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Hooray for digital Dead or Alive boobies! DLC incoming

November 13, 2012

Good news for anyone who is a fan of Dead or Alive 5, and missed out on the collector’s edition. Those DLC costumes are indeed on the way as paid-for DLC for us normal plebs. The good news comes to us courtesy of Chin Soon Sun, via Twitter: “#DOA5 with all…

guillemot-complains-wii-u-is-too

November 13, 2012

Nintendo/Nintendo Wii U/Opinion/Ubisoft/Yves Guillemot

Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, has come out and said that he believes the Wii U is too expensive. This has ruffled a few feathers, given that Ubisoft is perhaps the most ‘friendly’ third party publisher to the Wii U at this stage. But you know what? He has a point.…

Review: Sixty Second Shooter Deluxe (PlayStation Mobile)

November 13, 2012

dual-stick shooter/PlayStation Mobile/Reviews/Sixty Second Shooter Deluxe

Sixty Second Shooter is a perfect example of what is so great about the PlayStation Mobile games. Small, pick up and play titles that offer long-lasting enjoyment. Sixty Second Shooter is a mash-up between Geometry Wars and a stop watch. You have sixty seconds, hence the title, to get as…

Review: Angry Birds Star Wars (iPhone)

November 13, 2012

Angry Birds/Angry Birds Star Wars/Apple/iPad/iPhone/physics puzzler/Puzzle Game/Reviews/Rovio

Not much has changed with the Angry Birds franchise since it was released back in 2009. It’s still the same game in various different skins; launch birds to attack structures that a nasty group of pigs have hidden themselves within. Yet, Angry Birds is still able to hold its own,…

super-tiny-leap-ios

November 13, 2012

Apple/Indie Game/iOS/One Life Remains/The Game Atelier

Another endless jumper emerges – is it worth giving a look? The Game Atelier is better known for their colourful and cute games (Flying Hamster and Sun Flowers), but this go around they’ve taken on the role of publisher and brought us One Life Remains’ little endless jumper, Super Tiny…

The last thing we need next gen is better graphics

November 12, 2012

innovation/Microsoft/next-gen/Nintendo/Opinion/Sony

“What are we going to see introduced in next-gen consoles?” It’s the million-dollar question that the entire industry has been speculating on, and curiosity does not die so easily – especially when it comes to a topic as vital as this. The time for the industry to see a new…

Review: Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation (Vita)

November 11, 2012

Assassin's Creed/Assassin's Creed III/Assassin's Creed III Liberation/open world game/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/Reviews/Ubisoft

In my humble opinion it was bad timing to release Assassin’s Creed 3: Liberation at the same time as the PS3/ Xbox 360/ PC game. I get that the two games link together to help further Ubisoft’s virtual world, but the console titles did such a blockbuster job and set…

The weekly discussion: East Vs. West!

November 9, 2012

The weekly discussion/weekly chat

Final Fantasy vs. Skyrim. Resident Evil vs. Call of Duty. Atelier Meruru vs… well, nothing can compare to that game. Ahem. This week’s discussion is all about whether you prefer Japanese or Western games. The differences between the two approaches to game development is huge, so most people prefer one…

007 Legends ‘Skyfall’ mission ready for download

November 9, 2012

007 legends/Activision/James Bond/PC/PS3/Skyfall/Xbox 360

Bond anthology title 007 Legends’ final mission is now available for download from the PSN. PC and Xbox fans, you’ve got a little bit of waiting to do. The Skyfall mission is the capper to 007 Legends and is indeed a PSN exclusive for a while. Bond finds himself going…

review-tryst-pc

November 9, 2012

PC/Reviews/RTS/Strategy/Tryst

The features of a good Real Time Strategy (RTS) have been well established over the years thanks to intelligent games like Command and Conquer, Age of Empires and that pinkest of elephants (one who is almost fluorescent); Starcraft. With such popularity to market off, the development of RTS games is…

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