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June 17, 2014

News by Matt S. Tale of Tales, the indie arthouse outfit behind games such as Luxuria Superbia and The Path, has launched a Kickstarter to help fund its newest game, the political thriller, Sunset. This game is, according to its description, a reaction against wargames and military shooters that are so…

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

June 17, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Digital Devil Saga has long been the forgotten child of the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. Abstract, cold, and remorselessly dark, this effort by Atlus was supposedly meant to be an accessible game in a franchise notorious for not being accessible at all. From that perspective I’m…

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June 17, 2014

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News by Matt S. As we reported a few weeks ago, a significant investment from the Australian Government into games development was stripped away. The bad news is that means no more money for game developers in Australia from its government. The good news is that there are alternate funding…

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt collector’s box unveiled

June 17, 2014

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News by Matt S. For people who are fans of collecting collector’s boxes and the like, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has a spectacular one planned. The key bonus feature of the box is a large, 10-inch Polystone figure of The Witcher’s protagonist, Geralt, deep in battle with a monster.…

Review: The Whispered World (PC)

June 16, 2014

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. The point and click adventure game The Whispered World was released back in 2009 by Deadelic Entertainment. It is back again as a Special Edition with an enhanced graphics engine as well as developer commentary and an overhauled tutorial system to better help introduce players to…

Gadget Review: Razer BlackWidow Ultimate Stealth keyboard

June 16, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Razer makes good keyboards. I already said as much when I reviewed the Razer BlackWidow Ultimate a few weeks ago. Razer, in fact, understands keyboards so well that it also understands that the maddeningly click noise that mechanical keyboards cause is the #1 cause of spousal…

Date a Live film to romance Japanese theatres

June 16, 2014

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News by Clark A. Disappointed that the second season of Date a Live only ran for ten episodes? Don’t despair just yet. Coinciding with the conclusion of the show’s second season (which just finished airing this week), it was announced via Date a Live’s official Twitter page that the show…

Review: Marvel Heroes 2015 (PC)

June 16, 2014

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Review by Nick H. The world of MMO gaming is an interesting one, because it is so incredibly fluid. Once upon a time you’d buy a game, put it in your console or PC drive and that was what you got. Then came patches and online communities where players could…

Review: Final Fantasy III (PC)

June 15, 2014

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Review by Nick H. Dating all the way back to 1990, Final Fantasy III helped to take the storyline and character progression of the series further than ever before. I had always enjoyed the first two Final Fantasy games, but their stories were sparse, relying more on conversations with random…

The Friday 10: Our ten favourite games from E3 2014

June 13, 2014

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List by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…

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