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Happy birthday Battlefield Heroes!

June 25, 2012

EA’s free to play online shooter Battlefield Heroes is turning three and players are getting some presents to celebrate. Fans of the cartoony blast-a-thon can expect to see a few pretty cool additions go live including a new map (Fortress Frenzy), a bunch of new missions, and more ways to…

Sink your teeth into Dawnguard tomorrow

June 25, 2012

bethesda/Dawnguard/The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim/vampires

Xbox 360 owning Skyrim players will be able to snag the first expansion for the game, the vampire-themed Dawnguard, tomorrow. The expansion pack adds a ton of new story content as it brings a secret war between vampires and those tasked with keeping them in check- The Dawnguard -to the…

Marvel Pinball 3D tilts 3DS next week

June 25, 2012

3DS/eShop/Marvel Pinball 3D/Nintendo/Zen Pinball/Zen Studios

The handheld version of Zen Studios’ excellent Marvel themed pinball game hits the 3DS in the US and EU next week. The standalone game will include four tables, multiplayer, leaderboards, and all the bells and whistles that you’d expect from a Zen title. Landing in the eShop on June 28th for…

The weekend discussion: “If you were stuck on an island, what three games would you play?”

June 23, 2012

weekly chat

This weekend discussion is the eternal hypothetical: you’re stranded on an island, and naturally you’ve got the resources (electricity, shelter from the element) to play games (it’s a hypothetical, not a reality). So, assuming you were going to be stuck on this island for a long time, and could only…

Street Fighter x Tekken brawls on iOS

June 22, 2012

Capcom/fighting games/iOS/iPhone/Street fighter x tekken

Just as Capcom’s Street Fighter 4 made the jump, a mobile version of Street Fighter x Tekken is on the way to iPhones soon. There’s really nothing to report as to details just yet (so don’t get too excited) as Capcom has only produced a handful of screens and a…

It’s gonna be a long, hot, 8bit Summer on the 3DS

June 22, 2012

3DS/8bit Summer/Game Gear/Kid Icarus/Nintendo 3DS/Nintendo eShop/Nintendo Network/Sonic the Hedgehog/Wario

Nintendo has just released a trailer for it’s 8bit Summer promo on the eShop and it’s Gameboy-tastic!I don’t know, for a promotion that’s actually got 8bit in its name, you’d think there’d be more NES games in it. Instead, the offerings are mainly of the Gameboy variety with a couple…

Nintendo Direct 22-6-2012 roundup

June 22, 2012

3DS/3DS XL/DLC/DS/Namco Bandai/New Super Mario Bros 2/Smash Brothers/Wii

Although our Matt Sainsbury has already given his thoughts on the 3DS XL redesign, we have yet to cover anything else about the Nintendo Direct conferences that happened within the past 12 hours. For those that missed the conferences, here is a summary of the big points that digital gamers…

Review: Resistance: Burning Skies (Vita)

June 22, 2012

FPS/PlayStation Vita/Resistance/Reviews

While I remain a great fan of the PlayStation Vita, even I’m starting to wonder when the games are going to start coming. There’s a lot of potential in the hardware, but since the spectacular launch, the disappointing sales figures seem to be keeping the developer community away. Sony even…

Nintendo has really screwed up its 3DS hardware strategy this time

June 22, 2012

3DS XL/Hardware/hardware revision/Nintendo 3DS/Opinion

Nintendo held one of those video conferences that it has developed a penchant for – where it unveils new products and gets everyone excited for the games it has coming up. Except the company has completely screwed up this time. Barely a year after launching the 3DS, it has launched…

big-acquisition-is-coming-its-just

June 22, 2012

acquisition/Activision/analysis/EA/Nintendo/Sony/Take Two/THQ

There’s a fascinating piece over at Gamesindustry that points out that while the media attention is focused firmly on the plight of THQ, almost every major games publisher is genuinely struggling right now. It’s not the “bad economy,” that’s causing it, either. Companies like EA and Take Two are underperforming…

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