News by Jedediah H. Inspired by an unrealistic amount of hours playing the likes of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Megaman, Metroid, and Limbo, Memories is a confident mixture of action, puzzle-platforming, and a forebodingly dark atmosphere that will have you reminiscing of your formative gaming years (while playfully punching…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. NISA likes to keep us busy. Specialists in the uber-niche, the publisher has shown off more of three new games that it has coming over the next year for the PlayStation 3 and Vita. First up we have Criminal Girls for the PlayStation Vita. Description from…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Just as dulcet-voiced fans (like me!) of the incomparably charming Hatsune Miku were getting used to the fact that the sequel to her first game to be released in the West, Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F, was actually dancing its way to the global market, SEGA…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Monster Hunter is a pretty big deal. We all know this by now, but it has been a while since we’ve had a genuinely new Monster Hunter game released in the west. The good news is that Nintendo has confirmed that Monster Hunter 4 is going…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. I’m not sure how I missed this announcement, but there’s a live action Fatal Frame film that’s not long away now. Fatal Frame is by far the most effective horror game franchise out there, so its potential to be a truly creepy film is right up…
Read MoreNews by Rob P. Do you remember a time when vampires were evil men in scary cloaks rather than square-jawed teenagers with an iron deficiency? If so, Gothic Doctor could be the game for you. It’s a lighthearted card game with a fabulous theme and some terrific art, and it…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Airtight Games, the developer behind Murdered: Soul Suspect, Dark Void and Quantum Conundrum, has closed up shop, according to a report on Gamesindustry.biz. Apparently the shutdown of the Redmond headquarters has advanced quite far down the line, with the office equipment already up for sale. It’s…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. It might not be as outlandish as last week’s announcement that Twitter graphic novel Ninja Slayer is receiving an anime adaptation, but another comic will be making its transition into the anime medium. This time it’s Gold Ring, a children’s series that originates from the United…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. NAtURAL DOCtRINE (there should be a law against titles with horrible grammar) is an upcoming tactics RPG that we a really, really looking forward to. Not least because the game will be the first tactics RPG coming to a next-gen platform as it’s being released on…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. So Atelier Rorona lands itself an R18+ rating in Australia, but take the (amusingly) oversexualisation of Senran Kagura, mix it with cooking and dancing(!) and release it in the same country, and it gets by with an MA15+ rating instead. Let’s all remind ourselves just how…
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