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February 3, 2014

Article by Matt S. If you’re keen to get an idea of the kind of our upcoming (well, later this year) The Interactive Canvas will look and feel like, I thought I’d drop a quick note to highlight a couple of great books from our publisher, No Starch Press. If…

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February 3, 2014

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Opinion by Chris I. This past Thursday, Nintendo held an investor’s meeting to give insight into the company’s response to the market pressures that it is facing. Nintendo’s stock dipped throughout the proceedings. While this a normal response when any company when it announces a major new strategy, Nintendo’s recent offerings…

Interview: Skyjoy on aiming for the clouds with Super Kid Cannon

February 2, 2014

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Interview by Matt S. Skyjoy is a newly-formed independent studio with some lofty ambitions indeed. It’s aim is nothing short of producing the Mario of the mobile gaming industry. That’s the ultimate dream of the team who are hard at work creating Super Kid Cannon; an adorably cute platform/ physics…

Castlevania: Lords Of Shadows 2 developer diary; open worlds and things

January 31, 2014

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News by Matt S. The upcoming Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 has an open world, and that’s the focus of this latest trailer/ developer diary from developer MercurySteam. The video stars Dave Cox, Producer of the game, and Enric Alvarez, the Head of Development at MercurySteam. According to the press…

Lightning returns in a Final Fantasy XIII ‘retro-spective’ trailer

January 31, 2014

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News by Shaan J. It’s been nearly four years since the release of Final Fantasy XIII, and while it won’t mark the end of the ‘Fabula Nova Crystallis Final Fantasy’ series, the upcoming release of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is set to conclude the story arc of the titular Lightning.…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap 1/31/14

January 31, 2014

Bandai/Fables/Lego/Nintendo/star wars

In today’s news; a new trailer emerges for Telltale’s next Fables installment, a brand new LEGO Star Wars title drops out of lightspeed and onto iOS, Bandai announces Super Mario Bros figures and playsets and Nintendo tries to ease concerns about its financials. Episode 2 trailer for Fables: A Wolf…

Games to look forward to: February 2014

January 31, 2014

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy/Danganronpa/Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze/Lightning Returns/Tales of Symphonia Chronicles/Thief/Toukiden

Article by Jim S. Welcome to a new DDNet feature! Each month our resident list expert, Jim, will pull together a list of the must-play games for the month – and that means you won’t miss any of them! January was a slow mouth for gaming (as is traditional for…

Review: Paper Sorcerer (PC)

January 31, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Paper Sorcerer is one of those successful Kickstarter projects that has been released to the exact specifications that were promised in its Kickstarter campaign. If you didn’t back the original campaign, be sure to go and pick up this cheap little indie game. Because it’s ace.…

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January 30, 2014

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News by Matt S. Contrast, the rather exceptional indie title from Compulsion Games, has hit a landmark; it has been downloaded one million times by people playing it on PlayStation hardware (PS3 and PS4). Of course, a big part of that success was due to the fact that it was…

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January 30, 2014

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News by Shaan J. While there are definite benefits to releasing games episodically, the one recurring downside is the sometimes long wait between episodes, especially when information regarding release dates can be so scarce. Telltale Games is no stranger to this issue, and the team has even come under fire…

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