"Rising Star Games have become synonymous with those quintessentially Japanese videogame treats that otherwise may have never made their way to European shores. The sweet, inviting world of the classic Harvest Moon series and pleasing guilt involved in commanding your loyal (or perhaps, not so loyal) followers in Little King’s Story is regularly contrasted with the dark, grimy labyrinths of JU-ON: The Grudge or the under-appreciated Nintendo DS First-Person Shooter, Moon."

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"Lux-Pain has arrived in the UK with a lot of eyes upon it. Delivered by Rising Star Games as a great hope for the Nintendo DS’s 2009 spring line-up, a large spread of gamers have been eagerly awaiting the title since confirmation of it working it’s way across the ocean. Met with mixed reviews at its US launch, Lux-Pain’s European release was a rather gentler affair than may have been expected."

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"Yeah, I guess I’m a bit of an anime fan. Not a big one though. A little one.

On a scale of 1 to 10, I probably rank somewhere around a four or five, meaning I’ll read or watch it if it’s tossed in front of me. Odds are I’ll like it too, but I don’t actively pursue the stuff (well—not often, anyway).

And so was the case with Lux-Pain, which one day found its way to my doorstep (quite literally). After removing the shiny slipcase and examining the included artbook (which was bound to the ..."

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Quite a release week, for PC gamers especially. First we get (finally) Dark Sector, initially planned for simultaneous release, then The Last Remnant, Battleforge..life's pretty good. Although we can't recommend you pick up Dark Sector as it contains that horrid Starforce DRM.

There isn't really much exclusive stuff (not a bad thing, really), with PS3, Xbox 360 and PC owners alike receiving Stormrise, Wanted, and Wheelman, with the latter two seeing Legends of Wrestlemania.

DS owners ca...

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