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“Ultimate Editions” of retail PS3 games debut on PSN

May 29, 2012

If you’re a fan of buying your PS3 retail games digitally, Sony’s got some good news for you. Starting tomorrow, the PlayStation Network will host “Ultimate Editions” of previously released games. What is so “ultimate” about these titles? For starters, the prices have seen significant reductions. PlayStation Plus users will get…

review-fim-speedway-gp-2012-iphone

May 29, 2012

FIM Speedway/iPhone/Motorcross/Racing/Reviews/Zoolander

FIM Speedway GP 2012 is the kind of game that Derek Zoolander would design. It’s all about turning left, see. Over, and over, and over again. As a motor sport, Speedway deserves respect. The bikes don’t have breaks so it’s a sport of skilled drifting, concentration and raw speed. Watching…

e3-rumour-sony-to-make-deal-with-onlive

May 28, 2012

E3 2012/E3 Rumour/Gaikai/OnLive/PlayStation/Rumour/Sony

Earlier today, the site VG24/7 (Video Games 24/7, for those that hate acronyms) had apparently heard from an inside source that Sony will be announcing a partnership with a cloud gaming platform, specifically either OnLive or Gaikai. This partnership would come with the addition of being able to stream games…

gog-announces-carmageddon-new-specials

May 28, 2012

Baldur's Gate/Carmageddon/Diablo/GOG/Icewind dale/Memorial Day/The Splat Pack

The original vehicular splatterfest (which just started up a kickstarter campaign BTW) is on the way to everyone’s favorite classic gaming storefront. GOG (Good Old Games) has just announced that Carmageddon will be smashing into the site on May 30th (that’s this Wednesday). The once controversial game will be sold…

Review: Art of Balance TOUCH! (3DS eShop)

May 28, 2012

Art of Balance/Nintendo 3DS/puzzle/Reviews

The eShop is starting to dangerously veer the same way that DSiWare did. It’s filling up with premium-priced minigames and second tier-genres. As good as the likes of Zen Pinball and Pushmo are, to date the only real game that could be realistically compared to a retail release is Nintendo’s…

Toki Tori 2 hatches Steam Workshop support, level editor preview included

May 28, 2012

PC/Steam/Steam Workshop/Toki Tori 2/Two Tribes

With my recent review of Portal 2’s level editor, I found the included Steam Workshop integration to be a welcome addition. It allowed easy queue-creation for downloading many community-made levels from any web browser and it significantly enhanced the overall experience of the game. Another title has been confirmed to…

Review: The Walking Dead ep. 1 (Xbox 360)

May 28, 2012

the walking dead/TMC comics/XBLA/Xbox 360/Xbox Live Arcade/Zombies

Bob Kirkman’s The Walking Dead has had a good deal of success on pretty much every medium it has infected. Comics, television, and now video games. I have to say, I wasn’t really a fan before I fired up the new video game incarnation of the fiction from Telltale Games.…

Game & Watch Gallery headlines the Nintendo DL

May 26, 2012

Game and Watch Gallery 2/Nintendo 3DS/nintendo download/Nintendo DS/Nintendo DSi/Nintendo Network/Nintendo Video

You can’t get much more ‘classic’ in the portable gaming realm than Game & Watch can you? Get ready to relive the ’80s on your Nintendo 3DS in this week’s Nintendo Download. Who doesn’t remember (unless you weren’t born yet) the magical days of ‘playing’ on a tiny LCD screen?…

sega-reveals-new-details-for-jet-set

May 26, 2012

Jet Set Radio/PlayStation Vita/PSN/Sega/XBLA

Jet Set Radio is the latest in Sega’s line of Dreamcast ports. This one, however, is shaping up to be far less of a port than other the titles that have made the jump to the PlayStation Network, Steam, and Xbox Live Arcade so far. For one thing, it’s going…

what-could-have-saved-amalur-developer

May 24, 2012

Financial results/kingdoms of amalur/sad news/studio close

After running into extreme financial trouble, 38 Games has officially closed down. It’s a sad day in gaming as the 300-odd headcount at the developer was a team with real potential. Kingdoms of Amalur, its first and only game, was not a bad game at all. But it sold horribly,…

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