I think the LEGO games are wonderful, and while they have been around for as long as I can remember, they have consistently been special games indeed. They capture a certain charm whether set in the halls of Hogwarts, travelling through Gotham City, or, now, even taking on Minecraft, LEGO…
Read MoreInformation, videos, drawings, websites… there are so many new goodies for Koei Tecmo’s Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence that we won’t be able to show you them all here. But we’re sure going to try! We were super excited to hear that this Nobunaga’s Ambition chapter was coming in English,…
Read MoreHow many 2D fighters have we played this year? Battle Fantasia is a somewhat simplistic approach to a 2D fighting game and clearly looks to similar games as inspiration. Like multiple games before it, Battle Fantasia offers a diverse range of characters that all have different fighting styles, with no…
Read MoreYatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm is a difficult game to review – in fact I feel like I should write two separate ones: one for people new to the fighting genre and another for the core fans. It’s a game which aims to mimic the glory days of the 2D fighting…
Read MoreGet your pre-orders in while you can, because with the number of Faith fans out there this one’s going to go fast! EA has announced the Mirror’s Edge Catalyst Collector’s Edition and it’s chock-full of goodies any Mirror’s Edge fan would love to get their hands on. The Mirror’s Edge…
Read More17 yeas after its original release, Baldur’s Gate is getting a new expansion. Available through the updated Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition, Siege of Dragonspear boasts 25 hours of gameplay. I can already see Matt’s reaction: “ohboyohboyohboyohboyohboyohboy!” Related reading: Matt’s five-star review of Baldur’s Gate Enhanced Edition on iPad. Set between…
Read MoreNo, that isn’t a typo. This is really happening. And that really is the title. Team17, the indie game publisher behind The Escapists, is partnering with Skybound Entertainment to bring us The Escapists The Walking Dead. The game will combine the Team17 hit with the world of The Walking Dead…
Read MoreThere are some games that are simply brilliant in their presentation, and get away with a weaker premise on that basis. Other games present amazing ideas but fall a bit short in the implementation. Aero’s Quest is the latter. It has a great concept but the implementation felt somewhat off.…
Read MoreThe racing game genre is one of the oldest and most persistent in gaming. It has been around almost as long as people have been able to manoever around little blobs of colour, and it’s easy to understand why – it’s fast, it’s action-filled, and it’s one of the most…
Read MoreAfter doing some research up on RONIN and finding out that it’s a “turn-based platformer”, I initially thought Steam had made some error. Such a genre combination couldn’t possibly exist. And yet, in this stylised stealth title by Tomasz Waclawek and published by Devolver Digital, the spheres of turn based…
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