Added: 23.08.2015 22:18 | 32 views | 0 comments


New Game Network: Diablo was not the first hack-and-slash dungeon crawler, but it is one of the most influential. After nearly two decades, action-RPG games are still using the same mechanics that earned it so much praise. In recent times, games like Torchlight and The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing have exploited the isometric viewpoint while guiding players through dungeons as they versed supernatural creatures and collected treasure. Victor Vran draws heavy inspiration from these prominent games, taking players through an eastern European setting as they fight vampires and skeletons. While progression is shallow and replay value limited, the combat makes the dungeon crawling fairly enjoyable for a little while.

Added: 23.08.2015 18:18 | 24 views | 0 comments


While looking at sales across the world the Wii U is struggling to compare to the newer PS4, in Japan the two consoles are more balanced in their performance, occasionally trading places as the most popular home console each week, and coming relatively close in terms of sales. This week, combining the newest Media Create data with historical sales, the Wii U has passed another milestone in the archipelago of the rising sun, passing 2.5 million units that have found a happy Japanese home.

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Dominic Sheard: "Playing action RPGs is a good way for me to relax and explore dungeons, smash enemies and gain powerful loot. I have been doing this with Diablo III: Reaper of Souls - my default option of choice when needing to kill things. Occasionally a new game in the genre will release to pull me away from the depths of High Heavens to check it out, which is the case with the new kid on the block, Victor Vran, a title that had completely gone over my head until it was properly released on Steam (it was in Early Access for around six months). Victor Vran is by Bulgarian developers, Haemimont Games, a company more known for their recent Tropico games rather than action RPGs. While their jump into this genre isn't without issues, the developers have placed interesting mechanics into the game to give Victor Vran just enough to distinct itself from other games in the genre."

Added: 23.08.2015 15:18 | 12 views | 0 comments


GG: Back in 2008 Psyonix Inc released what would become a cult hit called Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle-Cars, also known as SARPBC. While Im not big on the PC market anyways, this game had been unbeknownst to me until the sequel, Rocket League, launched on Sonys smash hit PlayStation 4 as part of the Instant Game Collection. At first I was on the side of the skeptics, could soccer and RC cars really work as a game? After a few matches not only did it work, it pushed Splatoon to my back burner of go to online games.

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Siliconera sat down with Square Enix producer Ryota Aomi and Omega Forces director Tomohiko Sho to talk about Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Trees Woe and the Darkness Below. While the game runs using the Warriors engine, I noticed some differences between Dragon Quest Heroes and Hyrule Warriors, another Omega Force project, so I began our conversation with that:

Added: 22.08.2015 23:18 | 9 views | 0 comments


Siliconera sat down with Square Enix producer Ryota Aomi and Omega Forces director Tomohiko Sho to talk about Dragon Quest Heroes: The World Trees Woe and the Darkness Below. While the game runs using the Warriors engine, I noticed some differences between Dragon Quest Heroes and Hyrule Warriors, another Omega Force project, so I began our conversation with that: