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Innovation and the games industry; what consumers can do

October 16, 2013

AIE/EB Expo 2013/innovation/Opinion

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…

Screenshots of Drakengard 3’s aerial combat

October 16, 2013

Drakengard 3/PS3/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Square Enix

Drakengard 3 is one of the more anticipated titles around here lately, with its similarities to Nier appealing to several of us. Here we get to see Square Enix’s upcoming title showing off some of the dragon-against-dragon airborne combat. The similarities to Nier are not surprising – that game is…

hey-so-that-weird-lacrosse-game-being

October 16, 2013

Australia/Big Ant/kickstarter/lacrosse/Lacrosse 14

Remember how we reported the rather weird news that an Aussie developer was involved in the development of a lacrosse game? A sport that 99 per cent of Australians would barely be aware exists? The Kickstarter for that project is now live. It’s the US developer that Big Ant (the…

Win a copy of Deadly Premonition: Ultimate Edition!

October 16, 2013

Competition/Deadly Premonition

Deadly Premonition The Director’s Cut: Ultimate Edition has just been released on the PSN. This version of the game comes with all DLC included, and really is the ultimate example of one of the most controversial games released this generation. Everyone knows the story about how polarising Deadly Premonition is:…

Screens of Dragon Ball Z’s customisation options

October 16, 2013

Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z/Microsoft Xbox 360/Namco Bandai/PS Vita/PS3/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Sony PlayStation Vita

There have been a lot of action and cinematic screenshots released by Namco Bandai for its upcoming Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Z title for the Xbox 360, PS4 and Vita. This is the first really good look I have seen of the character customisation screens however. This game is…

battling-hard-hands-on-with-battlefield

October 16, 2013

Battlefield/EA/EB Expo 2013/FPS/Hands-On Impressions/Preview

Preview by Sam M. I’m sure it’s clear to most that know me that I love Battlefield. I absolutely suck at it, but there is a joy that I get out of playing it that I can’t find anywhere else. After getting some hands on time with it, Battlefield 4…

Review: Puzzle and Dragons (iPhone)

October 16, 2013

Apple/Free-to-play/Games/GungHo Online Entertainment/iOS/iPad/iPhone/Puzzle and Dragons/Puzzle Game

Review by Chris I. The free-to-play (F2P) market is in full swing within the games industry and looks to play a major role in the upcoming generation of home consoles, with the PS4 currently scheduled to feature eight major F2P titles by the end of the year. As we have…

Dead or Alive’s characters are having the kind of Halloween party I’d attend

October 15, 2013

Costumes/Dead or Alive/Dead or Alive 5/Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate/DLC/Tecmo Koei

Because Tecmo Koei knows they’re going to sell, they’ve gone and done a massive DLC release: one free spoooooooky stage and one new costume for each character to celebrate Halloween. If you think of this like a Halloween costume party for college students, it all starts to make sense. It…

Interview: Nnooo on Aussie development, game shows, and deadly bunnies

October 15, 2013

Australia/Blast Em Bunnies/Cubemen 2/EB Expo 2013/Interview/Interviews/Nnooo/Orbitor

Interview by Aidan B. One of our favourite local developers was at the EB Games 2013 expo in a big way. Nnooo, having now picked up the publisher’s role for two locally developed games on console, had three games to show off at the show. Not a bad effort for…

Review: F1 2013 (PC)

October 15, 2013

Codemasters/F1/F1 2013/PC/Racing/Reviews

Review by Andrew M. There has been a shift in 2013 with the way sports games are made, a shift that I quite like. The developers of sports games, and yes, F1 is a sport, you wannabe elitists out there, have sat down and thought about what the consumers of…

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