News by Britta S. Paris-based indie outfit, Sloclap, and publisher, Devolver Digital, have announced the formal release date for Absolver. Billed as an ‘online melee action game’, it will release on PlayStation 4 and PC on August 29th. The devs also tossed a brand-new combat overview trailer our way, showcasing…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If you search on DDNet for a review of Valkyrie Drive -Bhikkhuni-, you won’t find one. The PlayStation Vita game was refused classification down here in Australia by our delightful censorship board, so none of us got to play it. Related reading: Here’s Matt’s reaction to…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. Expeditions: Viking is the latest historical RPG from Logic Artists, a Danish developer whose last offering was all about forcefully bringing the military might of Spain to faraway lands like Mexico. As the name suggests, this is a distinctly Norse-flavoured reimagining of the same sort of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Just a few weeks after the announcement that it would be bringing the hugely underrated Lost Dimension to PC, UK localisation and publisher outfit, Ghostlight, has announced that it is also working on a port of Compile Heart’s first PlayStation 4 JRPG, Omega Quintet. Related reading:…
Read MorePreview by Matt C.At a glance, Prisma & the Masquerade Menace probably looks like a lot of other platformers out there, with its jumping puzzles and colourful presentation. However, its defining characteristic is inspired by something quite different: Ikaruga. In Treasure’s famously difficult shoot ‘em up, the only way through…
Read MoreReview by Britta S. I never found out why the school is called Miniature Garden (the theme song is called “Miniature Garden of Paradise”), but that’s the only mystery I had to leave behind in this visual novel. Set in a secluded forest area, the school is known for its…
Read MoreReview by Harvard L. If you’ve ever read a work by Kafka, you’ll know that it’s a rather disorientating experience. Not only is it hard to figure out what’s going on, due to the rampant surrealism and unconventional grammar, but it’s even harder to figure out what you’re meant to…
Read MoreReview by Ginny W. I thought about putting a disclaimer in front of this review but it’d honestly have been redundant. The gist of it as as follows: for the uninitiated to the franchise, this is a game about boobs. If you hate boobs, maybe read something more intellectually stimulating…
Read MoreReview by Nick H. Narcosis does a great job of taking familiar elements found in most horror games and spins them into something a little new and different. The result is a somewhat short but ultimately satisfying horror experience that can be played on a standard computer monitor, but is…
Read MoreReview by Nick Hu. If the much-awaited resurgence of adventure games is something you’ve been holding your breath for, you’d best embrace your inner Threepwood, as Thimbleweed Park is not the herald of that day. While there’s been a huge amount of anticipation for this game, spilling out of the…
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