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January 27, 2015

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Preview by Matt S. The media was recently afforded the opportunity to sit down for a couple of hours to experience the opening sequence in The Witcher 3 ahead of its February release. We were ushered into a room, given controllers and set down to play through the opening tutorial…

htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary is looking gloriously melancholic

January 27, 2015

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News by Matt S. The name is unpronounceable, but don’t let that put you off hotL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary, because this PlayStation Vita exclusive is looking breathtaking. The story of Mion, a young girl with no idea of her identity and on a quest for understanding with the assistance of…

Going hands on with Dynasty Warriors 8: Empires

January 26, 2015

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Preview by Matt S. The Empires sub-series of the Dynasty Warriors franchise has always been my favourite. Taking the entertaining action that the franchise has been so well known for, and then adding in some light empire building, management and tactical strategy has always been a match made in heaven…

Review: Resident Evil HD Remaster (Sony PlayStation 4)

January 26, 2015

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Review by Jedediah H. Resident Evil, the original PlayStation 1 classic, is responsible for moulding me into the bravest of precociously chiselled boys. A frail representation of awkward 1996 childhood, I had no clue as to what I was screaming myself into when I, with my best friend and his…

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January 26, 2015

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News by Matt S. NightCry is a game that needs to be made. It’s currently hunting a massive $300,000 on Kickstarter, but with the talent behind it surely it’s going to be a truly special horror game. Hifumi Kono, the creator of the classic stalker horror Clock Tower franchise has…

Review: Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth 2: Sisters Generation (Sony PlayStation Vita)

January 26, 2015

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Review by Matt S. A PlayStation Vita re-release of the original Hyperdimension Neptunia made a lot of sense. The original game, released way back in 2010 on the PlayStation 3, was a great concept but a terrible game. And that remake, Re;Birth 1, was a very good game indeed. However,…

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January 25, 2015

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Article by Matt S. When people talk about innovative game industries, they’re almost certainly going to think of Japan and America (the US and Canada, specifically). Between the likes of Sony, Nintendo, Microsoft, Square Enix, Atari and others a lot of the history of game development owes itself to those…

Contest! Win one of two copies of Atelier Ayesha Plus on PlayStation Vita

January 23, 2015

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Contest by Matt S. We do love giving our readers awesome games to play! Koei Tecmo has kindly provided us with two download codes for Atelier Ayesha Plus on the PlayStation Vita. If you missed our review of the game, we like Ayesha. A lot. It was our first five…

Grow Home; the game where Ubisoft goes the full indie

January 23, 2015

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News by Matt S. People like to give Ubisoft a lot of heat at times, with a host of its games from Watch Dogs to Assassin’s Creed, and even Rayman and Tetris attracting plenty of criticism. It doesn’t always have to do with the quality of the game, but Ubisoft has…

The Friday ten; celebrate Australia Day with these ten local games

January 23, 2015

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List by Matt S. Everyone likes a top-10 list. They’re a bit of fun, and always good for discussion. And so every so often we pull together a “top 10” list. These are here for fun and laughs – we’re not pretending that we’re the authority of good games taste…

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