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Review: AeternoBlade (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 20, 2015

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I really wanted to like AeternoBlade. It’s the kind of game that I want to champion, because it comes from a young development team (Corecell Technologies) from a young game development market (Thailand). And because of that it represents a diversifying game development industry, where creative people from all over…

Mobile gamers rejoice, as Final Fantasy VII is available in the App Store!

August 19, 2015

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The arguable favourite in the Final Fantasy series (despite being at the bottom of Matt’s list), Final Fantasy VII has hit the App Store today. It joins Final Fantasy I through VI on Apple’s mobile platforms. The release of FFVII is a surprise/non-surprise scenario: since the prior games in the…

Bethesda’s Fallout Shelter infographic shows off some impressive stats

August 19, 2015

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Who doesn’t love infographics? Who doesn’t love Fallout Shelter? And who wouldn’t love to see the two collide?! Bethesda has posted an infographic describing the enormous popularity of the game in its first month alone. Related reading: Our review of Fallout Shelter on Apple iPad. My personal favourite fact about…

Review: Hacknet (PC)

August 19, 2015

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“If you’re reading this, I’m already dead.” What a great start to any game, but how unexpected it was to see at the beginning of a game about hacking. I couldn’t code my way out of a paper bag, how could I code my way out of this? I immediately…

Review: Pac-Man 256 (Apple iPhone)

August 19, 2015

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Damn it. Just as I was getting over my ridiculous obsession with Crossy Road, along comes Hipster Whale’s follow-up. Pac-Mac 256 is proof of the impact that the tiny Aussie developer had on the industry, as Namco Bandai would allow it access to one of its most valuable franchise to…

Preview: Dropsy (PC)

August 19, 2015

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Devolver Digital’s games never cease to amaze me. From the perfectly casual (and yet, insanely difficult and hardcore) Luftrausers to the controversial Hotline Miami games to this year’s majestic The Talos Principle, I’ve been in constant awe of the publisher’s seemingly uncanny talent to pick and release only the best…

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August 19, 2015

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If Runic Games sounds familiar, it’s for a very good reason: it is the studio that brought the world the much-celebrated Torchlight and it’s sequel, Torchlight II. Whereas the developer’s previous two games were dialog-heavy RPGs much in the same vein as Diablo (in fact, several of Runic’s staff worked…

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August 19, 2015

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Mere weeks ago, Koei Tecmo confirmed that Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 was in development. Of course, our very own editor-in-chief/Overlord immediately went temporarily insane and (when he recovered) published a piece about what we would love to see in the third instalment of the controversial game. Now we have…

Review: Funk of Titans (PC)

August 18, 2015

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Greek mythology is wonderful. The tales featuring gods, mortals, and everything in between are wonderfully chaotic and complex while still somehow retaining relevance to the world today. So what happens when you take the most familiar of the ancient Greek world, throw in a dash of James Brown, and slap…

Review: Everybody’s Gone to the Rapture (Sony PlayStation 4)

August 18, 2015

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When I was a child, I remember watching a film about the apocalypse. Not in the sense of literature like The Road, or games like The Last Of Us, though. This apocalypse had simply emptied the world of people, so that all that was left was one family, journeying through…

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