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Review: Atelier Ayesha Plus: The Alchemist of Dusk (Sony PlayStation Vita)

January 15, 2015

Atelier Ayesha/Atelier Ayesha Plus/Gust/JRPG/Koei Tecmo/Reviews/Vita Review

Review by Matt S. As the first game in the Dusk franchise, Atelier Ayesha came immediately after the happy-to-a-fault Atelier Meruru. As a fan of the franchise, this new game was a shock to the system, to say the least. Where Meruru was quite infectious in its upbeat positivity, Ayesha…

In depth: The banning of Hotline Miami 2 and why games need to be able to offend

January 15, 2015

Censorship/Game Theory/Hotline Miami/Hotline Miami 2/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. When the news broke that Hotline Miami 2 was to be banned from sale in Australia, I naturally assumed that there would be a general outcry in condemnation by the gaming community. After all, it was the very definition of censorship, and as offensive as the…

There’s a new fighter coming to Dead or Alive 5: Last Round and surprise! She’s cute

January 15, 2015

Dead or Alive/Dead or Alive 5/Dead or Alive 5: Last Round/Koei Tecmo/News/trailer/Trailers

News by Matt S. Koei Tecmo is going out of its way to try and convince fans of Dead or Alive 5 that the next-gen upgrade is worth the price of admission (and it’s succeeded, as far as we’re concerned). The latest addition to the ever-growing Dead or Alive 5…

UPDATE: Hotline Miami 2 banned in Australia

January 15, 2015

Censorship/Classification Board/classifications/Hotline Miami/Hotline Miami 2/Opinion

News by Matt S. It’s always good to know that the Australian Classification Board is out there protecting us from things that no human being would ever want to see. Like a knight in shining armour, the Board is out there shielding us from the evils of nasty game developers…

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January 15, 2015

Mortal Kombat X/NetherRealm Studios/News/trailer/Warner Bros. Interactive

News by Jedediah H. KUNG LAO WINS! Oh, my apologies; I was absorbed in a flashback from my MK II days, a time when combos in the series consisted of spamming high-punch until your foe foolishly stumbled into its inescapable flurry. Today, however, Warner Bros. Interactive has released a trailer…

Gadget Review: Perixx AX-4200 In-Ear Headset

January 15, 2015

Gadget/Gadget Review/Hardware/Hardware Review/Headset/Perixx/Perixx AX-4200 In-Ear Headset

Review by Nick H. Having just said goodbye my last in-ear headset (entirely too much travelling over the holidays), I was on the lookout for a new set that would meet several needs. The first and foremost was audio quality, and then secondly they needed to be durable. I wanted…

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January 14, 2015

Hatsune Miku/Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX/News/rhythm game/Sega

News by Matt S. God bless SEGA. The company has announced that Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX for the Nintendo 3DS has a release date of May 26 for America, May 28 for Japan and Korea, and Europe (and we presume Australia) on May 29. Project Mirai DX will play…

so-what-did-you-think-of-nintendo-direct

January 14, 2015

impressions/Nintendo Direct/Opinion

Opinion by Matt S. And there we go. The first of Nintendo’s regular web news shows, the Nintendo Direct, is over. We got to see some games in action for both the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo Wii U, and now we have a better idea of what the company has…

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January 14, 2015

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Article by Matt S. We like to do a reader’s survey twice each year, just to make sure that we are on track for providing you, our readers, the kind of content that you want to read. After all, there wouldn’t be much of a reason for us to write…

Total War: Warhammer could be the Warhammer game I have been waiting forever for

January 14, 2015

Creative Assembly/leak/RTS/Rumour/Sega/Total War/Total War: Warhammer/warhammer/Warhammer: Shadows of the Horned Rat

Opinion by Matt S. Some big news for strategy buffs emerged today, with SEGA and Creative Assembly accidentally leaking the existence of Total War: Warhammer, which is to be a fantasy game that one presumes will be a RTS like every Total War game before it. This is, without a…

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