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new-sacred-game-announced-trailer-within

August 8, 2012

Sacred 2 is one of my favourite Diablo-clones ever. It was a massive game that you could easily spend hundreds of hours in. So Sacred Citadel immediately caught my attention. After watching the reveal trailer I must admit my emotions ran the full range. Initially I was a little disappointed…

Ten years of Dragon Quest X?

August 8, 2012

Dragon Quest X/Nintendo Wii/Square Enix

Square Enix had a couple of interesting announcements recently in regard to Dragon Quest X for the Wii. To say their approach to this Dragon Quest game has been controversial is a bit of an understatement, charting new territory for the series as an online game. Square Enix has said…

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August 8, 2012

AirPlay/Apple/Nintendo/Nintendo Wii U/Opinion

I’ve been playing around with Apple’s AirPlay feature via iPad and Apple TV, and it really does surprise me that more isn’t made of this feature. Put the two of them together and you get a console-quality experience, which you’re then able to pick up and seamlessly take on the…

Hit the mountain with two new modes in SSX

August 8, 2012

PS3/ssx/Xbox 360

With a collective 200 million play sessions logged, EA’s revamp of SSX has been pretty successful. Now the publisher has released a title update that’ll infuse the downhill racer with some fresh powder. Start up SSX today and you’ll be able to update and add the Freeride and 3-2-1-Go! modes…

Review: Toki Tori (3DS Virtual Console)

August 8, 2012

Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/platformer/Puzzle Game/Retro Reviews/Toki Tori/Virtual Console

The Game Boy, and later Game Boy Color, had a fine heritage in puzzle gaming. From the obvious (Tetris), to the most niche games possible (Catrap), there really was a puzzle game to suit any player on Nintendo’s classic handhelds. Toki Tori is the most recent classic puzzler to hit…

Review: Ace Mathician (DSiWare)

August 7, 2012

Ace Mathician/DSiWare/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo DSi/platformer/Puzzle Game/Reviews

The concept that Ace Mathician is built upon is far more complex and creative than the game itself. Considering how clever that concept is and how fun the game is anyway, that’s just fine. The basic premise of the $2 DSiWare download is this: there’s a koala named Ace, and…

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August 7, 2012

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection/PS Vita/PS3/Raiden/solid snake/Xbox Live

More MGS news today as Konami has confirmed the digital release schedule for individual Metal Gear Solid titles on Xbox Live, PS3, and the Vita. Although I’m not really sure if there are any fans left who have somehow managed to avoid playing these games, it is pretty good news…

mgs4-finally-gets-trophy-support

August 7, 2012

Konami/Metal Gear Solid 4 Guns of the Patriots/PS3/solid snake/Trophies

Solid Snake fans have some trophy hunting to do as the PS3 hit Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots gets support for Sony’s award system three and a half years after the fact. Of course, there was no ‘mandatory’ updating for games that were available before the PS3…

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy – DLC announcement

August 7, 2012

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy/DLC/Nintendo 3DS/Release Information/Square Enix

The upcoming Nintendo 3DS title Bravely Default: Flying Fairy will apparently have downloadable content. According to Square Enix, the first three DLC packs can be had for free as well. There is however, a small catch. One set (a Freelancer costume) can be had if you purchased the soundtrack CD,…

Shadowrun Online goes into the home stretch

August 7, 2012

Cliffhanger Productions/Shadowrun Online

Cliffhanger Productions’ Shadowrun Online is in the last week of its Kickstarter campaign. To get you on board with the project, they’ve released a pair of new trailers showing some of the finer points of legwork and ‘contextual gameplay’. I never got into the multiplayer FPS remake that was released…

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