Review by Matt S. There are two ways that a creative person – or group of creative people – can take an existing, beloved franchise, and put a new spin on it; the first is to approach the material with real respect, take the time to really understand what the…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. One of our favourite fighting games in recent years is Injustice: Gods Among Us. By the same developer as the sublime Mortal Kombat series (NetherRealm Studios), Injustice was a brutally dark fighting game, with a great fighting system, and an interesting narrative that really did justice…
Read MoreCassie Cage, a new fighter in the Mortal Kombat ring and the daughter of Sonya Blade and Johnny Cage (surely Sonya could have done better for herself), has a move where she punches a guy between the legs so hard that his testicles explode. And Mortal Kombat X is kind…
Read MoreIt was bad enough when Disney did it. It was even worse when Nintendo did it, by doing it at such low quantities that there were worldwide scarcity on launch day. What am I talking about? Turning physical toys into physical DLC packs for video games. The Disney Infinity miniatures…
Read MoreMost games for children are terrible. It’s strange to say that, because playing games is an inherently youthful activity and you would think it would be relatively easy to tap into the spirit of play to make a decent game for a child, but developers too often mistake “developing a…
Read MoreThe release of Mortal Kombat X is just around the corner, and Warner Bros. is blitzing us all with weekly trailers. This week we’ve got one that shows off one of the newcomers, Kung Jin. You’ll also see Kung Lao and Liu Kang doing their thing, and plenty of bone-breaking…
Read MoreMortal Kombat X (which somehow got past the Australian Classification Board so we even get to play it) is promising a whole load of content to go with the gore. Not least of which is a factions mode, which this new trailer outlines. Related reading: Our full review of the…
Read MoreReview by Brad L. My son is a massive LEGO nerd, and LEGO Ninjago is one of his more favoured LEGO brands. So it was with great excitement on his behalf when I mentioned that I would be reviewing LEGO Ninjago: Nindroids for the PlayStation Vita. Upon booting Nindroids, it…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Mortal Kombat is the kind of series that will never go away. Not while its less-than-subtle satire of the bloodlust of the games industry continues to be relevant. And with games becoming ever more violent, I can’t see that relevance waning any time soon. Anyhow, I…
Read MoreNews by Matt S. Overnight, Warner Bros. announced a revival of the classic Midway franchise, Gauntlet. Those of us old enough to remember spending time at arcades will also remember Gauntlet as a top-down dungeon hack, where players would need to continue either adding more coins to the machine, or…
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