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Prepare to lose your Soul – again

August 27, 2013

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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

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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…

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August 27, 2013

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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…

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August 27, 2013

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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

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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

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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

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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…

Review: Shin Megami Tensei IV (3DS)

August 26, 2013

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The Shin Megami Tensei series does not quite have the same reputation for brutal difficulty of the likes of Fire Emblem, though it certainly comes close and the series can be somewhat difficult for newcomers and is rooted very firmly in a lot of the ‘typical’ JRPG principles. You’ll be…

Review: A-Men (PS3)

August 26, 2013

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To be fair, Bloober does try to warn you right out of the gates, as A-Men’s description calls it out as a title geared toward “hardcore gamers”, and describes it as a strategy title. I initially was thinking more tactical/combat/war strategy than puzzle strategy, but upon firing this title up…

Project Phoenix: One Kickstarter to watch

August 23, 2013

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I don’t often support Kickstarter projects. As far as I’m concerned it’s still an unproven service and frightening in how little it holds the people that run the projects to account. But every so often a project with real potential emerges that would not have been possible in any sense…

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