Release of the Week: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, 360)

Release of the Week: Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (PS3, 360)

Tweet It’s been over 10 years since the last numbered iteration of the Marvel vs. Capcom series. Marvel vs. Capcom 2 had a long and successful tenure in arcades. While we are far removed from the heyday of the fighting genre, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 will attempt to ride on the recent success of Street...

Weekly Poll: Has the Music Genre Lived Past its Prime?

Weekly Poll: Has the Music Genre Lived Past its Prime?

Tweet Last week we asked what your favorite piece of Sony gaming hardware to date was. The PS3 took the top spot with almost a 60% winning percentage. The PS1 and PS2 both tied with the PSP 1000 bringing a decent showing. I honestly would have thought the PS2 would have had a lot more votes, but then again,...

Save $20 on Any Flavor Sims 3 for Valentine’s Day

Save $20 on Any Flavor Sims 3 for Valentine’s Day

Tweet Hey, check this out! You can get The Sims 3, any flavor, for $20 off the typical retail price on Amazon. Even better? There are a bunch of lovey dovey expansion packs you can get for a little less cash as well. So, you know, head over to Amazon and grab your sweetie some of this sweet Sims 3...

Harmonix Welcomes Former Guitar Hero Players With Open Arms

Harmonix Welcomes Former Guitar Hero Players With Open Arms

Tweet Following the news of Activision-Blizzard’s abandonment of the Guitar Hero and DJ Hero franchises (at least in 2011), Rockband developer Harmonix is ready to welcome the newly shunned Guitar Hero stalwarts. In a forum post on the Rockband website, community manager John Drake made it clear that...

EvilCast Recap, Episode #67

EvilCast Recap, Episode #67

Tweet And you thought the podcast lineup was growing too quickly before?  We just added a fifth voice into the mix this time around, as Eric Frederiksen joins our usual four hosts to have an in-depth discussion about Dead Space 2.  However, before we got to any of those shenanigans there were discussions...

Wall of Sound: The Dreamcast – Part 2

Wall of Sound: The Dreamcast – Part 2

Tweet Last week put a focus on the soundtrack from Jet Grind Radio, which channeled the style and format of a mixed tape for inspiration, and at first glance this week’s game seems to take a page from the same book, but is actually fundamentally different in its execution with Tetsuya Mizuguchi’s...

Activision-Blizzard Quarterly Financial Report: The Aftermath

Activision-Blizzard Quarterly Financial Report: The Aftermath

Tweet Activision-Blizzard is not a company that ignores the bottom line. Their latest conference call to investors and quarterly financial report made this point abundantly clear with announcements leaving a wake of studio restructurings, layoffs, game cancellations and a whole lot more Call of Duty. So...

The Value of Cheap Games

The Value of Cheap Games

Tweet I’m a gamer of simple tastes. I enjoy a 40+ hour mega quest as much as the next person, but I have to pick and choose which ones I undertake due to limited play time. It isn’t easy sometimes to say no to Assassin’s Creed or Enslaved, but sometimes I have to do it. And of the 40+ hour...

Review: Magicka (PC)

Review: Magicka (PC)

Tweet Game: Magicka Publisher: Paradox Interactive Developer: Arrowhead Game Studios Genre: Action Adventure Price: $9.99 Verdict: A clever take on spell casting during a journey of laughter and occasional frustration. Pros: Fresh and fun spell casting, lots of fun with friends. Very affordable. Cons: Steep...

Lego Universe Goes All Ninjago on Your Ass with Crux Prime

Lego Universe Goes All Ninjago on Your Ass with Crux Prime

Tweet Seriously, this new Lego Universe area promises to be bigger than most games, and it’s full of ninjas, so how can you go wrong? We’ve got two videos for you and a host of screenshots, so tell all your Lego Universe buddies, yeah? The new area in Lego Universe will include multiplayer team...