Persona 4 Arena took its sweet time to release locally because Atlus decided in its infinite wisdom that this game of all games is the one that was going to pioneer region locking on the PlayStation 3. With this game, the follow up to one of my favourite RPGs and…
Read MoreTelltale Games’ Poker Night 2 is inspired. Amongst the thousands of Poker games out there here is one that has managed to stand out by playing to Telltale’s unique strength – storytelling. Yep, I was surprised to come to this realisation as well. Poker is a game that does not…
Read MoreThere is an intensity to Soul Sacrifice that makes its minimalist plot and single-note theme feel more compelling than it has any right to be. I’m not sure if that intensity was a consequence of the developers being clever with a limited budget (Vita games don’t justify AAA-grade budgets, even…
Read MoreI don’t really know how to review VitaBounce, but it’s a very special game. It stands as a testament to what happens when people get on the industrial strength hallucinogens. It is by far the most memorable game in the entire games industry – what I’ve seen to review this…
Read MoreAmerican McGee has been involved in the games industry since Doom II at ID Software. That’s over two decades, making him one of the veterans of the industry. Following his time at that pioneering company McGee had a breakout hit in American McGee’s Alice, a dark and twisted fantasy fairytale;…
Read MoreI have been following this title well before it was announced for localization outside of Japan, and now we have our first English screenshots as well as a shot of the finalised box art. NIS America has slated this title to release in both Europe and America this summer. The…
Read MoreLabeling Dead Island Riptide as simply “more of the same” might sound incredibly dismissive, but that’s what it is, plain and simple. It’s a game that is lost between being a full blown sequel and an expansion pack, with enough content to rival that of the first Dead Island, without…
Read MoreThe wildly successful reboot of the legendary Mortal Kombat franchise was initially refused classification in Australia. Too violent and all that. So, believe it or not, this release of the Komplete edition is the first opportunity that many Australians have had to play the game. Sadly, a release date just…
Read MoreHere’s the danger with Sony’s strategy of throwing so much energy and resources at indie developers; on the one hand the strategy produces some incredible experiences (like Retro City Rampage) and it keeps a steady stream of games coming to the PlayStation Vita while the big publishers refuse to support…
Read MoreI’m the kind of person who like games with strong characters. Thomas Was Alone stars, literally, coloured shapes. Plain geometric shapes; they have no faces and in fact barely any animation, and yet I struggle to think of characters that I have connected with more in any game I’ve ever…
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