Aussie developer, Whale Hammer Games, has some big shoes to fill with its upcoming strategy RPG, Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire. Promising an epic, sweeping story and gorgeous hand drawn art, it’s easy to see where Tahira’s appeal would lie. The game is still in a very early development…
Read MoreSunset is an upcoming title from indie developer Tale of Tales. I was given a spoiler-free access to a ten minute preview of the game, which allowed me to experience three separate in-game days of the final product. The full release is not long away now (March), and I cannot…
Read MoreDark Souls II was a difficult game for me. I certainly enjoyed it (as you can see from my review), but by the same token I found myself challenged by the progression of the franchise. As a hardcore fan of From Software’s King’s Field franchise, I enjoyed the way Demon’s…
Read MoreProject CARS has, from its inception, aspired to be the racing game for the most hardcore and dedicated of car racing fans. Successfully crowdfunded by the most committed of car racing fans, it has been scrutinised at every stage of its development by those same people in order to ensure…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Almost a decade ago (eight years to be precise), Koei Tecmo launched a new IP on the then-fledgling PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Coming around two years after the Xbox 360 launch and just a year after the PlayStation 3, Bladestorm: The Hundred Year’s War didn’t…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. The media was recently afforded the opportunity to sit down for a couple of hours to experience the opening sequence in The Witcher 3 ahead of its February release. We were ushered into a room, given controllers and set down to play through the opening tutorial…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. The Empires sub-series of the Dynasty Warriors franchise has always been my favourite. Taking the entertaining action that the franchise has been so well known for, and then adding in some light empire building, management and tactical strategy has always been a match made in heaven…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Ahead of the game’s official release in a few weeks, I had the opportunity to set down and really put Dead or Alive 5: Last Round through its paces, including testing the newest character, Honoka, in full. I came away even more excited for the game…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Last week, following the first Nintendo Direct for the year, the publisher sent out codes for a demo for Monster Hunter 4 to select 3DS owners. That demo was surprisingly comprehensive, offering three monsters to fight as well as offering a taste of the multiplayer play. …
Read MorePreview by Shaan J. The video game industry, and the people involved with it, is slowly moving in a direction that I can more easily relate to. Sure, we still have our problems (last year was riddled with controversies, scandals, and more broken games than needed), but it’s hard to…
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