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March 6, 2013

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Sony is really working hard for its fans. PlayStation Plus is without a doubt a high-value service, turning hundreds of dollars of games into a single, small, subscription cost. There’s more though. Sony’s answer to the PlayStation Network hack of some years ago was to give away games. Last year…

Interview: Studio HIVE on bringing Ong Bak to videogames

March 6, 2013

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If you haven’t seen the original Ong Bak film yet, then do yourself a favour and head over to your local video store’s foreign film section. This Thailand martial arts epic stars Tony Jaa, and it’s the kind of no-wires, no stunt-double action work that is so rarely seen in…

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March 6, 2013

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MUD – FIM Motocross World Championship (MUD) is the most comprehensive videogame rendition of the sport that’s ever been delivered to its fans. All three of the official circuits (MX1, MX2 and MXoN) are featured here, with each competition offering not only its authentic rosters, but impressively, its tracks as…

Trailer: Killer Is Dead; Goichi Suda is back to doing what he does best

March 5, 2013

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The games industry’s own Tarantino, Goichi Suda, is back to the kind of start art style that made is breakout masterpiece, Killer 7, such a memorable title. Killer Is Dead is, as the name suggests, thematically related to Killer 7, and this trailer has me all kinds of excited: Of…

Thunder Wolves takes to the air later this year

March 5, 2013

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Thunder Wolves is a helicopter action game that looks like a more arcade-y version of the classic Strike series. The game is on the way from bitComposer Games and Most Wanted Entertainment and puts players in the seat of a high-tech chopper under the command of a shadowy organization. In…

Trailer: Anomaly 2 announced and detailed

March 5, 2013

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11 bit studios has officially announced that Anomaly 2 is on the way for both PC and Mac. Check out the table-turning trailer after the jump. Anomaly 2 reverses things a bit as it casts the human race as the ‘anomaly’ on Earth now that the war of 2018 is…

Review: Naruto Powerful Shippuden (3DS)

March 5, 2013

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The attacks are as over-the-top as always, but carry a lot more charm in this version Naruto is a series that generally tries and succeeds to find a balance between serious and silly, depending on the characters and topics. Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2 was one of my favorite…

The week’s Play-Asia specials: Dragons, action epics and Bayonetta

March 5, 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. So what’s on for this week? Huge action this week. Whether it’s running through deep dungeons, running-and-gunning, or hacking through legions…

Review: Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk (PS3)

March 5, 2013

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Of all the JRPGs that I have played in this generation, the Atelier games by the tiny development outfit, GUST, have been the ones that I have enjoyed the most. I realise that they’re not awe-inspiring works of art, deep-and-meaningful philosophical treatises into the meaning of life and other questions…

Review: Cracking Sands (iPhone/iPad)

March 5, 2013

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A post-apocalyptic kart racer? Yeah, why not… I was expecting a lot of things from PolarBit’s Cracking Sands the first time I fired it up on my iPad. Knowing nothing about the game other than that it was a combat racing title, I had of course certain thoughts right off…

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