News by Matt S. As we reported a few weeks ago, a significant investment from the Australian Government into games development was stripped away. The bad news is that means no more money for game developers in Australia from its government. The good news is that there are alternate funding…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. For people who are fans of collecting collector’s boxes and the like, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has a spectacular one planned. The key bonus feature of the box is a large, 10-inch Polystone figure of The Witcher’s protagonist, Geralt, deep in battle with a monster.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. E3 has all shut up shop for 2014, and it has been an exciting one. We’re rather sad it’s all over, in fact. But we have one more trailer for you this year; introducing a new handheld console, the Steamboy. This console, which uses the Steam…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Last year I had the pleasure of meeting Tamara Schembri and Peter Budziszewski; an Aussie indie team with a love of the whole “games as art” deal. As you can probably guess, I immediately became a fan. Budziszewski is a veteran of the Australian games industry, having…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Rhythm game, Hatsune Miku: Project Diva f absolutely took me by storm when it was released earlier this year. It was challenging, it had great music, and Hatsune Miku is a star. The E3 trailer for the sequel promises pretty much the same thing, but I’m…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the things that continues to vex me is this argument that many people seem to be making that the PlayStation Vita somehow “lacks games.” Apparently if a console hasn’t got AAA-stuff from the platform owner, people mistake that to mean it hasn’t got ANY…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of the most popular free-to-play games going around at the moment is World of Tanks. It was ultra-popular when it launched on PC some time ago, and the recent port to the Xbox 360 has proven to be a success as well. There’s good reason…
Read MoreNews by Clark A. Just a couple of weeks before E3, Nintendo announced via Twitter that a peripheral would be coming to Wii U to enable support for Game Cube controllers. The intended use of this adapter, of course, is for the upcoming Super Smash Bros. on Wii U. The…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Tamonobu Itagaki hasn’t released much since leaving Tecmo Koei. The almighty creator of Dead or Alive and the 3D Ninja Gaiden games hasn’t been doing nothing with his new studio, Valhalla Game Studios, however. He’s been working hard on a new IP; Devil’s Third. This game…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. After a slow start, it looks like Microsoft is finally starting to attract indie developers to its Xbox One platform. We’re seeing a wide range of indie games announced for the platform at E3 this year, and Siegecraft Commander is one of the better looking ones.…
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