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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Our hands-on preview of Neverland Card Battles last month showed us a glimpse of the card-based SRPG that "an introductory player would really find interesting." That assessment was given by Nate Fitt, who was on hand from YUKE’S Company of America, the game's localizer and U.S. publisher. Originally entitled Cardinal Arc during its initial Japanese [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Ask yourself the following question: How many times, over the course of your life, have you bought a version of Tetris? Two? Five? A dozen? Tetris is about as ubiquitous a game as has ever existed. It singlehandedly defines an entire genre -- when people are trying to describe an action-puzzler, they say, "You know, [...]
Continue reading...Monday, October 13, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Before you ask, the answer is no; Peter Pan does not appear in Neverland Card Battles, and neither does Michael Jackson. The "Neverland" in question, instead, is a long-running property from Idea Factory, a Japanese developer who has used Neverland's characters and world in a number of games. Fans of the franchise may have seen [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, September 16, 2008
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, August 27, 2008
Castle Crashers is great fun. If you like the classic, simple fun of side-scrolling beat-em-ups, you'll enjoy this game. If you like the frantic hilarity of a cooperative/competitive four-player romp like Gauntlet or Four Swords, you'll enjoy this game. If you like the inimitable, tongue-in-cheek, grin-inducing art and humor of The Behemoth from Alien Hominid [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 22, 2008
It's not that we don't appreciate your readership, but what the hell are you doing here?! Don't you know that you could be playing Team Fortress 2, for free, right now? Valve is allowing everyone to download and play TF2 for the entire weekend, to let folks drop in and sample the all-new Heavy Update. [...]
Continue reading...Friday, August 22, 2008
While browsing the games on display at last week's EA Studio Showcase, wandering from Henry Hatsworth to Battlefield Heroes and beyond, one particular game caught my eye for a few unusual reasons. For starters, the game had not been featured in the presentation earlier in the day, leaving my curiosity piqued enough for a closer [...]
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