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New Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX screenshots! Oh boy!

July 1, 2015

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I’m writing this story because it’s another excuse to write about Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX. I’m sure you won’t hold it against me. SEGA has released a couple of new, adorable, screenshots of the adorable upcoming Project Mirai DX. The nendoroid figures are so incredibly bright and happy that,…

People, the IARC classification model is not going to stop censorship in Australia

July 1, 2015

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One of the more odd things that I’ve been reading about the Australian games industry over recent months is the assumption that many seem to have that in adopting the International Age Rating Coalition (IARC), we are going to have a “fix” to Australia’s issues with classification and censorship. Related…

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July 1, 2015

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Fallout Shelter vaults across the world are receiving messages from the Wastelands today. Overseers are not questioning how the messages got across the treacherous terrain though – they are instead celebrating the possible arrival of a new dweller. Related reading: My review of Fallout Shelter for iOS. This isn’t just…

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July 1, 2015

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Goodbye productivity, hello more Splatoon! A mere week after the announcement that Splatoon had sold one million copies worldwide, the hit game is making a splash again. Nintendo announced today that a new mode will be added to Ranked Battles, launching worldwide on July 1 at 7 p.m. PST (that’s…

Interview: League of Geeks founder on Armello, Australia, and working with Sony

June 30, 2015

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Aussie independent studio, League of Geeks, has enjoyed significant success with Armello. After a successful Kickstarter and PC launch of the board-game-with-cute-animal-heroes, now it’s coming to the PlayStation 4 platform, complete with additional features and characters. Games like this one, and Hand of Fate before it, have been very positive…

Review: Batman: Arkham Knight (Sony PlayStation 4)

June 30, 2015

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The prior two Arkham games were tremendous successes and they were among my favourite titles on the last generation of game consoles. Rocksteady Studios had a mountain of excitement built up for the final game in the series, which almost always guarantees tremendous sales but also the potential for letting…

Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition will be gorgeous!

June 30, 2015

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A little over two years ago Swedish publisher Nordic Games acquired the rights to several of now-defunct THQ’s titles, including the Darksiders series. This winter, they are bringing part of it back in style with the completely remastered Darksiders II: Deathinitive Edition for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Let us…

Review: Yoshi’s Wooly World (Nintendo Wii U)

June 30, 2015

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Yoshi and his mates are evil… pure evil. They can no longer trick us under that cute facade they have been hiding behind all these years. Yoshi and his mates are evil, so is Kamek, and the war between evil and evil has resulted in far too many Shy Guy…

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June 29, 2015

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A duo of former NISA employees have broken away to live the indie dream, and have formed Mr. Tired Media. After diligently working away on getting its first game up to a state where it can show it off, the new studio has taken to Kickstarter to fund Undead Darlings…

Review: Samurai Warriors Chronicles 3 (Sony PlayStation Vita)

June 29, 2015

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Back when the Nintendo 3DS first launched, it offered a thin range of content and the console struggled as a result. But if there was any one game that justified for me the launch purchase of that little console, it was the original Samurai Warriors Chronicles. Related reading: Our review…

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