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Interview: The indie making a PC and tablet RPG out of paper (literally)

May 2, 2013

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A little while ago I came across a trailer for an old-school, retro RPG that redefined what a Wizardry game could look like. That game was Paper Sorcerer. If you missed it, go and take another look at the trailer – looks spectacular, no? What’s even more impressive is that…

What an awesome infographic

May 2, 2013

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This is just for a bit of fun, but I thought I would share a really awesome infographic that I cam across today – Source. How to pick the perfect video game, in flowchart form. Enjoy!…

Review: Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo (3DS)

May 2, 2013

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Super Little Acorns 3D Turbo is yet another in an increasingly long line of App Store to eShop ports. Of course, since the 3DS is quite a different beast from the iOS line, there’s another set of expectations associated with a title released on Nintendo’s dedicated game device. If the…

Review: Thomas Was Alone (Vita)

May 2, 2013

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I’m the kind of person who like games with strong characters. Thomas Was Alone stars, literally, coloured shapes. Plain geometric shapes; they have no faces and in fact barely any animation, and yet I struggle to think of characters that I have connected with more in any game I’ve ever…

Review: Gun Commando (iPhone)

May 1, 2013

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We had already reviewed Gun Commando when it hit PlayStation Mobile, but Ripstone has seen it fit to port the game to Apple’s app store service. Considering the general scarcity of old-school FPS titles, that doesn’t sound like a bad idea. Regrettably though, there are some niggles that prevent it…

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May 1, 2013

16Bit Trader/PlayStation/PlayStation Mobile/PlayStation Vita/Reviews/simulation/trading game

In the early days of game development, economic simulation games tended to focus in on one law of trading alone; buy low, sell high. Somehow, this incredibly simple (and often incorrect) economic theory drove dozens, if not hundreds of games, and turned many of them into genuinely compelling experiencing. Nostalgia…

Screenshots for Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma look excellent so far

May 1, 2013

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Arc System Works is well-known for its work with the flashy fighting series Blazblue, and for good reason. This series exudes style and the combat holds up as well. Blazblue: Chrono Phantasma is currently set to release in Japan October 24th of this year, for the Sony PlayStation 3. In…

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April 30, 2013

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Yosuke Hayashi has had the ultimate trial by fire. Taking over one of the most popular game development teams within the Tecmo Koei group from Tomonobu Itagaki – that’s Team Ninja for the uninitiated – was always going to be a challenging mission. Itagaki is, after all, one of the…

Ragnarok Odyssey Ace – a trailer and a few new screenshots

April 30, 2013

Ragnarok Odyssey Ace/screenshots/Sony PlayStation Vita/trailer

We are pretty big fans of Ragnarok Odyssey here, so the news that there would be an enhanced ‘Ace’ version of the game for PlayStation Vita was something I was excited to talk about recently. Well, GunHo Online Entertainment just participated in a conference – and while the whole thing…

Review: Star Trek (PS3)

April 30, 2013

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I had hoped against hope that Star Trek would be a great game. Despite being a licensed title, and despite a minimum of hype behind the game I had hoped that what was promised would deliver. So the game is a cover-based team shooter set in the Star Trek universe?…

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