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defeat-jaffar-and-survive-nintendo

September 6, 2012

Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo DSi/Nintendo Wii/Prince of Persia

The original (tough as nails) Prince of Persia comes to the Wii Virtual Console this week. You know what else in the eShop this week? Insanity, my friend, complete insanity. If you’ve never played PoP, and I mean the original PoP from years ago, then you might want to give…

FarmVille 2: Will it be the failure that will break Zynga?

September 6, 2012

Farmville/Farmville 2/Opinion/Social games/Zynga

It’s no secret that Zynga, once the paragon for social gaming, is facing some significant difficulties, having seen its share price plummet and losing some of its key executive staff. That law suit from EA won’t help either. If one single game was going to be able to reverse its…

Review: The Expendables 2 (Xbox 360)

September 6, 2012

Arcade/dual-stick shooter/Microsoft/Microsoft Xbox 360/Reviews/The Expendables/Xbox 360

I love The Expendables movies. My wife calls them “grandpa’s action movies,” and they are that in every possible sense; they take the world’s washed-up action heroes of the 80s and throw their creaking bones into a hyperviolent action movie. It’s like The Avengers, with wrinkles. It’s just brilliant fun…

kung-fu-strikes-xbox-live-update

September 6, 2012

update/Xbox 360

A very cool looking action/fighting game called Kung Fu Strike chops Live this week along side a surprisingly pretty arcade flyer in Dogfight 1942. Kung Fu Strike is a fighter with a stylish, Street Fighter IV-like look. From the screenshots, it also seems like you get put up against some…

ubisoft-abandons-its-always-online-pc

September 6, 2012

Assassin's Creed III/PC/rayman origins/Ubisoft

Ding dong, the witch is dead. The overlord has been slain. The counter-terrorists win. Ubisoft has announced that their always-online DRM has been officially scrapped. In an interview with PC gaming website Rock Paper Shotgun, Ubisoft has confirmed that its digital rights management solution, which forced users to have a…

Achievement/Trophy list revealed for NASCAR

September 5, 2012

Activision/Eutechnyx/NASCAR The Game: Inside Line/PS3/Xbox 360

Activision and Eutechnyx announced the full list of revved up Achievements and Trophies for their forthcoming racer NASCAR The Game: Inside Line. NASCAR is one of those sports that’s super popular in the US but really doesn’t have too much of a audience in the rest of the world. I’m…

Nintendo announces new Symphony of the Goddesses tour dates

September 5, 2012

Nintendo/symphony of the goddesses/The Legend of Zelda

Miss out on the Legend of Zelda concert series Symphony of the Goddesses? Well have no fear musical adventurer, because Nintendo has just announced a brand new set of dates. Kicking things off on September 14th (next Friday) is a very cool gathering at the Nintendo World Store at Rockefeller…

Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – Screenshots, art and trailer

September 5, 2012

Artwork/Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn/MMO/PC/Release Information/screenshots/Sony PlayStation 3/Square Enix/trailer

Final Fantasy XIV got off to a really, really rough start when it first released. Initially touted as a top-shelf release for the PC and PlayStation 3, this MMO released to a variety of problems and some very vocal, critical reviews. Square Enix put a different team to the game…

Trailer: The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

September 5, 2012

NeocoreGames/PC/The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing/Xbox 360

Van Helsing gets into a rooftop rumble in the new gameplay trailer for Neocore Games’ upcoming action/RPG. Set in a gothic-noir universe and wrought with wry humor and snappy dialogue, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing follows the trials of the famed hunter’s son, a young man with a dark yet romantic…

are-you-ready-for-some-psn-updating-and

September 5, 2012

bioshock/Borderlands/Call of Duty/nfl/PS Vita/PS3/psn update

Not a tonne to get excited about in this week’s PSN update. Some new ‘full games’, some decent sales (including free Borderlands for PS+ members), and the arrival of NFL Sunday Ticket round things out. Sunday Ticket is a pretty popular little item among NFL fans. The App gives DirecTV-less…

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