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136120768314Strap yourselves in and enjoy the ride as Dave and Josh take a long and hard look at last week’s PlayStation 4 announcement. Dave geeks out over his Injustice: Gods Among Us hands-on and the lads finish off with a review of the hacky slashy Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. (more…)

metal_gear_rising_KeyArtThis week the guys get handsy with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, get ranty on the Cyberpunk 2077 trailer kerfuffle and look at Remember Me. Buckle up for an uncensored view of the state of play in the gaming world. The live feed kicks off 8pm Tuesday AEDST here. (more…)

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This week on rawDLC, the guys review Konami’s super-crazy new Japanese import, NeverDead. They also talk about THQ’s woes and why it is a tragedy, then tangent off on a rant on copyrighting and game mechanics. Plus, they also cover a Capcom showcase and report on Asura’s Wrath, Street Fighter X Tekken, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and Dragon’s Dogma. (more…)

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron, by all rights, shouldn’t work as a game. It has one mouthful of a title, is based on an obscure religious Hebrew text and is filled with enough abstract textures and backgrounds to make both Dali and Picasso go “whoa!”. Playing like a simplified version of God of War, it’s an auditory explosion crossed with an ocular orgy that overwhelms the senses at times and has to be seen to be believed. However, every moment that the artistic style excels is let down by the average gameplay and its repetitive nature. (more…)

Those of you who have never sampled the No More Heroes franchise on the Wii are missing out, big time, for four important reasons; (a) You get to save your progress on the toilet, and who hasn’t wanted to do that, aye? (b) Your character has perhaps the coolest name out there, Travis Touchdown (c) You recharge your wicked Beam Katana by waggling the Wii-mote in an act that could only be described as masturbatory-like, and (d) it’s brought to you by the demented demon known as Suda 51, the brains behind the underrated killer7 and the upcoming Shadows of the DAMNED. (more…)