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Review: Blood Bowl 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 7, 2015

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Take a sip of your potion of choice (beer, coffee, Ogre Knuckle on the rocks), and imagine along with me the following scenario: An Elf and an Orc are at a morning charity event, looking to donate a small percentage of their annual earnings so as to guarantee that younglings…

Review: Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer (Nintendo 3DS)

October 6, 2015

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Ever since it was first unveiled, Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer has been castigated by a vocal crowd and endured the label “placeholder spin-off”. Frankly, the paranoia that led to this reputation is justified. After all, boiling Animal Crossing, a sandbox game with an obscene degree of freedom, down to…

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October 6, 2015

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Well… I totally am. A good friend and utter genius, Phil, is gearing up to start publishing a series of books about works of art that a group of authors have had a deeply personal reaction to. The first series of books will comprise of six volumes, and I am…

Review: Disgaea 5: Alliance of Vengeance (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 6, 2015

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I don’t think the Disgaea franchise gets quite the level of appreciation that it really deserves. It’s a cult favourite franchise, of course, and generally reviews well, but oftentimes critics and players alike are fixated on the immense depth that it offers within its combat system as the basis for…

Review: Might & Magic Heroes VII (PC)

October 6, 2015

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Might & Magic Heroes VII is the very definition of a mixed bag. I absolutely love the style of play, having long considered the strategy/RPG hybrid among my favourite gaming genres. However, a lack of innovation and some performance issues hold this title back from being as good as it…

Koei Tecmo’s Attack on Titan game may not have a name, but it does have screenshots

October 5, 2015

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It must be the unofficial day of screenshots. First, it was Project Diva X. Now we do a genre leap, as Koei Tecmo has released the first screenshots from their upcoming game based on Attack on Titan. They are taken from captured footage that was showcased at this year’s Tokyo…

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October 5, 2015

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Before you drop everything though, you may want to set your automatic holiday response for your e-mails. You’re going to be gone a while because you will get lost in these amazing images from the upcoming Hatsune Miku: Project Diva X for PS Vita (and later PS4). It doesn’t help…

Review: Assault Android Cactus (PC)

October 5, 2015

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If there are any naysayers out there (I’m looking at you, Australian government), who still can’t see that Australian developers produce an amazing standard of video games, they only need to look at Assault Android Cactus, the latest in a very long line of quality, made in Australia, titles that…

Review: Pro Evolution Soccer 2016 (Sony PlayStation 4)

October 5, 2015

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I say this every year, but it remains relevant every year – I prefer Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) to EA’s FIFA. This year is no different, at least where the on-pitch action is concerned. I hope EA is ultimately rewarded for taking the step to include women’s soccer in…

EB Expo 2015: Hands-on with Rise of the Tomb Raider

October 5, 2015

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Lara Croft, Tomb Raider, is back. Related reading: A retro review of the original Tomb Raider, which, while having aged badly, is still a genuine classic of game design. This was the overwhelming feeling that pulsed through my controller as I got some hands on time to the follow-up from…

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