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gumi Asia; on Chain Chronicle’s worldwide success and the need to be different to Japan

May 25, 2015

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Recently, gumi Asia’s port of SEGA’s Chain Chronicle hit a milestone; one million downloads of the English “worldwide” release. While it’s a free-to-play game, and therefore that massive number doesn’t translate directly into financial success, it is nevertheless a significant achievement when you consider that while people in the west…

Review: Ultratron (Sony PlayStation 4)

May 24, 2015

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Ultratron is a flashy twin-stick arcade shooter that gives players the goal of nothing short of complete vengeance. Taking control of a robot, players set out to eliminate its own kind after their total annihilation of the human race. How far he makes it against the robots of the apocalypse…

The Sunday screenshot gallery; May 24

May 23, 2015

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Sharing screenshots is fun. In fact, the screenshot feature is in many ways the best feature that has been added in to this generation of consoles. It’s fun to share gameplay experiences, amusing anecdotes from the games, a indulge a little of the inner photographer in us. With that in…

The Friday Ten; The ten finest PlayStation 4 games to date

May 22, 2015

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As we previously noted, the PlayStation 4 is off to a heck of a start. Just 18 months in, and it already offers a massive range of experiences, from the most niche of the Japanese games to the most mainstream blockbusters, and a whole lot of independent and arthouse brilliance…

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May 22, 2015

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One of the upcoming games that we were anticipating a great deal was Techland’s Hellraid. A first person co-operative slash-em-up set in a gothic horror nightmare sounded like a lot of fun to us, especially coming from the team responsible for the creative Dead Island and Dying Light. Unfortunately in…

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May 21, 2015

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Imagine you’re hungry; hungry for retro platforming shooters, but have no retro consoles sitting around. How would you resurrect those past memories of Bionic Commando or Contra; or if you’re of the new young generation, experience for the first time the awesomeness that is Metroid or Castlevania? The answer lies…

Review: Bloo Kid 2 (Nintendo 3DS)

May 21, 2015

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Bloooooooooooooo. Booooooooooooo. Ahem. Bloo Kid 2 is so bad it made me feel bloo. No, wait, blue! The stupid game is making my IQ bleed out all over the place. Look, there are homages to old games out there, and it’s perfectly reasonable for indie developers to want to make…

Review: Hero Hustle (Apple iPhone)

May 21, 2015

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The folks over at Coin Bump must be doing some strange things in their office to gain inspiration for their games. Hero Hustle recently launched on iOS, and it’s inexplicably flashy and busy and cool and addictive all at once. Read on as I attempt to explain what may be…

Review: Gradius V (Sony PlayStation 3)

May 20, 2015

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Gradius V was the final Gradius release from Konami, back in 2004, and was originally released on the PlayStation 2. It has now come back as a PS2 Classic and has been made available on the PlayStation Network to a new audience. As I originally said in my Soldner-X 2:…

Review: Highlands (PC)

May 20, 2015

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Highlands is a turn-based strategy game by Burrito Studio, another one of those micro indie development teams. And, as the team’s first game, its a good one, with plenty to offer fans of the RPG and strategy genres. Highlands’ setting is reasonably unique, taking place on a series of floating…

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