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Enjoy the first key art CG for the next Dee Dee VN: A Week on the Water

April 30, 2021

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News by Matt S. Over the last couple of months, we’ve been drip-feeding bits of information regarding the next Dee Dee visual novel: A Week on the Water. We’re working with new artists and creatives for this one, so it’s taking longer to pull together, but then it’s also going…

The Week in Review: April 30, 2021

April 30, 2021

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Video by Matt S. This week in the week in review! 1) Sony and Microsoft enjoy good financial results: https://www.siliconera.com/sonys-game-and-network-services-revenue-totals-25-billion-dollars/ And https://metro.co.uk/2021/04/28/xbox-sales-up-50-as-microsoft-has-best-year-of-sales-ever-14485047/ 2) A lost Castlevania game is re-found: https://www.kotaku.com.au/2021/04/now-you-can-play-the-cancelled-dreamcast-castlevania-prototype/ 3) A new The Last Of Us has been conceived: https://twitter.com/MattSainsb/status/1387339043185246209 4) SEGA and NFTs. Sigh: https://www.siliconera.com/sega-will-begin-selling-nft-based-on-its-ips/ 5) Citizen Kane…

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April 29, 2021

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News by Matt S. Developed by Deconstructeam (what a name) and Devolver Digital, Essays on Empathy looks like exactly the kind of narrative-driven experience that I want to support. Releasing on PC next month (May 18), Essays on Empathy is a compilation of ten short stories about life. As per…

Review: Returnal (Sony PlayStation 5)

April 29, 2021

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Review by Matt S. “But optimism dribbles away when horror repeats.” I have no idea how good Tim Reed’s novel, Spider from the Well, is, but I came across this quote from that novel when researching Returnal, and I think it’s a perfect encapsulation of that game. Returnal is a…

Expeditions: Rome is a turn-based strategy game… sign me up!

April 28, 2021

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News by Matt S. Developer, Logic Arts, has already taken us to the time of the Vikings and the Conquistadors with its Expeditions franchise. Now, in partnership with publisher, THQ Nordic, it’s going to take us to Rome. As someone who has always found the politics and warfare of that…

“Historical action thriller”, anyone? Treasures of the Aegean announced

April 28, 2021

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News by Matt S. Treasures of the Aegean is being developed by Undercoders and published by Numskull Games, and will release at the end of this year for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC. It is billing itself as a “historical action thriller”, and the game has a…

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April 28, 2021

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News by Matt S. Team17 is most closely associated with Worms (and, these days, The Escapists), but the company has steadily built itself up as a publisher of a wide range of different kinds of game experiences. Indeed, Team17 was responsible for publishing one of my favourite simulators in recent…

Review: Death End re;Quest (Nintendo Switch)

April 28, 2021

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Review by Matt S. I had thought that Death End re;Quest might be pushing it with the Nintendo Switch. Idea Factory’s ports to the console are always quite playable, but usually have rough edges that are introduced that are not present on other platforms. Death End re;Quest was a relatively…

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April 28, 2021

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News by Matt S. I do so love Rin Tohsaka. And also I love Everyday Today’s Menu for Emiya Family. For those that don’t know, this is a spin-off of the Fate series, and while Fate goes some incredibly dark places, Everyday Today’s Menu is bright, wholesome, and a truly…

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April 27, 2021

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News by Matt S. Publisher, Entergram, has announced three separate romance visual novels to announce across PlayStation and Nintendo Switch. All have previously been released on PC. All feature very pretty girls. None have been announced for a western localisation, and I wouldn’t bet on it, though I would rather…

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