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Review: Poker Night 2 (PS3)

May 15, 2013

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Telltale Games’ Poker Night 2 is inspired. Amongst the thousands of Poker games out there here is one that has managed to stand out by playing to Telltale’s unique strength – storytelling. Yep, I was surprised to come to this realisation as well. Poker is a game that does not…

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May 14, 2013

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Sidhe is the most veteran, most prominent, and arguably most important game developer that New Zealand has ever seen. It’s one of the very few developers from the country that regularly hits “highest revenue” ranking lists (for instance, the Develop 100), thanks to its stewardship over some very valuable franchises,…

Review: Monaco: What’s Yours Is Mine (PC)

May 14, 2013

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I’ve always had mixed feelings about stealth games. While I love them, it’s hard to ignore the glaring issues that plague most games within the genre, particularly, the problem with losing. If you’ve played a Metal Gear or Splinter Cell game, you’ll know the feeling of having a well-thought-out plan…

Review: Leviathan: Warships (PC)

May 14, 2013

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When I was a child, my father and I would play Battleship on the weekends religiously. It was an addictive board game and it felt different every time we played. Unlike the board games, strategy video games have never had the sheer amount of replayability, accessibility, and simple enjoyment that…

Review: Soul Sacrifice (Vita)

May 13, 2013

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There is an intensity to Soul Sacrifice that makes its minimalist plot and single-note theme feel more compelling than it has any right to be. I’m not sure if that intensity was a consequence of the developers being clever with a limited budget (Vita games don’t justify AAA-grade budgets, even…

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May 13, 2013

Eador/PC/Reviews/Strategy/turn based

Let’s hear a cheer for Alexander Souslov, the man who wrote the manual for Eador: Masters of the Broken World. These days, most games are content to fob you off with a quickstart guide and a turgid tutorial. That’s not the case with Eador. The manual is extensive, useful and…

Review: Clash of Elementalists (DSiWare)

May 13, 2013

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Anime girls with super-powers knocking each other around arenas? What could possibly go wrong?! Well, quite a bit actually; as I recently found out when I sat down to play Clash of Elementalists from Teyon. I had absolutely no idea what to expect from the game, but the name actually…

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May 12, 2013

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Fuse is a major change in direction and strategy for its developer, Insomniac, and with every change in direction comes risk. It’s the first time the development team has been exposed to the Xbox 360 platform, and it’s the first major IP that the studio is retaining ownership of. Aside…

The weekly discussion: Do you do Kickstarter?

May 11, 2013

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Let’s chat about Kickstarter this week! Every week there are more, and more interesting projects launched on the crowdfunding platform. There’s too many games that look exciting on Kickstarter to possibly support, but the question we’re talking about this week is; do you support Kickstarter projects? If you have, which…

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May 10, 2013

Atlus/Dragon's Crown/PS3/Release Dates/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Sony PlayStation Vita/Vanillaware

This action/RPG title from developer Vanillaware is looking very good lately. There is a sort of painted, watercolor appearance to the visuals that really appeals to me. Publisher Atlus is planning to release Dragon’s Crown on both the Sony PlayStation 3 and Vita. Japan gets this game on July 25th,…

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