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Review: Baseball Riot (Nintendo Switch)

January 31, 2018

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Review by Tyler T. As an American, I’m pretty much obligated to love a few things: guns, systemic oppression, apple pie, and baseball. Sadly, my patriotism has limits as I’m not much of a pie person, but I do love me some baseball. I’ve been to dozens of games in…

The Australian government has given the games industry the middle finger. AGAIN

January 31, 2018

Australia/Financial results/Malcolm Turnbull/Mitch Fifield/News/Opinion/politics/Tony Abbott

Opinion by Matt S. Rack off, Senator Fifield. For those of you who aren’t plagued by the incompetent, useless government currently indulging its power fantasies in Australia, we have a hyper-conservative party in power that, in the same week announced plans to become a global leader in arms manufacture and…

yakuza-6-is-going-to-have-best-minigames

January 31, 2018

JRPG/News/Sega/trailer/Trailers/Yakuza/Yakuza 6

News by Matt S. The Yakuza series is well known for its minigames, which are often so numerous and so high in quality that you’ll start playing them and then forget about the actual story of the game for dozens (and dozens) of hours. It’s the variety and sense of…

Review: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 31, 2018

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Review by Matt S. Dissidia: Final Fantasy NT is going to be one of my favourite “fighting games” of all time. It’s not really a “fighting game” but we’ll get back to that in a moment. That’s what it’s being billed as, and, as I said, I’ve enjoyed this one…

Prepare for life as a small town sheriff in This Is The Police 2

January 30, 2018

game announcement/News/This Is The Police 2/THQ Nordic/Weappy

News by Lindsay M. THQ Nordic and Weappy Studio are back with a follow-up to one of my favourite contemporary cop games, This Is The Police. The original title put you in the position of a city police chief trying to juggle the needs of the public and the needs…

review-shu-nintendo-switch

January 30, 2018

2D platformer/Coatsink/Indie/Nintendo Switch/platformer/Reviews/Shu/Switch Review

Reviewed by Trent P. Developer, Coatsink, has done a lot of experimentation with its catalogue in the past, but one that will really stand out for it is a unique platformer called Shu. Having previously released on Sony platformers, the platformer would be many Nintendo fans first introduction to the…

PlayStation 4 JRPGs, 3DS JRPGs and in-depth with Lost Sphear (Digitally Uploaded 2018, Episode #3)

January 30, 2018

Digitally Uploaded/digitallydownloaded.net/JRPG/Nintendo 3DS/PlayStation 4/podcast

It’s a all-JRPG week on the DDNet podcast, as special guest, Jay from JayRPG, joins us to talk about consoles new and old, and our favourite genre! We chat about the PlayStation 4 – the current JRPG behemoth that it is, and then the 3DS, which was for so long…

Review: Shadow of the Colossus (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 30, 2018

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Review by Matt S. What new things can you say about a game that has been so comprehensively lauded, discussed and analysed as Shadow of the Colossus has? There is already a wealth of information out there about the game, which for many was the first title that offered substantial…

SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy really turns the flesh up to 11, huh?

January 30, 2018

News/SNK Heroines: Tag Team Frenzy/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. This news is a couple of days old now, but I missed that there was a new trailer unveiled for the upcoming all-girl brawler SNK Heroines Tag Team Frenzy at the Evo fighting game mega-event, as well as a new playable character. SNK Heroines exists purely…

canadian-indie-hit-bendy-and-ink

January 30, 2018

Bendy and the Ink Machine/game announcement/Horror/Indie/News

News by Lindsay M. At first glance, Bendy and the Ink Machine seems like a sweet, darling game. The sepia-soaked inky world oozes with antique charm. I mean, it’s set in a cartoon studio for crying out loud — think early Disney. And it’s creator is TheMeatly, known for his…

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