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Serious Sam 3: BFE shoots up XBLA next week

October 10, 2012

Giant guns, dozens of monsters, blue jeans… yep, looks like Sam Stone is on the way to Xbox Live. Apparently since the raging arcade shooter arrived on the PC last year, fans have been asking developer CroTeam to bring the series’ third outing to Xbox Live. Well, ask and ye…

Ghost Recon’s Khyber Strike launches today

October 10, 2012

Ghost Recon/Khyber Strike/PS3/Tom Clancy/Xbox 360

The third DLC pack for Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Future Soldier drops onto the virtual battlefield today with new maps, modes and ‘cheevos. Click on through for the trailer. There’s a total of three new maps, one new mode each for Guerrilla and standard multiplay, a level cap bump (+10),…

We have a new Frequent Flyer reward! The Splatters on Xbox 360!

October 10, 2012

Frequent Flyers Reward Program/the splatters

Thanks to the generosity of Spiky Snail, we have two copies of one of the most creatively entertaining XBLA games to offer as part of our Frequent Flyer’s reward program. The Splatters is a game we reviewed very highly back when it was released, and now it can be yours…

Review: FIFA 13 (PS3)

October 10, 2012

EA Sports/FIFA 13/PlayStation/PlayStation 3/Reviews/Soccer/Sports

The FIFA World Cup is the world’s biggest sporting event. It actually eclipses the Olympics in terms of overall attendance and viewers. So it makes sense that the greatest investments in sports game development is in soccer. EA’s FIFA Soccer and Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer (PES) enjoy a relationship where…

Game bundles of the moment 10-10-12: Double action ultimate comeback

October 10, 2012

Batman Arkham City/Costume Quest/Double Fine Productions/F.E.A.R./Game Bundles Of The Moment/PC/Steam

Hello and welcome back to Game Bundles Of The Moment! This feature highlights several discounted game bundles in a weekly manner. Well, this feature would technically be considered “Weekly” if not for the fact that both Torchlight II and Borderlands 2 had entered a certain reviewer’s life (hint; mine) three…

samus-zelda-and-peach-women-and-sexism

October 10, 2012

gender politics/Nintendo/Opinion/Peach/Samus/sexism/Zelda

Recently a really interesting discussion topic emerged over at the NintendoLife forums: it started with a simple question “what if Link was a girl?” and evolved into a broader discussion about Nintendo and its approach to gender in its games. It’s a long discussion, but let’s boil it down to…

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October 10, 2012

Apple/Flying Hamster/Free

The Game Atelier’s super adorable, yet challenging horizontal shooter, Flying Hamster, is not to be missed. We scored the PS Mini version of the game a whopping 4.5/5 stars here at Digitally Downloaded in our Five Awesome Minis; mini reviews! piece. Simply put, it’s overly charming and well worth your…

Review: Pokemon Black/ White 2 (3DS)

October 9, 2012

JRPG/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Pokemon/Reviews

I’m not sure how Nintendo and Game Freak manage to do this: over and over again they repackage the same game and convince us all it’s worth playing again. Pokemon Black and White 2 add the barest minimum of new features over the top of the game engine that has…

The battle begins in the Of Orcs and Men’s launch trailer

October 9, 2012

Focus Home Interactive/News/PC/PS3/Xbox 360

The Empire of Men has oppressed the orcs and goblins for far too long now. Playing as one of the oppressed orcs, you’ve been tasked with the deadly assignment to end the human’s life that’s caused your kinds suffering for so long now. Can you survive the arduous task that’s been set…

The Splatters – on sale this week on Xbox Live

October 9, 2012

Microsoft Xbox 360/Microsoft Xbox Live/the splatters

The Splatters was a fun little game that not a lot of people had heard about prior to its release. Matt wrote up a great review for it, scoring it four out of five stars here, if you would like to read it. What is The Splatters? A bright and…

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