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Every Nintendo Release for Early 2013
AAAAAALLLLL the Quarter 1 (Q1) Nintendo games: Wii U The Amazing Spider-Man Ultimate Edition, March The Walking Dead: Survival Instinct, March 26 Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, March 19 The Croods: Prehistoric Party!, March 19 Need For Speed Most Wanted, March 19 Lego City: Undercover, March 18 Aliens: Colonial Marines, Q1 Rayman Legends, Feb. 26 [...]
Handhelds and the Haters Who Hate Them
A Google search for “handhelds suck” yields, unsurprisingly, outspoken Internet hatred for handheld systems. Common to these dismissals is the unfounded claim, in some variation, “Handhelds are for gamers who aren’t serious.” Searching for opposing arguments, “handhelds rule,” returns news stories about the industry claiming systems like Sony’s Playstation Portable or the Nintendo 3DS show [...]
Review: Resident Evil 6, or, the story of the game that should have been called something else
When I talk about Resident Evil 6, I feel like a man who has to testify against his wife. “Yes, Your Honor, I have loved and cherished my wife for 16 years, and spent a lot of money on her.” “Where were you both on the night of October 2, 2012?” “We were…we were sleeping. [...]
How Video Games are Killing Video Games
Let’s get down to it: Platformers used to be a huge deal. They are not anymore. And that breaks my heart. Some sales figures say otherwise, and there have been some major releases in the last five (and previous to those) years that were platfomers. I’m not saying they’re dead. But things ain’t what [...]
Namco Bandai and New Smash Bros? Yes, Please!
Article By: Andrew Jones Word on the Interwebs is that Katsuhiro Harada, producer of Tekken, is busy leading NAMCO Bandai on developing the Wii U Smash Bros for Nintendo. While Harada hasn’t given a definitive answer as to whether we’ll see Tekken characters in the next Smash Bros or not, things sounded negative for a Panda vs. [...]
LEGO Batman™2: DC Super Heroes “Talking Mini Figures” Trailer
The below trailer gives us a fresh look at what gaming is like with talking LEGO® characters, a first for Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and TT Games. We are happy that the characters have not lost their jovial, humorous touch in their dialogue as in the past the bricked persona were confined to a mixture of [...]
LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes Open World Trailer and Screenshots
LEGO® Batman™ 2: DC Super Heroes got a new trailer (thanks to the folks at IGN for the video upload below), showing off over 500 square miles of superhero adventures. All areas of Gotham City will be able to be explored by the Batmobile and Batwing vehicles, and a new Power Suit suit will be added to Batman’s changeable suit options. [...]
Dust Off That Plasma Cutter: Dead Space Title Will Arrive in 2013
EA divulged in an investor call today that there will be a new Dead Space title in the works set for release anytime within the next fiscal year (meaning anytime between now and March 2013). As for this being an official third title in the trilogy, or a stand alone in the series we have [...]
Super Mario 4 Domain Registration Could Mean a Sneak Peak at E3
Last week the interwebs were ablaze with the rumors surrounding the registration of supermario4.com. Clicking on the link re-routes to the official Nintendo Website. In an interview with Spanish publication, El Mundo, Shigeru Miyamoto expressed that there will be a reveal of a new Super Mario game at this year’s E3. “I’m working on several [...]
The Future of Motion Controls
Many hardcore gamers believe that motion controls are just another new way of playing games that will phase out at with time. My fellow gamers, you are SO dearly wrong. Valve Software, of Half-Life fame, and Razer, gaming hardware, came together for a Consumer Electronics Show preview of what motion control is capable of in [...]