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Tekken 7 Release Date and Deluxe Edition Revealed

3D fighting game sequel Tekken 7 will finally make its way to home platforms almost 3 years after its initial reveal. Bandai Namco Entertainment have confirmed that the game will release for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on the 2nd of June 2017. The announcement also confirmed that lady vampire Eliza – who first appeared in free-to-play title Tekken Revolutionwill be available as a playable…

Here’s All The Nintendo Switch Launch Games (and more!)

The Nintendo Switch special presentation livestream tonight revealed the much anticipated lineup of Nintendo Switch launch games. The console will launch on the 3rd of March, and from what we can see, these will be the games you can get your hands on in the first month of Nintendo’s new system.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

1, 2, Switch

Super Bomberman R

Has Been Heroes

I Am Setsuna

Sni…

NieR Automata Demo Out Now on PS4

NieR Automata is due for release on PS4 at the start of March 2017, but fans are able to get a hands-on as of today thanks to a playable demo launching on the PlayStation Store. It has the rather unwieldy title of NieR Automata DEMO 120161128, but offers a solid half-hour chunk of gameplay for Platinum Games’ new project. You can play as sword-slashing android 2B and fight killer machines in a…

Dark Souls 3 Ashes of Ariandel Review – The (Brief) Joy of Painting

Disclosure: the author received a review code for this content from Bandai Namco Europe

Publisher: Bandai Namco Entertainment

Developer: FromSoftware

Platforms: Xbox One, PC, PlayStation 4 (review platform)

Has it really already been half a year since Dark Souls III came out? FromSoftware’s RPG finale still stands as a contender for the best game of 2016, with my 9/10 review calling it yet…

Nintendo Switch Is Official Name of Nintendo NX, Coming March

Nintendo just casually dropped the biggest hardware announcement of the year on Twitter. A 3-and-a-half minute trailer reveals the Nintendo NX officially as the Nintendo Switch.

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Rez Infinite Review – Definitive Mind Killing

Publisher: Enhance Games

Developers: Monstars, Resonair

Platform: PlayStation 4 (PlayStation VR compatible)

I’ve waited nearly 15 years to play Rez. This was a game with such immediate visual and conceptual hooks that it was hard to forget about even without actually touching it. Putting it simply – Rezis a rail-shooter where you hack into a trippy abstract representation of a computer database.…

Nidhogg 2 Announced; Looks Unrecognisable

By popular demand(?) 2014’s fencing hit Nidhogg is getting a sequel due next year for PC, and likely some consoles. Gameplay-wise, Nidhogg 2 doesn’t seem to be introducing much new elements yet, aside from additional weapons such as an axe and a bow. The new soundtrack will feature electronic artist Mux Mool, as well as Daedelus,…

The Bunker Review (VIDEO)

Disclosure: the author was provided with a review copy by Wales Interactive

Publisher: Green Man Gaming Publishing

Developer: Splendy Games, Wales Interactive

Platforms: PlayStation 4 (review platform), PC, Xbox One

The Bunkeris a modern FMV game which follows a lonely man living in an underground nuclear bunker in England. This is…

Enderal – Skyrim Mod – Review

Developer: SureAI

Platform: PC

The Skyrim Creation Kit, possibly the greatest video game creation tool ever that isn’t designed for that specific purpose. Through it, modders have developed whole systems within Skyrimsuch as real time strategy, setlement building, tower defense, sex slave simulator…you name it, someone has modded it…

Backlog Bit – Phantom Brave PC, Back In 1995, Shiren Vita

Marona’s Bizarre Adventure Part I – Phantom Brave

Disclosure: review code provided by NIS America

NIS America released a decent PC port of PlayStation strategy RPG Disgaea a few months back, though some users faced performance issues that marred the experience. Built in the same engine and featuring similar enhancements; Phantom Brave PC might make some fans cautious following the troubled…

Rise of the Tomb Raider – Review

Publisher: Square Enix

Developer: Crystal Dynamics

Platforms: PC (review platform), PS4, Xbox One

If you enjoyed Crystal Dynamics’ 2013 reboot of the Tomb Raider series then I have some good news, some bad news & some worse news concerning Rise of the Tomb Raider. The good news is that this sequel is the exact same game in almost…

Simone Bernacchia – Amiga Homebrew Composer Interview

Simone Bernacchia is an Italian composer now living in LA since 2005 when he married his wife. He has been composing music on the Amiga platform since the 90s, with his first commercial title, arcade shooter ‘Powder‘ released in 1998. Currently working as a web developer, he is now part of the Amiga homebrew community, contributing music to a variety of games from independent studios.

In this…

Under Night In-Birth PC – Review

Disclosure: the author was provided with a review code for the game by

Publisher: Arc System Works

Developer: French Bread

Platforms: PC (review platform), PlayStation 3

Exactly what is Under Night In-Birth? I’m reviewing it, and I still have no clue. I tried to figure it out; even tried diving into the wiki, and I still have no idea what I’m playing or who these characters are, but I’ll try my…

This Is The Police – First Impressions

Disclosure: the author received a review code of the game from Dead Good Media

Last year saw Belarus studio Weappy Games successfully kickstart videogame crime drama This Is The Police, starring Duke Nukem himself: Jon St. John. Back in January 2015 I came to this conclusion on what the game would be like:

The mature subject matter and seedy player role means This Is The Police, much like Papers,…

Edge Of Eternity – Interview With The Composer

Cedric Memendez is a composer working with Midgar Studio, a French indie studio currently working on the JRPG inspired Edge Of Eternity. The game was a massive kickstarter success and also reached its stretch goal to bring on help from Chrono Trigger composer Yasunori Mitsuda. In this interview we talk about recording with Mitsuda and the Bratislava Symphony Orchestra. The history of Midgar…