Video by Matt S. After 15 years, Nintendo is finally preparing to release a new entry into its amazing board/card game compilation series, Clubhouse Games. To be titled “51 Worldwide Games” Clubhouse Games brings together a range of old favourites, such as Chess, Poker, Bowling and Blackjack, along with a…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Xenoblade Chronicles is a game for which the ambition of the developers behind it has always been compromised by the limitations of the platform they were working on. Originally, it was a Wii title that somehow brought the scale of a PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. For SEGA’s next release, the company has decided to take one of its most beloved properties in Japan, Sakura Wars, and finally localise it for the western market. This new one is something of a “reboot” of the series, though of course we don’t really know…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. I had no idea what to expect from Sakura Wars. When only one title in the series had been previously localised into English (and even then, as far as I know, not released in Australia), I had not previously had the opportunity to gain exposure to…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. It’s technically in “Early Access”, but you may as well go invest in World of Horror now. This rather remarkable indie effort manages to be the best take on Lovecraftian Horror RPG play that we’ve seen to date, and does so in the nostalgic wrappings of…
Read MoreVideo by Matt S. Koei Tecmo and Sony have released a “Beta” demo of Nioh onto the PlayStation store for testing on PS4. I’ve played a couple of hours of it and come away so incredibly impressed. This game is, already, a marked step up from the original, and has…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. I don’t generally get much time to get hands-on time with games at TGS these days. Lines are too long, I’ve got too many interviews planned, and there’s just so much to see and do. There’s also a merchandise section simply filled with goodies to buy…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. A highlight of Tokyo Game Show was the demo for Hatsune Miku: Project Diva Mega39; a rhythm game in development for Nintendo Switch. Yeah, okay, that’s me being understated. I love Hatsune Miku so, so much, and finally getting to play with her on my Switch…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. Jeff Vogel, the (mostly) one-man band behind Spiderweb Software, has been around for decades now, as one of the rare survivors in the notoriously challenging indie space. Through this time he has succeeded by sticking to what he does best: ultra low-budget, well-written, deep RPGs, and…
Read MorePreview by Matt S. You can always rely on Devolver Digital to be behind the most oddball of ideas. Heave Ho is the next one and, yes, it’s oddball. Charmingly so. As a multiplayer-focused game, Heave Ho is surely destined to be a party game smash hit. The premise is…
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