News by Matt S. SEGA surprised us all when it announced that it was producing a 2D fighting game set in the universe of its lesser-known Shining JRPG series. Most of us would just like to see the Shining series be consistently localised again into English, but we’ll take a…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Ghost of a Tale is a stealth action game by a tiny development team (SeithCG), and yet you wouldn’t tell that it’s such a small-scale production. It looks every bit the part of a mid-tier release, and it has had an enormously positive reception on PC…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Bandai Namco has announced a new title in its popular Super Robot Wars series, the mash-up RPG franchise that brings a whole bunch of robots from popular anime together to duke it out. This one – called Super Robot Wars T – will be released on…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Nippon Ichi has the “twisted fairy tale” aesthetic and tone down pat. Especially with these 2D puzzle platformer game things that it keeps producing. A Rose in the Twilight and htoL#NiQ: The Firefly Diary on the PlayStation Vita are both perfect examples of NIS’ mastery over…
Read MoreNews by Lindsay M. Pika pika! Warner Bros. released a two-minute trailer for the upcoming Detective Pikachu today, sending Pokémon fans into a frenzy. And with good reason. The trailer features everyone’s favourite fuzzy yellow companion, in detective form. The film is set in familiar Ryme City, with its neon-lit…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Sony has finally released the first proper trailer to the upcoming MediEvil remake. A top-to-bottom, complete remake of the original comedy action platformer, this game is looking impressive in its 4K glory. Related reading: Here’s a blast from the DDNet past – a retro review of…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Fimbul is a good looking little game, set in the viking world of unending cold. You get to play as a berserker returned to life by the gods to prevent Ragnarok, and if that isn’t a awesome concept for a game, I don’t know what is.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. The Caligula Effect is a genuine work of genius. It’s deep, powerful, and philosophically dense, which, on the PlayStation Vita, made it one of those little gems that relatively few people discovered, but within that group, it found some real fans (including me). The Caligula Effect:…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Everyone that follows film even mildly knows that Sean Bean is “the dude that dies.” The number of films where he plays someone who is killed at some point is truly astronomical. It’s become a bit of Hollywood in-joke. Like the six degrees of Bacon game.…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed has always been known for its efforts to present players with a realistic historical world to explore. Assassin’s Creed Rebellion, however, is throwing all of that out the window. Rebellion has bobble headed characters and a bright, cartoonish aesthetic. It’s being developed exclusively…
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