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March 28, 2013

Editorial/Harvest Moon/Opinion/Rune Factory

There is a killer piece over at Destructoid today that backs up a truism that pundits often seem to forget; playing games – even loving them – does not always entitle fans to know what is a good game. The brief Destructoid piece highlights some commentary from a Marvellous executive,…

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March 28, 2013

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Sly Cooper Thieves in Time was a little worrying as a project. Sly is one of the more interesting game industry personalities and there was no guarantee that a new developer (Sanzaru) would be able to recreate that character to the same beloved standard for the fans. A quick look…

Review: Nekomimimusumega Sekainohatemade Sanmawotabeniikuno DADADA (Vita)

March 27, 2013

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I’m going to come out and admit it from the outset; the only reason I’m reviewing Nekomimimusumega Sekainohatemade Sanmawotabeniikuno DADADA is because I’m a sadist and I want to make you read the title as often as possible in a couple hundred words. Nekomimimusumega Sekainohatemade Sanmawotabeniikuno DADADA is a completely…

Review: SimCity (PC)

March 27, 2013

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Editor’s note: For reasons that the entire games industry is aware of, SimCity has had a controversial and very poorly executed launch. While we understand the frustration behind that launch and certainly agree that it was unacceptable on EA’s part, we also believe that as people might be reading this…

Dragon’s Crown’s release in the US will be…

March 27, 2013

Atlus/Dragon's Crown/release date/Release Information

… probably this summer. So actually, not too long after its Japanese release. There are a handful of classes that have been broken down by Atlus, ranging from sorceress, elf, wizard, fighter, dwarf and amazon. Slated for both Sony systems, Vita owners can purchase it for $40 while PlayStation 3…

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March 27, 2013

Battlefield 4/EA/trailer

The existence of Battlefield 4 will surprise no one. It was as inevitable as a new Call of Duty announcement. But I think people will enjoy this anyway. So I’ll let the trailer do the talking – 17 minutes of FPS bliss. Enjoy!…

This week’s Play-Asia specials; Batman and more Japanese weird/ cool

March 27, 2013

Play-Asia

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. So what’s on for this week? Mickey, Batman and girls in bikinis. Kingdom Hearts 3D – Drop Dream Distance is one…

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March 27, 2013

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Driving back onto the fairway after last year’s shot in the rough. With each year’s new Tiger Woods release, we usually get minor updates to the previous year’s outing. Last year, EA Tiburon rocked the boat by completely overhauling the swing mechanics that fans had grown so accustomed to over…

Win a copy of Dead or Alive 5 Plus for Vita (European code)

March 26, 2013

Competition/Dead or Alive 5

Pocket Rocket Tecmo Koei has given us a download code for the excellent Dead or Alive 5 Plus to give to one of our loyal readers! It’s for the European/ Australian PSN (sorry, American readers), and to be in the running it is very simple – answer the following survey…

Tomb Raider; a commercial failure at only 3.4 million sales

March 26, 2013

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Following yesterday’s revelation that Square Enix’s CEO is stepping down and the company is reporting very disappointing results comes the revelation that the critical darling, Tomb Raider, has crashed and burned as a commercial venture. The sales numbers look great, of course – Square Enix is expecting to sell 3.4…

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