Little King’s Story was a Wii game that managed to be both a critical hit and a game that was beloved by the people that played it. Or perhaps “person that played it” would be the more appropriate phrase, because Little King’s Story’s sales figures were unfortunately nothing short of…
Read MoreHello there Circle. We’ve missed you for the past couple of weeks while you were busy cooking up your next work of plagiarism… uh, homage to another developer. Or not. It saddens me that developers and publishers get away with this, because Kairosoft, the developers behind the wonderful Game Dev…
Read MoreCherry Tree High Comedy Club is a tiny little game that no one ever deemed worth localising. That is, before startup Nyu Media took a crack at it, and roped Capcom USA into publishing it on the major PC download platforms. The game suffers in the sense that it would…
Read MoreFive minutes after starting up A-Train 6 I put down my controller, headed over to Google on my computer, and did a search for “A-Train 6 Game Manual.” There is no tutorial in this game, and nothing around what you’re doing is ever explained. You’re plonked in the middle of…
Read MoreFive minutes after starting up A-Train 6 I put down my controller, headed over to Google on my computer, and did a search for “A-Train 6 Game Manual.” There is no tutorial in this game, and nothing around what you’re doing is ever explained. You’re plonked in the middle of…
Read MoreFootball Director has plenty of history behind it. First appearing on the ZX Spectrum, this management simulator has been around for a long while and has now resurfaced on the iOS, based upon the current 2011/2012 season. Coming up against a fair bit of competition from games such as the…
Read MoreFootball Director has plenty of history behind it. First appearing on the ZX Spectrum, this management simulator has been around for a long while and has now resurfaced on the iOS, based upon the current 2011/2012 season. Coming up against a fair bit of competition from games such as the…
Read MoreI’m a big fan of the Atelier series of JRPGs. Focusing on collecting materials and alchemy over the combat brings with it a fresh take on the JRPG genre, and couple that with playful and cheerful characters, story and visual style, and you’ve got a series that flies right under…
Read MoreI’m a big fan of the Atelier series of JRPGs. Focusing on collecting materials and alchemy over the combat brings with it a fresh take on the JRPG genre, and couple that with playful and cheerful characters, story and visual style, and you’ve got a series that flies right under…
Read MoreFootball Manager has been around for quite a long time now. Originally starting off in 1992 on the PC as the Championship Manager series by Eidos, followed by an eventual rechristening by Sega in 2005 to the name Football Manager, the simulation series placed a much greater emphasis on the…
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