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President of Nintendo Satoru Iawata Passes Away At 55

The president of Nintendo has passed away due to complications related to a bile duct growth the company confirmed in a statement this evening, he was 55. Satoru Iwata is well known to gamers and shareholders alike as he has been a public face for the company over the past fifteen years. After joining Nintendo […]

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Cities: Skylines | Review

The city building / management genre has always held a special place in my heart since I played Sim City 2000 back on the Super NES back in the early 90s. After the Sim City disaster a few years ago the genre has certainly seen better days. Can Paradox Interactive revitalize this troubled genre with […]

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Hyperdimension Neptunia Rebirth: 3 V Generation Available In North America & Europe

Idea Factory International has released the final HyperDimension Neptunia remake for the PlayStation Vita in North America and Europe as of today. Titled HyperDimension Neptunia: Rebirth 3 V Generation (*phew that’s a long title*) this retelling of the original HyperDimension Neptunia: Victory includes several key features like customizable combo moves, brand new story scenarios and […]

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Tales of Zestiria Heading To North America This October

Fans of Bandai Namco’s Tales of series don’t have to wait much longer for a new entry to make its way to North American shores.  Tales of Zestiria will be coming to PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and Windows PC this October in Europe and North America the publisher detailed on their official blog today. In […]

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SEGA Details Hatsune Miku Project Mirai DX

Rhythm game fans have reason to cheer with the September release of Hatsune Miku: Project Mirai DX on the Nintendo 3DS. The popular vocaloid makes her western 3DS debut with the release of this popular Japanese music game, which features over 47 different songs to jam along too. Gameplay consists of pressing the face buttons […]

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Apple Music / iOS 8.4 Go Live Tomorrow Morning

Apple’s much anticipated subscription based music service, Apple Music, will go live tomorrow morning alongside the launch of Beats Radio and an update to iOS 8 to enable support for both of these new products. Originally revealed at this month’s WWDC Apple Music is cupertino’s Spotify competitor allowing subscribers to access millions of songs for […]

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PlayStation Plus Has Been Going Strong For 5 Years

It’s hard to believe that it has been 5 years since Sony introduced PlayStation Plus. Long before the instant games collection went live in 2012 or the PS+ requirement for online play on PlayStation 4 went into effect PS+ has been offering subscribers discounts on digital content across all of Sony’s consoles. In a brief […]

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New Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 5 Developer Diary

Activision’s team of developers are reaffirming their commitment to bringing the old school high score tallying playstyle of classic Tony Hawk Pro Skater games with this latest ViDoc for Tony Hawk’s Proskater 5. Interviews with professional skaters interspersed with members of the developers make up the bulk of this new ViDoc. We get a better […]

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Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water May Be a Digital Only Release

Horror game fans haven’t had many AAA games to look forward too after the demise of Hideo Kojima’s Silent Hills earlier this year. Koei Tecmo is looking to this gap in the genre with release of Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water for the Nintendo Wii U sometime during the third quarter of this year but […]

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Driveclub PS+ Edition Coming Tomorrow, No Online Mode For Most

DriveClub’s free PlayStation Plus version will be launching tomorrow on the North American PlayStation Store Evolution Studios has announced. This free version of Sony’s latest racer comes a full eight months after the release of the full retail version and more than two years after DriveClub was announced alongside the PlayStation 4. Evolution says that […]

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Xenoblade Chronicles X Gets North American Release Date

We’ve seen a lot of footage from Monolith Soft’s upcoming futuristic RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X through various Nintendo Direct events and footage from Japan. Now we finally know when this fantastic looking Wii U game will be available in North America – December 4th 2015. It will also be getting a PAL region release sometime […]

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Horizon Zero Dawn Looks Absolutely Fantastic

Guerilla Games has been pretty quiet about what shape their next PlayStation 4 exclusive would take. Two years after the release of Killzone: Shadowfall Guerilla took the wraps off of their latest project Horizon Zero Dawn during this week’s PlayStation Media Briefing at E3.  To say that this 7 minute debut trailer has me excited […]

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Metroid Prime: Federation Force Sets Sights On 3DS

A new entry in the Metroid Prime franchise is on its way to the Nintendo 3DS the publisher revealed today. Titled Metroid Prime: Federation Force this multiplayer focused handheld title is a spin-off set in same universe as Retro Studios’ acclaimed first person adventure trilogy.

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Star Fox Zero Coming To Wii U This Holiday

Nintendo opened their E3 Digital Event this morning with the unveiling of a brand new Star Fox game titled “Star Fox Zero”. Taking inspiration from previous titles in the Star Fox series Zero looks to combine the aesthetic of Star Fox 64 with unique gameplay mechanics only possible with the Wii U gamepad.

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Final Fantasy 7 Remake Heading To PS4

Square Enix showcased a teaser trailer for the long awaited Final Fantasy 7 remake at Sony’s E3 2015 press conference. The teaser trailer talks about a world falling into ruin and a group of heroes returning. If that makes this title sound like a sequel, it’s not.. the crowd literally erupted in energetic applause that […]

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