Category: News
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E3 2014 Trailer: Hyrule Warriors (Nintendo Wii U)
What do you get when you mix Dynasty Warriors with The Legend of Zelda? If you said “Nothing, because no one is crazy enough to make that game” then you would have been me in the days leading up to this title’s announcement. There is still quite a bit unknown about the game, though a…
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E3 2014 Trailer: Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX (Sony PlayStation 3)
Since Square Enix announced that there would be no additional information for Kingdom Hearts III (or Final Fantasy XV for that matter) at E3 this year, fans will have to make due with the latest Kingdom Hearts HD 2.5 ReMIX trailer. This release brings together HD ports of Kingdom Hearts II, Kingdom Hearts: Birth by…
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E3 2014 Trailer: Persona 4 Arena Ultimax (Sony PlayStation 3 & Microsoft Xbox 360)
The followup to Persona 4 Arena is almost here! Dubbed Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, the game brings back the original cast and adds an assortment of new characters, including Rise Kujikawa, Yukari Takeba, Junpei Iori, Ken Amada and Koromaru (who are played as one character), Sho Minazuki (unique to this game), and Tsukiyomi (also unique…
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E3 2014 Trailer: Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth (Nintendo 3DS)
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth combines characters from Persona 3 and Persona 4 into one massive dungeon crawler experience. It’s also developed by the same team as the Etrian Odyssey games, so not only is the gameplay similar, but it shares in the same cutesy artstyle. Much like Shin Megami Tensei IV before it,…
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E3 2014 Trailer: Xenoblade Chronicles X (Nintendo Wii U)
Remember when fans had to band together over the internet and beg to get some of the Nintendo Wii’s most coveted JRPG’s brought to the west? Oh, how far we’ve come. Not two years later, the sequel one of these games, Xenoblade Chronicles, is being featured in Nintendo’s main press conference. How cool is that?…
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E3 2014 Trailer: Tales of Xillia 2 (Sony PlayStation 3)
Tales of Xillia 2 is one of three Tales games to release in 2014, the first being Tales of Symphonia Chronicles out earlier this year, and ending on Tales of Hearts R for the Vita. Xillia 2 takes place a year after the original and focuses on a new protagonist, Ludger Will Kresnik. As you…
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E3 2014 Trailer: Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment (Sony PlayStation Vita)
It was already a surprise that Bandai Namco would be bringing a Sword Art Online game to the west, but the fact that it now has an English trailer makes it more real than ever. Sword Art Online: Hallow Fragment is based upon an anime/manga series that takes a page out of the book of…
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Bandai Namco To Localize Tales of Hearts R In The West
While Bandai Namco has been more proactive with the Tales franchise over the last few years, the majority of its portable releases have been skipped over. Every DS and PSP entry has been untouched save for Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology and Tales of Eternia (in Europe), though the 3DS release of Tales of…
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Another Star Shoots onto Greenlight
Another Star, a game by Vision Riders Entertainment, has made its way onto Valve’s Greenlight service, a system that allows the Steam community to vote on which indie games they would like to see on Steam. More information can be found on the game’s website. Another Star’s Greenlight page can be found here. If you haven’t already,…
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Super Smash Bros for Wii U & 3DS – Nintendo Direct News! (Greninja, Charizard, Release Date)
A wild amount of news from Masahiro Sakurai – Returning veterans, exciting new options for Pokeballs and other items and a new character makes a splash.
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Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS – New Item! Kid Icarus Ore Club
New items a go-go this week, it looks like. The Ore Club, one of the many (many) weapons from Kid Icarus: Uprising is available to swing at opponents in Super Smash Bros. No indication of knock back power just yet, but you’ve got to assume this thing is going to pack quite the punch. To add…
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Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS – New Legend of Zelda Cucco Item?
Who wants chicken? Cuccos will now wander the stages of Super Smash Bros for Wii U & 3DS!
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New Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call Trailer Showcases New Modes and Songs
The original Theatrhythm Final Fantasy game was a cute rhythm title that put the music of the main series into the spotlight and tasked you with tapping along on the touchscreen in order to defeat foes and level up. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call expands on this idea by including not just new modes, but…
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Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS – Little Mac’s New and Dynamic Side Smash
Little Mac is full of surprises, and this time it’s possibly the most dynamic smash attack we’ve seen yet.
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Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS – Semi Auto Finishers
Today’s Super Smash Bros update is an interesting one. Sakurai tells us that “consecutive standard attacks will always transition into a finishing move.” As usual this is a tad vague, as nothing in Smash is classed as a “finisher”. This more than likely means one of two things: All standard A combos now end in…
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Multiple Persona Titles Coming to North America
I think we were all expecting it, but were waiting for the official announcement. Today, ATLUS answered the call and gave fans what they’ve been asking for: official confirmation that a bunch of Persona titles are coming to North America. Here’s what they had to say: Persona 5 is coming to the PS3 in North…
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Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS – Diddy Kong Cartwheels In
Well color me surprised – going off of the previous update schedules, I expected a DK announcement around the release of Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze, but due to the partner system of that game, I had pretty much settled on a Diddy/Dixie combo for Smash Bros. Instead, we get the return of Diddy Kong,…
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Square Enix Releases Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD New Features Trailer
Having you been eyeing up the new Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster and wondering to yourself “What’s in it for me?” Turns out it’s more than just pretty graphics and redone soundtrack. You can also look forward to trophy support, cross save compatibility between the PS3 and Vita versions, an audio drama, reworked sphere grid…
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10 Thoughts on… the Titanfall Beta (Microsoft Xbox One)
Unless you’ve been living in a cave for the past several months, one of the two hot new FPS properties in the next-gen gaming wars (alongside Destiny) is Titanfall, and with good reason. The development team responsible for the game, Respawn Entertainment, is headed up by Jason West and Vince Zampella, formerly of Infinity Ward,…
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Super Smash Bros for Wii U and 3DS – New Item: Fairy Bottle
Pop the cork and feel the warmth of a healing fairy in Super Smash Bros for Wii U & 3DS.