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Earlier this morning, PlayStation aired their latest State of Play presentation. For those unaware, State of Play is Sony’s answer to the Nintendo Direct, a concise, pre-curated video providing updates on existing games and unveiling new game projects. And this morning’s episode has some great trailers and showed us why we should be excited for what’s to come from PlayStation … Read More

There’s something about the LEGO games that I’ve always found really fun and satisfying. It could be that it allows us to play with some of our favourite figures, reliving our childhoods but just in video game form or perhaps it’s their quirky recreations of the stories and worlds from our favourite franchises. Back in late 2015, the LEGO games … Read More

Earlier this week PlayStation revealed that another State of Play presentation would be airing next week. The presentation will go live on Tuesday at 9.00pm BST which is Wednesday morning at 6AM AEST for us Aussies. The official PlayStation Blog states that the presentation will last around 20 minutes and contain new game reveals and content updates from PlayStation’s Worldwide … Read More

After being revealed during Nintendo’s E3 showing in 2018, Daemon X Machina caught the attention of many people when it showed of it’s fast paced mech shooter gameplay. I remember being instantly interested, being an anime fan, it looked like it could be the Gundam or Code Geass game I’d always wanted. But although the mech gameplay is a lot … Read More

There have been no shortage of Final Fantasy remasters and ports in recently. But even with 7, 9 , X, X-2 and 12 hitting the Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PC in recent years, fans were very loud about one missing and very popular entry. Final Fantasy 8. After launching on the original PlayStation back in 1999, it wouldn’t be released … Read More

Earlier this morning, Nintendo held a Direct presentation, and it was packed full of game announcements and updates. Running at almost 40 minutes in length, it showed us what we should be excited for within the next year for the Nintendo Switch. The full presentation can be watched below, but I’ve included a breakdown of what was shown off during … Read More

Choose your own adventure games are all the rage right now. Many different developers are using the framework across many different story genres to give players a deeper level of immersion and interactivity with the stories they’re being told. One that does things a little differently though is the debut game from Flavourworks that was stealth dropped during this years’ … Read More

Eight years on from the original release of Catherine on the PS3 and Xbox 360, it seems ATLUS knows that people still love the world and characters that were created and it appears they’re happy to give us more of it all these years later. Earlier this year, the original game made it’s way to the PC for the first … Read More

Just like their movie counterparts, horror video games of recent years have been hit or miss affairs. Many either trying to capitilise on the release of a related film, being a VR title packed with cheap jump-scares or telling a story within a world that isn’t developed, leading to a shallow experience. There are of course some great horror experiences … Read More

Remedy Entertainment are back with another mind bending, supernatural adventure that cleverly blends together high fidelity visuals and live action components. It takes the story-telling techniques, technology and lessons learned so far, refined and combined them to create their latest offering, Control. In Control you play as Jesse Faden as she infiltrates the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), a secret … Read More