News: Nintendo Offers Downloadable Retail Games, Ties Them To Hardware

News: Nintendo Offers Downloadable Retail Games, Ties Them To Hardware

Nintendo is once again taking one step forward and two steps back. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata just announced plans to offer full copies of first-party retail software for sale on both the Nintendo 3DS and Wii U eShop, beginning with future 3DS smash hit New Super Mario Bros. 2.  The downside? ...

Review: Music Unlimited (PS3, Vita)

Review: Music Unlimited (PS3, Vita)

This is a decent music streaming service with some glaring holes in the artist and album library. Those users with more modern musical tastes will find this to be a great experience, especially for those that own a PS3, Vita, and computer. App: Sony Music Unlimited Publisher: Sony Computer...

Release of the Week: Prototype 2 (360, PS3)

Release of the Week: Prototype 2 (360, PS3)

Prototype is one of the last non-licensed, non-Call of Duty franchises left in Activision’s arsenal. While the Guitar Heroes, True Crimes and Blurs have gone by the wayside, Prototype is still here. For now, at least. The first Prototype hit during the summer of 2009 and managed to sell over 2...

News: God of War Prequel Announced for PS3

News: God of War Prequel Announced for PS3

Kratos fans rejoice!  Sony’s PlayStation Blog just pulled the cover off of Santa Monica Studios’ latest project, with a somewhat surprising twist.  Though the game in question is part of the God of War franchise as expected, it is not God of War 4.  Instead, the team at Santa Monica Studios...

Diabolical Pitch Review (XBLA)

Diabolical Pitch Review (XBLA)

It takes a lot for me to use my Kinect nowadays.  Most of the games lose their appeal very quickly or just don’t respond well to the Kinect camera.  Many of times, it kind of sits there as a novelty in my house.  The most usage it gets is when I’m too lazy to strap a head set on for some multi-player...

News: Nintendo Confirms Wii U Pikmin 3, Mario for E3

News: Nintendo Confirms Wii U Pikmin 3, Mario for E3

It appears Nintendo learned a bit from last year’s tepid 3DS launch, and is planning on rolling out the big guns at this year’s E3 conference to re-introduce its psuedo-next-gen console, the Wii U.  According to a public statement issued from Nintendo following a Miyamoto interview with...

Release of the Week: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition) (360)

Release of the Week: The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (Enhanced Edition) (360)

One of the greatest RPG’s of this generation is finally making it’s way to the 360 this week. Polish studio CD Projekt RED has spent the passed year tweaking their dark fantasy epic The Witcher 2: and getting it ready for console gamers. The game is known for it’s fantastic combat...

Review: Tales of Graces f (PS3)

Review: Tales of Graces f (PS3)

After years of begging, pleading, and overrunning the Facebook page of Namco Bandai, the “White Wishes” of Tales fans have finally come true.   But what about the rest of us?  Does Tales of Graces f deliver the goods to entertain JRPG fence-sitters, or even those that have given up on the...

Release of the Week: Tribes: Ascend (PC)

Release of the Week: Tribes: Ascend (PC)

Tribes was a fairly popular series of Sci-Fi first-person shooters on the PC in the late 1990′s and early 2000′s. It is most notable for implementing jet-packs with the ability to “ski” quickly across open terrain. Though it may be hard to believe, skiing was actually a bug in the...

Review: Xenoblade Chronicles (WII)

Review: Xenoblade Chronicles (WII)

In what would be a major victory for Nintendo fans, Operation Rainfall proved successful – and now, after a painfully lengthy conversion process, Xenoblade Chronicles has finally arrived in North America. Game: Xenoblade Chronicles Publisher: Nintendo of America Developer: Nintendo/Monolithsoft Genre:...