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Gadget review: SteelSeries Stratus

January 20, 2014

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Review by Matt S. The SteelSeries Stratus is an exciting bit of hardware. Taking advantage of Apple’s new native support for wireless controllers, this little controller gives your iOS games buttons… and then lets you play them on your TV at home courtesy of your Apple TV. This device only…

Europeans and Aussies won’t get to play Rune Factory 4

January 20, 2014

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News by Matt S. Just before Christmas we reported the very sad news that the developer of Rune Factory 4, Neverland, had gone bankrupt, despite its final game (that being Rune Factory 4), being a massive hit on the charts. With the game not yet released in Europe and Australia,…

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January 20, 2014

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News by Matt S. In what will be a surprise to no one, Disney’s Skylanders riff, Disney Infinity, is off to a spectacular start. According to a report published on gamesindustry.biz, the company has sold three million starter packs to date. That’s just the starter packs, mind you, not individual…

Developer profile; Hidetaka Suehiro

January 20, 2014

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Article by Matt S. As our regular readers would know by now, we have launched a Kickstarter to fund the production of a book on the topic of games as art. And core to that book will be interviews with some of the games industry’s most prominent artistic game developers. With that…

Review: Europa Universalis IV: Conquest of Paradise (PC)

January 20, 2014

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Review by Matt S. How could a developer – even one as experienced in producing strategy games as Paradox Development Studio – possibly hope to add to the experience of the near-perfect Europa Universalis IV? A game that deep, that rich with content, couldn’t possibly offer even more through an…

Gadget review: Wireless Mobile Mouse 3500 Limited Edition Artist Series

January 19, 2014

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Review by Matt S. Ok, so as a disclaimer first: I’ve never actually reviewed a mouse before. It’s one of those things that you use, but you don’t really think about, as far as I’m concerned. I’ve never bothered with those hardcore gamer mice (frankly, it wouldn’t help me), but…

New developer interview for The Interactive Canvas; Jennifer Schneidereit

January 19, 2014

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News by Matt S. Jennifer Schneidereit has been a part of the development teams behind some of the nichest of Japanese games, and then the most casual of western projects. In a career that has taken her to both Japan and the UK, Schneidereit has worked for Acquire in Japan…

Deception IV; gaming goreporn? Regardless, it launches in Europe on March 28!

January 17, 2014

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News by Matt S. UPDATE: Tecmo Koei has confirmed to me that yes, this game will be released in Australia too. Celebrate the crimson shower! On the 28th of March I become a brutal, evil, trapmaster. For that is the date that Tecmo Koei releases Deception IV for PlayStation 3…

It’s time for Nintendo’s board to start asking for resignations

January 17, 2014

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Opinion by Matt S. I know this headline and topic is going to cause some people to get defensive (I look forward to seeing you all in the comments…), but it needs to be said. I want to see Nintendo succeed. I bought both the 3DS and Wii U at…

Nintendo’s own sales expectations are now dire

January 17, 2014

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News by Matt S. Nintendo has signficantly revised down its financial year sales expectations for both the Wii U and the 3DS. In fact, its own sales expectations for the Wii U are now truly dire for the period April ’13-March ’14. Where it had previously projected Wii U sales…

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