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Final Fantasy X-2: More than a pretty face?

June 4, 2015

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Final Fantasy fans – and the broader gaming community – have a complex relationship with Final Fantasy X-2. Despite both games in the mini-series being reasonably highly rated games at the time, over the years, Final Fantasy X has been (rightfully) lauded as an absolute classic, while Final Fantasy X-2…

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June 4, 2015

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As I’m sure you’ve noticed, I’ve been on a bit of a pinball binge at the moment. From writing that whopping 3,000 word feature on the resurgence of the pastime, to spending money I don’t really have catching up on all the Pinball Arcade games, it’s been a busy little…

Review: Sparkle Unleashed (Microsoft Xbox One)

June 3, 2015

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There’s something quite soothing about match three games. The market is flooded with them nowadays, and even though it feels like you’ve done everything it has to offer before, you can still go in and have some fun with it. That is, until you remember that you really have played…

Review: Splatoon (Nintendo Wii U)

June 3, 2015

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I wasn’t sold on Splatoon at first. I had no love of the modern children’s cartoon aesthetic that I saw in trailers and video, and while I did appreciate that Nintendo was looking to get involved in the shooter genre in a more family friendly, bloodless, and original way, I…

Trailer: Nobunaga’s Ambition on PlayStation 4 still looks amazing

June 3, 2015

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One of the most exciting announcements from Koei Tecmo recently has been that it is finally localising a Nobunaga’s Ambition game. After a very long wait from the last English Nobunaga’s Ambition, Sphere of Influence is landing on our PlayStation 4s in September, and we can’t wait. Sphere of Influence…

Interview: On Toren, art, and why Brazil’s Government is showing the world how to develop modern creative industries

June 3, 2015

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A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed Toren, a new, independent game from Brazil, and I was completely blown away by it. It’s the kind of arthouse game that very much speaks to me, and is part of a growing body of evidence that game developers from all over the…

Review: Dirty Bomb (PC)

June 2, 2015

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Dirty Bomb is a fresh take on the FPS genre, despite a name suggesting something very generic. It’s a bit of a throwback to faster paced shooters such as Team Fortress and Quake but it also has an much greater focus on teamwork that many other, similar games. Visually the…

Review: Operation Abyss: New Tokyo Legacy (Sony PlayStation Vita)

June 2, 2015

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The dungeon crawler has been going through something of a renaissance recently. As the star of Wizardry and Might & Magic has faded (at least, compared to the dominant franchises they once were), we’ve seen a number of Japanese developers do some really interesting things with the genre to revitalise…

Trailer: Gust’s Yoru no Nai Kuni is everything we wanted from Gust on PlayStation 4

June 2, 2015

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Koei Tecmo has released a short, minute-long trailer giving us the slighest teaser into its first project on the PlayStation 4. Surprise, surprise, it looks incredible. As we noted when the game was announced, this project is a collaboration with Koei Tecmo’s veteran producer, Keisuke Kikuchi, and Gust’s development team,…

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June 2, 2015

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One of my great uncompleted goals in life is to start (and complete) an RPG Maker game that I’m actually interested in sharing with other people. I keep trying, I really do, but the thing about RPG Maker is that making a game actually takes a lot of time (funny…

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