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chips-challenge-sequel-goes-greenlight

September 3, 2012

Chip's Challenge/Chuck's Challenge/iOS/PC/Steam Greenlight

The creator of the classic puzzler Chip’s Challenge takes Chuck’s Challenge to Steam Greenlight. Can it stand out from the rapidly growing crowd and piece together a winner? I remember Chip and his Challenges best from the Atari Lynx (Atari’s ahead of it’s time handheld), but the game has appeared…

sony-quietly-slipped-more-psone

September 3, 2012

Compatibility/PlayStation/PS Vita/PS3/PSN/Sony/update

You probably remember seeing that our last update on PSone Classics coming to Vita wasn’t so great for U.S. Vita owners, with only nine titles being officially compatible at the time of the update. While nowhere near the 100+ titles available to European Vita owners, Siliconera has recently updated this…

snake-is-back-in-metal-gear-solid

September 3, 2012

Hideo Kojima/Konami/Metal Gear Solid/PlayStation/PS3

He’s back! Today is a day that is so rare for a person who’s covered the games industry for some time now. Today is a day that isn’t E3, GamesCom or Tokyo Game Show and I’ve had chills crawl up my spine in complete excitement as I watched the freshly…

Sink your teeth into Primal Carnage

September 3, 2012

dinosaurs/lukewarm media/PC/primal carnage/Steam

Lukewarm Media and Reverb’s multiplayer dinosaur romp Primal Carnage is up for preorder on the PC, complete with beta access and a feathery perk. Gamers who plunk down their $14.99 USD for a preorder on the game’s official site will get a beta key (usable on Steam) so they can dig…

Trailer: Plants vs Zombies vs Pinball

September 3, 2012

Pinball FX 2/Plants vs Zombies Pinball/Popcap/PS3/Xbox 360/Zen Pinball 2

Popcap and Zen Studios had a zombie up their sleeves with the surprise announcement of a Plants vs Zombies pinball table that’ll be launching this week PvZ pinball won’t actually be a stand alone title, it’s an add-on compatible with the popular Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX2 game platforms…

Video: Five great Nintendo Wii games you might have missed (Part One)

September 3, 2012

Chocobo Mystery Dungeon/escapeVektor: Chapter 1/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii/Project Zero/Rotohex/Samurai Warriors/top 5/WiiWare

The Wii had a bit of a reputation for being a console of shovelware and great Nintendo first-party titles, but the reality is that there were a lot of great releases that flew under the radar. In this semi-regular feature we’ll pick out some of the forgotten classics from the…

sacred-3-storms-consoles-and-pc-next

September 2, 2012

deep silver/PC/PS3/Sacred 3/Xbox 360

Hack and slash fans, get your clicking fingers ready because another Sacred title is on the way for 2013. Deep Silver announced the first details this week for the third game in the popular Sacred series. This actually makes two Sacred games that are on the way as we already…

New Dead Island Riptide news rises from the surf

September 2, 2012

Dead Island Riptide/deep silver/PC/PS3/techland/Xbox 360/Zombies

Dead Island Riptide is gnashing its teeth and getting ready to bubble up from the surf sometime next year. New screens, info, and a very cool preorder bonus after the break. If you played the original Dead Island, then you know the setup: lush tropical setting, zombies, mutants, melee combat.…

The Sunday Board Game: Lords of Waterdeep

September 1, 2012

board game/Dungeons and Dragons/Eurogame/Reviews/The Sunday board game/Wizards of the Coast

Lords of Waterdeep is an interesting experiment by Wizards of the Coast. Rather than a genuine attempt to capture Dungeons & Dragons in a board game format (which it has already achieved admirably with games like Dungeon Command), Lords of Waterdeep is a crack at a Euro-style game. Aside from…

The weekend discussion: Your favourite games platform, and why!

September 1, 2012

weekly chat

At risk of kicking off a full-scale war that will melt the Internet and destroy humanity as we know it, we’re going to do the console wars this week (but seriously, no fanboy flaming, please). Of all the current-generation game platforms out there, which is your personal preference for gaming,…

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