Month: April 2013
Capcom Releases Another Arcade Cabinet Series
Capcom has released a few more games in their Capcom Arcade Cabinet series, specifically with the releases of 1942, SonSon and Pirate Ship Higemaru. All three of the games game out in 1984 and, for those want to relive these three videogame classics or try them for the first time, they can with the release […]
2013 Canadian Video Game Awards This Saturday
The 4th Annual Canadian Videogame Awards will be taking place on Saturday in Vancouver, British Columbia, presented as part of Vancouver Fan Expo. The CVAs were created to honour and celebrate the “best and brightest” in Canadian videogame and feature games from big mainstream titles to smaller indie projects. If you haven’t heard of the […]
SEGA Reveals Disney’s Castle of Illusion
SEGA revealed a new teaser trailer for Disney’s Castle of Illusion, starring Mickey Mouse, today. The teaser is an expanded look at an uber teaser they released last week. And while the game looks like it could be something to see, the most notable thing that I can see is the omission of Nintendo platforms […]
Nintendo 3DS Direct Set for Wednesday
Nintendo put up a notice this morning that they will be streaming a new Nintendo 3DS Direct for North America on Wednesday, April 17 at 7am PT / 10am ET. While not a lot is known about what will be featured in the broadcast there could be a good focus on Animal Crossing, which will […]
Injustice: Gods Among Us Launch Event Report
DC Comic’s stable of superheroes and villains is quite a diverse group; where else are you going to find a crime fighter dealing with the trauma of his parent’s murder years after the fact; the last member of an alien race with our solar system’s sun fueling his powers; and a clown so insane no […]
NHL 14 Revealled
Electronic Arts announced today the new features for EA Sports’ upcoming NHL 14 title, which is set to be released in the fall. The new features promise to unleash the aggression, speed and skill of NHL hockey through the best technology of this console generation that EA Sports has to offer. Gamers will be able […]
Foundry Perspective On Neverwinter
This being the fourth Beta weekend for Neverwinter right now I’ve been eager to get back into the game. I enjoyed the third beta weekend. During the week I did some homework getting to know Cryptic’s Star Trek Online so I could relate between the two games. The two do have their similarities but they […]
Trion Worlds Releases First Post Launch Patch For Defiance
Trion Worlds released its ambitious, yet lukewarmly received, shooter title Defiance two weeks ago and the developers are already working on their first post-launch patch due out next week. A client side patch will allow players to replay the main story missions after completing them, improving the quality of in-game pop-up menus and allowing voice/text […]
Second Dimension: The Warrior’s Code Interview
The fighting game community (FGC) has grown from holding local events to smaller venues to occupying ballrooms at four-star establishments with talent from all across the globe attending. Major sponsors such as Capcom, Namco Bandai, and others are responsible for the development of some of the world’s most famous franchises in gaming, and are showcased […]
Nintendo Discontinues Wii Online Services
Nintendo sent out a release early this morning detailing the planned discontinuation of several of their online services for the Nintendo Wii home console on June 28th. The shut down includes several features including the Forecast Channel, Everybody Votes Channel, the Nintendo Channel and and a few other things, including messaging.
Disney: Infinity ‘Toy Box’ Trailer Opens Your Creative Mind
Disney looks to take aim at the Skylanders market when it releases Disney Infinity August 18th, 2013. I don’t want to go as far to say that Disney Infinity is a complete clone of the Skylanders franchise, but it takes quite a bit from it and builds on to an amazing concept. One of the […]
Sacred Citadel Launches Next Week For PSN, XBLA, & Steam
Deep Silver and SouthEnd Interactive are set to release Sacred Citadel next week, Wed. April 17th, for XBLA, PSN, & Steam. Sacred Citadel is part side-scrolling brawler, a bit RPG, and a game you will want to have some co-op buddies around for. It does support both online and offline 3 player co-op, so go […]
Nintendo Updates Swapnote
Nintendo released a small update to their Swapnote application this morning which can be activated either from the eShop or the application directly. Swapnote will send you right to the eShop update page. The software update now available for the message-sharing application will allow users to attach photos and audio recordings when replying to notes, […]
April 11th Nintendo Download
Quite a few things released today. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s highly anticipated Injustice: Gods Among Us hits the Wii U eShop today plus the Wii U gets another $0.30 Virtual Console title in Kirby’s Adventure. Plus three new titles are available in the 3DS eShop including Nintndo’s sequel Dillon’s Rolling Western: The Last Ranger, Soccer […]
RUMOR: Next Xbox Won’t Be “Online All The Time”
So here we are again with the rumors surrounding the next console from Microsoft. Durango, NextBox, Xbox, Xbox 720…whatever you want to call it. We know that many gamers and loyal fans have all but jumped ship in spite of the rumors going around about having an “online all the time connection.” Well, those are […]