The Nintendo DS was an absolute beast of a console when it came to JRPGs. The console itself was the first handheld that was really capable of 3D graphics and so the games, as primitive as they looked, did indeed look and play like modern games. And there were so…
Read MoreNow that we’ve accepted that games have artistic merit (or, at least, a growing number of people who play games have done so), we’ve started to see a number of game directors and producers emerge who are pushing the boundaries of storytelling and thinking behind games. In other words, we’re…
Read MoreThere’s not a massive line-up of games to look forward to in May, but it’s the best month of games for the year to date. We start off with Shin Megami Tensei and Wolfenstein, before moving on to Project CARS, the third Witcher game finally gets a release, and a…
Read MoreThe Nintendo Wii U has become a very solid device for fans of retro games. While the line-up of titles is not as comprehensive as what we enjoyed on the Wii, and there are some consoles that are almost absent (Where are my Nintendo 64 games, Nintendo!), but the Game…
Read MoreAfter a couple of crazy months of game releases, April’s line-up seems positively thin. But don’t think that this is an opportunity to catch up on your backlog. Oh no. What April lacks in sheer quantity, it makes up for with sheer quality. It kicks off with Dark Souls II:…
Read MoreI thought we could do something a little different this week to our usual game-based countdowns, and have a look at some games that would be perfect as films. Of course, there haven’t been that many good video game movie adaptations out there. There’s a couple of decent ones, for…
Read MoreAnother month, another pile of games to add to the pile of stuff we’ll probably never get around to finishing. March 2015’s release schedule is especially strong, especially for fans of Japanese games. This month we kick things off with Tokyo Twilight Ghost Hunters, a mix of visual novel and…
Read MoreList 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…
Read MoreList by Matt S. Last week I listed out my most played Nintendo 3DS games of 2014 courtesy of the console’s handy ability to track play time across all my games (something I really wish Sony would also implement in its consoles). This week I figured I’d do the same…
Read MoreList by Jim S. November is traditionally the time where the biggest games of the year are released, so that they can capitalise on the all-important Christmas sales period. This year is no different. There are so many big games being released in November that there is no possible way…
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