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  • Stumped – The Gaming Flashback

    Does the nostalgia bug like to bite you from time to time? Well Sarah-Lou maybe able to give you a little something to soothe that wound. Yep, wound.

  • The Beginner’s Guide To Video Game Collecting: Where To Buy

    After years of building his own collection, Sean provides some advice on how to start building your own video game collection.

  • Unsung Story Kickstarter Reveals “Spiritual Successor” to Final Fantasy Tactics

    The title, a proposed collaboration between Yasumi Matsuno (the mastermind behind Final Fantasy Tactics and Vagrant Story) and developer Playdek, promises the same sort of “complex and rich game worlds” and “inspiring class based tactics game play” as their past projects. Target platforms for the project currently include PC, Mac, iOS and Android. In an interesting…

  • Final Fantasy VI Port Now Available on Android

    Following an announcement late last year, the legendary Super Nintendo RPG, originally localised in several western territories as Final Fantasy III, is now available on Android devices running version 3.2 (“Honeycomb”) or higher. In a series that often evokes wildly-differing opinions from its fans, Final Fantasy VI is generally considered a high-point (with our own…

  • The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

    In early 2013, during an otherwise uneventful Nintendo Direct video presentation, the game developer spoke about the pressures of designing for the Zelda franchise. How do you keep such a critically-lauded property fresh, while also satisfying long-time fans who have grown to love its formula? Nintendo’s answer was “Challenge the expectations of players”. Later in…

  • PlayStation 3 Title Tales of Zestiria Announced

    The announcement was made at a Japanese reveal event last night by developer Namco Bandai Studios. A trailer for the new title was also shown, embedded below. European fans will be pleased to learn that the game is already confirmed for Europe – albeit at an unknown date – on the PlayStation 3. Speaking on…

  • Killer Instinct Classic to be Bundled with New Killer Instinct’s ‘Ultra Edition’

    Regarding the availability of the new release, Torin Retting said: “Killer Instinct Classic is a complete port of the original Killer Instinct arcade game, and you can ONLY get it with the Ultra Edition of Killer Instinct.” The port will be available in two variants: one based on the original 1.4 Arcade ROMs, and another modeled after…

  • Metroid Homage Ghost Song Triples Kickstarter Goal

    Under development for the last year, Ghost Song promises a large, open-world to explore filled with upgradable power-ups and tough boss-battles. While obviously heavily inspired by Metroid, developer Matt White also cited Dark Souls as an influence on difficulty and balancing. Like Super Metroid, the game makes use of some gorgeous 2D artwork to help…

  • Earthbound Headed to European Virtual Console

    It appears Nintendo is on a full-on nostalgia-attack this week. In the same Nintendo Direct live feed where a new Link to the Past game was announced, Nintendo revealed that Japanese role-playing game Earthbound would be arriving on European shores for the first time ever via the Virtual Console, later this year. A release on…

  • Nintendo Announces New 3DS Link to the Past Game

    At the conclusion to today’s Nintendo Direct live video feed, Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Amie revealed the new game in the Zelda series, which sports 3D graphics from a traditional birds-eye perspective. There is currently no confirmed title for the adventure, though it will be released “this holiday season” on Nintendo 3DS. Reggie Fils-Amie said:…