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Review: Thea: The Awakening (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 15, 2017

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Review by Matt S. Thea: The Awakening looks like it should be an indie take on Civilization. It’s got the same hexagonal map design, and you’re looking down on villages and units of characters from an omnipresent point of view that looks every bit the Civilization clone. That in itself…

Review: Conarium (PC)

June 15, 2017

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Review by Lachlan W. H. P. Lovecraft. The titan of written horror. The father of an entire subgenre of horror. The creator of a beloved fictional universe. Regardless of his meanderingly overwrought prose and his often very objectionable personal views (to call him “racist” would be putting it mildly), Lovecraft…

Review: Lethal League (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 14, 2017

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Review by Matt C. Did you ever play “Roseball”? In the wake of the console release of Street Fighter IV way back in 2009, this mini-game emerged where people would play what was effectively Pong, but played in a Street Fighter setting. Each player would pick Rose, a character with…

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June 14, 2017

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News by Matt S. One of the publishers that you’re not going to hear too much about is Kalypso. It’s largely a simulator specialist, and doesn’t get a whole lot of media coverage; not when there are games featuring evisceration for the media to talk about instead. Railway Empire But…

The developer behind Voez is bringing an incredible action JRPG to Nintendo Switch

June 14, 2017

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News by Matt S. Rayark is a Japanese mobile developer known primarily for its rhythm games. This is the team that created Deemo, Cytus, and Voez – the latter of which is also on Nintendo Switch and is indeed one of the best games on the platform. What Rayark is…

E3 2017: There’s a game about ill tempered fish with laser beams coming to PS4.

June 14, 2017

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News by Matt S. Nussoft, an ultra-indie outfit out of Japan, had a bit of a hit on PC and Wii U with Ace of Seafood; a game in which fish swim around shooting one another with laser beams, which is all the proof I ever needed to know that,…

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June 14, 2017

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News by Matt S. Japan loves VR in a way that I don’t think the west truly comprehends. The last two times I’ve been to Tokyo Game Show, the overwhelming interest, both from consumers and the developers themselves, is the kind of experiences that VR opens up. So, while you…

E3 2017: The people that made the heavy metal Castlevania are back with a heavy metal space game

June 14, 2017

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News by Matt S. Slain: Back From Hell was one of those indie games that didn’t look like much until you sat down to play it, and then discovered that, actually, it was really bloody good fun. Mixing a love of Castlevania with a love for head bangin’ heavy metal,…

E3 2017: Nintendo, where the hell is Lyn in Fire Emblem Warriors?

June 14, 2017

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News by Matt S. Fans were generally happy with Nintendo’s showing at E3 this year. After all, multiple “core” Metroid games, the confirmation that a “core” Pokemon game was in development for the Nintendo Switch, and an all-new, hyper cute, Yoshi game were always going to be enough for anyone…

E3 2017: Your friendly reminder that Atlus/SEGA had a whole lot of stuff to show off

June 14, 2017

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News by Matt S. With all the focus with E3 being on the stuff that the big companies show off at their meticulously planned stage shows, it’s easy to forget that backstage (proverbially) in the giant E3 hall there are a lot of other developers and publishers showing off all…

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