Ouya 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…
Read MoreThere’s been a couple of high-profile industry veterans who have recently expressed frustration over the way fans behave in the games industry. Both Nintendo of America managing director, Reggie Fils-Aime, and the man behind Tekken, Katsuhiro Harada, have become rather bemused by the response they endure at the hands of…
Read MoreThis past weekend, the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise turned 21. In other words, Sonic is now officially considered a man in many countries. What better way to celebrate one’s journey to manhood than to rank his accomplishments?Rather than his obvious 2D highs, we’ll be ranking the more controversial half of…
Read MoreNintendo held one of those video conferences that it has developed a penchant for – where it unveils new products and gets everyone excited for the games it has coming up. Except the company has completely screwed up this time. Barely a year after launching the 3DS, it has launched…
Read MoreChances are, if you’ve got a games console or a PC, you’ve been given free games. Nintendo gave early adopters of the 3DS console 20 free games. Sony’s given away 10 free games twice (once as an apology for the massive hack, and at E3 as a gift for PS…
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