Apart from its undying love to the way of the pinball, it seems like developer Zen Studios is just as passionate about kung fu and dance music, and it shows in KickBeat, the team’s latest PlayStation Network title. Music gaming has been on the decline as of late, but KickBeat harkens…
Read MoreThe HD Adventures of Rotating Octopus Character, a remastered version of the PS Mini title, still provides the same fun and colourful atmosphere on the Vita. Players control an orange octopus in an effort to retrieve all of its offspring scattered throughout the world. Birds, bulldogs and projectile-throwing hats are…
Read MoreSony pulled no punches with its Japan show. It’s not just the the announcement of a new Vita model, nor was it the announcement of the Vita TV. Sony unveiled a load of Japanese-developed games for the PS4 (much of which is exclusive), and it’s that software support that could…
Read MoreIt’s been a big day of announcements for Sony. Of all the announcements of new games and new Vita hardware, was the most exciting announcement of all: The Vita TV. This little device allows players to take their Vita, PSP and PS One games and play them via Dualshock controller…
Read MoreSony has announced an all-new PlayStation Vita model that it hopes will be more attractive to a broader, more casual audience than the original console. Given that Sony’s messaging in the lead up to the release of the original Vita was that it was a console for “serious” gamers, this…
Read MoreWhen it comes to the licensed Warriors games, how much you enjoy them depends entirely on how much you like the source material. If you’re a fan of Fist of the North Star, you’re going to enjoy those games more than someone who isn’t. This is true of One Piece…
Read MoreReal Boxing is another one of those indie games that was originally a mobile game and then remade for a handheld console. The thing is, I can’t imagine playing this on touch screens now, having played the incredible dual-stick setup of this Vita version. As a full disclaimer upfront –…
Read MoreFloating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims was originally a PS Mini title for the PSP, and one that was held in high acclaim. It was a unique horizontal shooter in the same vein as The Game Atelier’s Flying Hamster, but wasn’t quite as much fun as, in my view, the…
Read MoreThe idea that games can be art continues to be a problematic one when it comes time to actually discuss games as art. The issue I’ve seen over and over is that any game that dares to push boundaries and ask questions of its audience tends to be derided rather…
Read MoreEscape Reality. Live the Fantasy; that’s the slogan plastered on the back of the box. It’s also the statement of intention for Square Enix, who desparately needed this complete remake of the original Final Fantasy XIV to work and to engage people on a very deep level to the point…
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