News by Shaan J. Plenty of video games have managed to jump to another medium; games are occasionally adapted into movies, and less commonly TV shows. And occasionally, video games make it onto the big stage (I personally will always regret missing out on the Ace Attorney musical). The Last of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Abyss Odyssey poses something of a challenge when it comes to critiquing it. On the one hand it is undeniably a flawed game; a victim of an indie development budget and the lack of development heritage and experience in South America. See, in places like the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the things that continues to vex me is this argument that many people seem to be making that the PlayStation Vita somehow “lacks games.” Apparently if a console hasn’t got AAA-stuff from the platform owner, people mistake that to mean it hasn’t got ANY…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. So we’ve just concluded all of the major conferences for the E3 show, not including Nintendo’s video feed for tomorrow morning. This means that we essentially know all of the big blockbuster games for the year, and we know precisely what each of the major players…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Sony’s 2014 E3 press conference has just concluded. Didn’t get to see the show live or simply forgot all the fine details? We’re on the case with a summary of everything that went down. So, what games do we get to look forward to from the…
Read MoreWatch Dogs busts Ubisoft’s sales records in this week’s edition of the Wrap, alongside stories about The Order: 1886 getting all ‘filmic’, the debut of Battlefield Hardline, and the Wii U making some waves in Japan.Watch Dogs busts records, is Ubisoft’s biggest launch everIf you were thinking that Watch Dogs…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony held a brief event where it showcased its commitment to indie and self published games. The numbers are impressive, to say the least. According to Sony, there have already been 21 self-published games made available on the PlayStation 4, and 20 million units have been…
Read MoreOpinion by Matt S. It’s no secret that the PlayStation Vita is, in commercial terms, a struggling console. In March, for instance, it only sold 10,000 units in America, according to NPD data. Though there are some extenuating factors that come into that woeful number, such as a new Vita…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Largely untouched by Christian tradition, Japan has a different understanding of demons and other spiritual monsters. Where in Christianity demons are unequivocally evil and beyond redemption; they are the embodiment of faith turned sour, in Japan the closest thing to a demon is an Oni –…
Read MoreReview by Sam M. Although the Sly Trilogy was released on the PlayStation 3 way back in 2010 and now it has stealthy appeared on the PlayStation Vita, and that’s a good thing, since in this package are some of the finest 3D platformers you’ll ever play. The first game,…
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