News by Matt S. Metal Gear Solid has had a rocky couple of months, with Ground Zeroes not exactly going down well with everyone. We enjoyed it, but it’s been a controversial release indeed. The good news is that the game wasn’t the real deal. Metal Gear Solid V: The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We had wondered how From Software would follow up on Dark Souls II. We had felt that perhaps that franchise had been tapped out as far as possible and that perhaps, just perhaps, the developer would be better off doing as it had with King’s Field…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Paradox know how to throw together an awesome trailer. Its trailer for the original Magicka was pure gold, and the sequel follows in style. This series, which never wastes an opportunity to poke fun at game cliches across any genre you can imagine, is coming to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Ubisoft has been using the UbiArt framework for some truly great games; Rayman, obviously, and then also Child of Light. But it’s Valiant Hearts that might just be the best UbiArt game yet, if not the best thing that Ubisoft has created yet. At E3 the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Gunman Clive was a minor hit as a cheap downloadable old-school platformer on the Nintendo 3DS. The good news is that the hand-drawn hero is making a return, with a trailer confirming that Gunman Clive 2 looks like more of the same thing. That isn’t a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Multiplayer-only combat games are a bit in vogue right now, with examples such as Paradox’s War of the Roses and Vikings catching the eye of other developers. Bethesda’s newly-formed BattleCry Studios is one such example, and BattleCry is to be its first game. BattleCry is a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We have a lot of hope for The Evil Within. With Resident Evil’s degeneration into a safe action series, the horror genre itself has been left for independent developers, and while these games are often great, we can’t help but hope that a horror game with…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Dragon Age is a big deal. Despite the second in the series being quite disappointing, the sheer quality of the original, released back in 2009, is enough that Dragon Age: Inquisition is right at the top of our “to play” lists. And now we have a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Recently we had the good news that NISA is bringing Hyperdimension Neptunia: Producing Perfection out west. This idol game, from the masters of the genre, gives players the opportunity to manage the singing, dancing career of the weird and wonderful inhabitants of gameindustri as they compete…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony recently published a trailer for Freedom Wars; an uncoming Vita action/ survival game with a strong online multiplayer component. The basic concept of the game is strong. Convicted of a serious crime, the player’s protagonist is forced to live within a desolated, decrepit city, filled…
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