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Review: Zen Pinball 2 (Wii U)

February 5, 2013

Nintendo/pinball/Reviews/Wii U/Zen Pinball 2/Zen Studios

True story: Zen Pinball was the game that got me interested in pinball all over again. Where I could take or leave pinball beforehand, after playing Zen Studio’s flagship game and coming to realise the artistry behind developing a compelling pinball experience I am now a big fan of pinball…

akaneiro-slices-and-dices-kickstarter

February 5, 2013

Akaneiro: Demon Hunters/American McGee/Apple/PC/Spicy Horse

With a little over $200k USD pledged, American McGee’s Akaneiro: Demon Hunters will indeed see a debut on the PC – and then some. The free to play action/RPG will be getting ‘crafting’, co-op play, Linux support, and iOS and Android editions thanks to reaching the lofty sum of $204,680…

Trailer: Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet

February 5, 2013

Android/Apple/iOS/Magicka: Wizards of the Square Tablet/Paradox Interactive

The four wacky wizards of Magicka are on the move, literally, with a new mobile game for iOS and Android. Publisher Paradox promises an all new story line for the series’ first mobile outing as well as “thousands of spell combinations” and four player co-op. And in a cool twist, that…

worms-hits-facebook

February 4, 2013

Facebook/Team 17/Worms

It’s not that often that a Facebook game launch is worth getting excited over, but Worms is one of those. Social leaderboards, multiplayer, achievements… oh yes my wall is going to be spammed to high heaven with this. The press release from Team 17: Team17 Digital Limited is excited to…

Looking back at Resident Evil 6: was it that bad?

February 4, 2013

Capcom/Horror/looking back/Resident Evil 6/Reviews

Resident Evil 6 was one of the more controversial games from last year. It disappointed many, and for many others it was a guilty pleasure. So now that we’ve had a while to play it, replay it and think on it, where do we feel it really sat? Read on…

Tecmo Koei posts massive, mega, gigantic profit

February 4, 2013

Financial results/Good news/Tecmo Koei

At a time where developers are being closed for just one failed game, and mid-tier publishers like THQ are shutting down for any number of economic reasons, one mid-to-large publisher, Tecmo Koei, is showing everyone how it’s done. For the December quarter (the three months ending in December 31, 2012),…

The PlayStation 4; don’t be surprised if it is “free” at launch

February 4, 2013

Gaikai/Music Unlimited/PlayStation/PlayStation 4/PlayStation Plus/Sony/subscription services

It’s Monday, so I’m going to use that as my excuse for some out-there thinking. That and our weekly discussion on what we’d like to see happen with the PlayStation 4 has inspired me to thought. For today’s musing I’m going to looking at a possible sales model for Sony’s…

review-kairo-ios

February 4, 2013

Apple/iOS/iPad/Locked Door Puzzle/Perrin/review

I am here. White. It’s at first captivating, but maybe that’s because it is all around me. Maybe I have somehow stepped into heaven itself? Confused, I start to look around a bit further, only to find a throne made of stone setting behind me. The throne is, well, rather…

Battle of the MOBA: Has League of Legends been out-cloned yet?

February 3, 2013

Guardians of Middleearth/Heroes of Order and Chaos/League of Legends/MOBA/PC

Though the MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) genre traces its roots right back to 2003’s Defence of the Ancients Warcraft III custom map, it’s fair to say the genre really took off in 2009 with League of Legends. Given that the genre has only had a unique identity for the…

on-social-cultural-and-moral

February 3, 2013

Eiji Araki/free 2 play/Gree/Interview/Interviews/Modern War/NFL Shuffle/Social games

It’s easy to look at the misfortunes of Zynga and assume that social gaming is one of those fads that will soon die. That assumption of course completely neglects that fact that Japanese social giant, GREE, is not only making big inroads into the western market, but it’s doing so…

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