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Preview: Payday 2: Crimewave Edition

May 18, 2015

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Anyone who has spent ten minutes reading my writing knows that the shooter genre and I get along about as well as cats and dogs do. Sure, we form temporary alliances so that we can be a tag team for a wonderfully silly children’s movie or two, but for the…

Nobunaga’s Ambition is finally coming back in English

May 18, 2015

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Koei Tecmo fans rejoice! One of Koei’s most veteran franchises, Nobunaga’s Ambition, hasn’t been released in English for quite some time, but thanks to the franchise enjoying its 30th year anniversary, it’s coming back! Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence lands in English in September, and will be exclusive to Sony…

GUST’s Yoru no Nai Kuni is, unsurprisingly, gorgeous

May 18, 2015

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Last week we mentioned that GUST was teasing details about a new game that it had in the works. A game that was worth getting excited for, because it would be the developer’s first PlayStation 4 project. Furthermore, it was a game that Koei Temco veteran, Keisuke Kikuchi, would be…

Review: Halo: Spartan Assault (Apple iPad)

May 18, 2015

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What’s quite incredible about Spartan Assault is that it has managed to encapsulate the atmosphere and design of the Halo games, previously exclusive to Microsoft systems, into the confines of an iPad. From the way troops behave, to the weapons and locations, it feels like an authentic Halo experience, even…

The Persona 4 Dancing All Night swimsuit trailer is… mesmerising

May 17, 2015

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With no new Hatsune Miku rhythm game on the horizon for the PlayStation Vita, it’s time to turn our attention to Rise Dancing… sorry, Persona 4 Dancing All Night. Being developed with the help of the folk involved in the Project Diva games, Dancing All Night is surely going to…

The Sunday screenshot gallery; May 17

May 16, 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: Ten of the finest Nintendo DS JRPGs

May 15, 2015

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The Nintendo DS was an absolute beast of a console when it came to JRPGs. The console itself was the first handheld that was really capable of 3D graphics and so the games, as primitive as they looked, did indeed look and play like modern games. And there were so…

Review: Sayonara Umihara Kawase+ (Sony PlayStation Vita)

May 15, 2015

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Sayonara Umihara Kawase is no fishing simulator but it might as well be dubbed Reel Fishing 2015. To play is to hop into a boat and drench your lure in the waters of discovery for the first time. It’s a comparison that should have zero business being applied to a…

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May 15, 2015

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NISA has released a couple of game collections on the PlayStation 3 recently. There’s the Atelier trilogy, a Hyperdimension Neptunia trilogy, and in July, you’ll be able to pick up the Disgaea Triple Play Collection. This boxed set comes with a single disc containing three games; Disgaea 3: Absense of…

Gadget Review: Roccat Kave XTD 5.1 analog gaming headset

May 14, 2015

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Roccat have always been known for throwing bells and whistles at its products, and the Kave XTD Analog is no exception. On paper, it’s a plug-and-play headset. In practice, it’s far more than that. The Kave XTD is an evolution of one of Roccat’s long-standing designs, and it’s available in…

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