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Review: A creative use of RPG Maker VX – Legionwood: Tale of Two Swords

March 13, 2011

Dayle Robert Grixti/Indie developers/Legionwood/Reviews/RPG Maker VX

RPG Maker VX is being used in some very creative ways. The software itself, at a basic level, allows people to make their own, simple RPGs in the vein of early-era Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest. It’s easy to learn, but for people that get really into it, allows for…

Preview: Advanced Tactics: Gold (PC Download)

March 12, 2011

Advanced Tactics/Matrix Games/VR Designs/Wargame

Matrix Games knows its niche. Its games range from intelligent strategy games to the truly hardcore. Look at Harpoon. Its brand of strategy is so strong that the military make use of it. Matrix Games also has a unique approach to its properties. As evidenced by Harpoon, Matrix and the…

Preview: Advanced Tactics: Gold (PC Download)

March 12, 2011

Advanced Tactics/Matrix Games/VR Designs/Wargame

Magic the Gathering: Duals of the Planeswalkers gets sequel

March 12, 2011

Magic the Gathering/PlayStation Network/Steam/XBLA

One of the better multiplayer games that is on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is Magic the Gathering: Duels of the Planeswalkers. Now in 2012 we can expect a sequel. The unimaginatively-titles Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 promises new game modes, opponents to take on in the single player…

Magic the Gathering: Duals of the Planeswalkers gets sequel

March 12, 2011

Magic the Gathering/PlayStation Network/Steam/XBLA

PlayStation 3 gets free-to-play MMO, FreeRealms

March 12, 2011

Free Realms/MMO/PlayStation Network

Here’s a big coup for the PlayStation 3 – from March 29 it will be the only home console to offer a free-to-play MMO. That MMO is Free Realms, and while it’s no World of Warcraft killer, it’s also no slouch, winning 17 million registers players on PC and Mac…

PlayStation 3 gets free-to-play MMO, FreeRealms

March 12, 2011

Free Realms/MMO/PlayStation Network

Review: Painkiller: Purgatory HD (iPad)

March 11, 2011

Chillingo/iPad/MachineWorks/Painkiller/Reviews

Now this is good fun. Chillingo, and developer MachineWorks’ iPad adaptation of the Painkiller formula sacrifices little in the transition from keyboard & mouse/ controller transition to virtual controls, and leaves us with a game that successfully channels Doom or Quake into an action-heavy gothic masterpiece. Splatter There’s nothing intelligent…

Review: Painkiller: Purgatory HD (iPad)

March 11, 2011

Chillingo/iPad/MachineWorks/Painkiller/Reviews

Opinion: Tecmo Koei’s Warriors, the most misunderstood game series

March 10, 2011

Dynasty Warriors/Omega Force/Samurai Warriors/Tecmo Koei

I’m sure everyone is familiar with Tecmo Koei’s Warriors series of games. Whether they’ve played the games or not, everyone has seen the reviews, which inevitably slam each new release, dismissing them as mere “button mashers.” However, having read some truly amusing examples of these reviews in my time (in…

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