Ani-Game

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

Astral Chain is an action adventure game made by PlatinumGames, known over the recent years for being one of the best developers within the genre when it comes to action packed scenarios and pushing it’s titles in new and unique directions. Their latest game achieves that yet again with it’s varied mission and gameplay types, captivating world and character designs … Read More

Back in my high-school days I spent many a morning watching the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime, something I still enjoy to this day and many a lunch time playing the card game with friends. There has been no shortage of Yu-Gi-Oh! video games over the years, some really good, some pretty terrible. Back in 2015 we saw Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist … Read More

In my current situation reviewing games for the site, it’s rare that I get a chance to go back and replay a game once I’m done reviewing it. Most of the time there is something waiting to be reviewed next. So unless something is really special, or easy to jump-in/jump-out of, unfortunately it may only be played through to completion … Read More

After the international success of his last film, Your Name, Director Makoto Shinkai has a lot of new eyes on his work and a lot of fan anticipation for his new projects. It must be an insane amount of pressure to live up to, but Shinkai has taken lessons learned and themes from not only Your Name but his whole … Read More

There are a number of video franchises that due to being around for decades or due to proving their quality or story telling abilities, generate instant excitement. The Wolfenstein series fits this bill on both accounts. It’s a very cross generational series, with it starting it’s run in the early 80’s and rising in popularity with 1992’s Wolfenstein 3D. The … Read More

Kill La Kill:IF isn’t the first game to take an anime license and turn it into a playable arena-fighter experience. And it certainly won’t be the last. The genre lends itself so well to anime titles, especially those featuring plenty of conflict and combat because it allows the player to take control of their favourite characters (often those that don’t … Read More