News by Matt S. It might be one of Koei Tecmo’s more niche properties, but Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a long running, well-respected series, and each one is one of the finer examples of the grand strategy genre. Based on the book of the same name, this series…
Read MoreReview by James T. The year is 2008. Twitter has just exploded into the stratosphere, Instagram doesn’t exist, people still used their phones to actually call people and fans, are eagerly awaiting the release of Half Life 2: Episode Three. It’s a crazy time. But maybe most important of all,…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Lock’s Quest is an often-forgotten, but rather lovely example of the tower defence genre. From its origins on the Nintendo DS, it has had a HD re-release on all the modern consoles, and for people who discover it, it’s something of a hidden delight! In this…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. If multiplayer is so important to your game that it’s the first option that pops up on the main menu, then it’s not a good look if there is never a single match to find. Skulls of the Shogun has been doing the rounds on other…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Of just all the video games that you could set out to make, the 4X must surely be the most complex. The typical 4X might not have the technical fidelity of a AAA-blockbuster, but the sheer amount of data that it needs to crunch, across military,…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Chile’s ACE Team is undeniably the most prominent and celebrated developer to have emerged from South America. Across the company’s 22-year history, it has produced what can only be considered an eclectic library of games, from the oddball Rock of Ages, to the B-grade homage/satire The…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Note: In advance, I went into this game having not played ActRaiser, which I understand it’s a spiritual successor to. So in my video – and review on DDNet, I’ve looked at it in terms of it being a 2D platformer + tower defence strategy title.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of my favourite experiences back on the original XBox was a humble title from Korea called Kingdom Under Fire. It was basically everything I loved in video games – it was a blend of real-time strategy, RPG, and Dynasty Warriors-like action, and it really worked…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. XCOM has proven to be a very versatile foundation for a wide range of games. XCOM itself is a science fiction human-vs-aliens affair, but that foundation has been used for everything from James Bond-like espionage titles through to Call of Cthulhu-style horror. And now the celebrated…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Well, if Ubisoft won’t do it, you can always trust an indie to step in. We’ve been waiting quite a while for a new Heroes of Might & Magic experience. The venerable blend of strategy and RPG has fallen well off Ubisoft’s radar as a key…
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