It feels like an age now, but back in 2011 I found myself mightily impressed by a space faring tactics game from a Perth (Australia)-based independent developer, Paul Turbett (who operates as Black Lab Games). That game was Star Hammer Tactics, and while it wasn’t the most visually impressive game,…
Read MoreBig Ant, the Australian developer behind the excellent Don Bradman Cricket and TableTop Cricket titles, has exclusively announced to us that it is in active development of a sequel to Don Bradman Cricket. While we weren’t given any timeline on the release of the game, the development is happening now,…
Read MoreWithout a doubt one of the most anticipated games of this year is CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3. We’ve already had some hands-on time with the game itself, which we absolutely loved, and while there’s a while to wait before the game is released, thanks to CD Projekt Red’s…
Read MoreIn Final Fantasy Type-0, a chocobo dies horribly in the opening cut scene. This is pretty heavy stuff to watch. Ever since 1988’s Final Fantasy II on the Nintendo Entertainment System, chocobos have been faithful steeds to rival the very noblest of horses. They have been beloved pets with charming…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Rod Humble has had an interesting path to Cults & Daggers and his startup developer Chaphat. Formerly the CEO of Linden Labs, the creators of Second Life, Humble’s role behind that was the head of the EA Play label… the creators of The Sims. So it…
Read MoreInterview by Matt S. Last year one free-to-play game really impressed us – SEGA’s Chain Chronicle, which was localised for the market by gumi Asia, a Singapore-based developer, localiser, and publisher. A massive hit in Japan, I was keen to see how gumi Asia sees that English-speaking Asian and western…
Read MoreInterview by David W. Yesterday we published the first part of an interview with Dawn Patrol Games as it prepared for the release of Nitropia: War Commanders. Today we bring you the second part. Set 300 hundred years in the future, a destructive race of aliens called the Magmites are…
Read MoreInterview by David W. India and Sri Lanka have long been considered the out-sourcer’s paradise, offering a huge, highly skilled enterprise software workforce. As out-sourced business applications typically rely on the skills of those adept in meeting specification, a gap in the market has opened for entertainment software innovators. It’s…
Read MoreInterview by Jedediah H. Other than a water balloon fight in the midst of a drought, there’s nothing quite like playing the ideal good guy/ girl. You get to wear fashion-forward attire, fall in love with a personified version of elegance, morality, and tenacity, and maybe towards the end, before…
Read MoreInterview by Jedediah H. The future is overloaded with possibilities. Because we tend to overestimate ourselves, when we lay belly-down on our sofas after a morning of spontaneous, mountainous trail climbing and boulder tossing, and visualise the landscape of our coming years, our predictions can be pretty, maybe even unrealistically,…
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