Month: July 2012
Japan Gets Donkey Kong By Downloading NSMB2
North American Club Nintendo members who plan on downloading New Super Mario Bros. 2 can look forward to receiving double the amount of coins to use on the site than those who don’t download the game. The download bonus for the people over in Japan, however, will be a free copy of Donkey Kong: Original […]
Hyper Dimension Neptunia MK 2 Heads To PSN This August
NIS America’s follow up to last years quirky console war inspired Hyper Dimension Neptunia, Mk2, is scheduled for release onto the PlayStation network on August 7th in North America and August 8th in Europe. The original Hyper Dimension Neptunia is one of my favorite RPGS from this console generation. MK2 improves on the original by […]
Jest Set Radio Lands On Mobile Devices This Fall
Sega’s is unrelenting when it comes to their push to see Jet Set Radio on every platform conceivable. Originally announced as an HD remake, featuring several of the original tracks from the Dreamcast classic, for the Xbox Live and Playstation Network the game has now been confirmed for mobile phones. For all of you worrying […]
Meet the Mechromancer In Borderlands 2
The fine folks over at Gearbox Software have been diligently working on Borderlands 2, one of the most anticipated games of the year (for me anyway). Thanks to their hard work, Borderlands 2 has just gone into certification for release. Now, while the on-disc content may be finished, that doesn’t mean that the downloadable content isn’t. […]
Microsoft and Fez Creator Clash Over Patch
Microsoft and Polytron, the developers behind the recently released Fez, are at a standstill when it comes to issuing a patch to correct a save-data corrupting glitch. Now that both companies have issued statements on the matter we have a clearer picture about their disagreement, namely that while it may have centered on the funding […]
The Music of Video Games – Volume 3
Hello again, one and all. Welcome to another week of video game music. Last week, I mentioned that I would be giving you a great treat. I told you all that you will be all winners and today, you will be. I have played Final Fantasy for a long time now. About 12 years ago, […]
Paradox to Live-Steam War of the Roses Tourney
As part of their announced of the Rock In’ Roll Tour, featuring several of their games, Paradox Interactive has also tapped several prominent internet personalities such as Angry Joe, TotalBiscuit and many others. If you want to check out all of the medieval third person combat Paradox will be live-streaming the whole thing on their […]
Is Final Fantasy Versus XIII Done For?
Remember that game that was announced back in 2006 that was part of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series? Well, it appears that Square Enix has canned the game. While this is just speculation as of now, it appears Square Enix has secretly cancelled the game to so that they’re stock prices would not go down. […]
Hard Reset Digital Artbook Released For Free
Wild Hog Games, developers of the cyber punk FPS title Hard Reset have released an online art collection of renders from the game. Clocking in at over 120MB this digital art book features several high quality renders from in-game art assets. Hard Reset is currently 75% off during the Steam Summer sale and the first […]
Steam Summer Sale Deals for July 19th
Well, yesterday’s plot didn’t work out so well, and the Steam Sale marches on. I’ve been thinking about ways to stop this ravager of wallets. Perhaps I’ll start a Kickstarter project to bring an end to these deals. The basic concept is that I will build some sort of giant magnet as well as a […]
Black Ops II Behind The Scenes Trailer
Activision has lifted the veil a bit to show us the behind the scenes work that is going into Black Ops II. In a brand new trailer featuring Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor and the co-write of The Dark Knight David S. Goyer. If you’d like a look at the creative process behind of the […]
QuakeCon 2012 Registrations Begin
Registrations have begun for Quakecon 2012. As always the annual bring your own computer LAN party will be free to attend, though there are a few paid options, including a swag pack (featuring both an official QuakeCon 2012 and a Dishonored t-shirt). In addition to the LAN party, the event will feature the annual keynote […]
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD | Review
Oh, 1999. You held so much promise. I started my sophomore year of college, got settled in my dorm room, and started the school year off right – in my friend’s room playing Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater on the Playstation. From that moment on my love affair with the series began, and unlike my move […]
Rock Band Blitz Release Date Announced
Harmonix has announced the release dates for Rock Band Blitz (or as we like to call it, because it uses a controller rather than instrument peripherals, Frequency 3/Amplitude 2). It arrives on the PlayStation Network on the 28th of August and will retail for $14.99. Blitz will roll onto Xbox Live Arcade on the next […]
Carrier Command: Gaea Mission Teaser Trailer Released
Bohemia Interactive just released a nebulous teaser trailer for their upcoming real time strategy game/ vehicle simulator hybrid Carrier Command: Gaea Mission. As the name suggests, this is a remake of 1988’s Carrier Command. The basic gist of the game is that the players’ main base is an aircraft carrier used to launch assaults on […]