News by Matt S. Who doesn’t like a good visual novel with gothic sensibilities? That’s what Fata Morgana: Dreams of the Revenants looks like, and it looks good Coming to PlayStation Vita on May 28 (i.e. right about now), and PlayStation 4 on June 11, the game actually features a…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One of the first films I ever studied seriously – back when I threw myself into film studies in the hope that I could become a filmmaker – was Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. It’s such an influential, genius film, and I’m sure I’m not…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Atelier is pure comfort. Gust releases new titles in this series at a truly astounding rate, and Atelier Lulua is actually the second to land in the first half of 2019 alone. It doesn’t matter how frequently these things get churned out though, because they always…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. A Plague Tale: Innocence is a game of two parts. One is its narrative, and Innocence tells an absolutely cracking narrative. In it, 14 year-old Amicia and her little brother struggle to survive the perfect storm of the Black Death, the Inquisition, and the Hundred Years…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Hi everyone, and welcome to our recap of PlayStation’s second State of Play livestream. This one is expected to be quick — only ten minutes long — and rumours are swirling that something Square Enix will be involved; if true, it better be Avengers (there would…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. The tactics RPG is a badly under-represented one. Despite the enduring success of Fire Emblem, the historic popularity of Final Fantasy Tactics, the critical plaudits directed at The Banner Saga, and the genre hits like God Wars and Disgaea, there’s something about the genre that seems…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. In 2018, a developer called Drakkar Dev released a title called War Tech Fighters onto PC. It’s one of those games where you pilot massive robot things to pulverise the other massive robot things that stand against you. It has been pretty well received over there…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. There’s a good idea buried deep within Fade to Silence. Blending the survival genre with a frigid, hostile, perpetual winter setting, and the eldritch nightmares of Lovecraft, could have turned into something quite special. Unfortunately, the game’s a failure on just about every level. Firstly, the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Azur Lane – a mobile game released back in 2017 for mobile devices – has become a major property in Japan and China. It’s a game in which battleships are depicted as cute anime girls. Of course it was going to be popular. Azur Lane: Crosswave…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Koei Tecmo is well known for taking its Dynasty Warriors “Musou” formula and applying it to all kinds of licensed properties. In just the last couple of years we’ve had Warriors games in the Hyrule, Fire Emblem, Berserk, Arslan, One Piece and Dragon Quest properties. Now…
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