Month: January 2016
Fourth Series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards Announced
The third series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards may have just been released in Japan but there are already more planned. On a post on Nintendo Japan’s website the next series of cards has been announced. The next 100 cards will hit stores in Japan on March 24th. As always the cards will come in […]
Epic Opens Up Paragon Closed Beta Sign Ups
Epic Games has opened up beta registration for their upcoming third person MOBA title Paragon. The actual beta sign-up process is rather simple: if you have an EPIC account simply login to their site or create a new login on their beta sign-in page. Potential players can also sign up by signing into the Epic […]
Death of a Shooter: Halo 3’s Xbox 360 Multiplayer Is a Ghost Town
Call it yearning for nostalgia, call it reliving the old days but after writing and producing the Halo Online preview that went live today I decided to dust off my Xbox 360 from the back of my entertainment center. After I signed up for a trial for Xbox Live, as it had been at least […]
SEGA Confirms Valkyria Chronicles Remastered For North American Release
Prepare to gather the ragtag group of Squad 7 as they prepare to defend the country of Galloa from the advancing forces of the Empire. As war rages across the Europan continent it will be up to members like Alicia and Welkin will have a secret weapon against the Empire, a prototype tank that will, […]
Battleborn characters Ghalt and Deande showcased in new videos
Battleborn, the new multiplayer shooter from Gearbox just got some new video content. Deande, and Ghalt are featured in new video content released today. Ghalt wields dual shotguns, has a gap closing hook, and can deploy traps. Deande appears to be much more stealth oriented with a melee attack and a cloak that makes her invisible. There […]
Let’s Take A Look At Halo: Online For PC
Halo 3 was one of the definitive online experiences I got to spend hundred of hours in during the last generation of consoles. Released during my first year of college I can’t recall the number of nights that I spent with friends fragging each other, laughing and getting unfortunately cussed out on Xbox Live until […]
Labyrinth of Wonderland Destined for North American eShop?
First came Adventure Bar Story, then came the sequel Mercenaries Saga 2. And it now looks like the third game in the series might be on the way. Developed by Rideon, the third game in the series Labyrinth of Wonderland could be on the way. Rideon Japan opened up the website for the game today […]
Space Hulk: Deathwing gets a new trailer
Upcoming first person co-operative shooter Space Hulk: deathwing has a new trailer featuring its fearsome Terminators. The “Rise of the Terminators” trailer features the games protagonists the Death Wings chapter of the Black Angels of the fighting against all manner of the Xenos Tryanids. The Trailer features a good look at both the Enemies and […]
Mario & Sonic amiibo at the Olympic Games
Mario & Sonic at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will be released on March 18th, and this year you’ll be able to take your amiibo to the Olympics. When the action-filled game launches for Nintendo 3DS, both Mario and Sonic amiibo figures will be compatible. By tapping the Mario or Sonic amiibo figures to the […]
Paladins Beta update: Patch 12
Paladins has dropped a new patch, and boy howdy is it a different game now. [youtube id=H47y_9Xm9o4]
Nintendo eShop Sales for January 21st, 2016
I’ve decided to split this off from the regular weekly Nintendo Download to give a little more of a deep dive into each newly added item to the eShop sales list. So what’s been on sale previously will have the same list you remember, but new entries will also have more detail at the top […]
Diablo’s Wizard and Necromancer Highlighted In New Heroes Trailer
Blizzard Entertainment’s Heroes of the Storm development team is ready to share some of the upcoming content they’ve been working on with players. In a brand new trailer we get an up close look at the models and skins for the two newest heroes – Li Ming and Xul as well as brand new skins […]
Broken Deals: FFXIV, PSN Flash Sale, Sonic & More
The weekend is finally here – a time for most of us to kick back, relax and possibly catch up on our massive backlog of games. Except with the awesome deals that both Steam and a surprise Sony Flash Sale are offering it is more probably than not that more games will end up in […]
Third Wave of Animal Crossing and more amiibo Coming in March
On March 18th, new amiibo figures in the Animal Crossing series will launch in stores, including characters like Timmy & Tommy, Kapp’n and Rover. The Digby amiibo, which was only available packaged with Animal Crossing: amiibo Festival, will also be made available as a stand-alone amiibo. The next series of Animal Crossing amiibo cards also […]
Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak the definitive review
A review by special guest editor Robyn Robo So it’s been a long time coming for the sequel to Homeworld & Homeworld 2, a solid 12 years and one bankruptcy in fact. When first published in 1999, Homeworld was a revolution in real time strategy, a fairly hot genre at the time being just over […]