If nothing else, Compile Heart and Idea Factory cannot be accused of not trying to hit on a killer formula with their games. Whether you like franchises like Hyperdimenson Neptunia or the Agarest War franchise or not, it’s a fact that each game in the series makes substantial changes to…
Read MoreSmash Brothers clone? Smash Brothers beater? Work of genius, or just plain hack job? PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has been a controversial game since it was first announced, as for many it represented a very cynical ploy by Sony to capitalise on a multi-million dollar franchise. As far as I’m…
Read MoreKillzone gets an HD makeover, Medal of Honor Warfighter arrives, and the Street Fighters just can’t get along with the folks from Tekken in this week’s additions to the PSN. Killzone is kind of a funny game. Touted at the time as a ‘Halo killer’, the FPS turned out to…
Read MoreTokyo Jungle doesn’t necessarily make this obvious, but it’s actually a horror game. When my pack of Pomeranians can tear into a tiger and rip it apart, I’m sure I’m looking into a crystal ball, and my life-long suspicion has borne out true; Pomeranians are evil incarnate. Of course, I’m…
Read MoreThe FIFA World Cup is the world’s biggest sporting event. It actually eclipses the Olympics in terms of overall attendance and viewers. So it makes sense that the greatest investments in sports game development is in soccer. EA’s FIFA Soccer and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) enjoy a relationship where…
Read MorePS3 players have a lot of great content this week including NBA 2K13 and Resident Evil 6 while the PS Vita a lots more PSone Classic support and a New Little King. It’s a very solid to great (depending on your tastes) week on Sony’s download service.Personally, I’m happy to…
Read MoreAs I mentioned recently, I’m a little confused about how exactly to approach Mugen Souls as a review. So I’ll just say at the outset: this game probably isn’t for you. But I love it. If you think of the weirdest game you’ve ever played, it probably doesn’t come close…
Read MoreSonic Adventure 2’s digital re-release has been a long time coming now. While we’ve already heard the rumors regarding the game’s existence, seen the official screenshots, and read of the formal announcement, we’ve yet to see any actual footage of the game’s “HD”. That changes today, however. Though the trailer is…
Read MorePost-apocalyptic action/survival game Tokyo Jungle makes it’s debut this week along side a very a very solid lineup that includes MvC Origins, Hell Yeah!, and Realms of Ancient War. Seriously, there are a tonne of great PSN games posted this week. No fewer than six titles were added to the…
Read MoreWith a day to go before a new hardware revision hits stores, Sony Australia has shared some data that puts the console at #1 in Australia. For the first half of 2012, while the entire games industry was down overall, the PlayStation 3 was the best performing of all consoles.…
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