Category: Archive
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Unboxing of Final Fantasy Explorers Collector’s Edition
Did you ever find yourself playing Monster Hunter and think to yourself “I wish I was doing this but with Final Fantasy characters and monsters”? Me neither, but knowing that it’s actually a thing makes it sound really appealing. So when a collector’s edition of Final Fantasy Explorers was announced, I was all in. It…
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Review: Energy Cycle (PC)
A fun, cheap puzzler for those who’ve always wanted more.
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10 Thoughts On… Megadimension Neptunia VII (Sony PlayStation 4)
With all the games Neptune and company has on the PS3, Vita, and even PC, it’s about time that a new Neptunia game makes its debut on the PlayStation 4. Enter Megadimension Neptunia VII (vee two, not seven), the followup to 2013’s Hyperdimension Neptunia Victory. There have been a lot of games and tweaks to…
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Game Collection Roundtable 01/24/2016: Boy and His Blob (PS4, Vita), Oddworld New N Tasty (PS Vita), Earth Defense Force 2 (Vita)
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Review: No One But You (PC)
No One But You Genre: Visual Novel Developer: Unwonted Studios Publisher: Unwonted Studios, Sekai Project Release Date: 01/19/16 While publisher Sekai Project is probably most notable for the big name Japanese visual novels they’ve helped bring to the US recently, like The Fruit of Grisaia and Clannad, they’ve also been doing a great service to…
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Review: Resident Evil 0: HD Remaster (Sony Playstation 4)
Resident Evil 0: HD Remaster Genre: Survival Horror Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 01/19/16 Well, this day was bound to come sooner or later. Capcom’s rereleased most of their up-to-date Resident Evil back catalog on the current and prior generation of consoles, between Resident Evil 4 and an HD remake the Resident Evil remake,…
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Preview: Rabi-Ribi (PC)
Rabi-Ribi Publisher: Sekai Project Developer: CreSpirit Genre: Exploration Platformer Website: http://rabiribi.kano-bi.com Erina is a small little bunny who has been turned into a human, though she kept her long ears and her fluffy little tail. Ribbon is a scantily clad forest fairy with magic powers. Together they form our eponymous duo in Rabi-Ribi. Currently a…
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DePaul Researchers Recruiting for Study on Fighting Game Communities
A new research study exploring the experiences of fighting game community members is recruiting participants from January 18, 2016 to February 8, 2016. To date there have been few if any empirical research studies examining fighting game communities, and most that do look at these communities tend to study the effects of particular video games…
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Game Collection Roundtable 01/17/2016: PSN Essentials, Resident Evil 0 (PS4), Xenoblade Chronicles X (Wii U)
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Review: Pony Island (PC)
Pony Island Genre: Platformer/Puzzle/Alternate Reality Developer: Daniel Mullins Games Publisher: Daniel Mullins Games Release Date: 01/04/16 One of the most exciting things, potentially, about the expansion of indie gaming is that most indie devs are taking the sorts of risks mainstream devs used to take in the eighties and nineties, albeit in a different way,…
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BioWare Unveils Star Wars: The Old Republic – Knights of the Fallen Empire, Anarchy in Paradise, coming February 11, 2016
BioWare and Lucasfilm today announced the release of the next chapter in the episodic expansion story, Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ – Knights of the Fallen Empire. This chapter, Anarchy in Paradise, will be available February 11, 2016 and is the first in a series of seven new chapters that build on the personal story…
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Neverwinter: Underdark Coming to Xbox One February 9
Battle Madness and the Rage of Demons Alongside Drizzt Do’Urden Today, Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leading publisher of free-to-play MMORPGs, and Cryptic Studios announced Neverwinter: Underdark – the eighth expansion of the action MMORPG set in the Dungeons & Dragons’ Forgotten Realms universe from Wizards of the Coast – is coming to Xbox One…
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Game Collection Roundtable 01/10/2016: Amplitude (PS4), Volume (PS Vita), Persona 4: Dancing All Night, Mount Your Friends
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Review: Amplitude (Sony Playstation 4)
Amplitude Genre: Rhythm Developer: Harmonix Publisher: Harmonix Release Date: 01/05/16 My first exposure to Harmonix came not through any of their more popular endeavors, but through their very first game, Frequency, which was published by Sony back in 2001. I didn’t even know what it was at the time, if we’re being honest; I’d stopped…
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Nintendo Download Highlights New Digital Content for Nintendo Systems – Jan. 7, 2016
This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content: Virtual Console on Wii U Hogan’s Alley – Use your split-second reflexes and sharp-shooting skills in the practice shooting range. Use the Wii Remote controller to aim and shoot at the old-timey gangsters as they turn, while avoiding the innocent bystanders. Or in another mode, shoot cans…
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Review: Tharsis (Sony Playstation 4)
Tharsis Genre: Board Game/Survival Horror Developer: Choice Provisions Publisher: Choice Provisions Release Date: 01/12/16 When you first start looking into Tharsis, there’s a lot there that can immediately catch your eye no matter what sort of gamer you think you are. The concept, of people attempting to survive in space during a mission gone wrong,…
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Steam Game You Might Have Missed: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Looking for something to get on Steam? Having trouble sorting through everything that’s in the store? We have you covered through our Steam curator list, where we post recommendations of games we’ve reviewed here on DieHard GameFAN or have played through on our own time. Additionally, once a week we’ll be posting recommendations for games…
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Diehard GameCAST: Episode 74 – Yakuza 5, God Eater 2, Xenoblade Chronicles X, and more!
Happy New Year! We talk games of 2016, the latest Nintendo Direct, and the lack of a new Assassin’s Creed and Scalebound this year.
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Echoes of Aetheria Launches Jan 15
Dancing Dragon Games, creators of Skyborn and Deadly Sin 1 & 2, and Degica are proud to announce Echoes of Aetheria(http://store.steampowered.com/app/354740/) is coming to Steam on January 15, 2016. Echoes of Aetheria is a unique saga that begins with a humble wedding gone-wrong and twists and turns that story until you’ll find yourself at the…
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Review: The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel (Sony PlayStation Vita)
Merry Trails-mas!