News by Matt S. When Konami started farming out its Silent Hill franchise to western developers, the series lost just about everything that made it great. That’s not to say some of the games weren’t worthy – Wayforward especially turned in a respectable effort in Book of Memories – but…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Valiant Hearts: The Great War absolutely blew us away when we played it a couple of months ago. A game about war, it was a deeply emotional, touching, human experience and reminded us all that for all the shooters and gore-fests that are being produced every…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I really enjoyed the original Disney Infinity. Despite the expense, I’ve bought as many of the miniatures as I could for the simple fact that I’m a Disney fanatic (in fact, I haven’t even played with them all), and it helped that the game was good…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Buried within a press release that proudly proclaimed that the PlayStation 4 has sold 10 million consoles worldwide, Sony Australia has confirmed that the PlayStation TV is headed to Australia. To launch on November 14 for $150, the PlayStation TV is going to be a great…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Microsoft has scored a valuable exclusive. At Europe’s Gamescom the company has announced that the follow up to the excellent Tomb Raider reboot, Rise of the Tomb Raider, would be exclusive to the Xbox One. This makes an awful lot of sense to me, for all…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. If you’re in any way aware of the melodious fire storm that is Hatsune Miku, punch my words in the face, rapidly but softly pat your kitten or dog on her lower back, open a new tab on whatever brilliant device you’re currently utilising to browse…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Mortal Kombat is the kind of series that will never go away. Not while its less-than-subtle satire of the bloodlust of the games industry continues to be relevant. And with games becoming ever more violent, I can’t see that relevance waning any time soon. Anyhow, I…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Toy Soldiers, Ubisoft’s action/ tower defence series, will land on PlayStation consoles for the first time with the upcoming next-gen release of Toy Soldiers: War Chest. The game, which will also be available on Windows PC and Xbox One early next year, has been developed by…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Specialist publisher, NISA, has today announced that it has picked up three niche Japanese games to release in the west – two fighting games and one visual novel. The fighting games are Arcana Hearts 3: Love Max!!!! (PlayStation 3 and Vita, 2014 release) and Under Night…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The more I see of Natural Doctrine, NISA and Kadokawa Games’ upcoming turn-based tactics game, the more I can’t wait to play it when it releases in September. NISA has released a new trailer in which we see the game’s multiplayer mode in action. Players collect…
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