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finally-you-can-play-minecraft-with-far

October 17, 2012

Yes, that most requested feature in Minecraft has finally been delivered for the handful who’ve asked for it. Actually, ‘handful’ might be pushing it. In any event, Ubisoft has crafted a map and texture pack for Minecraft on the PC (sorry iOS and XBLA fans) that grafts the look of…

sony-and-nintendo-to-be-2012-holiday

October 17, 2012

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The Christmas season is the critical time for the games industry. Although the predictions are that it will be a deflated year for sales, the marketing budgets will ratchet up and as everyone is aware, there are some big releases on the horizon. In terms of software, we’ve got a…

Review: Dr Who: The Eternity Clock (Vita)

October 17, 2012

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Here’s the problem with taking an idea for a game that is obscenely popular in some parts of the world, but completely unknown in others: when you make that game, you’re going to be doing so on a limited budget. And that means it’s likely to turn out to be…

Sonic Jump coming to iOS tomorrow

October 17, 2012

Apple/iOS/Sega/Sonic/Sonic Jump

Remember when Sega released Sonic Jump for various mobile devices back in 2005? Possibly not, given that it was released in the more fragmented pre-iOS and Android days of cell phone gaming and never received much of a push. Nonetheless, Sonic Jump will be making its return very shortly (and…

Pre-order Cognition, scare up some bonuses

October 16, 2012

Cognition/PC/Phoenix Online Studios/Pre-order exclusives

It doesn’t take ESP to see that pre-ordering the upcoming adventure game Cognition would be a good idea. If you’re planning on getting Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller anyway, pre-ordering would definitely be a solid idea as you’ll be in for some very cool bonuses courtesy of Phoenix Online Studios…

Emergency 2013 rescues the PC

October 16, 2012

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Four new missions are about to land on the PC and expand the disaster diverting and people saving action of Deep Silver and Quadriga Games’ Emergency 2012. I’ve honestly never heard of Emergency, but it actually looks pretty awesome. An RTS where you save people? Imagine that. From the release:…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – a handful of screens

October 16, 2012

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As more and more information trickles out there on Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, it does look and feel like this time Square Enix may have gotten it right. They had better hope that they have in fact, since there is obviously quite a bit riding on this game…

Monster Hunter 3G HD: Screenshots and video

October 16, 2012

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Given the popularity of this series to date, there are some pretty hefty expectations riding on this game’s success for Nintendo. Published by Capcom, this title is set to release in Japan December 8th, 2012. These screens are from the Wii U title, and there is supposed to be integration…

inxile-celebrates-anniversary-with

October 16, 2012

Android/inxile/iOS/PC/Steam/The Bard's Tale

What kind of an anniversary celebration is a garage sale? The kind that thanks gamers for their patronage with some awesome price cuts – digitally of course. For one week only, the developer of Bard’s Tale (among others) will be treating fans to discounts of up to 75 per cent…

elite-goes-free-for-black-ops-2-players

October 16, 2012

Activision/Call of Duty Black Ops 2/CoD Elite/Elite/Treyarch/Zombies

With one year of Elite in the books, Activision detailed the full DLC scheme for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2- including the fact that Elite will be free for all players. It’s a little bit of a surprise to me as the Elite service wasn’t exactly a flop at…

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