Category: Top Story
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Review: Up (Sony PS3)
Up Developer: THQ Publisher: THQ Genre: Platformer Release Date: 05/26/09 Movie and TV show tie-ins seem to be my thing to review lately. Between Terminator: Salvation and Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Wheelie Breakers and the upcoming Transformers Revenge of the Fallen I’ve taken on quite a few of these recently. So far they’ve been ho-hum and could…
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Review: Puzzle Kingdoms (Nintendo DS)
Puzzle Kingdoms Developer: Infinite Interactive Publisher: Zoo Games Genre: Puzzle Release Date: 05/04/09 When this game came in, a fellow staff member claimed that it left him wanting to yank off a certain part of his anatomy and gouge his eyes out with it. That description of hyperbolic self mutilation left me eying the game…
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Staff Commentaries: Games of E3 2009
E3 is over, and we now have a ton of games to look forward to in the coming year(s). However, not everyone is going to be looking forward to the same thing. In fact, one person could be looking forward to a game, while another could have no interest whatsoever. Given in the past that…
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Review: Up (Sony PSP)
Up Developer: Asobo Studios Publisher: THQ Genre: Platformer Release Date: 05/26/2009 I know last year I flat out said to never play movie tie-in games in my review of Iron Man for the PS2, but I couldn’t help but want to play Up after seeing the movie. Why? After seeing the movie last week, I…
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Review: Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled
Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled Developer: Studio Archcraft Publisher: Graffiti Entertainment Genre: Tactical RPG Release Date: 06/09/2009 Black Sigil is the first game by a new Canadian developer known as Studio Archcraft. Originally this game was developed for the Game Boy Advance, but it appears due to delays, they ported it to the DS…
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Review: Damnation (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Damnation Genre: Third-Person Shooter Developer: Blue Omega Publisher: Codemasters Release Date: 05/26/09
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Review: Prototype (Sony PS3)
Prototype Developer: Radical Publisher: Activision Release Date: 06/09/2009 Genre: Sandbox Wow, the past month has been a smorgasbord for fans of the Sandbox genre of games. With inFamous, Red Faction: Guerrilla and now Prototype all being released within a few weeks of each other, there is plenty of mayhem and chaos to be had if…
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Review: The Legendary Starfy (Nintendo DS)
The Legendary Starfy Publisher: Nintendo Developer: TOSE Genre: Platformer Release Date: 06/08/2009 Densetsu no Starfy was one of Nintendo’s most successful series on the GBA. For some reason, NOA never brought the series outside the little island nation of Japan. All three GBA Starfy’s made to #1 on the sales charts across the pacific and…
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Review: Puzzle Kingdoms (Nintendo Wii)
Puzzle Kingdoms Genre: Puzzle Developer: Infinite Interactive Publisher: ZOO Games Release Date: 05/19/2009 A few years ago Infinite Interactive surprised everyone when they released the digital form of crack known as Puzzle Quest. The game successfully blended puzzle and RPG mechanics into an incredibly addictive experience. Recently they followed that up with Puzzle Quest: Galactrix,…
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Hands-On Impressions – Ghostbusters (Sony PS3)
As luck would have it, I recieved a copy of the retail version of Ghostbusters for Playstation 3 a few days early. I had a chance to play through the first few levels and get a sense of the full game. Ghostbusters puts the player in the role of a new Ghostbusters recruit. At first…
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Review: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Stardust Accelerator: World Championship 2009 (Nintendo DS)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Stardust Accelerator: World Championship 2009 Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: Trading Card Game Release Date: 05/19/2009 I have a bit of a love/hate relationship with the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise. I absolutely love the card game for how much fun it is to play. I HATE the TV show so much that I kind of…
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Review: Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Wheelie Breakers (Nintendo Wii)
Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Wheelie Breakers Developer: Konami Publisher: Konami Genre: Racing/Card Battle Release Date: 05/19/09 It’s been a while since I’ve taken to playing Yu-Gi-Oh! on the console. I never got into the actual card game as too much math was involved for my taste, but I followed my son’s interest and the show for a…
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Review: Boom Blox Bash Party (Nintendo Wii)
Boom Blox Bash Party Genre: Puzzle Developer: EA Los Angeles Publisher: Electronic Arts Release Date: 05/19/2009 When the gaming world heard the news that EA was partnering with Steven Spielberg, a collective gasp was heard. One of the most creative minds on the planet teaming up with one of the largest software makers in gaming?…
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Review: Knights in the Knightmare (Nintendo DS)
Knights in the Nightmare Publisher: Atlus USA Developer: Sting Genre: Turn Based Strategy/Puzzle Release Date: 06/02/2009 Ah, Sting. We meet again. I’ve got an odd love-hate relationship with this developer as they constantly make games that sound interesting on paper but always fall short of being truly great, and sometimes even good. I first encountered…
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Review: Wolfenstein 3D (Microsoft Xbox 360)
Wolfenstein 3D Genre: First-Person Shooter Developer: Nerve Publisher: id Software Release Date: 05/03/2009 Seventeen years ago, id Software unleashed an update to the Castle Wolfenstein series, which took the franchise from obscurity to a PC household name when it launched in 3D. The game is credited for launching the origins of the first-person shooter, which…
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Interview With Seth Killian, Community Manager for Capcom
Seth Killian talks about the fighting game community, what drew him into games, a few obscure Capcom fighters and having the boss of Street Fighter IV named after him.
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Review: American Popstar: Road to Celebrity (DSI)
American Popstar: Road to Celebrity Genre: Rhythm/Life Simulation Developer: Gameloft Publisher: Gameloft Release Date: 05/25/09
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E3 2009 – First Artwork of Next Wii Legend of Zelda Revealed
Check out this last minute Nintendo unveiling, the first ever artwork from the next Zelda game: Legendary Nintendo video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto revealed this concept artwork for a new Legend of Zelda game planned for the Wii console on June 2 during the E3 Expo in Los Angeles.
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Review: The Sims 3 (PC)
The Sims 3 Developer: EA Redwood Shores Publisher: Electronic Arts Genre: Simulator/Virtual Life Release Date: 06/02/09 This is EA’s latest entry into The Sims game legacy. It’s supposed to have new innovations, a complete world with no loading between locations, and much better graphics and the ability to customize everything in game. Yet it feels…