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Review: Etrian Odyssey IV: Legends of the Titan (3DS)

September 12, 2013

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Here’s the reason this game is essential if you’re one of those people that grew up in the 80’s and 90’s with Dungeons & Dragons and other pen and paper RPGs, and the likes of Wizardry on your PC; In Etrian Odyssey you draw a map on grid paper as…

Soulcalibur going free-to-play

September 12, 2013

Free-to-play/Namco Bandai/Soul Calibur/Soulcalibur

So, you remember when I argued that the fighting game genre was one ripe for the freemium model? That being able to buy individual characters could work much like people are happy to buy individual characters in a game like League of Legends and in fact this was good for…

Review: Sonic Generations (3DS)

September 11, 2013

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Sonic Generations on home consoles far exceeded the standards of the average anniversary game. Ironing out the kinks of Sega’s past efforts such as Sonic Unleashed and Sonic Colours, the game seamlessly rotated between 2D and 3D mechanics and transcended what could have been a cash-in nostalgia gimmick. Backed up…

Game Atelier’s Tiny Death is alive on the iOS Marketplace

September 11, 2013

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Game Atelier has charmed us with Flying Hamsters, SunFlowers, Space Pirates and ever a Zorbie, but now it’s ready to charm us with, err… death. In Tiny Death, Game Atelier squashes the Grim Reaper down to a cute and lovable size, and puts him up against 80 challenging levels in…

Square Enix has another iOS Final Fantasy port/ remix thing on the way

September 11, 2013

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Square Enix gets a bad rap from self-proclaimed “hardcore” gamers for taking games like Theatrhythm, which was always a touchscreen-only experience, and then releasing them on iOS. Something about a lack of buttons being an issue on a touchscreen-only game… I dunno. I long ago gave up on trying to…

godfire-rise-of-prometheus-champions

September 11, 2013

Android/Indie Game/iOS/News/screenshots/Upcoming Games/Vivid Games

Vivid Games just delivered a punch to the Vita lineup with its Real Boxing title – coming to the US on September 17th – and in our review, the game’s fantastic visuals obviously caught our very own Editor-in-Chief, Matt Sainsbury, by surprise; so much so that he went on to…

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September 11, 2013

Golum Arcana/kickstarter/Miniatures

Golum Arcana might not be a name that means much to you, but if you’re a fan of tabletop gaming, you better hustle over there and drop down the biggest wad of cash you can find. Because this thing is everything you ever wanted in a game. Think Warhammer mixed…

Be sure to snap up those last-minute EB Games Expo tickets, Aussies

September 11, 2013

EB World Expo/EB World Expo 2013

In a little under a month EB Games will be hosting its third Expo, giving folks a chance to play all the upcoming games and console before they are released to store shelves. Last year we got hands on with the Wii U. This year we’ll be putting the Xbox…

Review: The Wonderful 101 (Wii U)

September 11, 2013

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Platinum Games’ titles are nothing if not divisive. The Wonderful 101 is no different. In fact, with this specific game my Twitter feed contains comments ranging from “game of the year,” right through to “what the heck is this thing?” Division over the quality of a game isn’t anything new…

Metal Gear Solid; focusing in on the boobs, yay or nay?

September 11, 2013

Kojima Productions/Konami/Metal Ground Solid: Ground Zeroes/Microsoft Xbox 360/Microsoft Xbox One/PS3/PS4/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Sony PlayStation 4

Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain garnered a lot of attention when it was first teased, and now the prologue Ground Zeroes is starting to draw quite a bit of attention as well – but the big question is, is it drawing attention for the right things? The visuals…

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