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The Weekly Discussion: Playing (as) Favourites

November 24, 2012

This weekend’s discussion is focused squarely on those characters that make the game for us as players. Be it starring hero, black-hearted villain or goofball background second-stringer; these are the characters that make us come back for more. There’s no shortage of memorable characters in gaming history. Whether you’re talking…

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November 23, 2012

Android/Australia/Indie/Indie developers/Interview/Interviews/Kactus Software/Legend of Barubash/Western Australia

It’s risky setting up an independent development studio, and the team at Western Australia-based Kactus, have seen it all. From learning how to develop games, coming from an enterprise software background (a very different environment, we’re told), to having a critical source of financing pulled at the last moment, the…

Preview: Hawken (PC)

November 23, 2012

Adhesive Games/Free-to-play/Hawken/mechs/PC

One of the most unexpected developments of 2012 is the surprising change of events for free-to-play video games. It started with Blacklight Retribution in April, bringing an extremely fun and balanced military shooter to the meta-genre. Following that game less than a month afterward were Tribes Ascend and Super Monday…

Review: Planets Under Attack (Xbox 360)

November 22, 2012

casual games/Microsoft/Microsoft Xbox 360/Planets Under Attack/Real-Time Strategy/Reviews/Strategy/XBLA/Xbox 360

When I sat down to start writing this review, I had to spend 10 minutes researching the name. It’s never a good sign when the very name of a game is forgettable. That’s a harsh way to kick off a review, I know, and in all fairness Planets Under Attack…

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November 22, 2012

Music Unlimited/PlayStation/PlayStation Plus/Sony

As though PlayStation Plus wasn’t already spectacular value, Sony has now decided to offer people very cheap Music Unlimited subscriptions with that Plus sub. The deal applies to Australia; let me know if it’s also rolled out to other regions in the comments, but it works like this: PlayStation Plus…

Is the Wii U powerful enough? Digging through the news for the needle in the haystack

November 22, 2012

Industry/News/Nintendo/Opinion/Wii U

Nintendo’s Wii U has launched and the “gloom and doom” articles are just as abundant as with much any other hardware release, but you can rest assured, this is not one of them. I’ve been carefully watching events unfold, enjoying the criticism as I always do, yet with this system…

Games-giving: Steam’s Autumn sale is live

November 22, 2012

Age of Empires/Darksiders II/Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013/PC/Steam/Terraria/the walking dead/Valve/XCom

Just replace the two characters with your wallet and Gabe Newell. Ah, Thanksgiving. A holiday of turkeys, pies, and being thankful for what you have. You know what else this holiday should embrace? Video games. At least, that’s what Valve says it should also be known for. In other words,…

Review: Spirit Hunters Inc (3DS)

November 21, 2012

AR games/DSiWare/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Nnooo/Reviews/Spirit Hunters

Typically with the games industry the finest games hit a platform at the very end of its lifespan. As developers are more comfortable with the platform’s strengths and limitations they’re able to optimise it to the finest degree to create the deepest and most rewarding experiences available on the platform.…

Vice City launching in December on mobiles

November 21, 2012

Android/Apple/Grand Theft Auto Vice City/GTA/iOS/Rockstar

Roll up your jacket sleeves and bust out the skinny ties- Rockstar Games announced the release date for ’80s-drenched Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on iOS and Android today. The 10th anniversary edition of Vice City will be heading to iOS and Android supported mobiles and tablets on December 6th…

Review: Ninja Gaiden (3DS Virtual Console)

November 21, 2012

hard game/Ninja Gaiden/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/platformer/Retro/Retro Reviews

I know there’s a gamer sub-culture that appreciates games that are deliberately (painfully) hard. These are the kind of people that buy into the retro-modern games and tributes. They’re the kind of people that arcade games would have sucked right in before people realised that buying a game and playing…

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