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Tokyo Game Show report: People who claim it is losing relevance are missing the point

September 22, 2014

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Opinion by Matt S. With the rise of PAX and Germany’s Gamescom, each of which now comes with big announcements from the likes of Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, EA and Activision (and of course the continued popularity of E3), many western media publishers have been left wondering what is happening with…

TGS 2014: Hands-on with Dead or Alive 5: Last Round

September 22, 2014

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Impressions by Matt S. I’m a big, big fan of Dead or Alive 5. I started relatively ambivalent with the original release, but it seems I just needed to spend a few hundred hours with the new vision for the series to fall fully in love with it, because with…

Gadget Review: ENHANCE GX-MP1 Gaming Mouse Pad

September 21, 2014

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Review by Nick H. I would say that of all the different accessories people use for PC gaming, the mouse pad is probably the most overlooked. Speakers, headphones, keyboards, controllers and mice have the bigger sticker prices and because we interact with them more directly, they also get a more…

The Friday 10: Ten last gen games that nearly made me rage-quit on the hardest difficulty

September 19, 2014

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List by Jedediah H. 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…

TGS 2014 Trailer: Tales of Zestiria

September 19, 2014

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News by Clark A. There’s no shortage of Tales games on the PS3 now – more than half a dozen titles in the series are playable on the system. That hasn’t prevented the upcoming Tales of Zestiria from looking like another fun romp through a fantasy world, however. One of…

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September 19, 2014

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Review by Pierre-Yves L. Growing up I’ve always loved doing puzzles and crosswords. When Sudoku hit in a big way it was something new and got me excited in puzzles all over again. Now imagine if Sudoku did not use numbers to fill up the blank spaces, but instead used…

Final Fantasy World Wide Words gets verbose on iOS and Android

September 19, 2014

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News by Clark A. Here’s a little tidbit of news that might’ve gone under the radar this week, what with Tokyo Game Show hype and all: Square-Enix is transforming Cloud, Lightning, and company into the most reputable keyboard warriors to grace the web. Yep, in the wake of the upcoming…

DDNet does Japan: Day 2 (The Tokyo Game Show Edition)

September 18, 2014

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Article by Matt S. It’s was second full day in Japan, and this time around it was all about exhausting myself wandering around Tokyo Game Show. With a a record high number of exhibitors (421 organisations from from 32 nations), the sheer scale of Tokyo Game Show was amazing to…

Interview: The developer looking to resurrect SSI with Seven Dragon Saga

September 18, 2014

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Interview by Matt S. A couple of weeks ago, we saw the very exciting news that a small development team of SSI veterans had formed a new company with the express purpose of recapturing the kind of gameplay that made SSI games so appealing to a generation of players. The…

TGS 2014: Bandai Namco to publish Monster Monpiece sequel

September 18, 2014

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News by Clark A. Genkai Tokki Moero Chronicle, Compile Heart’s latest otaku-oriented Vita outing, launched back in May for the Japanese market and its forerunner hit the States around the same time. I can only assume its predecessor, Monster Monpiece, performed decently well because apparently Bandai Namco will be picking…

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