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Review: Rayman Jungle Run (iPhone)

September 24, 2012

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Endless runners are a popular trick for iOS developers. They’re relatively easy and cheap to throw together, and a good natural fit for iPhone gamers looking for a way to waste a few minutes at a time. Sure they’re about as simple as games get, but sometimes that’s exactly what…

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September 24, 2012

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Publisher Reverb has announced that a giveaway is in full effect for beta keys for its upcoming online shooter for the PC, Ravaged. The game looks pretty sharp and sets players in a post-apocalyptic world filled with guns, vehicles, and massive 32 player firefights. Ravaged is a Reverb-published, 32-player, first-person online multiplayer…

Tiny Troopers gets a lil’ update

September 24, 2012

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The Steam version (Mac and PC) of Tiny Troopers gets an update including a ‘WASD’ control option. Iceberg Interactive and developer Kukouri Mobile announced last week that the game would be receiving the new control scheme after hearing a sizable amount of feedback form players. Nice to know some companies…

Region locking and Wii U… oh dear why, Nintendo?

September 24, 2012

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There’s a lot to get excited about with the Wii U. Nintendo has in its hands a console that promises a lot, and is backing it up with some exciting games – not just Nintendo games, either. The third party interest, such as Zombie U and Bayonetta 2, is very…

PlayStation is still #1 in Australia

September 24, 2012

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With a day to go before a new hardware revision hits stores, Sony Australia has shared some data that puts the console at #1 in Australia. For the first half of 2012, while the entire games industry was down overall, the PlayStation 3 was the best performing of all consoles.…

Review: Jet Set Radio (Xbox 360)

September 24, 2012

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Many gamers today seem eager to throw around the phrase “gameplay over graphics”. While it seems to be a sound theory within the context of focused games like the original Pac-Man, it merely serves to undermine the philosophy of Jet Set Radio. Without the tone set by the upbeat music…

Review: Shad’O (PC)

September 24, 2012

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Now available on Steam Tower defence games are a dime a dozen these days, as they’re a perfect fit for touch controlled games. The creatively name Shad’O, from the small French indie developer Okugi Studios, has opted to not stick with the smartphone/tablet platforms with their title, bringing their creative…

Review: Balloon Pop Remix (3DS)

September 24, 2012

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Nintendo’s digital services have no shortages of puzzle games. In fact, there’s so many that it takes something special to make a new entry in the genre worthy of gaining attention. UFO Interactive’s Balloon Pop Remix has just recently puffed its way onto the 3DS eShop, bringing a new rendition…

Video: Looking back at Super Mario Kart; the original and still the best

September 23, 2012

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I love Super Mario Kart. It was one of my first console games (though I had a Game Boy, my first TV console was the Super Nintendo), and if consoles kept track of time played back in the day I think this game still would be my most played game…

The weekly discussion: Japanese games!

September 21, 2012

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In honour of Tokyo Game Show we’re going to focus this week’s weekly discussion on games that come from the spiritual homeland of games, Japan. Much has been said about how the Japanese games industry is struggling (yeah, right), but one thing is certain, there are still a lot of…

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