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It’s a Seriously great week on Xbox Live

October 17, 2012

Batman Arkham City/Borderlands/Serious Sam 3: BFE/Xbox 360/xbox live update/Zombie

Serious as in Serious Sam 3 BFE that is. The all out shooter leads the way on what is a very solid week overall for the Xbox’ download service. Serious Sam 3 BFE originally debuted on the PC and now it’s just kind of snuck up and landed on Xbox…

Review: War of the Roses (PC)

October 17, 2012

Fatshark/Multiplayer/Online/Paradox Interactive/PC Review/Steam/Video Game/War Of The Roses

War of the Roses really sets out to do one basic thing, and it does that rather well. Paradox Interactive has decided to approach online multiplayer with a medieval twist, and the result is this PC title that delivers an experience that is entertaining, but also somewhat limited. So for…

viking-battle-for-asgard-storms-pc

October 17, 2012

PC/Sega/Steam/Viking Battle for Asgard

Sega is bringing a refreshed version of it’s 2008 hack’n’slash Viking: Battle for Asgard to the PC. Not exactly a huge hit when it originally debuted on the Xbox 360 and PS3 four years ago, Viking nonetheless was a pretty fun time. The game is a straightforward affair and features…

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

October 17, 2012

Far Cry 3/Minecraft/PC

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

2012/Microsoft/Nintendo/Opinion/PlayStation/Sony

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

Dr Who/platformer/PlayStation/PlayStation Vita/puzzle/puzzle platformer/Reviews

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

deep silver/Emergency 2013/expansion pack/PC

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

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn/Images/MMORPG/PC/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Square Enix

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…

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