News by Matt S. Anyone who knows me knows that of all Tecmo Koei Warriors franchises, it is Samurai Warriors that is my favourite. Samurai Warriors 3 on the Nintendo Wii was a game I spent literally hundreds of hours on (and can no longer play online with friends, sadface).…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Flat Earth Games, the Sydney-based indie that truly impressed us with its excellent debut, Towncraft, has announced its second game; Metrocide. This game is a very (very) different experience to Towncraft. Set it a futuristic, crime-ridden city, this stealth-action game promises to be very, very difficult,…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Multiplayer-only combat games are a bit in vogue right now, with examples such as Paradox’s War of the Roses and Vikings catching the eye of other developers. Bethesda’s newly-formed BattleCry Studios is one such example, and BattleCry is to be its first game. BattleCry is a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. We have a lot of hope for The Evil Within. With Resident Evil’s degeneration into a safe action series, the horror genre itself has been left for independent developers, and while these games are often great, we can’t help but hope that a horror game with…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Pullbox (or Pushmo, depending on where you live in the world) is one of Nintendo’s relatively new IPs, with two games (the second being called Fallbox) having been released on to the 3DS eShop exclusively. These games are truly charming spatial puzzle games, requiring players to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Ghostlight is having a good time with PC games at the moment. Its Record of the Agarest War franchise has done quite well on PC, and now it’s taking the opportunity to start porting Japanese games that haven’t previously been released outside of Japan. Elminage Gothic…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. If there is any grand strategy game you should play, it’s Europa Universalis IV. This empire building strategy game is deep, complex, and endlessly rewarding. We gave the original release of the game a full 5/5 score, and the first expansion, which improved the “New World”…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Child of Light is a special game, so the fact that it is coming to the PlayStation Vita is reason enough to celebrate. The game will release for $20 on July 2, and while it will be of course available for download, you’ll really want to…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Kingdom Under Fire was one of the most underrated games on the original Xbox. It was a mix of RTS and Dynasty Warriors-style hack-and-slasher. After a disastrous attempt to make a more conventional sequel on the Xbox 360, early on in its life, we finally had…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. What we discovered last night: the Australian government has decided that it has no interest in funding game development any longer. It has emerged that the government did this without bothering to engage with the games industry first. Because, to be sarcastic, what could a game…
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