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Idea Factory goes international… Monster Monpiece localisation please!

October 1, 2013

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Idea Factory, that delightful Japanese developer behind the most otaku of otaku games, has gone international and opened an office in the US. Many will best know Idea Factory for its subsidiary, Compile Heart, which has developed a small but committed following in the west. Idea Factory International, as the…

Nintendo has done a Wii U update. The new features are good.

October 1, 2013

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Pre-empting a new Nintendo Direct tonight, Nintendo has rolled out an update for its Wii U console. This is a major update that offers some great new features. Nothing console-selling, but good additions for existing customers. The big one is that now Wii games (and Wii Virtual Console titles) can…

Review: Killzone Mercenary (Vita)

October 1, 2013

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Review by Matt S. The genre that Vita owners have been crying out for like none other is the shooter. With a powerful processor, nice wide screen and dual control sticks there is every reason that we should have had many entertaining shooters so far on the console, but we…

A peek at Toon Link in Super Smash Bros.

October 1, 2013

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Toon Link is getting a lot of love lately, first with the Wind Waker HD remake for the Wii U, and now he is showing up in some screenshots of the upcoming Super Smash Bros. game. It is really cool to see how this game is developing on both the…

Review: Gamebook Adventures 8: Curse of the Assassin (iPad)

September 30, 2013

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Review by Owen S. Interactive choose-your-own-adventure books managed to capture the attention of many youngsters and adults alike back in the 80s. The advent of videogames more or less killed the artform, but with the iPad and its app-friendly design, gamebooks are back. As interactive novels, gamebooks allow the reader…

Vote for your favourite games of the year! Win free games!

September 30, 2013

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It’s that time of year again! As we get close to the end of the year we take the votes to figure out what the best games of 2013 were. Now, I know what you’re thinking “why so early in the year? The really big games haven’t been released yet!”…

Review: AiRace Speed (3DS)

September 30, 2013

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Review by Harvard L. I’ve developed a lot of respect for QubicGames after playing AiRace: Speed. We’ve all flown planes through tunnels in one game or another, so much so that it can hardly be called a fresh gameplay experience. AiRace takes the familiar gameplay of these titles and gives…

comparative-review-fifa-14-vs-pes-2014

September 30, 2013

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Article by Matt S. If you’re a soccer (football, futbol, etc etc) fan like I am, then this is a great time of year. For whatever reason, both EA and Konami release their respective instalments into their soccer franchises right next to one another, and as these two are the…

Interview: The man that made a game about suicide

September 29, 2013

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Interview by Matt S. Recently we reviewed Irritum, a game that had its fair share of faults, but one thing was undeniable; its concept came from a very serious, and very dark place. And in making a game about suicide, the developer, Nick Padgett, has furthered the idea that games…

Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z has just hit the top of my “do want” list

September 27, 2013

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Preview by Matt S. I was able to get some hands-on time with Tecmo Koei and Keiji Inafune’s upcoming Yaiba: Ninja Gaiden Z. It’s a game that didn’t really appeal to me beforehand – it’s another zombie game, after all. But then I started to play and something happened. I…

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