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...Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Yesterday, we brought you news that after the series finished dominating slots #1, 2 and 4 on the Japanese PSP all-time sales chart, Capcom's Monster Hunter Portable 2G would be coming to the United States. We neglected to mention which game was in slot #5 -- Phantasy Star Portable. Released in Japan on July 31st and [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Your days of lonely train commutes are officially over -- at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show, Capcom confirmed that Japan's smash hit Monster Hunter Portable 2G is coming to the U.S. and Europe in Spring 2009. Dubbed Monster Hunter Freedom Unite, the PSP title will feature a staggering 500 hours of gameplay, 400 missions, 1500 weapons, [...]
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...Thursday, October 9, 2008
Just over a month ago, we brought you the news that in Japan, the PlayStation Portable was receiving some very desirable new online functionality, in the form of a direct PSP store for digital downloads, and an infrastructure mode to allow formerly adhoc-only PSP titles to be played over the internet. While we still haven't [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 22, 2008
If you don't snap up a copy of sandbox PS3 platfomer LittleBigPlanet within one week of October 21st, you'll miss out on some pretty snazzy Sackboy costumes -- but if you do decide to become an early adopter, you'll be waiting a while for the game to realize its full potential. Today on the official PlayStation [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, September 4, 2008
For good or ill, Sony's PSP portable gaming system has long been marketed as a companion device to their PS3 home console, and -- while it may remain that way in the U.S. -- it seems that abroad, Sony is ready to loose one of its more artificial tethers between the two devices: the ability [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 19, 2008
As prevalent as game achievements are lately, it's only natural to see them being applied in new and intriguing ways. Sony is using them to stock your virtual house with shiny trophies. Valve is using them to unlock new ways to hurt people. And now, Kongregate is using them to give away actual material rewards. [...]
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Tuesday, October 21, 2008
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