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Hooray for Fe! EA’s new Originals project is off to a great start

June 12, 2016

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News by Matt S. The most exciting thing about EA’s rather disappointing showing at E3 this year (in which it promised an awful lot but showed off very little) was its Originals initiative. EA Originals comes on the back of the massive success that Unravel was for the publisher, and…

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June 12, 2016

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EA got the E3 ball rolling this year with a series of trailers and announcements dedicated chiefly to its AAA franchises. You know – Star Wars, Mass Effect, Battlefield, and Titanfall. There was one quainter game announcement in the mix, however, it turned out to be among the show’s most impressive.…

The Sunday Screenshot Gallery: 12/06/2016

June 11, 2016

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Welcome to the Sunday Screenshot Gallery! Each week, we grab a bunch of our favourite screenshots from the game that we’re playing, at stick them here for your viewing pleasure – complete with silly screenshots, which you might find hilarious or utterly dumb. We want screenshots from our readers, too!…

The Friday Ten: Ten western Musou (Warriors) games that we’d love to see

June 10, 2016

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List by Matt C. Next week at E3, Koei Tecmo will announce a new Musou (or Warriors, if you prefer) game, and it’s looking likely that it’ll be another crossover – like Dragon Quest Heroes, One Piece Pirate Warriors, and Hyrule Warriors – but with a “prominent overseas IP”. In…

Why Japanese horror is different; Ju-On director, Takashi Shimizu

June 10, 2016

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Feature by Matt S. Horror is a product of culture. How that manifests might be different from one example of the genre to the next, however. It might be because the work is tapping into deep seated fears that are a combination of biological responses to perceived threats – the…

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June 10, 2016

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Opinion by Matt S. One of the common points of view that I see out there about the arts, as a whole (and including games) is that they have to be created with commercial success in mind. If an art work isn’t profitable, the work is be default inferior or…

Review: Anima: Gate of Memories (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 9, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Occasionally a game will come along and in playing it you’ll develop a new appreciation for the masterpieces of the genre. In being overwhelmingly dull, these games are, oddly enough, worth playing, as they will highlight all the subtle things that the better games manage to…

Early Access Review: Master of Orion (PC)

June 9, 2016

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Review by Nick H. Master of Orion has a long history and heritage, and games with long histories can be divisive with passionate fans when someone decides to “reboot” them. It is always a tricky balance trying to call back on the things that worked in the past while attempting…

The Wii U is the most underrated console ever

June 9, 2016

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Opinion by Matt S. No one would say that the Wii U was a commercial success. Actually, scratch that, no one aside from the most rabid fanboys would make such a claim. The console suffered from a complete dearth of support from third parties, sold in trickling numbers across the…

Touhou Genso Wanderer is one sweet looking game

June 9, 2016

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News by Matt S. NISA has announced that it will be bringing Touhou Genso Wanderer to PlayStation Vita and PlayStation 4 early next year (yep, more Vita games into 2017!). This is a roguelike JRRG set in the Touhou Project universe, and it looks like it’s a fairly traditional one.…

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