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    Kid Icarus: Uprising Impressions
    Nintendo launched their first big 3DS offering of 2012 pretty much worldwide this week, and I’ve just stepped away from my 3DS, slightly cross-eyed and bewildered to leave some initial impressions.
    I won’t tell a lie. The original 1986 NES game that provides…READ MORE
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Theatrhythm Heads West
Damien on March 23, 2012 at 08:17 am  3   Like 0

It seemed a little too quirky and risky to warrant a Western release, but I still had hope that Square would pull one out of the bag, and they thankfully have done!
This summer (date to be announced) Square will…READ MORE





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SERAH! Final Fantasy XIII-2 Finally Reviewed
Damien on March 15, 2012 at 09:03 am  3   Like 1

While it’s always cool to dislike the latest Final Fantasy game (people have done this with every incarnation since IX), and look to past incarnations with rose-tinted specs, there were certainly valid reasons to pour scorn upon the thirteenth instalment.
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Et tu, EA?
Buri on March 12, 2012 at 01:08 pm  6   Like 0

Last week I was shocked to find that Capcom vs. Tekken was being released with all of the DLC already included on the disk waiting for you to pay more to unlock it.  Questionmarktarius commented that "Capcom is rapidly devolving…READ MORE





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Assassin’s Creed 3 Debut Trailer And Release Date
Buri on March 08, 2012 at 03:40 pm  2   Like 0

For those of you getting hyped up for Assassin's Creed 3, it looks like Ubisoft has released the debut trailer with a street date of October 30, 2012..

Roll with George Washington in the American Revolution?  Yes please!

So…READ MORE





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Dark Souls Review.  I came.  I saw.  I conquered.
Buri on March 08, 2012 at 12:07 pm  3   Like 3

133 hours 47 minutes and 43 seconds.  Dark Souls… DONE!

It’s been quite a journey.  But alas, the day has come that I have completed my quest.  There were many trials I had to face along the way.  The biggest…READ MORE





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Metal Of Honor Warfighter Debut Trailer
Random on March 07, 2012 at 01:28 pm  0   Like 0

Electronic Arts has today officially unveiled the reveal trailer for the followup to 2010's Metal Of Honor. The game follows missions based on stories from real Tier 1 operators fighting around the world and will hit the 360, PS3 and PC…READ MORE





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Sim City 5 Announced At GDC
Random on March 07, 2012 at 12:48 pm  3   Like 2

Electronic Arts has announced the long awaited next game in the Sim City series today at GDC.

For the first time ever Sim City will feature a multiplayer compontent in which you can assist your friends duing natural disasters. Here's…READ MORE





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FOUL!!! Capcom
Buri on March 06, 2012 at 02:31 pm  6   Like 1

Capcom, you’ve crossed the line.

In the 80's, when I was mowing lawns for NES game money, Capcom was one of the few elite game developers on the scene.  Titles like Ghosts n' Goblins, Trojan and Mega Man were not…READ MORE





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Assassin’s Creed 3 Box Art Revealed
Buri on March 02, 2012 at 12:59 pm  2   Like 1

Apparently the other day a Best Buy employee leaked the box art for the new Assassin's Creed 3 game on the internets, pushing Ubisoft to release an official photo.

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Bioshock Infinite Release Date Announced
Buri on March 02, 2012 at 12:13 pm  2   Like 1

It's been a long time waiting, but it seems that the wait is over.

According to the Irrational Games website’s blog (sounds official to me), we can expect to see the new installment in the Bioshock franchise; "Infinite", October…READ MORE





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Pokémon Black & White Get Sequels
Damien on February 26, 2012 at 11:10 am  5   Like 1

On the Japanese TV show Pokémon Smash, Junichi Masada, director of the ever-popular Pokémon series today announced the next two handheld titles.

Due for release in June on the DS, Pokémon…READ MORE





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Playstation 4?  Game On!
Buri on February 24, 2012 at 03:27 pm  1   Like 2

The internet and rumours go together like cocaine and hookers (wow, that actually kind of rhymes).  And like with hookers, I rarely believe anything they say.  Not that I spend any significant amount of time talking with hookers, but… whatever.  It…READ MORE





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Shut Your Claptrap! Borderlands 2 Release Date Trailer And Pre-Order Bonuses Announced
Buri on February 23, 2012 at 12:28 pm  1   Like 0

87 bazillion guns, just got bazillonder. Well said, Gearbox, well said.

