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May 13, 2015

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Imageepoch, the developer behind the supremely underrated Time & Eternity, Criminal Girls: Invitation Only, Luminous Arc, and the upcoming Stella Glow, has filed for bankruptcy in its homeland in Japan. The company apparently owes 1.1 billion yen across approximately 43 creditors, while its affiliate company, Smile Online Games owes three…

Review: Ultimate General: Gettysburg (Apple iPad)

May 13, 2015

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Back when I was a youngster I had a serious fascination with Napoleon, and particularly the military strategy of Napoleon’s campaigns. I bought and painted Napoleonic miniatures to play tabletop wargames, even as my friends were more attracted to the ‘cool’ Warhammer and Warhammer 40,000 tabletop games. And I spent…

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May 13, 2015

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Over on Polygon, there’s an article titled “Atlus can do better than this creepy, porn-lite dungeon crawler.” The article, from Philip Kollar, is about Dungeon Travelers 2: The Royal Library and the Monster Seal, an upcoming dungeon crawler being localised by the company that features characters that are sexualised. The…

Review: The Perils of Man (PC)

May 12, 2015

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Ever wondered what would happen if you discovered a device that allows you to see all the faults in the world before they happen? Well now you can with the all-important device called a ‘Risk Atlas,’ but more on that later. Perils of Man is a simple point and click…

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May 12, 2015

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All the current generation of consoles do it, in one manner or another. From the 3DS to Vita, PlayStation 4 to Xbox One and Wii U, all modern consoles have the ability to take screenshots in the middle of play with a quick press of a button. PC players with…

Nippon Ichi announces The Witch and the Hundred Knight 2

May 12, 2015

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Nippon Ichi has formally announced a sequel to its painfully underrated action RPG, The Witch and the Hundred Knight. It doesn’t have the most imaginative name, but if it’s more of the same as the last game, with some gameplay refinements, we’ll enjoy this one a great deal. The Witch…

GUST has a PS4 game on the way… and being helmed by someone not from GUST

May 12, 2015

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This is truly fascinating. GUST has announced its first PlayStation 4 game, Land of No Night, and while that’s really exciting in itself (after all, I love GUST with an absolute passion), what is really interesting is that it’s not being directed by one of GUST’s creatives. (The game is…

Trailer: Lost Dimension is looking pretty darned good

May 12, 2015

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NISA (and Atlus in America) just isn’t letting the PlayStation 3 die, or the PlayStation Vita be forgotten. In a couple of months, it will release a new tactical RPG, Lost Dimension, for both platforms, and to get the hype machine going, it has released a trailer of the opening…

Review: State of Decay: Year One Survival Edition (Microsoft Xbox One)

May 12, 2015

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State of Decay for Xbox One is the updated version of the original Xbox 360 and PC release. Subtitled “year one” this time around, the updated version brings the DLC into the base game while expanding on the original edition with new content, vehicles and weapons to play with. Community…

Review: Shovel Knight (Sony PlayStation Vita)

May 11, 2015

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With the gaming industry in uproar over the overwhelming success of the just released Kickstarter campaign from ex-Rare team members, Yooka-Laylee – even if we at DDNet have our reservations for the game – Shovel Knight’s release on the PlayStation Network once again reminds us that while Kickstarter indeed does…

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