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Customisable and battle-ready Liara statuette available for preorder

July 23, 2014

News by Jedediah H. In the Mass Effect series, Liara was my leading lady. My Commander Shepard, in spite of all the temptations and opportunities to flirt or fornicate with his beautiful and talented (and sometimes psychotic) shipmates, remained – throughout the entire trilogy – faithful to his well-spoken Psionic…

Samurai Warriors 4 10th Anniversary Collector’s Edition exclusive to PS4

July 23, 2014

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News by Jedediah H. For you fortunate women and men among us who’ve taken the loyal initiative, gambolled into the electronics department of a local conglomerate or mom-and-pop shop, and thoughtfully (or thoughtlessly, depending on your priorities and financial situation) purchased, with an irresistible voice that was a combination of…

Film review: Video Games: The Movie

July 23, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Every so often there has been an attempt by a filmmaker, writer, or mainstream journalist to chronicle video games in a way that explains to those outside of this growing community what it is about games that is so important to modern culture. Video Games: The…

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July 23, 2014

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News by Matt S. It seems that after the success that Telltale Games has had with episodic games, other developers have been inspired to mirror the release style. One such developer is Australia’s own Epiphany Games, which has announced a six-part episodic role-playing thriller. This is set in an alternate…

Review: Magic 2015 – Duels of the Planeswalkers (PC)

July 23, 2014

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Review by Nick H. At first glance, I would seem to be the target audience for a game like this. I have been playing Magic: The Gathering in card form since the Fourth Edition set and have had a chance to play every one of the Planeswalkers video games (and…

Review: Forza Motorsport 5; Racing Game of the Year (Microsoft Xbox One)

July 22, 2014

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Review by Nick H. The Forza series has always been an agreeable racing franchise for me, despite the fact I myself am not always particularly good at racing titles. I tend to lean towards racing games that focus more on comic mischief (think: Mario Kart), but the Forza racing series…

Romanticise death in Dark Souls II: Crown of the Sunken King DLC

July 22, 2014

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News by Jedediah H. Most people in developed cultures don’t acknowledge death as a prospect. The thought of one day losing our existence, our accidental privilege to experience worldly occurrences through our tailored perspective, terrifies the optimism right out of our trembling vertebrae. And because of this fear, we avoid…

Review: Pandora: First Contact (PC)

July 22, 2014

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Review by Rob P. January, 2107. We are the ecologists of the Terra Salvum. Escaping the confines of a dying Earth, we have journeyed to Pandora to give Mankind a fresh start. Here is a new planet, rich with opportunity. A chance to avoid the mistakes of the past. This…

Smartphone game, Chain Chronicle, receiving anime adaptation

July 22, 2014

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News by Clark A. Sega’s free-to-play JRPG/card game hybrid, Chain Chronicle, has been going strong for a solid year in Japan on both iOS and Android. As of late June, the game racked up somewhere in the ballpark of a whopping $72 million USD for its miscellaneous purchasable content. The…

Early Access preview: Malevolence: The Sword of Ahkranox (PC)

July 22, 2014

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Preview by Matt S. I’ve been playing games for many, many years now, and as much as I love the advances of game development that have given me everything from Skyrim to the Atelier franchise, from Dragon Age to Nier and Drakengard, I can’t help but feel nostalgic for a…

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