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October 24, 2012

We’re always looking for new ways to give you, our readers, the best possible coverage of the games industry. And that’s why we’ve launched a new weekly ‘premium’ email! It’s of course free to sign up for, but it allows us to offer you different and exclusive content. We’ll give…

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October 24, 2012

Chin Soon Sun/Cosplay/Interview/Tecmo Koei

Of all the gaming communities I’ve seen, both online and off, Tecmo Koei’s fanbase would have to be the most loyal and dedicated to the cause. These guys and ladies buy every Warriors game (and there are a lot of those); and any anime or gaming convention will have groups…

Review: Of Orcs and Men (PS3)

October 24, 2012

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There’s something about Cyanide Studios’ games that I love. Even when its games fail to live up to the promise, these guys are clearly genuine in their love for the same kinds of games that I love. Cyanide is the team that revived Confrontation – one of the finest miniatures…

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October 23, 2012

Financial results/sad news/Zynga

More unfortunate news on the Zynga front; the once-darling of social gaming has announced it will close its Boston office and lay off five per cent of its global workforce. This also puts its Japan and UK offices in immediate danger. In a memo circulated to staff, Zynga CEO, Mark…

Video review: Just Dance 4 (Wii)

October 23, 2012

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What game gets the cheerleader, Juliet Starling, grooving to Rock Lobster? Just Dance 4, naturally. I should explain that, right? We’ve reviewed Ubisoft’s newest entry into its party game mega-franchise, and just to show you how it’s done we’ve got some footage of various people having a great time playing…

Review: Avernum VI (iPad)

October 22, 2012

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You have to love Spiderweb Software. On microbudgets Jeff Vogel has for years produced massive, sprawling old-school RPGs in the vein of the classic Dungeons & Dragons games. It’s an irresistible formula for anyone with fond nostalgia for the old SSI titles, and of all Vogel’s games, the Avernum series…

Innovative games we’d like to see on Wii U

October 22, 2012

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This is a topic that has been constantly gnawing at the back of my mind for quite a while now and that I wanted to put in writing; less obvious games (i.e. no Mario, Zelda, Metroid or third-party AAA titles) for the Wii U that would not only appeal to…

Social networking apps vanish from Xbox Live

October 22, 2012

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Hope you didn’t want to Tweet and/or post to Facebook from your Xbox. Yes, it’s a tragic day for the dozen or so folks that enjoyed the idea of having the ubiquitous Twitter and Facebook functionality built into their Xbox dashboards- and yet had somehow avoided downloading the appropriate applications…

Review: Ravaged (PC)

October 22, 2012

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From Kickstarter to kick your… On April 28th of 2009, Kickstarter (www.kickstarter.com) launched. It’s a website where users can support projects by donating their money to the project creators and where developers can try to get their own projects funded. On February 8thof this year (2012), Double Fine Productions launched…

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October 22, 2012

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Circle Entertainment is not even trying now. It’s a development team that has never really minded ripping off other original ideas and throwing a cheap copy onto DSiWare, but it’s taken things to a whole other level this time around. As a business strategy it makes sense. There’s not a…

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