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The Friday Ten: Ten ways to make Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 a better game

January 29, 2016

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Dead or Alive Extreme has always been a divisive series – it’s the pet project of Tomonobu Itagaki, but it also pushes the boundaries of voyeurism in games to a completely new degree. But hey, if we’re going to have a pet project we might as well make it interesting,…

Review: Megadimension Neptunia VII (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 29, 2016

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Gametrailers recently included the Hyperdimension Neptunia series in a “top 10 game franchises that need to die” clickbait feature. What utter nonsense; as we can see with Megadimension Neptunia VII, the series continues to go from strength to strength, and you don’t let a series “die” when it’s doing that.…

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January 29, 2016

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It’s a little odd, listening to the soundtrack for Xenoblade Chronicles X separate from the game itself. That, of course, applies to most game soundtracks, because game soundtracks have generally been written around what the other creatives on a game development team have come up with. But I don’t mean…

Review: Radiohammer (Nintendo 3DS)

January 28, 2016

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Over the last couple of months, I’ve been playing loads of rhythm games. Thanks to how import friendly many of them are, I’ve even picked up a bunch we’ll never see in the west, such as IA/VT Colourful. My current obsession with them made me more than excited to check…

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January 28, 2016

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The Witness has now been released. We have a review on the way, but it’s a heck of a large game, and has a lot to unpack, so we’re making sure we make good use of our time with it first before committing pen to paper. The purpose of this…

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January 28, 2016

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There are plenty of games out there that share the defining mechanics Pokémon has perfected over the years; collecting, training, and battling monsters. With the likes of Yo-Kai Watch putting a uniquely Japanese spin on the little JRPG subgenre, Moco Moco Friends feels like the logical extension of that motif…

Review: Stardust Vanguards (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 27, 2016

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Stardust Vanguards is another entry into the recent deluge of local multiplayer games that try to capture the retro-style couch fun nostalgia. Games such as Towerfall Ascension and now this focus closely on pixel graphics, catchy music and some fast and furious multiplayer action. Stardust Vanguards manages to check all of these…

Review: Gravity Rush Remastered (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 27, 2016

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Jean-Pierre Jeunet is one of my favourite film directors of all time. Ignoring his attempt to play in Hollywood with Aliens Resurrection (though nowhere near as bad as people would suggest that it is anyway), the French auteur’s body of work, from Delicatessen to The City Of Lost Children and…

Review: Dungeon Hunter 5 (Apple TV)

January 27, 2016

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Hey! It’s like Diablo, except free! That can’t possibly be bad, right? Well, no. Wrong. Very, very wrong. Gameloft’s model has always been about producing games that are like proper commercial products but then making them free. Or at least, that’s how it defends what it does. I personally just…

Detective Pikachu is on the case!

January 27, 2016

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Imagine, if you will, the realistically rendered people of L.A. Noire replaced with the most recognizable Pokemon from the classic line-up. Now, add to that exaggerated elements from Sherlock Holmes and Sam & Max, and you’d probably reach the conclusion that is this game: Detective Pikachu. In the wonderful teaser…

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