JackBox’s Quiplash Aims To Be The Life of The Party

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

The folks over at Jackbox Games – the developers of the absolutely hilarious You Don’t Know Jack series – are Kickstarting a brand new game called Quiplash. The premise is pretty simple, a prompt appears on your television and two players (… or ten house cats if you’re lonely like me) answer within the time limit. Responses are then displayed on the TV and other people waiting to play locally (or viewers watching your Twitch stream) can answer on their own mobile devices. The player who gets the most votes is declared the winner of the round! Jackbox Games has

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Final Fantasy XIV: Heavansward Available For Pre-Order

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Final Fanrasy Heavensward
Square Enix has announced that pre-orders for the Heavansward expansion for Final Fantasy XIV are now available in North America. The first expansion for the A Realm Reborn is due out through digital retailers and brick & mortar stores on June 23rd 2015. With the release of Heavensward OSX owners will finally be able to join other adventurers in Eorzea. Heavansward explores the thousand year old conflict between the Ishguardians and the Dravian Dragons during the Dragonsong War. This expansion brings everything you would expect from a major MMO – new races, three new jobs,  new dungeons, new primal fights and

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Life Is Strange Episode 2 ‘Out of Time’ Rewinds Time on March 24th

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

The second episode of Dontnod’s excellent indie themed time traveling episodic adventure Life Is Strange: Episode 2 “Out of Time” will be released on Steam, Xbox Marketplace and the PlayStation Store next Tuesday March 24th. Alongside a brand new batch of Episode 2 screenshots Square Enix also released a brief gameplay clip from Out of Time over the weekend. We’ve also included the previous developer diary ‘Creating Academy Bay’ which focuses on the game’s absolutely fantastic soundtrack. I purchased Episode 1 Chrysalis  when it was released this past January and absolutely loved it. We’ll be posting some impressions of Life

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March 12th Nintendo Download

Posted on March 12, 2015 by Jason Nason

Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. – Command a strike team of unexpected heroes – assembled by Abraham Lincoln himself – to defend Earth against an alien invasion. Harness the power of steam to scout, surprise and annihilate enemies in this star-spangled blend of turn-based strategy and action game play. Only you can outwit and outgun this otherworldly threat.Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. will be available on March 13. Click here to view a trailer for the game. 3D Out Run – 3D Out Run is the much-loved 1986 driving game designed by Yu Suzuki, remastered and enhanced for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems.

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Zombie Incident | Review

Posted on March 11, 2015 by Jason Nason

I know that sometimes the term “old school” is thrown around a lot. Talk of any game that looks, plays and feels like it could have been released back in the days of the Nintendo Entertainment System brings that saying to the front. Zombie Incident is another game that has that look and feel. Here’s a brief synopsis of the game: Hamartia, the great citadel, became the symbol of human sin. After centuries of excesses its penance was going to come. In the darkness of the night, chaos invaded everything. Beasts started to scream. Nothing was like before! No one

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Dying Light Gets Hard Mode

Posted on March 10, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Techland has announced that the hard mode patch for their open world zombie survival horror title Dying Light is now available on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation in North and South America. The rest of the world will be receiving the patch tomorrow – March 11th. The new difficulty level isn’t the only additions in this latest patch, the developers have also added dozens of new weapons including the Bone Splitter and Rune Hammer.  There are also several new outfits for you to find in the game world, who wouldn’t need a new pair of pants after surving a zombie

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The Awakened Fate Ultimatum | Review

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Broken Joysticks

Version Tested: PlayStation 3 Reviewed By: Ben Jr. Longpre  The Awakened Fate Ultimatum is a roguelike RPG developed by Nippon Ichi Software.  You take control of Shin, a boy who is anti-social and hates humans. After he has a a strange dream while sleeping on his school rooftop he wanders home and gets cornered in an alley and ambushed by devils. He has no understanding why he was struck down and killed as he wakes up a few hours later learning that he was revived by a crystal that turns him into the new god and that he must fight

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Assassin’s Creed Rogue Lands On PC

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

Previously PS3 / Xbox 360 exclusive stealth action title Assassin’s Creed:  Rogue is out now on Windows PC through the U-Play Store and Steam Store Ubisoft has announced. Rogue is otherwise known as the one Assassin’s Creed title from last year that wasn’t full of nightmare fuel bugs that will leave you terrified.

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Adventure Bar Story | Review

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Jason Nason

Adventure Bar Story is an RPG set in a fantasy world in which you go on adventures with party members and manage a bar. The premise sounds somewhat odd, but the game actually plays pretty well and feels very much like a SNES era RPG. Your bar is facing a hostile take over by a rich restaurant owner named Gustav. Gustav is a powerful man and he will try to drive you out of business and force you to sell the bar! What’s the best way to defend the take over? Become the most popular bar in town, so even

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March 5th Nintendo Download

Posted on March 5, 2015 by Jason Nason

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars – Get that “aha!” feeling over and over as you guide Minis – toy versions of Nintendo characters – to the exit in each puzzling stage. Tap objects like bridges and springs with the stylus to perfect your strategy. You can even create stages and share them online, and use the new tipping system to reward your favorite creators and unlock more content. Additionally, those who purchase the Wii U version of the game will receive a download code for the Nintendo 3DS version of the game at no additional cost, and vice versa.

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Leak: Metal Gear Solid V Releases Worldwide Sept 1st

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Rae Michelle Richards

It looks like Konami & IGN’s planned reveal of a “big announcement” scheduled for tomorrow morning has been leaked a whole day early. Hideo Kojima’s next entry in the Metal Gear Solid franchise, MGS V: The Phantom Pain will be released worldwide on September 1st 2015. Series director Hideo Kojima provides eager gamers with seven minutes of new details in this brief video.  IGN has pulled the original video but you can watch a subtitled version in the embedded YouTube player below.

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