Gearbox Software has been giving small snippets here and there about the 2009 sleeper hit Borderlands's sequel.  We've known it's been in development, and that there has been a…READ MORE





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Bethesda Announces Fallout 3 and Oblivion Double Pack
Buri on February 20, 2012 at 02:46 pm  4   Like 0

If you've been playing Skyrim for the past several months and foolishly though you might be wrapping things up soon and getting on with your life, you're wrong.

According to the…READ MORE





Editorial
Renegade Ops Completed
Random on February 17, 2012 at 04:39 pm  3   Like 0

I started playing Renegade Ops last year when it first came out after feeling really excited about the game based on the initial trailers. Buri and I decided we'd both pick up the game and play through it online co-op style…READ MORE





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Ghost Recon Future Soldier Gameplay Trailer
Random on February 03, 2012 at 06:25 pm  2   Like 0

Here's a pretty kick ass looking trailer for the next game in the Ghost Recon series. It looks like they've scaled back the amount of stuff on the HUD from the basic demo we saw last year at E3. This is…READ MORE





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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Unboxed
Damien on February 02, 2012 at 09:42 am  16   Like 4

It's not supposed to be out here in Europe until Friday, so I was pleasantly surprised to find the Limited Collector's Edition of Final Fantasy XIII-2 on the doormat today.
I guess I'll treat the internet to one of them…READ MORE





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Watch The First 10 Mins Of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Random on February 01, 2012 at 02:15 am  0   Like 0

Capcom gave the guys over at Game Reactor a chance to go hands on with an early build of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City recently, which is currently in development by Slant Six Games and set for a release sometime in…READ MORE





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Resident Evil 6 Demo To Come With Dragon’s Dogma
Random on February 01, 2012 at 01:36 am  5   Like 0

Capcom has announced that Dragon's Dogma will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on May 22nd in North America and May 25th in Europe. Oh, and it will include a download code for a playable Resident Evil 6 demo,…READ MORE





Opinion
Taking A Boat Ride: Hands On With The Circle Pad Pro
Random on February 01, 2012 at 01:20 am  3   Like 1

So I picked up a Circle Pad for my 3DS along with my copy of Resident Evil Revelations a few days ago, and having spent some time using it while playing the aforementioned game and with my 3DS, I thought I'd…READ MORE





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Final Fantasy XIII-2 Launches in America
Damien on January 31, 2012 at 05:51 pm  7   Like 1

The January gaming drought didn’t last all too long this year.
Today, the first big release of 2012 lands in North America.
Final Fantasy XIII-2 for the Xbox and PlayStation 3 promises to be a bit better than its…READ MORE





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Ace Attorney 5 Announced
Damien on January 29, 2012 at 09:56 pm  2   Like 2

At a 10th anniversary event in Japan, Capcom has finally revealed that it is working on the fifth instalment in the popular Gyakuten Saiban/Ace Attorney series.
Despite a few spin-offs, the last main-series Ace Attorney game was released almost a…READ MORE





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Resident Evil Revelations Box Has A Typo
Random on January 27, 2012 at 02:24 pm  5   Like 0

Looks like someone made a little mistake when spelling Resident Evil Revelations for the 3DS title's North American version case as seen in this photo. Capcom has already issued an official…READ MORE





Hands On
Tales of Innocence R Demo Hands On Impressions
Random on January 26, 2012 at 07:21 pm  3   Like 1

Tales of Innocence R hit stores today for the PlayStation Vita and along with it, the trial version was released for download from the PlayStation Store. I spent some time playing through the (very short) demo just now to get a…READ MORE





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Tales of Innocence R Demo Arrives Tomorrow
Random on January 26, 2012 at 03:31 am  0   Like 1

Namco Bandai has announced that along with the release of Tales of Innocence R tomorrow for the PS Vita in Japan, a free demo will be available for download from the PlayStation Store. The game is a complete remake of Tales…READ MORE





Video
Resident Evil Revelations European TV Spot
Random on January 24, 2012 at 06:30 pm  1   Like 1

