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March 5, 2015

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With Hayao Miyazaki now retired, it looks like Japan’s greatest animated artist’s filmography will be capped at 11 feature films. While that’s a sobering thought, those 11 films are brilliant, one and all, and any fan of Japanese art and culture should watch them all. That filmography, for the record,…

Danganronpa 3 is happening… but not for a while yet

March 5, 2015

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Spike Chunsoft’s Danganronpa and its sequel are favourites of the DDNet team, and indeed our community. Not only did we give both games maximum scores, but the first Danganronpa was voted as the best game of all in 2014 by our readers. In that context it’s probably not going to come…

Review: Hell: Fight for Gilrand (Apple iPad)

March 5, 2015

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Slitherine has really established itself as the premier developer/ publisher of serious strategy games on iPad. It is releasing games at a rapid rate, and from titles such as Pike & Shot and Battle Academy 2 through to the likes of Commander: The Great War and Panzer Corps, the quality…

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March 4, 2015

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EA has quietly announced that it has shut down its Emeryville development studio. Gamastura noted a tweet from the designer of SimCity, Guillaume Pierre, that everyone from the studio was “out of a job”. In response, EA confirmed that the studio was being closed, but stated that Maxis franchises would…

Review: Hand of Fate (Microsoft Xbox One)

March 4, 2015

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Brought to us by Brisbane developer Defiant Development, Hand of Fate is a hybrid of Dungeons & Dragons-style RPGs and the combat prominent in action games. It comes with a unique premise and ends up being one of the best games so far this year. Related reading: You can also…

Review: War of the Human Tanks – ALTeR (PC)

March 4, 2015

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I really didn’t know what to expect going into War of the Human Tanks – Alter, but I was pleasantly surprised to find that it’s a rather enjoyable experience. It is a sequel, but having never played the first I cannot say how it stacks up compared to its predecessor,…

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March 4, 2015

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Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f 2nd continues to become a bigger and better rhythm game, with SEGA announcing plenty of DLC to be released over March, both in terms of music, and even more costumes to play virtual dress up with. Related reading: You can read a review of a…

Review: TableTop Cricket (Sony PlayStation 3)

March 4, 2015

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If you’re an Australian, and a fan of cricket, then you will surely know of Test Match Cricket. An admirable attempt to turn the sport into a board game, Test Match Cricket was nonetheless a rather simple and often frustrating interpretation of the game, because in trying to emulate the…

Anime Review: The Ambition of Oda Nobuna (DVD)

March 3, 2015

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I guess this was inevitable. Taking the generals and heroes of the Sengoku period of Japanese history (the same time period that the Samurai Warriors games take place within), and presenting an alternate history that revises almost all them into attractive ladies is a distinctly anime thing to do. If…

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March 3, 2015

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htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary has a title that is impossible to pronounce, but it is not a random collection of letters there before the colon. That “htoL#NiQ” makes perfect sense the moment you start playing, because it is alien, otherworldly, and perfectly represents the kind of sheer, wonderful hostility that…

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