This was inevitable, but the rumours behind the development of a new numbered Final Fantasy game have begun. According to this source, FFXV has already been in development for four years and will release on current-gen consoles. What’s more interesting, though, is some of the rumoured gameplay details – specifically…
Read MoreI’m still working through Spelunky to review it. I want to give the game a fair go, and true to reputation, it’s beating me raw, so I’m not getting very far. I’m not even that good at the easy platformers. At this stage I’m not quite sure if I’ll ever…
Read MoreHe might be only the most recent in a long stream of industry veterans to speak out against traditional development models and for freemium gameplay, but American McGee is a voice worth listening to – this guy deserves a whole lot of respect. The man behind the rather brilliant American…
Read MoreOne of the parties rumoured to be in discussions with Vivendi to acquire Activision Blizzard, following the news that it may well be up for sale, is Microsoft. This would be bad news for both Sony and Nintendo, and even Apple. Love it or hate it, Activision Blizzard is the…
Read MoreOuya is proving to be a bit of a big deal. Its Kickstarter program shows there is a lot of support for the very concept, and Sony, Nintendo and Microsoft should be very concerned. It’s not the first indie project, of course, and it won’t be the last, but Ouya…
Read MoreDLC has a pretty bad reputation, I’d say. Gamers across the world like to think that the existence of DLC means that the developers are no longer giving us complete games out of the box. That’s not true at all, of course – there’s a couple of exploitative bits of…
Read MoreI’m a big fan of Theatrhythm. It’s a game project with a lot of soul, and reviews across the board – mine and the response on Metacritic has, so far, been very positive indeed: 80 aggregate score from critics, and 97 from users (at time of print). As a games journalist,…
Read MoreAnyone who knows me knows I love my RPGs. One of the first genres of game I was introduced to, with the pen-and-paper Dungeons & Dragons way back when I was a child, I’ve made sure I play all the good games that have come along since. And I must…
Read MoreI’m in the middle of writing a review for Theatrhythm for Otaku Gaming, but I feel compelled to write about it here as well, because, frankly, this game has restored my faith in gaming. That faith had been waning – to me, the games industry has lost a great deal…
Read MoreAn interesting story hit Bloomberg recently: Vivendi, the media conglomerate, is looking to offload its massive stake in Activision Blizzard. Vivendi has a $US8.1 billion stake in the company, and it’s going to get rid of that 61 per cent stake in the company one way or another: if no…
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