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  • Review: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor (Nintendo DS)

    Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Publisher: Atlus USA Developer: Atlus Genre: Tactical RPG/Turn Based RPG Hybrid Release Date: 06/24/2009 Once upon a time there was a video game series. This video game series called Shin Megami Tensei: Akuma Zensho AKA Devil Summoner. Now this Devil Summoner series had little in common with the Action RPG…

  • Review: Taxi Ball (iPhone)

    Taxi Ball Genre: Labyrinth Racing Developer: Self Aware Publisher: Apple Release Date: 05/20/2009

  • Review: Jake Hunter: Memories of the Past (Nintendo DS)

    Jake Hunter: Memories of the Past Genre: Adventure/Visual Novel Developer: WorkJam Publisher: Aksys Games Release Date: 05/26/09

  • Hearts of Iron III Hands-On Preview (PC)

    Hearts of Iron III Publisher: Paradox Interactive Developer: Paradox Interactive Genre: Grand Strategy Release Date: Q3 2009 I won’t lie. One of the main reasons I joined Diehard GameFAN is to get free videogames, and the game I wanted most over all others is this one: Hearts of Iron III. Hearts of Iron II still…

  • Review: Bomberman Ultra (Sony PS3)

    Bomberman Ultra Developer: Hudson Publisher: Hudson Genre: Party/Multiplayer Release Date: 06/11/2009

  • Review: Monster Hunter Freedom Unite (Sony PSP)

    Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Genre: Action RPG Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 06/22/09

  • Review: Knights Onrush (iPhone)

    Knights Onrush Developer: MoreGames Publisher: Chillingo Genre: Strategy/Castle Defense Release Date: 6/3/2009 As I stated in my review of Toki Tori, in the sprawling metropolis that was the iPhone and it’s capabilities, games were like the seedy back alley. I didn’t want to go near them lest I end up demoralized, short of money, and…

  • Review: Rainbow Islands – Towering Adventure! (WiiWare)

    Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure Publisher: Square-Enix Developer: Taito Genre: Platformer Release Date: 06/15/2009 Okay, I’m a well known fan of Bubble Bobble and Puzzle Bobble AKA Bust-A-Move. Last year’s Bubble Bobble: Double Shot won our Puzzle Game of the Year award and the original is on the favourites list of nearly everyone on staff. In…

  • Review: Jagged Alliance (DS)

    Jagged Alliance Genre: Turn-Based Strategy Developer: Strategy First/Cypron Studios Publisher: Atari Release Date: 05/20/09

  • Review: Final Fantasy VII (PS3/PSP)

    Final Fantasy VII Developer: Squaresoft Publisher: Squaresoft Genre: Turn-Based RPG Re-Release Date On PSN: 6/01/2009 Earlier this year I got the opportunity to review Suikoden after it was released on the PSN. Today I get to review a game I had some fond memories of but haven’t touched in over five years. I got another…

  • Review: Up (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Up Developer: THQ Publisher: THQ Genre: Platformer Release Date: 05/26/09 Ahh, the ubiquitous movie tie-in. Sometimes, you get Riddick. But we all know, most of the time, you get E.T.. Movie tie-ins are notoriously awful, generally speaking, and Pixar’s Up has been getting some…well, some decent reviews, which is unusually bad for them. So, less…

  • Review: Up (Nintendo Wii)

    UP Developer: THQ Publisher: THQ Genre: Platformer Release Date: 05/26/2009

  • Review: Faerie Solitaire (PC)

    Fairie Solitaire Genre: Puzzle Developer: SubSoap Publisher: SubSoap Release Date: 03/15/09 It seems like the term “Casual Gamer” is thrown around a lot recently. Microsoft courting people who are afraid of controllers with their new Project Natal, Nintendo with the Wii. Different companies stretching to find new methods of controlling games so that people who…

  • Review: Gunstar Heroes (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Gunstar Heroes Genre: Run “Ëœn’ Gun Developer: Backbone Entertainment (originally Treasure) Publisher: SEGA Release Date: 06/10/2009

  • Review: Red Faction: Guerrilla (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Name: Red Faction: Guerrilla Developer: Volition Publisher: THQ Genre: Third Person Shooter Release Date: 06/02/2009 A while back, I had the opportunity do some demo thoughts on Red Faction: Guerrilla. I thought it was quite a fun little open world shooter that had the chance to really impress or badly underwhelm when it finally hit…

  • Review: My Healthy Cooking Coach (Nintendo DS)

    My Healthy Cooking Coach Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Ubisoft Genre: Cookbook Release Date: 6/23/2009 Around Thanksgiving of 2008, Nintendo released an unlikely hit for the Nintendo DS: Personal Trainer: Cooking. In yet another example of outside the box thinking that paid off, Nintendo managed to win over a decent number of people who don’t normally buy…

  • Review: Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics (DSI)

    Clubhouse Games Express: Card Classics Genre: Card Games Developer: Nintendo Publisher: Nintendo Release Date: 04/27/09

  • Review: Class of Heroes (Sony PSP)

    Class of Heroes Publisher: Atlus USA Developer: Zerodiv Genre: Dungeon Crawler Release Date: 06/09/2009 Ah, the dungeon crawler: the original RPG genre. These days Atlus USA is the only one publishing these titles, with games like The Dark Spire and Etrian Odyssey. So far this series this genre had suffered from two big problems. The…

  • Review: Prototype (Microsoft Xbox 360)

    Prototype Genre: Action/Adventure Developer: Radical Entertainment Publisher: Activision Release Date: 06/09/09 Grand Theft Auto 3 really changed the way developers looked at superhero games. Prior to that point, superhero games were mostly linear, stage-based affairs that featured boss battles at the end of most of said stages. After the revelation that making a game in…

  • Interview With Aaron McCray of Arrogancy Games

    The co-creator of the popular Xbox 360 Community Game Angry Barry details the past and future of Arrogancy Games and reveals what the studio is currently up to.