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Hello. I’m Mark B., and welcome to The Cheevo Initiative. So literally a year ago, more or less, I wrote a column detailing my exploits in the world of attempting to earn Achievements and max out games I’d either played before or was intending to play for the first time for this express »»
With the summer comes a slowdown in new releases as developers and publishers alike prepare for gaming conferences and the hectic holiday season, but that doesn’t mean everyone is taking a break. Developer Yingpei Games is working on their free to play third person shooter Mercenary Ops, which is »»
Supremacy MMA: Unrestricted Genre: Fighting/MMA Developer: Kung Fu Factory Publisher: 505 Games Release Date: 03/27/12 Mixed Martial Arts has come a long way from its roots in the earliest Ultimate Fighting Championship competitions. The days of the Gracies, Ken Shamrock, Dan Severn and Don F »»
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Special Edition Genre: Third Person Shooter Developer: Slant Six/Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 03/20/12 For Capcom, at least in the US, this is the year of Resident Evil: we’ve already looked at Resident Evil Revelations, Resident Evil 6 is com »»
Touch My Katamari Genre: Puzzle/Action Developer: Bandai Namco Games Publisher: Namco Bandai Games Release Date: 02/21/12 It’s pretty hard to imagine, in retrospect, that Namco had any idea that Katamari Damacy would generate any kind of a positive response when it came to the US just shy o »»
Street Fighter X Tekken Special Edition Genre: Fighting Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 03/06/12 Capcom’s been on a roll with both their fighting games and crossovers in the past few years, between reviving the Street Fighter franchise, bringing back Marvel vs. Capcom and »»
Little Deviants Genre: Mini-Game Collection Developer: BigBig Studios Publisher: SCEA Release Date: 02/15/12 First party tech demos to celebrate the capabilities of a new console are nothing new. When a new console comes out, the parent company always wants to show off what the console is cap »»
Resident Evil: Revelations Genre: Survival Horror Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 02/07/12 Capcom has never been shy about banking on their name brand franchises when the popularity is there, as Street Fighter and (until recently) Mega Man fans can attest. Two versions of Ma »»
Tekken 3D: Prime Edition Genre: Fighting Developer: Namco Bandai Publisher: Namco Bandai Release Date: 2/14/12 Namco’s fighting game properties are getting really busy for 2012 aren’t they? At the tail end of 2011 the PS3 saw an exclusive release of Tekken Hybrid, and going into 2012 we »»
Soul Calibur V Genre: Fighting Developer: Project Soul Publisher: Namco Bandai Games Release Date: 01/31/11 And so, two hundred and twenty nine reviews later, here we are again, on the new stage of history, with Soul Calibur V. Six years ago we took a look at Soul Calibur III together, and fo »»
Afterfall: Insanity Genre: Survival Horror Developer: Nicholas Intoxicate Publisher: Nicholas Games Release Date: 11/25/11 When I first laid eyes on Afterfall: Insanity, it seemed like a really intriguing prospect. A game that takes mechanical elements from games like Dead Space, then attache »»
For those who haven’t seen the site in one place or another, Raptr is a game tracking site that allows gamers to connect with other gamers in a few different ways. You can make friends on the site, as with most standard socially connected gaming sites, but you can also plug in your gamer ID’s an »»
Defenders of Ardania Genre: Tower Defense Developer: Most Wanted Entertainment Publisher: Paradox Interactive Release Date: 03/14/12 The tower defense genre basically exploded in popularity thanks to a bunch of freeware Flash games and inexpensive PC and console releases, and it’s not hard »»
Shinobi Genre: Platformer Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release Date: 03/15/2012 As did the Wii, so too is the 3DS getting its own Virtual Console library to play around with, though while the Wii seemed more focused on offering up console and arcade ports, the 3DS seems to be aiming more a »»
Lumines: Electronic Symphony Genre: Puzzle Developer: Q Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft Release Date: 02/15/12 Seven years ago, the US market was introduced to the Lumines franchise on the Sony PSP, so it makes a sort of sense to see a new title in the franchise debut with the Playstation Vi »»
SSX Developer: EA Canada Publisher: EA Sports Genre: Sports Release Date: 02/28/12 The SSX franchise has been dormant for five years now, almost to the day, with the last game in the series being SSX Blur, a Wii-exclusive that was well received critically but, by all indications, failed to se »»
Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games Genre: Mini-Game Developer: Sega Publisher: Sega Release Date: 02/14/12 With the 2012 Olympic Games coming soon, and with the 3DS being a fairly good open market for games thanks to a limited release cycle in its first year, it makes sense that »»
SSX is a curious franchise to push out into the world for a comeback; while its heyday, during the big “extreme sports” gaming boom inspired by the Tony Hawk franchise, saw that the franchise had a lot of potential, that boom period is long past. The Tony Hawk franchise itself has almost complet »»
Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Genre: Fighting Developer: Capcom Publisher: Capcom Release Date: 02/22/12 In theory, this would be another evaluation of yet another release of some variant of Marvel vs. Capcom 3; between February of 2011 and now we’ve discussed both Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Ul »»
When someone suggests a game based on the Batman franchise, “first person shooter” is probably not the first genre that comes to mind, between Batman’s “no killing” creed and acrobatic nature of the character and such. Never let it be said that you can’t make anything work, given enough »»
