As we approach the 8th anniversary of the release of the Playstation 3 in Japan, and the end of its long lifespan (though Sony will continue to support the system with releases through 2015), we’re looking back at our 20 favourite games to grace the console since its release. Here are the first ten… 20….
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Racing games, especially the sort that cater to the street racing culture enthusiast, have never been my cup of tea. The boastful, arrogant swagger of the souped up cars themselves always seem to be given a higher priority than decent gameplay. When I loaded up Forza Horizon 2 and it began with a live-action cinematic…
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Flockers is the newest title from Team17, the venerable studio behind the enduring Worms franchise, and their first new IP in ten years. It’s a puzzle title that is very much of the capital-o, capital-s Old School. Recalling classic titles like Lemmings, it’s not the first (to coin a term) Lemminglike to come out in…
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Destiny is an ambitious FPS/MMO hybrid by console shooter demagogues Bungie and published by the similarly monolithic Activision, it’s a game that wears it’s Halo-inspired DNA proudly on its sleeve. It’s a game that is determined to be different, to stride into this new hardware generation and show us something we’ve never seen before. In…
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Naughty Dog’s decision to remaster their newly crowned PS3 masterwork The Last of Us and release it on PlayStation 4 around a year after it’s initial release just seemed like a weird move. Despite the studio’s hard-won integrity and reputation for excellent content, it felt like they were attempting to trade on the enormous goodwill…
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It’s been announced today that the anticipated game Assassin’s Creed Unity will have its release delayed by two weeks. In Australia and New Zealand, this will see a November 13th release date. The delay seems to be allowing the team behind the project to make some last minute changes. Vincent Pontbriand, senior producer at Ubisoft,…
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Poor Sega. They have been the game industry’s continued proof that just because you have the best hardware – or are the first through the gates – doesn’t mean you’re going to be the one to succeed. The superior Game Gear – with backlighting and colour gameplay – was beaten by a black and white,…
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Welcome to Zombie country! Mountain Sheep (producers of Ice Rage, KingHunt and Bike Baron) have moved on from the ‘Furries’ of their original iOS release and thankfully broadened their horizons, adding to an already popular Minigore game with a Zombie laden multi-platform sequel. Simple gaming aesthetics, a new view option and some interesting special guests add to the gory…
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Even though R18+ classification legislation was passed in Australia nearly two years ago, there have been lengthy delays around official game releases to the public. So unless local stores had exercised their right to parallel import games early (completely legal), gamers were left to frustratingly bide their time. For Mortal Kombat fans however, this may have been…
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All hail Super Meat Boy! This chunky little character consisting of a sloppy cube of meat, is as hilarious and fun to navigate as his gaming forefathers, made popular for their simplicity, difficulty and clever use of odd concepts. This funky gem created by developers Team Meat, may have succeeded in bringing the excitement and gameplay of…
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In the leadup to the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, SBS2 series The Feed will be highlighting a series of topics that relate to the LGBITQ community. Last week they met transsexual porn star Buck Angel, and tomorrow (Wednesday, 19th February) they will be shining a light on a group in Sydney that call…
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As we continue looking into the future of 2014, there are a pile of video games that are piquing the interest of the writers for our newest section, VideAU Games, and so we thought we’d let you in on the 10 games we can’t wait to play over the next 12 months… 10. The Witcher…
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2013 marked a lot of firsts for us at the AU, and one of the new additions to the site we’ve been most excited about has been our new video games section “VideAU Games”. We asked our new team of contributors to tell us their favourite games of 2013, and from that, we bring you…
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