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Review: Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires (PS3)

March 11, 2013

action/Dynasty Warriors/Dynasty Warriors 7: Empires/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews/Sony/Tecmo Koei

Tecmo Koei’s Warriors franchise has settled into a comfortable rhythm. Every couple of years we get a new numbered release. The last one of those, Dynasty Warriors 7, we got our hooks into in 2010. From there the team takes that engine and applies it to a number of spin-off…

Review: Tomb Raider (PS3)

March 11, 2013

Action Adventure/Crystal Dynamics/Lara Croft/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews/Sony/Tomb Raider

Tomb Raider is the latest video game reboot to try and create a brand new series for a franchise. Lara Croft returns this time as a young, naive explorer who struggles to survive in what is established to be her first big adventure. After setting off to try and find…

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March 11, 2013

Horror/Lara Croft/Opinion/Tomb Raider

Jump scares are easy. True horror is hard. The games industry has struggled to create true horror games. Part of the issue has been technical – genuine horror relies on players being able to relate to what’s going on, and blocky or pixelated representations of people are difficult to relate…

Review: Tomb Raider (PC)

March 10, 2013

Action Adventure/Crystal Dynamics/Lara Croft/PC/Reviews/Square Enix/Tomb Raider

Lara Croft’s reinvention has its problems, but does so much right that you’ll probably forget all about them. As someone who’s never played a Tomb Raider title (yes, really), I didn’t have any apprehension going into Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics’ reboot of the famous Lara Croft. Much like with…

Exclusive: First look at Game Atelier’s upcoming iOS title, Pili Pili Rush

March 9, 2013

Apple/Exclusive/iOS/News/The Game Atelier/Upcoming Games

The publishing arm of the Game Atelier is back at it again. It was only a few weeks back when we gave the tough-as-nails iOS and Android shooter, Sela the Space Pirate, a rock-solid 4/5 Star review; it’s already back to give us an exclusive look at another indie title…

The weekly discussion: do you play as a guy, or a girl?

March 8, 2013

The weekly discussion/weekly chat

One of the more interesting bits of news to come this week was the revelation that there might well be a female lead in a future Assassin’s Creed console game. There’s been a bit of a debate that’s sprung up around the idea. While we personally feel it’s a little…

SimCity makes the case against always-on DRM

March 8, 2013

Always-On DRM/EA/Electronic Arts/Maxis/Opinion/SimCity

I have never really been a fan of always-on online DRM. When I heard rumors that it was going to be used on the next generation of PlayStation and Xbox, I groaned. To me, this was a bigger concern than if the consoles would play used games. I disliked it…

Friday 10s: ten essential, obscure, Wii third party games

March 8, 2013

A Boy and His Blob/Anno/Broken Sword/Chocobo Mystery Dungeon/Elder Saga/Fragile Dreams/Friday 10s/Harvest Moon/Little King's Story/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii/Okami/Rune Factory/Top 10

Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so each week we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste in the world and this…

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March 7, 2013

Ninja Gaiden/Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus 2/R18/WTF

UPDATE: Sony has contacted us with the following statement: “Please note, this was an online store listing error. This has been fixed immediately and the classification mark for the title is R18+.” In yet another example of the breathtaking stupidity of Australia’s new R18+ age classification, the first game to score…

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March 7, 2013

eastasiasoft/Hong Kong/Interview/Interviews/Nils Ngai/Rainbow Moon/Rainbow Skies

Hong Kong-based eastasiasoft has really exploded onto the development scene. It kicked business off just a few years ago (2007), and has already found itself in possession of a very valuable cult-hit franchise in Rainbow Moon and the upcoming Rainbow Skies. It’s an interesting time to be a start-up games publisher…

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