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Hands-On Preview: Evasive Space (WiiWare)

Monday, December 8, 2008

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Hands-On Preview: Evasive Space (WiiWare)

GameCyte gets a hands-on look at the new WiiWare title from YUKE'S and High Voltage Software, Evasive Space -- a game about evading things. In space!

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Hands On with Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online

Friday, November 21, 2008

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Hands On with Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Online

Among gaming's most dedicated enthusiasts, the Megami Tensei series is an especially cherished franchise. Spanning over twenty years and dozens of titles across several spin-off franchises, "MegaTen," as it is frequently abbreviated, has a loyal following among hardcore gamers. Once largely the domain of importers, MegaTen's various games have seen a recent surge in popularity [...]

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Snowboard Riot (WiiWare)

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Snowboard Riot (WiiWare)

Among Hudson Entertainment's titles being presented at last week's Gamers' Day, the company's WiiWare contingent was out in force, showing off toilet repair crews and exploding aliens who lived in pinball machines. Hudson seems to have a habit of juxtaposing logically disparate themes in their games, and the pattern holds true for their forthcoming wintery [...]

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Pit Crew Panic (WiiWare)

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Pit Crew Panic (WiiWare)

Hudson Entertainment was showing something of a trend at last week's Gamers' Day event. Of all the games on display, nearly all of them were for the Wii, and as our discussion with Hudson's Mike Pepe demonstrated, the "casual" and "family-friendly" flags were flying high. When the Wii intersects with casual, signs frequently point to [...]

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Fishing Master World Tour (Wii)

Friday, November 7, 2008

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Fishing Master World Tour (Wii)

I think the first time I ever came across fishing inside a video game was when I had to deal with the dreaded "Big the Cat" portion of Sonic Adventure, back on the Dreamcast. I've tried not to let it spoil my impressions of all fishing games going forward, though -- so last night, at [...]

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Marble Saga Kororinpa (Wii)

Friday, November 7, 2008

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Marble Saga Kororinpa (Wii)

Visiting with Hudson Entertainment at last night's Gamers' Day, we watched curiously as members of the gaming press used a Wii Balance Board to propel a spherical kitten around a cardboard box. You'd think such an activity would be fairly self-explanatory, wouldn't you? However, what we were witnessing was Hudson's upcoming Wii title, Marble Saga [...]

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Bomberman Ultra (PSN)

Friday, November 7, 2008

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Hudson Gamers’ Day: Bomberman Ultra (PSN)

Last night, Hudson Entertainment invited gamers and journalists, far and near, to join them for their 2008 Gamers' Day. Cheerful Hudson staff spent the evening hawking their wares, providing hands-on demonstrations of the latest titles Hudson had to offer. We spent some time with quite a number of intriguing new titles, though at least one [...]

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Review: World of Goo (WiiWare)

Friday, October 17, 2008

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Review: World of Goo (WiiWare)

World of Goo is a strange animal: An innovative, two-dimensional, physics-based puzzler, possessed by both adorable, cute graphics, and delightfully macabre writing and themes. World of Goo isn't the kind of game that specifically needs to be on WiiWare, but the Wii is certainly a good platform for it -- while there may be no [...]

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Review: Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars (PSN)

Monday, October 13, 2008

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Review: Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars (PSN)

We previewed Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars about a month ago, and we rather enjoyed our time with the game. Psyonix Studios' first independently published, PlayStation Network-exclusive, UE3 and PhysX-powered game has a title with far too many syllables and words, but it's also extremely descriptive. Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket-Powered Battle Cars (henceforth "SARPBC") is a [...]

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Review: Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (DS)

Friday, October 10, 2008

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Review: Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir (DS)

The developer behind Mystery Case Files: MillionHeir is Big Fish Games, a company that makes no secret of its specialty. Visiting the Big Fish website, one will see "Hidden Object" as the top genre of their catalog, a link to "10 New Hidden Object Games!" and a handful of editor's picks, half of which are [...]

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