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The weekend discussion: “How big is your games backlog?”

July 20, 2012

This week’s discussion is all about those games that you haven’t finished. We all have some games that are sitting on those shelves wishing to be played or half finished. The question is; how many games are in your backlog? And further to that – what’s your favourite game that…

Steam’s Summer 2012 Sale: Day 8 and Day 9 (and the aftermath)

July 20, 2012

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War has its consequences. It is bound to leave a few bodies on each side and hurt countless other people in its wake. And even then sometimes no one side wins a war; both sides may give up and and attempt to address the destruction the war has caused both…

Review: Sonic Rivals 2 (PSP)

July 20, 2012

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Sonic Rivals was a decent attempt at adding a new twist to classic 2D gameplay, but it ultimately fell a bit flat. Thank goodness for second chances though, right? Surely Sonic Rivals 2 has righted all the wrongs of its predecessor? Nope. While Sonic Rivals 2 indeed repairs some of…

Jet Set Radio headed to mobile

July 20, 2012

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Sega’s Dreamcast taggin’ classic will be coming to handsets right along with consoles and PC when the HD remake drops later this Summer. Jet Set Radio will be arriving on both Android and iOS platforms (including the iPad) and is set to include Retina support and Open Feint achievements (no…

Zelda games are not RPGs

July 20, 2012

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Genres are a useful tool for developers, critics and consumers alike. Simple words are – through the power of thematic and stylistic associations – capable of describing a game that we may never have even seen before. A simple, single word – “platformer,” “rhythm game,” “RPG,” tells us exactly what…

Final Fantasy XV’s rumoured open world could just save the series

July 20, 2012

Final Fantasy/Final Fantasy XV/Opinion

This was inevitable, but the rumours behind the development of a new numbered Final Fantasy game have begun. According to this source, FFXV has already been in development for four years and will release on current-gen consoles. What’s more interesting, though, is some of the rumoured gameplay details – specifically…

Double Dragon II on the way to 3DS

July 19, 2012

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The sequel to the NES and arcade classic Double Dragon will be brawling its way on over to the 3DS’ Virtual Console sometime soon. Just when that might be is sort of up in the air, as no details other than a trio of screenshots were released by Nintendo today.…

8bit Summer is the Pits on the Nintendo Download

July 19, 2012

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Pits as in ‘Pit’ that is. Kid Icarus: of Myths and Monsters arrives in the eShop this week as part of Nintendo’s 8-bit Summer. For me personally, this 1991 action game holds a lot of good memories. I had never gotten a copy of the NES original (Kid Icarus) and…

Review: No Red T-Shirts (iPhone)

July 19, 2012

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What would the world be like if every action was a crime? No Red T-Shirts offers insight into a futuristic government that attempts to undermine the populace at every turn. Well, that’s not entirely accurate, but it makes for a potential argument from the more cynical people suffering at the…

Summer of Arcade kicks off on the XBLA update

July 19, 2012

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Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade promo started up this week on Xbox Live with a remastered classic in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD. Xbox Live is in full on Summer of Arcade mode and that means that all the focus is on the promotion’s first offering, Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD.The…

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