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Deadly Premonition Visual Companion; I want more games to have these

October 20, 2013

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Article by Matt S. At 352 pages, the Deadly Premonition Visual Companion is an essential purchase for anyone who is a fan of Swery’s polarising horror game. For the $10 or so that it costs, you’ll quickly understand just why this needed to be a digital book on iTunes than…

Review: Rain (PS3)

October 18, 2013

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Review by Matt S. Melancholia can make for an oddly beautiful theme when done right. We’ve seen it work for poets such as T.S Eliot (“By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown/ Till human voices wake us, and we drown” – The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is…

Hands on with Killzone Shadow Fall; Nope, this didn’t do it for me at all

October 18, 2013

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Preview by Matt S. Standard set of disclaimers up front: I’m not a big fan of shooters, and I have never really, truly enjoyed a Killzone game. There are certain examples of the genre that I do get along with and can certainly appreciate – such as Crysis 3 or…

Review: Drift Mania: Street Outlaws (iPhone)

October 17, 2013

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Review by Chris I. The drift scene can be a thing of beauty: powerful import tuners and muscle cars using their immense power to lock into high speed drifts, leaving waves of smoke and burnt rubber in their wake. The Drift Mania series has attempted to bring this high speed…

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October 17, 2013

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There has not been a lot of information about Strider released yet, but Capcom has shared out some new screens of this upcoming HD remake. Of course while the graphics are indeed welcome, I am really curious to see how it handles. The original game was very challenging at times,…

Review: Valhalla Knights 3 (Vita)

October 17, 2013

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Review by Clark A. To say Valhalla Knights 3 expects the player’s full attention immediately would be quite the understatement. Before hitting the half-hour mark I witnessed a gratuitously detailed history of the world’s nations, a corrupt emperor turning on an already corrupt world, the legend of a master thief,…

Star Wars Pinball: Balance of the Force; go buy!

October 17, 2013

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Article by Matt S.I’m not going to review the lastest trio of Star Wars-themed DLC tables that Zen Studios have updated its brilliant Zen Pinball 2 release with. We’ve done plenty of reviews of Zen Pinball releases over the years, and there’s not much new to say. But, once again,…

Review: Strategy & Tactics: World War II Deluxe (iPad)

October 17, 2013

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Review by Nick H. Just in case HeroCraft’s title for this game did not give it away, what you are looking at here is yet another World War II strategy title. Coming up with something noteworthy in this genre was always going to be tough as the iOS platform has…

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October 17, 2013

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Preview by Matt S. After walking away from Super Mario 3D World a little disappointed, I was glad to see that Wii Party U more than surpassed my expectations. I’m a sucker for digital board games at the best of times. Throw in some minigames that genuinely feel fresh, and…

Innovation and the games industry; what consumers can do

October 16, 2013

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Article by Aidan B. The EB Games Expo turned out to be a great opportunity to reflect on some things in games that we may not typically think about in our daily lives. There were a lot of great panels that gave some real insight into different issues within the…

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