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Koei Tecmo shocks us, announces Nioh

September 16, 2015

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If you thought The Last Guardian and Shenmue’s miraculous reappearance last E3 was impressive, Sony’s Archaeology Department has dug up a new treat for you. In a move that would make Nathan Drake proud, Koei Tecmo revealed yesterday during Sony’s Tokyo Game Show conference that Nioh would be coming exclusively…

Review: Reign of Bullets (PC)

September 16, 2015

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Despite what other reviews are saying, Reign of Bullets is more Metal Slug than Borderlands. To describe the game in the most blunt fashion as possible: it gets right what most scrolling shooters struggle at, with light-hearted humour, cartoony graphics, simple yet addictive upgrading system, and excellent production values. This…

DDNet does Japan! Day #20: Import Review: Taiko no Tatsujin V Version (Sony PlayStation Vita)

September 16, 2015

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If you want an example of a rhythm game that could never really work in the west, it’s surely Taiko no Tatsujin V Version. With huge tracklist that could only ever be relevant to the Japanese, Taiko is also ridiculously colourful and has an energy to it that can only…

review-smite-microsoft-xbox-one

September 16, 2015

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SMITE managers to bring something new to the MOBA genre; where most examples of the genre play out in a top down isometric perspective, this one sticks the camera behind the player like a third person shooter would. At first glance, it is quite obvious that the shift in perspective…

consider-your-mind-manipulated-again

September 16, 2015

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These past two years, I have lived my life as a sad, angst-ridden panda. I’ve never owned a PS Vita, so I’ve never had the fortune to try what Matt refers to as “a masterclass of narrative storytelling”. But now, finally, I have a chance to remedy my ignorance. Danganronpa…

Jack the Ripper joins Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate

September 16, 2015

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During Sony’s E3 press conference, Matt predicted that “perhaps, just perhaps, a Jack the Ripper-like character shows up somewhere.” He must be psychic. Not only is Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate getting a Ripper-like character, they are getting the Jack The Ripper. Okay, since nobody really knows who the infamous serial killer…

Review: Evoland 2 (PC)

September 15, 2015

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The original Evoland set itself up to be something different than the normal average everyday retro throwback experience. In it, players would move through the various eras of gameplay, with levels representing everything from games we would see on the most primitive of platforms, through to the fully nuanced worlds…

DDNet does Japan! Day #19: A day out at the zoo

September 15, 2015

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As I mentioned in the last DDNet does Japan, a trip to Disneyland or DisneySea is almost a given thing for tourists that come to Tokyo. Another one is the Ueno Zoo, or for its formal name, the Ueno Zoological Gardens. This is something I actually hadn’t done in the…

acquaint-yourself-with-lego-dimensions

September 15, 2015

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Let’s pretend for a few seconds that your favourite film franchise of all time is Bad Boys. You wield such adoration for the series that when a videogame – Bad Boys: Miami Takedown – based on it was released, you quit your job, told your girlfriend you were “recruited” by…

Anime review: Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation (DVD)

September 15, 2015

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The Hyperdimension Neptunia anime is the perfect example of how an anime can enhance and expand on a popular video game without being a complete slave to it. Given that I am such a fan of the Hyperdimension franchise I was always going to enjoy this anime, but I didn’t…

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