When I was a child, I remember watching a film about the apocalypse. Not in the sense of literature like The Road, or games like The Last Of Us, though. This apocalypse had simply emptied the world of people, so that all that was left was one family, journeying through…
Read MoreSquare Enix has been bouncing its Dragon Quest franchise around for some time, which each game being exclusive to a console. Originally with Nintendo, Dragon Quest VII moved to PlayStation. Dragon Quest IX moved back to Nintendo. Now – for the first time – the iconic JRPG series is going…
Read MoreSony has utter dominance over Microsoft (and Nintendo, but for different reasons beyond the scope of this opinion piece). Reports are that Sony is claiming as much as 90 per cent of some European markets, and we all know how popular the Xbox business is in Japan (hint: not very).…
Read MoreAussie independent studio, League of Geeks, has enjoyed significant success with Armello. After a successful Kickstarter and PC launch of the board-game-with-cute-animal-heroes, now it’s coming to the PlayStation 4 platform, complete with additional features and characters. Games like this one, and Hand of Fate before it, have been very positive…
Read MoreHere’s a curiosity; Sony had jam packed its E3 conference with so much stuff that it simply didn’t have time to show off games that it has scheduled for imminent release. Such as Until Dawn. But, outside of the stage show, Sony did share some new screenshots for its upcoming…
Read MoreThe biggest trailer of E3 so far is easily The Last Guardian. After so many of us had completely given up on that game ever happening, Sony made its opening act one of the most delightful surprises of all. Not that we actually know much more than we did before…
Read MoreMicrosoft had one of its best shows in years, showcasing both games and some mighty impressive technology. So how will Sony respond? Will it be all games, or will we even get a sneaky hint of a new hardware device? Say, a new handheld to replace the “legacy” PlayStation Vita?…
Read MoreSony Computer Entertainment’s President and Global CEO, Andrew House, has called the PlayStation Vita a “legacy console” for every market outside of Japan and Asia. In doing so he effectively killed off any chance of a major western publisher again putting any real energy into the device going forward, by strongly…
Read MoreOvernight, two RPGs were announced for the PlayStation 4. As enhanced ports of PlayStation 3 games, you may well have already played these, but they’re quality enough games that that doesn’t really matter; the enhancements should make them both worth a re-purchase. The first is Abyss Odyssey. Back when I…
Read MoreThe PlayStation 4 turns 18 months old this month. It’s been a whirlwind 18 months, but I know I couldn’t go without the console now. It has done everything that I expected a games console to do with plug-and-play ease of use, and then has an expanding range of media…
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