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February 3, 2015

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Review by Shaan J. In the grand scheme of things, I haven’t really been (seriously) playing video games for that long (I only started taking video games seriously around 10 years or so ago), and I’ve spent even less time writing about them. Still, I’ve always had this weird, hard…

Review: Gunman Clive 2 (Nintendo 3DS)

February 2, 2015

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Review by Matt S. The original Gunman Clive was a perfectly workable old-school platformer. It was ultimately a throwaway game, with very limited replay value beyond perfect runs and speed runs for the diehards, but it was a challenging, clean game that played to its strengths without any pretensions on…

Review: Pike & Shot (Apple iPad)

February 2, 2015

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Review by Matt S. Too many modern strategy games are focused on the World Wars or, if we’re lucky, a couple of centuries previous to that, such as the Napoleonic era. Occasionally we get a big leap backwards in time to ancient wars, but that’s becoming a rare event. How…

Review: Heroes of Might & Magic III HD (PC)

February 2, 2015

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Review by Nick H. Heroes of Might & Magic III HD is not a game I believe many people were asking for, yet it is such an amazingly well-balanced tactical experience that it should be appreciated by people who missed their chance in the past. There are newer iterations in…

Review: Life Is Strange: Episode 1 (Sony PlayStation 4)

February 1, 2015

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Review by Matt S. Life Is Strange makes me hate episodic games. When the opening chapter of a game is this utterly engrossing, to complete it after a solid five hours of continuous play, only to be told “well, you get to wait two months to see the story continue,”…

The games of February; the lull is over

January 30, 2015

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List by Jim S. January might have been a slow month for games, but February sees the releases start in full again. Over the next 28 days we’ll see the most niche of niche JRPGs launch alongside what is surely the biggest western RPG since Skyrim, a western take on the…

Nintendo needs to start offering a subscription service, and soon

January 30, 2015

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Opinion by Matt S. Nintendo recently updated the market on its financial performance, as listed companies are required to do quarterly. The results were not great. While operating profit for the company increased by close to 50 per cent on a year-on-year basis when compared to the October-December time frame…

Win Resident Evil HD Remaster on PS4, Xbox One OR PC!

January 30, 2015

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Contest by Matt S. We have another contest for you! Courtesy of the good people at Capcom, we have three copies of the excellent Resident Evil HD Remaster up for grabs – one copy for PlayStation 4, one for Xbox One, and one for PC (via Steam). All you need…

AnimeLab lands on iPad and iPhone

January 30, 2015

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News by Matt S. AnimeLab is Australia’s Madman Entertainment’s attempt to take on the likes of Crunchyroll by offering a wide range of high quality anime for streaming. It’s still in active development, still free (for now), and now it’s on iPhone and iPad via an app download. Related reading:…

The Awakened Fate Ultimatum is shaping up nicely

January 30, 2015

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News by Matt S. Nippon Ichi’s The Guided Fate Paradox impressed us greatly when it was released a while back. A roguelike that did some very clever things with its narrative, it was a deep, complex game that you could get stuck into for months. It was also enough of…

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