Here's pretty epic TV spot for Resident Evil Revelations, out this week. I've been stoked for this game since I played it at TGS and I can't wait to play it some more. Yes, I'll even get a the circle pad…READ MORE





Opinion
Play All PS3 Games On Vita? Sure, With Custom PS3 Firmware
Random on January 24, 2012 at 06:01 pm  7   Like 0

One of the nifty things your PSVita can do is remote play you PS3 games over a wireless network. That is, if the feature is enabled for the game you want to play. As it stands, I'm not aware of any…READ MORE





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Resident Evil: Revelations Suffers From Circle Pad Existence
Damien on January 24, 2012 at 04:52 am  4   Like 0

The Resident Evil series follows the classic Capcom route of being so relentlessly diluted, that I pretty much give up following it.
Only when information or news on a Resident Evil game is unavoidable, I pay attention (the announcement of…READ MORE





Video
Resident Evil 6 Official Trailer
Random on January 20, 2012 at 06:49 pm  5   Like 2

Here it is, the first trailer for Resident Evil 6, and this is no teaser, it's pretty long. The most telling line in the whole trailer is when Leon says "It's like Raccoon City all over again." As it should be.…READ MORE

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America not getting PSV UMD transfer.

Questionmarktarius on Feb 8th, 2012

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http://www.gamespot.com/news/6349934.html

Sony just keeps making it easier and easier to not buy a Playstation Vita.

Oh, and Uncharted is apparently going up on the US PSN for $49.99 - exacly the same as the retail copy.

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Vita won’t play PSOne Classics

Questionmarktarius on Nov 29th, 2011

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http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/28/psone-classics-and-other-game-archives-wont-work-on-vita-at-lau/

All the more reason to wait out the launch hype, and just buy one later.
Hell, maybe the rediculous prices for the memory cards will drop in the meantime.

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Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic 3DS Review

Tortoise on Nov 23rd, 2011

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Cooking Mama 4: Kitchen Magic 3DS is a return to DS cooking (much better than Wii cooking). A bit short with only 60 recipes, but it is compensated with "Let's Help" household task mini-games and "Let's Combine" food combination mini-games.

Doing a recipe step perfectly in… READ MORE



Nintendo loses $1.3 billion.

Questionmarktarius on Oct 27th, 2011

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-20125884-17/nintendo-loses-$1.3b-in-six-months-report-says/

This isn't good. Nintendo has been cornholed by a perfect storm of Wii market saturation, aenemic 3DS sales, and R&D costs for WiiU.

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Top 11: Who loves a Pirate?

BokkenMonkey on Oct 20th, 2011

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EDIT> See the TechDirt link in the comments section for a good, serious read about game piracy.

So that article on the "free" version of BF3 got me thinking about the DRM trends in gaming, and how they're pretty much going the opposite direction of the music industry. … READ MORE



JRPG Stigma?

pikkon on Oct 8th, 2011

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When I hear an average video gamer talk about Japanese RPGs and sometimes Japanese games in general, they tend to criticize them as being very similar and lack innovation. For some titles, this is true; and for others they couldn’t be more wrong! My question is this…Why are so… READ MORE


Dungeon Defenders to hit PSN Oct. 18th

Toxodont on Oct 4th, 2011

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Dungeon Defenders, the epic tower defence action RPG, will be released on PSN on October 18th, 2011.  While the other version coming on October 19th for PC will feature most of the same features, the PSN version will also feature 3D and Playstation Move support.  Dungeon Defenders will cost… READ MORE



Camping Mama: Outdoor Adventures DS Review

Tortoise on Sep 19th, 2011

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Camping Mama: Outdoor Adventures DS is Mama’s newest activity. You play as either Mama’s son or daughter and explore various areas on an island. Each area has various stages. Each stage is a maze where you have to avoid the running animals (who decrease your number of hearts) while… READ MORE



What’s #1 x 52?  DC goes back to the beginning

BokkenMonkey on Sep 3rd, 2011

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Ok, so it's not a video game story, but I'm sure it'll spawn tie-in games soon enough.

DC comics is starting over - September 2011 marks the release of 52 different DC comics titles, all at issue #1.  Even though it's been openly acknowledged as a desperate attempt… READ MORE



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