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October 30, 2013

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News by Matt S. Some impressive data has come from the New Zealand Game Developer’s Association (NZGDA); the development community has seen a massive increase in revenue over the past year. For the 2012 year through to March 31, 2013, the NZ industry grew 86 per cent, to $36.3 million.…

Review: Batman: Arkham Origins (PS3)

October 30, 2013

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Review by Matt S. It’s time for one of those dirty little admissions that no game critic should be making; I haven’t played either of Rocksteady’s Batman games. I know them by reputation to be some of the finest examples of games this generation, however, and that’s especially impressive considering…

Review: Magrunner Dark Pulse (PS3)

October 30, 2013

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Review by Nick H. The inspiration for Magrunner Dark Pulse is clearly Valve’s incredibly popular Portal. Between the visuals and the sense of perspective (first person) and the puzzle-solving nature of Magrunner, the two games really do have a great deal in common. That is really just a surface view…

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October 29, 2013

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Feature by Matt S. Suehiro Hidetaka is better known as SWERY (or Swery65), and his claim to fame is producing a game that is so polarising that it is officially recognised in the Guiness Book of Records as the game that critics gave the widest range of scores to. That…

Video review: Sonic Lost World (Wii U)

October 29, 2013

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The entire Sonic series has always been a bit beyond me. It’s not that I have a problem with the idea of a super-speedy platformer, but something about Sonic has always left me cold. Perhaps it’s just that I prefer to explore a game’s environment, and Sonic by nature excludes…

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October 29, 2013

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Review by Joseph L. I’m not exactly a generous gamer these days. After years of playing unexpectedly disappointing games and surprisingly good ones, I’ve given up caring about games that try to coast by while not offering much in return. 101 Penguin Pets 3D is a game that I knew…

With Call Of Duty: Ghosts, the Australian Classification Board again lets down the Australian public

October 28, 2013

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Opinion by Matt S. The Australian Classification Board has seen fit to give Call of Duty: Ghosts a MA15+ rating. This is the second-highest classification available in Australia and is intended to bar children under the age of 15 from playing the game under any capacity. But it isn’t the…

Review: Myst (3DS)

October 28, 2013

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Review by Matt S. Myst is legitimately a great game. It’s popular to deride now as the point and click genre has evolved in some fascinating directions (such as everything that Telltale Games have produced), but for when it was released Myst presented players with a rich mystery, interesting and…

Review: Armed Seven (PC)

October 27, 2013

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Review by V8Ninja.Is Armed Sevena SNES game that forgot to be released? Because if not, it sure does one masterful job convincing me otherwise. Everything, from the art design to the music to the simplistic controls, gives off the vibe of a game released when Mario was the bees knees…

Next generation mobile devices: the home consoles of tomorrow?

October 25, 2013

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Opinion by Chris I. With all the hype surrounding the vastly approaching next generation gaming console releases, it’s a joy to see gamers’ excitement filling the web and forum pages across the Internet. But as I see what’s to come with these new consoles, it’s become quite apparent that it’s…

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