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July 25, 2012

Zynga, once the darling of the social games industry, has reported some very disappointing results as its share price continues to falter. For the company’s Q2 results, it reported a loss of $22.8 million – and that’s despite a climb in revenue on the previous year of 19 per cent…

The Xbox Live update gets Wreckateered

July 25, 2012

prototype 2/Wreckateer/Xbox 360/xbox live update

Week 2 of Summer of Arcade 2012 delivers the Kinect-powered, castle demolishing, Wreckateer to the download service. Wreckateer is maybe the only SoA title for this year that I’m just a wee bit iffy on. It’s a Kinect game, which means that you have to get up and ‘be the…

Left 4 Dead 2’s Cold Stream campaign unexpectedly delayed for Xbox 360 players

July 25, 2012

Left 4 Dead 2/Microsoft/Valve/Xbox 360

Looks like Xbox 360 fans of Valve’s zombie-shooting sequel are being left in a cold stream. First off, I would like to apologize for that awful pun. Secondly, Valve has announced that Xbox 360 who were eagerly looking forward to the Cold Stream update for Left 4 Dead 2 will…

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July 25, 2012

3DS/eShop/New Super Mario Bros 2/Nintendo/sale

Nintendo has declared August the ‘Month of Mario’ in honor of the plumber’s upcoming second 3DS adventure. Basically, that shakes out to one Mario eShop title on sale, each week, for the four weeks leading up to release day. Since New Super Mario Bros 2 is all about the gold…

Nintendo financials still in the red, but on the mend: an analysis on what the numbers mean

July 25, 2012

Financial results/Nintendo/Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo Wii U/Opinion

The Wii U: Nintendo’s most important hardware launch yet Nintendo has released its first financial quarter results, and while the numbers still don’t look good, the company is on the path to reverse its horror previous year. The results were in line with the company’s forecasts: a net loss of…

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July 25, 2012

Apple/EA/Firemint/Firemonkeys/iPad/iPhone/Iron Monkeys

Firemint and Iron Monkey, two of EA’s most prominent development studios responsible for mobile hits Flight Control, Real Racing, The Sims Free Play and Mass Effect Infiltrator, have combined to form one giant studio. It’s now called Firemonkeys, and will be based out of Melbourne (making EA Melbourne Australia’s largest…

Retro Review: Yoshi’s Story (Wii Virtual Console)

July 25, 2012

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I’m going to make a very bold statement here: Yoshi’s Story is the most underrated Nintendo game ever made. The little dinosaur’s N64 romp has been criticised over the years for being too short, too easy, and not a patch on the game many argue to be the greatest platformer…

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July 24, 2012

Capcom/Haunting Ground/PlayStation/PS2 Classics/PS3

Haunting Ground, one of the finest horror games of all time, is coming to PS3. Unfortunately, this is going to be a PS2 Classic, rather than a HD remake, but still, it’s going to be worth a download. This is a horror game without weapons (!), where the lead character,…

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July 24, 2012

Gang Wars/NEOGEO/PS3/PSN/PSP/SNK Playmore/Time Soldiers

SNK Playmore goes deep into its catalog for another pair of classic arcade titles from the late ’80s- both Time Soldiers and Gang Wars are on the way to Sony’s consoles. Set to release on July 24th (hey, that’s today!), these two lesser known games from the company’s massive publishing…

Review: Battle Vs. Chess (PS3)

July 24, 2012

Battle Vs Chess/Chess/PlayStation/PS3/Reviews

Chess is a timeless classic – and that’s stating the obvious. An eternal board game, Chess is almost as complex as the Chinese game Go, just as accessible, and an IOC-acknowledged sport, to boot. It’s also a very, very hard game to get right as a video game. The problem…

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