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Five good books about games

March 21, 2011

The games industry is a reasonably mature one now. People are thinking more about games, the debate “are games art?” rages on, and as a marketing tool, games are becoming a powerful force. As a side effect of that, there is a growing amount of literature looking at games from…

Mystery 2D Game For 3DS Announced By Marvelous Entertainment

March 21, 2011

3DS/Historical Fantasy/Marvelous Entertainment/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Rising Sun

In the midst of all the hype, anticipation and excitement surrounding the upcoming Nintendo 3DS it is a bit difficult to find news surrounding games from lessor known developers. While there is plenty of news around first party Nintendo titles and major flagship third party games such as Capcom’s legendary…

Mystery 2D Game For 3DS Announced By Marvelous Entertainment

March 21, 2011

3DS/Historical Fantasy/Marvelous Entertainment/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Rising Sun

Wicked Witch shows off two awesome prototypes

March 20, 2011

3DS/DS/Tech demo/Wicked Witch

A small Australian developer, Wicked Witch, has uploaded a handful of prototype videos for DS games that we would just love to see completed. The first is Warmonster – which looks like an action platformer/ RPG hybrid with big, colourful characters and (we would expect) a great deal of personality.…

Wicked Witch shows off two awesome prototypes

March 20, 2011

3DS/DS/Tech demo/Wicked Witch

Review (Japanese): Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls

March 20, 2011

Aspire/PS3/Wizardry/XSEED

In some genuinely awesome news for PS3 owners, it looks like Wizardry is finally making its way out of its modern homeland of Japan, with XSEED to publish Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls for the PS3 in the US. We’re not sure whether it will be available in both retail…

Review (Japanese): Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls

March 20, 2011

Aspire/PS3/Wizardry/XSEED

RPG Maker VX game review: The Lore of Lorewyn

March 20, 2011

Christian Clinton/RPG Maker VX/The Lore of Lorewyn

The Lore of Lorewyn is a good case study for showcasing how effective music can be in RPGs. The game itself is middling, but the game designer, Christian Clinton, has considerable musical talents, and the result is a lengthy quest that you’ll be able to play through to the end.…

RPG Maker VX game review: The Lore of Lorewyn

March 20, 2011

Christian Clinton/RPG Maker VX/The Lore of Lorewyn

Who will be speaking at the Gametech conference, and what will you hear about?

March 19, 2011

Brendan O' Connor/EA/Game.tech/Namco Bandai/Social networks/Ubisoft

In June, Sydney will play host to a major games industry convention – Gametech. It will be a very different convention to something like E3 or Tokyo Game Show – this is a business conference, focusing on the money side of the industry. It will have an Australian focus, but…

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