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Is the Wii U powerful enough? Digging through the news for the needle in the haystack

November 22, 2012

Nintendo’s Wii U has launched and the “gloom and doom” articles are just as abundant as with much any other hardware release, but you can rest assured, this is not one of them. I’ve been carefully watching events unfold, enjoying the criticism as I always do, yet with this system…

Games-giving: Steam’s Autumn sale is live

November 22, 2012

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Just replace the two characters with your wallet and Gabe Newell. Ah, Thanksgiving. A holiday of turkeys, pies, and being thankful for what you have. You know what else this holiday should embrace? Video games. At least, that’s what Valve says it should also be known for. In other words,…

Review: Spirit Hunters Inc (3DS)

November 21, 2012

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Typically with the games industry the finest games hit a platform at the very end of its lifespan. As developers are more comfortable with the platform’s strengths and limitations they’re able to optimise it to the finest degree to create the deepest and most rewarding experiences available on the platform.…

Vice City launching in December on mobiles

November 21, 2012

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Roll up your jacket sleeves and bust out the skinny ties- Rockstar Games announced the release date for ’80s-drenched Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on iOS and Android today. The 10th anniversary edition of Vice City will be heading to iOS and Android supported mobiles and tablets on December 6th…

Review: Ninja Gaiden (3DS Virtual Console)

November 21, 2012

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I know there’s a gamer sub-culture that appreciates games that are deliberately (painfully) hard. These are the kind of people that buy into the retro-modern games and tributes. They’re the kind of people that arcade games would have sucked right in before people realised that buying a game and playing…

The Wii U has launched; what we want to see next

November 21, 2012

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The launch of Nintendo’s latest home console in the market is but here. With approximately 500,000 console units pre-ordered in the U.S. nation-wide and 1.2 million pre-orders in software (that’s 2.4 games per console), the Wii U’s launch was clearly a market success story. However the test is not over, and…

Devil May Cry demo slays Live and PSN today

November 20, 2012

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You’ll be able to get a taste of the reimagining of Capcom’s Devil May Cry series today as the demo hits the PS3 and Xbox 360. The brand new take on devil hunting hero Dante and crew is actually live on, uh, Live… right now and will be posting to…

Old school dungeon crawl Eliminage Original released on PSP

November 20, 2012

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Formerly a Japanese import, Eliminage Original harkens back to a time when RPG’s were hand drawn and turn based. Well this is a pretty heaping helping of nostalgia served up just in time for Thanksgiving… in the US anyway. I remember a game on the Turbografx specifically that ate up…

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November 20, 2012

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If you haven’t noticed, there’s been a new jam that’s been all the rage lately, PSY’s “Gangnam Style.” While the song is undoubtedly catchy, its music video has inspired people all around the world to get their bodies moving in a whole new way and countless parody videos, flash mobs…

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November 20, 2012

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Here we go. After running a trial with select developer partners, Sony has officially opened its PlayStation Mobile platform to, well, any developer who has $99. In a move that is blatantly taking the fight to Apple on its own battleground, Sony’s PlayStation Mobile platform is designed entirely to support…

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