When a game is released touting a unique method of gameplay, one's natural inclination is to be skeptical. Gamers have been promised a number of revolutions in control mechanics as of late, and far too often, what we ultimately receive are poorly-used motion controls, poorly-used touch controls, or pointless and gimmicky butt controls. Ubisoft set [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, November 26, 2008
With all of the gift guides out there, how’s one supposed to know which games are the games to get? By comparing and analyzing what the five major video game gift guides have in common! That’s how! We’ve taken the time to gather, examine, combine, compare, and ultimately sort out the gaming recommendations of IGN, GameSpot, Kotaku, 1UP, and GameTrailers in order to provide our readers with the ultimate all-inclusive and game-ranking gift guide.
Continue reading...Monday, November 24, 2008
On May 8th, 2006 -- the day Kaz Hirai formally announced the PlayStation 3's release -- the main concern on prospective buyers' minds was price. Two and a half years later, that hasn't changed; Blu-ray player aside, the low-end PS3 still costs 1.5 times the price of a comprable Xbox 360, and it seems Sony [...]
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...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...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...Wednesday, October 1, 2008
In mid-August, Capcom VP Christian Svensson reaffirmed the company's commitment to developing software for the PlayStation Portable. Calling rumors that support would entirely cease "absolutely 100% false," he told the official Capcom forums that the company was in fact making more PSP games. But if PSP development has not stopped, it has certainly slowed. In 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...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...Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Hardware announcements and price cuts are big news in this business, but when E3 2008 revealed that both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 were simply getting larger hard drives, some were understandably disappointed. Today, at the Leipzig Games Convention, Sony unveiled considerably more; but once again, you'd be ill-advised to expect more than a hardware [...]
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