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Even if you’ve never heard of Keiichi Yano, we’re sure you’ve heard of his games. Best known for rhythm hits, such as Gitaroo Man, Elite Beat Agents, and the Japan-only Ouendan series, Yano and the development team at iNiS are looking to take the tower defense genre for a spin …

Jonathan Ross, Game Of Thrones mania and swollen extremities – it’s been a busy week at SFX HQ

While free of system launches, March is another grea­t month to be a gamer, thanks to an opening week that kicks off with the likes of Mass Effect 3 and Street Fighter X Tekken. Luckily, the action doesn’t let up after that, with each week offering a mix of ­big …

It’s St David’s Day. Hurrah! But Wales… it’s not exactly synonymous with sci-fi is it? More leeks and lava bread and vowel-deficiency. Come on, what have the citizens of Cymru ever done for sci-fi and fantasy? Well, there’s the pretty red dragon on their flag. Yeah, but apart from the …

The History of SSX If youve never played an SSX game youre likely wondering why everyone is losing their minds over this years snowboarding release. Its just a snowboarding game, right? Wrong. SSX is more than that, as you can read about in our review, and theres a reason for …

Trion Worlds’ End of Nations is absurdly ambitious, but that’s sort of how that developer rolls. With Rift, Trion proved it was more than capable entering into the highly-competitive world of online gaming and succeeding, a feat it hopes to repeat with its upcoming free-to-play real-time strategy game. And, at …

Can you identify the famous sci-fi and fantasy houses in this week’s quiz? And we’re not actually asking you “who” lives in them, because that could become a little complicated when it comes to the answers in some cases – though feel free to award yourself bonus no-points for naming …

The PlayStation Vita hardware is a modern mash-up of fresh ideas and familiar elements already seen on the console or handheld sides of the gaming world. But if you haven’t had a chance to hold Sony’s new portable in your hands, it might be difficult to imagine how a list …

Despite the internet controversy, Stacey Whittle isn’t in favour of positive discrimination at the Kapow! con

Deadline madness, a run in with an Avenger, bad dreams and yet more Skyrim in this week’s peek behind the blast door For the past month/year preparation for the SFX Weekender has been such a big part of life in SFX Towers it’s been easy to forget sometimes that there’s …