Review: Dragon Quest VI (DS)

Review: Dragon Quest VI (DS)

Finally in the hands of US gamers after a 15 year wait, Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation brings a close to the Dragon Quest Zenithia trilogy following the earlier releases of of Dragon Quest IV and V for the Nintendo DS. Not to surprise anyone but Dragon Quest VI is a Dragon Quest game; for better or...

Feast Your Eyes on A Few New SMT: Devil Survivor Overclocked Screens

Feast Your Eyes on A Few New SMT: Devil Survivor Overclocked Screens

With the recently announced 3DS launch lineup a tad lacking for core gamers, it is already time to start looking towards summer releases for the new handheld. Although it is a port of an existing DS game, SMT: Devil Survivor Overclocked looks like the perfect game to pick up if you missed the game’s...

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch to be Broadcast in PlayStation Home

Space Shuttle Discovery Launch to be Broadcast in PlayStation Home

NASA announced that it will be simulcasting the final launch of Space Shuttle Discovery later today on the PS3 as a piece of PlayStation Home streaming content. Tentatively scheduled for a 4:30 PM EST Launch, the feed will be available for viewing within LOOT, a premium video viewing service somewhat...

Review: Naruto Shippuden Dragon Blade Chronicles (Wii)

Review: Naruto Shippuden Dragon Blade Chronicles (Wii)

The Naruto franchise has good games; it may be hard to fathom, but there are a few (with a stress on the word few) great games based on the popular Shonen Jump series. Naruto Shippuden Dragon Blade Chronicles is not one of them. Taking a stab at the character action style of game play, Dragon Blade...

New Mass Effect 2 DLC set for “Arrival”

New Mass Effect 2 DLC set for “Arrival”

A recent patch to the PS3 version of Mass Effect 2 has let the name, and through a little sleuthing, some of the details for a forthcoming piece of DLC for the Sci-FI RPG slip. Tentatively titled “Arrival,” the DLC will more then likely put the focus on  Dr. Amanda Kennison, a subject of a...

Zynga Worth 10 Billion

Zynga Worth 10 Billion

The prolific Facebook game developer has been valued at 10 billion dollars according to a recent report in the New York Times.  With the company remaining in private hands, at least for the time being, the new net-worth evaluation comes after recent  fundraising and investment capital totaling 500...

Wall of Sound: The Dreamcast – Part 3

Wall of Sound: The Dreamcast – Part 3

Sports games always seem to get the short end of the stick as far as soundtracks go (with one of the major exceptions being the early Tony Hawk games); Publishers rely on popular Top-40 hits that are never able to feel fresh or exciting because by the time the game actually makes it to retail, the song is...

Bejeweled, Peggle Treat Depression

Bejeweled, Peggle Treat Depression

In a study underwritten (In scientific speak that means paid for) by the reigning king of casual games, PopCap Games, depressed individuals who played Peggle, Bejeweled and Bookworm Adventures saw overall symptoms of depression fall by 57 percent. The study, which took place at the East Carolina...

Sniper: Ghost Warrior Sells Not A Thousand, Not A Hundred Thousand, But 1 MILLION Copies

Sniper: Ghost Warrior Sells Not A Thousand, Not A Hundred Thousand, But 1 MILLION Copies

Don’t try and adjust your glasses, or computer monitor, you read the headline right; City Interactive’s foray into the world of modern military snipers in Sniper: Ghost Warrior has surpassed the million seller mark. Although critically panned, Sniper was released at a budget price point that...

The Next Double Fine Game is… Sesame Street Kinect?

The Next Double Fine Game is… Sesame Street Kinect?

Continuing to leapfrog off of their recent success in the downloadable marketplace (Stacking, Costume Quest), the folks at Double Fine are  hard at work crafting a Sesame Street title for Kinect. Although details at this point are relatively scant, the Warner Brothers published game, Sesame Street:...