News by Shaan J. Plenty of video games have managed to jump to another medium; games are occasionally adapted into movies, and less commonly TV shows. And occasionally, video games make it onto the big stage (I personally will always regret missing out on the Ace Attorney musical). The Last of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Abyss Odyssey poses something of a challenge when it comes to critiquing it. On the one hand it is undeniably a flawed game; a victim of an indie development budget and the lack of development heritage and experience in South America. See, in places like the…
Read MoreReview by Jedediah H.During the second semester of my middle school education, the trite analogy most teachers would barrage their more athletic students with in an attempt to get them excited about understanding pH balances and cellular respiration was the classic, “your brain, it’s like a muscle; the more you…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. Are you prepared, eager, and massively excited to spin-kick in the ninja shoes of the legend whom fighting connoisseurs and selective women from Japan to Australia refer to as “the fastest man Earth ever witnessed”? Then perform some dynamic stretches and don your ninja mask; the…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. I’m not really surprised that someone, somewhere had the idea to build a visual novel around the BlazBlue franchise. After all, in between the brief and furious combat in these fighting games there’s so much dialogue that the “Story” mode might as well be a visual…
Read MoreNews by Jedediah H. For those of you who continue to surmount legions of suicidal infantrymen as a nearly invincible general in Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legends, further prepare your flashy swordsmanship with these PS4 screen shots of the upcoming Samurai Warriors 4: Celebrating 10 glorious years and 34 million…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. One Piece deserves better than the games it typically gets. There’s been a few that have been quite a lot of fun (such as the Warriors games), but for the most part One Piece’s games have been little better than generic license tie-in, despite being one…
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 MoreReview by Matt S. Your favourite Warriors title is going to depend on the theme of that game. If you’re a fan of Japanese history, it’s going to be Samurai Warriors. If you’re a Nintendo fan, then it will almost certainly be Hyrule Warriors. And if you’re a fan of…
Read MoreReview by Matt S. Releasing games on last-gen consoles certainly makes economic sense still. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 have an install base that is an order of magnitude larger than the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. On the downside, releasing a game such as a racing game on…
Read More