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Review: Titan Quest (Apple iPad)

May 25, 2016

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Review by Matt S. Diablo has certainly been one of the most influential franchises in gaming. That’s why we tend to call other top-down, RSI-inducing action RPGs “Diablo clones.” It has certainly become a favourite genre with Dungeons & Dragons (Baldur’s Gate: Dark Alliance) and the Sacred series both being…

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May 25, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. It’s time to let the cat out of the bag: I love cooking games. Each one is my dirty little secret, but I’m willing let my dirty laundry air just to emphasize how excited I am that Team17 will be publishing Ghost Town Games’ Overcooked, a…

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May 25, 2016

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News by Matt S. In Early Access now, but due for full release in summer (winter for those cool cats south of the equator), Super Mutant Alien Assault is shaping up to be something really special for fans of fast paced, twitch-based, arcade action. Taking inspiration from the likes of…

Hands on with the new, gorgeous, Nexon MMO, Riders of Icarus

May 25, 2016

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Impressions by Sam M. Massive multiplayer online games are a hard thing to get right. You could have the best game in the world, and unless you have players, it won’t be able to get off the ground. It’s something Square Enix learned the hard way with its original Fantasy…

On Fire Emblem Fates and morality; a case for relativism

May 25, 2016

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Game theory by Matt S. “If anyone, no matter who, were given the opportunity of choosing from amongst all the nations in the world the set of beliefs which he thought best, he would inevitably—after careful considerations of their relative merits—choose that of his own country. Everyone without exception believes his…

We need to be comfortable with games being political

May 24, 2016

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Opinion by Matt S. One of the most common sayings that I see around the place is that “politics has no place in games.” It’s a line of argument that I strongly disagree with, as it implies that games lack artistic validity. As I argue in my latest piece on…

I Am Setsuna’s first gameplay trailer is revealed

May 24, 2016

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News by Lindsay M. Stop everything. You must see this trailer now. It is urgent. The first gameplay trailer for I Am Setuna has dropped, and for the first time we get to experience a small taste of the art, music, and story of the game. My first thought on…

Review: Phantom of the Kill (Apple iPhone)

May 24, 2016

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Review by Matt S. It looks like the turn based tactical RPG genre is a good fit with the free-to-play monetisation model. Phantom of the Kill, which plays out very much like a Fire Emblem title does, offers a near endless wealth of content, and marries it with tight and…

New Atelier game! New Atelier game! New Atelier game!

May 24, 2016

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News by Matt S. We don’t even have Atelier Sophie yet (though the game will be released in English very soon – bet you’re looking forward to our review of that), but Dengeki PlayStation has been leaked, and in it, it is announcing that the next Atelier game will be…

Proteus: The most experimental – and most important – walking simulator

May 24, 2016

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Article by Matt S. To date we’ve seen a lot of these ‘walking simulators’ focus in on a narrative experience. From Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture through Layers of Fear, Dear Esther and Gone Home, the primary goal of the developer has typically been to pass a specific story on…

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