendo. For better or worse, Nintendo decided to…
Read MoreInteresting news coming out of Nintendo’s towers; the company is indeed working on a free-to-play title to be release by March 2014. This announcement came out a pre-E3 analyst briefing, and as reported by Nintendo Life it appears to be a concession by the company that this is what needs…
Read MoreIn the fallout from E3, I’ve observed a weird little wave of discontent gain momentum on the social wires (ok, Twitter and Facebook). It seems that people just had to dig through Sony’s E3 show, that two hour-long master class in marketing brilliance, and find something to complain about. What…
Read MoreWill you be playing anything else on Wii U this year? 2014. That’s what I heard over and over again in an E3 presentation from Nintendo that promised almost nothing we hadn’t already known about. The good first – Smash Bros (2014) is happening and includes fan favourite, Mega Man,…
Read MoreDear EA: No one outside of the USA cares about UFC After sitting through EA’s show at E3 2013, a couple of key points really stuck out to me; the company is increasingly American-centric and as such what it offers is less and less of value to everyone else. The…
Read MoreI will start right off by saying this one left me feeling much better about the direction of the Xbox One than Microsoft’s initial conference did. When one of their opening comments is “it’s all about the games” – well, I feel like is back on the right track. About…
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