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Review: Sonic Generations (Steam)

November 10, 2011

Sonic Generations is a game 20 years in the making. We’ve witnessed the speedster’s ups and downs, but this celebratory new game brings out everything that defines Sonic. Yes – the good and the bad. When it works, though, the formula is utterly divine. The story kicks off on Sonic’s…

Nintendo 3DS owners are not buying games

November 10, 2011

Nintendo 3DS/sales figures

Interesting little bit of data here; although the Nintendo 3DS is selling very well in Japan, the games are most definately not. Enterbrain (the Japanese company behind Famitsu that keeps track of sales data as well) has reported that in October, despite selling 304,000 units of hardware, just 122,000 games…

Nintendo 3DS owners are not buying games

November 10, 2011

Nintendo 3DS/sales figures

Opinion: Skyrim tailored for consoles: you’re doing it wrong, Bethesda

November 10, 2011

Opinion/Skyrim

It is often difficult to chart the infamous ramblings of Yahtzee Croshaw, let alone remember them accurately. So I hope he forgives me when I mercilessly paraphrase and misquote his treatise on PC gamers. The gist was: “PC gamers believe themselves to be the glorious master race, not content with…

Opinion: Skyrim tailored for consoles: you’re doing it wrong, Bethesda

November 10, 2011

Opinion/Skyrim

The Dead Rise and Duty Calls on XBL

November 9, 2011

Call of Duty/Elite/XBLA/Xbox 360/Xbox Live/Xbox Live Arcade

If you’re a fan of the man who’s covered wars, or shooting everything in sight as an Elite, you’re probably going to like this week’s Xbox Live update. If you don’t care for any of that, there’s always… Sonic the Hedgehog Tees for your avatar. Obviously, the marquee release this…

The Dead Rise and Duty Calls on XBL

November 9, 2011

Call of Duty/Elite/XBLA/Xbox 360/Xbox Live/Xbox Live Arcade

Review: DLC Quest (XBLIG)

November 9, 2011

dlc quest/going loud games/indie games/xblig/Xbox 360

Can the gaming industry still make fun of itself? No, probably not. But thankfully, we have Going Loud Studios’ DLC Quest for that. DLCQ is a purely satiric adventure. That’s to say that there really isn’t a whole lot going on with it other than the funny stuff. The entire…

Review: DLC Quest (XBLIG)

November 9, 2011

dlc quest/going loud games/indie games/xblig/Xbox 360

Ovum: APAC digital download industry to grow to $30 bullion by 2016

November 9, 2011

Analyst/Ovum/sales figures

Analyst firm, Ovum, has predicted that the Asia Pacific digital games market will grow to be worth $30 billion by 2016. That number indicates a compound annual growth rate of 18 per cent. Ovum analyst, Mark Little, said via a release that the casual games market is the primary driver…

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