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Review: Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 24, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Valiant Hearts was one of my picks for E3 2014, courtesy of a trailer that had me in tears. It seemed like, after all the years that people have been making games, this was the game that would finally tackle the subject of war in a…

Review: GRID Autosport (Sony PlayStation 3)

June 24, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Releasing games on last-gen consoles certainly makes economic sense still. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have an install base that is an order of magnitude larger than the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. On the downside, releasing a game such as a racing game on…

Trailer: The Settlers are making a return with Kingdoms of Anteria

June 24, 2014

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News by Matt S. The Settlers is one of the most respected and venerable RTS franchises out there, and it has been a while since we last saw a proper game in the franchise. Ubisoft today has announced the The Settlers – Kingdoms of Anteria will be the next game…

Early Access Preview: Vertiginous Golf (PC)

June 23, 2014

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Preview by Shaan J. I’ve never envied those developers who choose to take up the task of developing a ‘sports’ game. Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with sports games, but there’s an inherent sense of stagnation that plagues that genre, one that is most noticeable in franchises that rely…

Anime Review: Attack on Titan (DVD)

June 23, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Attack on Titan has been a revelation in the world of anime, disrupting the standard models for commercial success and pushing the boundaries of what both anime and manga are capable of. This is a relentless, dark, and brutally violent action adventure series; one that doesn’t…

Rising Star Games and Mindscape partner to release Japanese games in Australia

June 23, 2014

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News by Matt S. Mindscape, the publisher of Tecmo Koei and Konami games in Australia, has announced a new partnership to bring retail games to our shores. That partnership is Rising Star Games, and the first games to come from this partnership will be Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great…

Review: Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2 (Sony PlayStation 3)

June 22, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga ended on a cliffhanger; a conclusion that drew some criticism when the game was newly released on to the PlayStation 2, but set up the sequel perfectly. The reality was that Atlus never wanted people to play just one of…

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June 20, 2014

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News by Matt S. Earlier this year, we noted that a really neat looking comic drawing app was coming to the Nintendo 3DS. Comic Studio had a truly great list of features for anyone who fancies themselves a comic artist in the making; capacity for up to 6,400 pages, and…

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June 20, 2014

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News by Matt S. You don’t get weirder than this; Ninja Slayer is a graphic novel that was written by two Americans, and published on the Internet via Twitter. It was then published as a graphic novel and somehow sold a boatload of copies (more than 300,000, in fact). Now…

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June 20, 2014

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News by Clark A. As the spring anime season winds down, Selector Infected WIXOSS is among the first batch of twelve-parters to conclude. The final episode of the card battling series aired recently in Japan as well as the rest of the world via simulcast on Crunchyroll and FUNimation. That…

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