Psyonix Studios sent over a nice new trailer for their upcoming PSN title, Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars. If you’re thinking we made that name up, you ought to read up on our recent preview, which details just exactly how much battle these cars do with their supersonic rockets. The new trailer is after the jump, [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars was going to simply be named “Crash Course” when the game was first conceived. Unfortunately for Psyonix Studios, the game’s developer and publisher, the name had already been claimed by the Crash Bandicoot team for potential future use, leaving their first independent game without a suitable title. After much deliberation, [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 30, 2008
GameCyte reviews the most explosive geometry-themed game there is, and thoroughly enjoys the mathematical massacre.
Continue reading...Thursday, July 24, 2008
Bizarre Creations let out the news this morning that Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 will be releasing a week earlier than anticipated. Originally scheduled for August 6th, the frantic neon shoot-em-up will now become available next week, on July 30th. We’re quite eager to play the full version of this game, based on the fun [...]
Continue reading...Friday, July 18, 2008
Out on the show floor at this year’s E3, the Microsoft displays rotated between a few of their new Xbox Live Arcade titles. When Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 was made available to play, the colorful, frantic graphics drew me in, and when the controller got into my hands, I was hooked. I was able [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 2, 2008
I’m hoping I can go this entire review without saying “The twist is,” or “But there’s a twist!” or “With just a twist of,” or any such obvious quip. I’m also hoping my wrist stops aching soon — Magnetica Twist is a fairly addictive little action-puzzler, controlled entirely through small rotations of the Wiimote. After a [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 16, 2008
Today’s U.S. Army is awesome. It’s the hot career where gamers want to be! That slogan of ours, “Army Strong?” No, dude, you’re supposed to scream it, you know, like the Incredible Hulk! Army Strong! ARMY SMASH!! And we totally get you gamers today, and all your cool hobbies. We do more than just give [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, May 29, 2008
You know what would really spice up a game of Dance Dance Revolution? If failure to hit your steps properly resulted in you getting run over by a giant truck. “Oh no, combo stop AAAAGH!” Okay, technically this is just a jury-rigged set of DDR controls that are being used to control an adaptation of the ambulatory [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Though the social experience of the coin-op arcade is all but dead and buried in the United States, arcades are still hanging on in other countries. Africa uses old Sony PlayStations. China has 185,000 internet cafes where the over-18 crowd can get in some MMO time, while Xiahe temple monks kick back with a game [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, April 22, 2008
In the United States, most school-age children have probably never been to an arcade — quarters are primarily used in parking meters. But in Sierra Leone, Africa, arcades can make a killing, even if they’re composed of run-of-the-mill PS2s and the occasional PSP.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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