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The Legend of Korra Review

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Chris Morell
 Published: October 24, 2014Posted in: PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PSN, Reviews, XBLA, XBOX 360, Xbox One
Fans of Nickelodeon’s sequel series to Avatar: The Last Airbender rejoiced upon hearing the news that Platinum Games – renowned for titles such as Bayonetta, Vanquish and Metal Gear Rising...

Fans of Nickelodeon’s sequel series to Avatar: The Last Airbender rejoiced upon hearing the news that Platinum Games – renowned for titles such as Bayonetta, Vanquish and Metal Gear Rising – would be taking on the challenge of a true The Legend of Korra videogame. Licensed games typically have a reputation of failing to meet expectations, and while this may still hold weight with this year’s tie-in, fans will be pleased to know that they can still dive in and experience the power of bending for themselves.

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inFAMOUS: First Light Review

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Hang-Veng Ly
 Published: September 22, 2014Posted in: PlayStation 4, PSN, Reviews
inFAMOUS is back, well sort of. inFAMOUS: First Light is the latest release in the inFAMOUS franchise, a stand-alone prequel to the hugely successful inFAMOUS: Second Son of earlier this...

inFAMOUS is back, well sort of. inFAMOUS: First Light is the latest release in the inFAMOUS franchise, a stand-alone prequel to the hugely successful inFAMOUS: Second Son of earlier this year. It’s a compact package that will entertain, although not to the full extent of Delsin’s larger, grander adventure.

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Flockers Review

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Chris Morell
 Published: September 21, 2014Posted in: PC, PSN, Reviews, XBLA
Right from the outset, it’s clear that Team 17’s Flockers is set to be one strange ride. It’s not that its ideas are particularly wild or that it does anything...

Right from the outset, it’s clear that Team 17’s Flockers is set to be one strange ride. It’s not that its ideas are particularly wild or that it does anything notably new, but rather its oddities come from the fact that its various parts appear to be working against each other. Unfortunately, this issue goes far beyond the presentation and permeates the experience as a whole, making for a title that’s fun in spurts but ultimately tough to recommend.

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD Review

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Hang-Veng Ly
 Published: November 14, 2013Posted in: PSN, Reviews, XBLA
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate was released earlier in the year on the Nintendo 3DS and was generally well received. Now this little nugget has been re-imaged...

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate was released earlier in the year on the Nintendo 3DS and was generally well received. Now this little nugget has been re-imaged in HD for home consoles, and I must admit, the final product is much better than I anticipated.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate takes place in between the events of the original Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and the upcoming sequel Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Unlike the first Lords of Shadow, Mirror of Fate HD returns to its Castlevanian heritage adopting that familiar side-scrolling action game play the series has grown famous for.

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Girl Fight Review

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Hang-Veng Ly
 Published: October 30, 2013Posted in: PSN, Reviews, XBLA
Girl Fight has its fair share of issues to say the least. For one, calling the game Girl Fight is a telltale sign of who the target audience is going...

Girl Fight has its fair share of issues to say the least. For one, calling the game Girl Fight is a telltale sign of who the target audience is going to be and ultimately what themes we can expect from an all girl brawler.

Maybe to developers’ Kung Fu Factory it seemed like a prime concept to capture an adolescent male audience fixated on sexualised females but Girl Fight misses the mark entirely.

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Flashback Review

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Chris Morell
 Published: August 23, 2013Posted in: PC, PSN, Reviews, XBLA
Resurrecting a cult classic is never an easy task, and one that is likely to be met with a series of cheers from its fans. What people tend to forget,...

Resurrecting a cult classic is never an easy task, and one that is likely to be met with a series of cheers from its fans. What people tend to forget, however, is that just because a game can be brought hurtling into the modern era with a shiny new paintjob, doesn’t always mean that it should. Case in point is Flashback; a rotoscoped adventure hailing from 1992 that, without a good deal of tinkering, would prove too frustrating and unwieldy to stand alongside the side-scrollers of today.

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Payday 2 Review

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Hang-Veng Ly
 Published: August 22, 2013Posted in: PC, PlayStation 3, PSN, Reviews, XBOX 360
Payday 2 as the title suggests is the sequel to Payday: The Heist, released back in 2011 for the PlayStation Network. The original Payday allows players to live out their...

Payday 2 as the title suggests is the sequel to Payday: The Heist, released back in 2011 for the PlayStation Network. The original Payday allows players to live out their fantasies as a member of a highly-skilled and well-oiled crime unit engaging in carefully orchestrated hits, complete with custom latex mask and all. Developer Overkill Software had a sound concept, although could have been executed better. Payday 2 steps things up for a fuller, more complete experience with added features and beefed-up content to eliminate all the problems of the original. Still not perfect, but certainly speeding away in the right direction.

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Ducktales Remastered Review

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Chris Morell
 Published: August 13, 2013Posted in: eShop, PC, PSN, Reviews, XBLA
It’s been two decades since the adventures of the penny-pinching Scrooge McDuck and his feathery flock came to a close. These long dormant heroes have been championed for a return...

It’s been two decades since the adventures of the penny-pinching Scrooge McDuck and his feathery flock came to a close. These long dormant heroes have been championed for a return this summer, thanks to the folks at Capcom and WayForward; a move which will leave some baffled given such an extensive timespan. As such, it’s tough to pin down exactly who the target audience is for DuckTales Remastered, a reworked version of the NES classic that undeniably made a splash in its day.

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Sacred Citadel Review

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Hang-Veng Ly
 Published: June 4, 2013Posted in: PC, PSN, Reviews, XBLA
Sacred Citadel‘s entrance was a rather small blip on the release radar, edging its way to retail without too much fanfare, at least for non-Sacred fans. Sacred Citadel takes the...

Sacred Citadel‘s entrance was a rather small blip on the release radar, edging its way to retail without too much fanfare, at least for non-Sacred fans. Sacred Citadel takes the Sacred series and flips it RPG roots on its head, converting the franchise into a side-scrolling brawler. The cross-genre universe work surprisingly well as a dungeon crawler, giving bigger name titles a run for their money. There’s enough here to captivate, but falls a little short to make a mark for itself.

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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger Review

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Chris Morell
 Published: May 28, 2013Posted in: PC, PSN, Reviews, XBLA
Pistols, cowboy hats and tense saloon standoffs are all synonymous with the Old West, a troubled time where outlaws roamed and alliances were forged or broken. It’s a period that...

Pistols, cowboy hats and tense saloon standoffs are all synonymous with the Old West, a troubled time where outlaws roamed and alliances were forged or broken. It’s a period that Hollywood once depicted with all the glary-eyed trash talk and dramatic shootouts you might expect. It might be considered strange then, that gaming never really followed suit, barring Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption as a particularly memorable western. Before that, however, was Call of Juarez and its sequel, Bound in Blood, both of which proved to be fun yet flawed outings in their own right.

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