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Imageepoch’s Stella Glow is westward bound courtesy of Atlus

April 1, 2015

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Imageepoch is a very niche JRPG developer, responsible for a wide range of creative (and often controversial) games. It is perhaps best known for the Luminous Arc series of tactics games on the Nintendo DS, but it was also involved in the production of Yoshi’s New Island, and was the…

Review: LA Cops (PC)

March 31, 2015

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After seeing some trailers and previews for LA Cops I thought it could be something really exciting… sadly it turned out to be more frustrating than fun. LA Cops is a top down shooter that takes place in the 1970’s. It begins with the player picking two cops from a…

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March 31, 2015

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Turn-based wargames. You know how they work, right? Move, fight, move, fight, move. But this one doesn’t stick to the template. And it’s all the better for it. As anyone who’s seen Apocalypse Now will tell you, Vietnam was an unusual kind of war. As well as the regular troops…

Review: LEGO Ninjago: Shadow of Ronin (Sony PlayStation Vita)

March 31, 2015

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Most games for children are terrible. It’s strange to say that, because playing games is an inherently youthful activity and you would think it would be relatively easy to tap into the spirit of play to make a decent game for a child, but developers too often mistake “developing a…

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March 30, 2015

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Netflix has recently released in Australia – finally – after a long wait. You’ll want to have a fast connection to the Internet with which to enjoy it in full, but if you’re an iiNet customer you’re in for a good time, because it’s unmetered, and that means you can…

Trailer: The live-action adaptation of Attack on Titan looks good

March 30, 2015

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Attack on Titan has become a major media franchise, with both the manga and anime lighting up sales charts worldwide. So the natural next step was a live-action film, and this one is shaping up well indeed, based on the early trailer, which you can see below. Of course, manga-to-film…

On Life is Strange: Episode 2: The feeling of unease grows

March 30, 2015

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After reviewing the first episode of Life is Strange, I’ve decided not to write another formal review of the episodic series until it’s complete. There’s very little new I can say about the game’s qualities until I’ve seen how the narrative threads come together (try reviewing each chapter of a…

Trailer: More Mortal Kombat “heroes” making one another bloody

March 30, 2015

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The release of Mortal Kombat X is just around the corner, and Warner Bros. is blitzing us all with weekly trailers. This week we’ve got one that shows off one of the newcomers, Kung Jin. You’ll also see Kung Lao and Liu Kang doing their thing, and plenty of bone-breaking…

Interview: EXCLUSIVE! Sequel to Don Bradman Cricket in the works!

March 29, 2015

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Big Ant, the Australian developer behind the excellent Don Bradman Cricket and TableTop Cricket titles, has exclusively announced to us that it is in active development of a sequel to Don Bradman Cricket. While we weren’t given any timeline on the release of the game, the development is happening now,…

Review: Resident Evil: Revelations 2 (Sony PlayStation 4)

March 29, 2015

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Resident Evil brings an episodic format to the direct sequel of the new Revelations series that it introduced back in 2012. Rather than give players the whole game in one go, Capcom decided to release this one in weekly instalments. It’s a very interesting idea that really supports the already…

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