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Of Shinichiro Watanabe & BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

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Of Shinichiro Watanabe & BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

Believe it or not, there’s a faint link between one of this year’s perennial fighting games, BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, and Shinichiro Watanabe’s two well-renowned anime hits.

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Black Spot: The Conclusion To Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena

We now come back to the adventures of Riddick, straight out of the ship Athena. For the first part, click here.

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A Guide To Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena

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A Guide To Chronicles of Riddick: Assault On Dark Athena

Feeling a little lost on the latest Chronicles of Riddick follow up? Here’s our guide to the first half of the bad ship Dark Athena, along with some protips on how to get by some general problems.

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Lost In Translation In Yakuza 3?

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Lost In Translation In Yakuza 3?

Just last week and a half, I manage to snag myself a copy of Sega’s fourth game of the Ryu Ga Gotoku series (let’s just call it Yakuza 3) which, to be frank, sold a s***load of copies in its native Japan. Outside in the English-speaking realm? Not so much. As the first two Yakuza [...]

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Cult Of Persona 4-lity

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Cult Of Persona 4-lity

Not pictured: wacky panty-flashing schoolgirl hijinx
If you picked up a copy of GameAxis Unwired this month, you’ll see a rather better-late-than-never gushing on why Persona 4 rocks. Hell, check out the GAXPoint of that game if you think I’m wrong. Of course, I like to pick apart my favorite games and see them more as [...]

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Tales of Vesperia: 10 Hours + 40 Hours In

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Tales of Vesperia: 10 Hours + 40 Hours In

10 Hours In

The folding chairs in the Kallang resort happen to be 10-foot praying mantises in disguise. Who knew?
So I manage to sink in some time with Namco Bandai’s latest RPG Tales game, called Tales Of Vesperia, after a bit of R&R in the motherland. Here’s what I’ve learned and [...]

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