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Review: Tekken Card Tournament (iPhone)

June 5, 2013

Android/iOS/iPhone Review/Tekken Card Tournament

Tekken is a fighting series that has been around for many years now, boasting excellent fighting mechanics and some of the best visuals around. A couple of weeks ago, Tekken Card Tournament released on iOS and Android, bringing a collectible card game flavour to the series. I have spent more…

Review: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing (PC)

June 4, 2013

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Out of all of the characters in classic literary fiction, it makes the most sense to create a Diablo-like action role-playing game based off of Abraham Van Helsing. Introduced in Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Van Helsing is a monster-hunting professional that has many titles to his name. He also was not…

Brutal Gamer News Wrap 6/5/13

June 4, 2013

Brutal Gamer News Wrap/E3/Fable/Fantasia/Halo: Spartan Assault/New Super Luigi U

The amping up to E3 continues in the industry with news about a new (mobile) Halo, some Super Luigi U details, a remake of Fable and a joint Disney/Harmonix venture called… Fantasia. News leading into E3 can be of a hit or miss proposal. Some companies want to keep things…

Tales of Symponia Chronicles officially announced

June 4, 2013

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Goods news for fans of the Tales series, as Namco Bandi announced during the Tales of Festival in Japan that a compilation of Tales of Symponia and Tales of Symponia: Dawn of the New World will be getting a release. There is new content and the visuals will get the…

game-academics-crowdfunding-experience

June 4, 2013

Academic/Chris Moore/crowdfunding/Interview/Interviews/kickstarter/Pozible

If there is one thing that Dr. Chris Moore, Lecturer of Media and Communications at Australia’s Deakin University and one of Australia’s foremost academics studying games, has learned about a crowdfunding project it’s that doing one successfully requires a unique marketing skill set than many indie game developers will find…

Review: Poker Night 2 (iPad)

June 4, 2013

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Certain crossover games seem to come under fire for having decidedly random characters thrown into sometimes unfitting contexts. If you thought last year’s Pokémon X Nobunaga or the recent Project X Zone were strange, Telltale is looking to shock you again by cranking up the weirdness to unparalleled levels. If…

More Atelier Escha & Logy screens – and some news on returning characters

June 4, 2013

Atelier Escha and Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky/Release Information/screenshots

A series that needs no introduction in these parts, Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky has some new screenshots to peek at – and a bit more character information available as well. Linca and Marion from Atelier Ayesha are both returning in this upcoming titles. A couple…

blocking-used-games-and-gamer

June 3, 2013

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Subsequent to the unveiling of the Microsoft Xbox One, what seems to be the most-discussed feature of the console is its apparent ability to lock out second hand games. Though Microsoft has so far failed to properly clarify what all this lockout means, the technology is in the console. Naturally,…

Is free-to-play the future of fighting games?

June 3, 2013

Dead or Alive/Dead or Alive 5/Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate/DLC/free 2 play/Free-to-play/freemium/Opinion/Tecmo Koei

An interesting little story over at Polygon hints as a possible future for the fighting game genre – the Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate game, due for release later this year, will release in Japan with a free-to-play option. The free-to-play version will come with four characters and all of…

new-ip-is-difficult-naughty-dogs-ricky

June 3, 2013

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“It’s tough any time you try something new.” Naughty Dog Game Designer, Ricky Cambier knows the creative challenges behind new IP more than most; he’s one of the minds behind arguably the year’s biggest new IP, The Last Of Us. A game that focuses on survival while balancing action and…

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