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October 10, 2012

Australia/Financial results/sad news/THQ

Thanks to our friends at Nintendo Nation, there was a bit of bad news on the wire this morning – THQ is shutting its Australian office. The Darksiders 2 publisher had already shut down multiple Australian development studios, and was functioning purely as a marketing and logistics function in Australia,…

New Little King’s Story gets big new content

October 10, 2012

DLC/Konami/New Little Kings Story/PS Vita/Sony

Konami announced today that they’ll be releasing a veritable flood of DLC for New Little King’s Story on the PSV over the next two months. Every week Konami will release a DLC pack for the game that will include a gaggle of new weapons, costumes, power-ups, and more. And when…

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October 10, 2012

Panic on Funkotron/PS3/Sega/ToeJam and Earl/Xbox 360

Rumored earlier in the year, Sega is indeed bringing two more of their biggest names from generations past to the Xbox Live. Before you get overly excited though, there’s nothing all that new about what the publisher will be bringing to XBLA and the PSN. ToeJam & Earl and its…

The Walking Dead are Around Every Corner

October 10, 2012

Around Every Corner/iOS/PC/PS3/the walking dead/Xbox 360/Zombies

The subtitle to the game’s fourth episode says it all as the game reaches its penultimate chapter on PSN, PC and XBLA today. Available pretty much everywhere as you read this (except iOS- later this year for that), episode 4 is written by Book of Eli scribe (and former gaming…

Serious Sam 3: BFE shoots up XBLA next week

October 10, 2012

Croteam/Serious Sam 3: BFE/Xbox Live

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…

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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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