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Review: Castlevania: Lords of Shadows – Mirror of Fate (3DS)

April 25, 2013

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Somewhere along the line, Mirror of Fate lost me. I’m not quite sure exactly where that was, and I did manage to struggle on despite not really engaging with the experience, but there was definitely a point where this game went from being filled with potential to being a startlingly-simple…

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April 25, 2013

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So, we’re finally going to get a look at this Durango thing that the Internet has been busy spreading rumours about; Microsoft has sent around an email inviting everyone to come look at their next console via a web stream on 22 May. Unlike Sony, Microsoft has picked an awful…

Review: Badland (iPad)

April 24, 2013

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Two former RedLynx developers parted ways with the Trials series and formed a small independent studio, called Frogmind. The team’s first title, Badland, has landed on the iOS Marketplace, bringing top-notch visuals and the signature trial-and-error styled gameplay that we are so familiar with in RedLynx’s games.Taking cues from the…

Review: Mittens (iPad)

April 24, 2013

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It’s the age-old love story. Cat falls in love with cats, by collecting diamonds, balloons and milk to win her over. Mittens is the latest game in a long series of physic-based titles on touchscreen devices. Mittens comes from Disney, who also gave us Where’s My Water? and Where’s My…

Review: Fire Emblem Awakening (3DS)

April 24, 2013

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Leave it to Fire Emblem to get me playing my 3DS to the point where the battery is dying. I hadn’t seen that little red light for months, what with the majority of my time with the console being spent enjoying short spells of silly rhythm games and Virtual Console…

Interview: Paradox Development Studio on strategy games, design, and why this genre doesn’t work on consoles

April 23, 2013

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Before my laptop went belly-up, one of my favourite developers was Paradox Development Studio. Best known for producing the most hardcore of hardcore strategy games, Paradox games, like Europa Universalis, Hearts of Iron and my personal favourite, Sengoku, all share one thing in common – you can lose months of…

Well, this is a rather spectacular-looking indie RPG

April 23, 2013

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Over at Pocket Tactics is a story about an upcoming iOS and Android game that looks absolutely spellbinding. Paper Sorcerer is as its name suggests; it’s a game that looks like it’s drawn on paper. It looks like that because it actually is – every part of this game has…

The week’s Play-Asia specials; Stickers, guns and giant mutant insects

April 23, 2013

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If you’re on the hunt for some cheap games for your consoles, Play-Asia rotates around weekly specials, and there are often some really great bargains to be picked up. It’s a good week for PS3 and 3DS owners. Gamers will be able to grab a Mario 3DS title, a PS3…

Review: Injustice: Gods Among Us (PS3)

April 23, 2013

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Warner Bros. clearly had this game in mind when it acquired Ed Boon’s team at NetherRealm Studios. It must have been a moment of celebration at the publisher’s headquarters when a premier fighting game developer went on the open market; here was after all an opportunity to bring in-house the…

Review: Trial of the Clone (iPad)

April 23, 2013

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Tin Man Games specialises in one kind of game – the gamebook. Specifically, the developer focuses on bringing the gamebook style of play to the iPad and iPhone. This means Tin Man Games games require a lot of reading, and offer very little flashy graphics and gimmicks. Still they manage…

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