Jan 18, 2012

Format: PC (version reviewed), Mac, PSN, XBLA Unleashed: Out Now Publisher: Lace Mamba Global/Focus Home Interactive, Atlus Developer: Frozenbyte Players: 1 – 3 Site: www.trine2.com Having a knight, a wizard and a thief simultaneously adventuring together seems like a fairly reasonable Halloween costume line-up or an unspecialised MMO raid party. It also...

Format: PS3 Unleashed: 14th May (EU), 11th May (US) Publisher: SouthPeak Games (EU), Atlus (US) Developer: From Software/Silicon Studio Players: 1 Site: http://www.3ddotgameheroes.eu/ The king of a 2D kingdom turns it into a 3D kingdom, hoping to increase its popularity. Lots of monsters appear, an ancient evil is suspected to have reared its head once...

A few weeks ago I was reading a very interesting round-table discussion in a well known gaming magazine, concerning the role of traditional narrative and the author in modern video games. At one point they touched upon games trying to impose a sense of permanence upon gamer decisions, and they highlighted an individual, his name escapes me, who decided to play...

We’ve shown you a load of 3D Dot Game Heroes Trailers already, but this time there’s a major difference… It’s in English! Well American anyway, but close enough. If you can’t quite puzzle out why this game has us excited, it’s because it looks to be a retro styled mix of Zelda-esque gameplay, music and graphics married to a...

 The Megami Tensei franchise sees portable translation, the franchise existing for over twenty years. Atlus announced yesterday the upcoming Spring release of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey for the Nintendo DS. The sci-fi, first person RPG plans to “tap into into mature themes of morality and introspection,” says Atlus. Heralded by Atlus as a “deep,...