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Killer is Dead and misogyny; how do critics miss the point by this much?

August 28, 2013

Goichi Suda/Killer is Dead/misogyny/Opinion/sexism

Goichi Suda has done it again. He’s created a game (Killer is Dead) and released it to a mass outcry of misogyny from the critical community. It’s happened in his games before (see Lollipop Chainsaw) and once again the people making the complaints are, in taking a very simplistic approach…

Ace Patrol now on PC

August 27, 2013

Ace Patrol/PC/Sid Meier/Strategy/tactics game

Earlier in the year we reviewed a little iOS exclusive strategy game from the great man himself, Sid Meier. Ace Patrol absolutely blew us away, and now it’s available to people without iPads. Ace Patrol on PC is in-app purchase free, and contains all the content of the iPad game…

Review: Mars: War Logs (PS3)

August 27, 2013

Mars: War Logs/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews/RPG/Spiders

Mars: War Logs is one of those games. If you hadn’t played it, and relied on the vast bulk of the reviews out there on the game you’d get the impression that it’s a shortish, generally ugly game hampered by its minimal budget when compared to Bioware and Mass Effect.…

Prepare to lose your Soul – again

August 27, 2013

Dark Souls/Dark Souls II/Demon's Souls/From Software/Microsoft Xbox 360/Namco Bandai/PC/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3

Of course, the real test will come when it is time to play the game. Here everything is visually detailed and interesting, but some of the screenshots certainly help convey the sense of menace and often times oppressive atmosphere. From Software wound up with a hit on its hands with…

Lightning strikes soon

August 27, 2013

Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII/Microsoft Xbox 360/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Square Enix/trailer

I know that Final Fantasy XIII is not a series everyone enjoys, but I certainly had fun with the first two instalments and am looking forward to this final chapter in the series. Square Enix is slated to release this title in Japan on November 21st, North America on February…

a-deeper-look-into-dead-or-alive-5

August 27, 2013

Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate/Release Information/screenshots

Several new features are coming to Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate, the upcoming iteration on the popular fighting franchise but Tecmo Koei and developer Team Ninja. Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate will see a release in Japan, Europe and North America on September 3rd of this year on both the…

review-92-summer-carnival-recca-3ds

August 27, 2013

3DS eShop/92 Summer Carnival/eShop/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Recca/Retro Reviews/Reviews/SHMUP/Virtual Console

As an optimist, I have to believe that at some point in the development of Summer Carnival ’92: Recca, a soft spoken member of the team finally mustered up the guts to ask whether the game was going to be too fast for the average player. After playing the finished…

Review: Heavy Fire: Black Arms 3D (3DS eShop)

August 27, 2013

3DS eShop/action/Arcade/eShop/light gun shooter/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Reviews/Teyon

Last year’s 3DS eShop Heavy Fire offerings, Special Operations 3D, fell far short of what Teyon previously delivered on the budget retail PS3 release, Heavy Fire: Afghanistan, even though it chose to stick with the same dusty desert setting. This year, Teyon takes us out of the desert heat and…

ouyas-advertising-gets-edgy

August 26, 2013

advertising/Marketing/MTV/Opinion/Ouya/PR

Ouya has found itself in a spot of bad PR recently. First the company’s official Twitter feed retweeted an enthusiastic fan’s tweet that may or may not have shown Nintendo’s Super Mario Brothers (NES) being illegally played on an Ouya console and now it has briefly released an advert on…

Dark Souls II closed Beta looks to start taking PS3 applicants early next month

August 26, 2013

Announcements/Beta/Namco Bandai/Namco Bandai Games/News/PlayStation/PS3/PSN

Namco Bandai Games recently revealed that it will be rolling out new streams of information daily on the Dark Souls II Facebook page, starting September 5th. This closed-beta will allow players to step into one of the most treacherous areas of the game and are stating that only the hardcore…

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