Category: Archive
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Miitomo Launches in the U.S. on March 31
Nintendo’s First Smart Device App is a Free-to-Start Social Experience Don’t miss out on being a part of a Nintendo first! On March 31, Miitomo, the company’s first-ever smart device application, is launching in the United States and several other countries. Miitomo is a free-to-start social experience that lets users spark one-of-a-kind conversations with friends…
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Review: Magical Eyes – Red is for Anguish (PC)
Magical Eyes – Red is for Anguish Developer: Pomera Studios Publisher: Fruitbat Factory Genre: Visual Novel Release Date: 03/30/2016 I tend to be a voracious consumer of visual novels. My Steam wish list is flowing to the brim with them (and flowing to the brim period, but that’s neither here or there). I’m also a…
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Review: Catlateral Damage (Sony Playstation 4)
Catlateral Damage Genre: Sandbox/Action Developer: Manekoware Publisher: Fire Hose Games Release Date: 03/22/16 Complicated, challenging games are certainly a wonderful thing to have available, but sometimes you just need a game that lets you turn off your brain and wreck everything in sight for a while. That’s certainly the charm behind a lot of games,…
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Review: Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault (Sony PlayStation Vita)
An assault on fun.
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Review: Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault (Sony PlayStation 4)
A fun concept that was ground into tedium by poor design.
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Game Collection Roundtable 03/27/2016: Hyrule Warriors Legends (3DS), XCOM: Enemy Unknown Plus (Vita)
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Review: Republique (Sony Playstation 4)
Republique Genre: Stealth Developer: Camoflaj Publisher: GungHo Release Date: 03/22/16 Republique was one of those rare games that I was interested in playing despite knowing next to nothing about it; if I’m being up-front, I thought the title was interesting and the box art looked cool, and decided that was enough knowledge to inform my…
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Review: Fire Emblem Fates Special Edition (Nintendo 3DS)
Another Nintendo product Fated for a small print run.
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Review: The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition (Sony PlayStation 4)
The Witch and the Hundred Knight: Revival Edition Publisher: NIS America Developer: Nippon Ichi Software Genre: Action/RPG Release Date: 03/04/2016 Japanese developer/publisher Nippon Ichi is known for creating and releasing games around the world with very interesting and quirky concepts that are unique to the developer, regardless of what they release to the market. 2014’s…
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Preview: Kôna: Day One (PC)
Kôna: Day One Publisher: Parabole Developer: Parabole Genre: Adventure Kôna: Day One is a first-person adventure/exploration game that takes place in the snow laden lands of a magical, faraway place known as “Canada.” Day One is the first chapter in the episodic Kôna series, tracking the adventure of Carl Faubert. Carl is set to meet…
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Review: Mind Zero (PC)
Mind Zero Genre: JRPG/Dungeon Crawler Developer: Acquire, ZeroDiv Publisher: Aksys Release Date: 03/08/16 The past year or so has been harsh on Japanese game publishers trying their hand at bringing games to the PC marketplace. While a few, like Sega and Idea Factory, have done so admirably (Valkyria Chronicles and the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, respectively),…
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Game Collection Roundtable 03/19/2016: Pokken Tournament (Wii U), EA Sports UFC 2 (PS4), PSN Flash Sale
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Review: Dungelot: Shattered Lands (PC)
A game that adds a “What’s in the box?” mechanic to the roguelike genre. It works better than you’d think.
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Review: The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD (Nintendo Wii U)
Not-Okami HD.
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Game Collection Roundtable 03/12/2016: The Division (Xbox One), Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright (3DS), Assault Android Cactus (PS4)
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Review: Family Fishing (Nintendo 3DS)
Family Fishing Genre: Fishing/Fighting Developer: Arc System Works Publisher: Aksys Games Release Date: 11/19/2015 When I think about Arc System Works, I automatically think of the fighting games that they develop, such as BlazBlue, Guilty Gear and Arcana Heart. I don’t think of them as a developer who makes quirky little family-oriented games… only it…
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Diehard GameCAST: Episode 76 – Fire Emblem Fates, XCOM 2, Far Cry Primal, and more!
“…” Just kidding. That was a Fire Emblem localization reference, which is the hot topic for the evening as well as the state of Street Fighter V.
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Game Collection Roundtable 03/06/2016: Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, Fire Emblem: Fates (3DS), Japanese Import Bounty!
What did the Diehard Gamefan team add to their collections this week?
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Review: Norna (iOS)
This clever puzzler does just as well on portable devices as it did on PC.
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Review: Far Cry Primal (Sony PlayStation 4)
Less is not always more.