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Onechanbara Z2: Chaos finally has a confirmed release date in Australia

July 15, 2015

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After months of speculation and tentative release dates, we finally – finally! – have a 100% official release date for that game about the girls in bikinis slashing up zombies. Onechanbara Z2: Chaos will release in Australia on August 27. The press release write up on this game is so…

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July 14, 2015

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Three times Five Nights at Freddy’s obviously wasn’t enough. Not only is the fourth installment of Scott Cawthon’s popular indie point-and-click horror game on its way, it is coming months ahead of the anticipated release and a new trailer has dropped. Originally slated for a Halloween 2015 release, Five Nights…

Anime Impressions: Seiyu’s Life!

July 14, 2015

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With the sheer volume and range of experiences the anime industry offers today, it’s easy to view animation studios as faceless entities or ones puppeteered by charismatic individuals. And yet, it regularly takes dozens upon dozens of bit players to bring even the nichest of productions to fruition. While animators…

Review: F1 2015 (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 14, 2015

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Formula 1 remains my favourite form of racing. There is something about the way the cars speed around the track that is elegant, graceful, and even beautiful. It’s fast and loud, sure, but it’s also a technical and has rules of behaviour on the track that are downright gentlemanly (even…

Criminal Girls 2 is a thing, but will it be released out west?

July 14, 2015

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It’s a controversial game, to say the least, but Criminal Girls certainly had its fans. It’s not exactly often that sadomasochistic JRPGs are localised into English, after all. Let alone ones that at least try to do something original in the process. And now the original has a sequel. Criminal…

Tokyo Game Show 2015 on track to be the biggest on record

July 14, 2015

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Back at E3, the Japanese developers and publishers had such a good show that I suspected that Tokyo Game Show would be something special this year. It looks like that guess was accurate, because the early number of exhibitors and booths are in, and TGS 2015 is shaping up to…

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July 14, 2015

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SEGA has announced that the first full in-game trailer for the hotly-anticipated Total War: Warhammer game will be released on Friday. To ramp up anticipation for that event, the publisher has launched a new series of mini-trailers to show off some of the game’s units. The first of these trailers…

Review: LEGO Jurassic World (Sony PlayStation 4)

July 13, 2015

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There are two types of LEGO games out there. There are the brilliantly written original LEGO stories, with much care taken to both accurately reflect the franchise and maintain a great sense of humour that all can enjoy, all while being of high production values and bug free (Marvel Super…

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July 13, 2015

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Yatagarasu: Attack on Cataclysm is a difficult game to review – in fact I feel like I should write two separate ones: one for people new to the fighting genre and another for the core fans. It’s a game which aims to mimic the glory days of the 2D fighting…

Let’s talk battle systems and Disgaea 5

July 13, 2015

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Disgaea 5 is one of our most anticipated PlayStation 4 games. The latest entry in Nippon Ichi’s nuts-insane SRPG series promises to take the raw depth, complexity and humour that the series is so well known for to the next level entirely. The game is due for release in just…

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