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Did the future for Microsoft’s Kinect just skyrocket upward?

June 20, 2013

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Unless you have decided to stay hidden under a rock, chances are that you already know that Microsoft just pulled one of the largest 180s even before seen in the gaming industry. The ‘anti-consumer’ DRM policies that Microsoft spent years to develop were just nullified within a matter of days.…

Devil’s Advocate: I wish Microsoft had have stuck to its vision

June 20, 2013

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I want to make this clear in the first couple of words (as in, the only ones your typical knee-jerker will read before getting all abusive in the comments section): I was not a fan of the Microsoft Xbox One. In fact, the fact that the company has backtracked on…

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June 19, 2013

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Microsoft changes course and announces that the Xbox One will be used game friendly and will no longer require online check-ins. Well this was somewhat unexpected. In the same week that the company declared that Xbox One games will cost the same as Xbox 360 titles, Microsoft responded to rumors…

Review: Shining Force: Sword of Hajya (3DS)

June 19, 2013

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Ever since the Nintendo 3DS Virtual Console started rolling out I have been waiting (and waiting) for the classic RPGs that I loved to play on the go to start hitting the store. Specifically of course I’m referring to the Game Boy’s Final Fantasy Legends games, but there were others,…

A dozen new Killzone Mercenary screens

June 19, 2013

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The PlayStation Vita had a few games shown off during E3, but I think one of the biggest titles for the platform is drawn from the popular Killzone series of shooters.SCEA and Guerrilla Cambridge are bringing Killzone Mercenary to the Vita on September 4th for both North America and Europe.…

Castlevania: Lord of Shadows 2 stakes its claim with screenshots and a trailer

June 19, 2013

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E3 gave us a pretty good look at Castlevania: Lord of Shadow 2, which is being developed by Mercury Steam and published by Konami. I personally enjoyed the first title quite a bit, with its similarities to God of War evident all over the place. Set to release during the…

The Game Atelier cuts Zorbie into Friday’s iOS Marketplace releases

June 19, 2013

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At the start of this year, back when it was good and cold outside, we brought you the news that The Game Atelier would be publishing numerous independent titles to the iOS Marketplace this year. The two titles that it has already published so far this year, Sela the Space…

New screens and the E3 trailer to Killzone: Shadow Fall

June 19, 2013

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Sony made sure that Killzone: Shadow Fall got plenty of play during E3, and the new images coming out help show off the power of the PlayStation 4 very nicely. Guerrilla Games has announced that this game will be ready for the holiday season, and it will be seeing a…

Good Old Games’ #NoDRM Sale begins with free Torchlight

June 19, 2013

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There has been a lot of discussion of digital rights management (DRM) in the video game industry as of late, and much of it is negative. It can all be traced back to the week following the reveal of Microsoft’s Xbox One, where official statements swayed back and fourth until…

Hands on with Final Fantasy XIV Beta (PS3) – Wow!

June 18, 2013

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Most of us know the story about Final Fantasy XIV; a MMO release so catastrophic that Square Enix had to pull it offline and completely redesign it from the ground up. Now there is a public Beta giving players access to the game for the first time, and I am…

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