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Articles 4 years ago
New Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World Trailer and Information
Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World is a remake a classic platformer and its coming to the Nintendo Switch, Playstation 4, and STEAM this year. Check out the newest trailer and information below. According to a recent press release we received, the Wonder Boy: Asha in Monster World “will be available for €39.99” in the UK and “include the original Monster World IV”. The retail version will be coming out “Q2/2021 for North America, Europe and Australia.” As for the…
Articles 4 years ago
Square Enix: Should Sony Make An Offer?
The rumour mill’s latest target is Square Enix – and Twitter think’s Sony may have already made an offer. The narrative is a bit muddy. Square won’t be fully bought out, but will somehow become a PlayStation Studios developer. That means Final Fantasy, Tomb Raider and a host of other classics will become exclusive. How likely is this? What would it do for the gaming industry? Final Final Fantasy (on Xbox and PC)? Let’s face it, a Twitter random announcing…
Articles 4 years ago
Thirty Years of id Software
Doom is probably one of the most influential titles of all time. Why? You had to be there. id created something that changed the course of video game history. It’d be a lie to say there was nothing else like it at the time, although it wouldn’t be too big an exaggeration. Wolfenstein – again from id – had come out the year before. But there was something that just clicked with Doom. It probably helped that it was eventually…
Articles, News 4 years ago
Sega – It’s Time For a Buyout
For a company most famous for its speedy mascot, Sega has been pretty backward about coming forward. Let’s face it, the glory days of Sega are far, far behind them. Gone are the genre-leading Dreamcast and Megadrive days. Instead, we’re left with a company not really pushing to its limit. Revivals of old IP – even the brilliant Sonic Mania and Streets of Rage 4 – are experiments outside of the main teams that develop these games. Besides that, we’re…
Articles 4 years ago
Re:verse has potential – even if it doesn’t seem it
Re:verse – finally! It’s the third-person action shooter starring characters from the Resident Evil franchise – you know, the one we’ve all been asking for? Okay, it’s the weird multiplayer addition nobody ever even hinted at wanting, but get through the initial shock and maybe, just maybe, it won’t be as bad as all that. See, there’s one simple issue: hype. If this was some rubbish little tie-in that was just an extra option in Village, nobody would care. It’s…
News 4 years ago
Life of Fly Impressions (Xbox Series)
Life of Fly features 12 short stories each revolving around the life and weird thoughts of another fly. Be prepared to experience some very unusual content, some interesting thoughts that go way beyond the normal life of a fly, and some entertaining short stories with a twist. Just the description of the game alone sounded weird enough to interest me. In this game as mentioned above, you take on the role of one of twelve different flies and take each…
Articles 4 years ago
Is Competitive Gaming the Future?
There’s no doubt about it that competitive gaming is becoming bigger than many of us ever expected. The image of dusty school halls filled with overweight middle-aged men lugging CRT monitors about is now officially a thing of the past. Playing video games to a professional level is now cool and, hell, even women are getting involved. Take that, every 90s sit-com. The writing is on the wall. This is the future – whether we like it or not. Outlive…
Articles 4 years ago
Where Have the Z-List Film Tie-in Games Gone?
No licensed music, characters that look nothing like their film counterparts and stories that only slightly resemble the source material – tie-in games used to be things of beauty. Alas, those days have gone. Development is harder than ever, taking years and years. Throwing together Hogwarts in six months is no longer an option. It’s more than a little depressing. There’s an entire generation of children who’ll never buy the worst video games just because they recognize the face of…
Articles 4 years ago
The Dangers of Loot Boxes
Loot boxes are just the latest solution to the “problem” of increasing profits within the gaming industry, but really they’re no solution at all. On paper, they’re perfect. Monetise optional extras which can be earned through hard work or, for a small number of whales, be purchased. Fair enough, right? But it’s pretty clear that in recent years, developers are pushing this system to the limit. Overwatch is the perfect example, where little tricks and annoyances have added up to…
Articles 4 years ago
Super Mario 64 – 25 Years Later
Super Mario 64 is old. And that means those of us who played it at release are also old. That’s the most depressing takeaway from my revisiting it nearly 25 years later. The good news is that it’s still the precursor for pretty much every 3D game created since. Yes, it has been bettered technically in every imaginable way, but the heart and soul are still there to beat. When I think of gaming in the mid-to-late 90s, it still…