In a shocking development for Pokefreaks around the world,  Game Freak’s Junichi Masuda appeared on “Pokemon Smash” (a Japanese Pokemon-themed television show) this weekend in order to lift the veil on the next core titles in the Pokemon franchise. Masuda announced that both Pokemon...

My colleague Mike Miglacio discussed the roadblock that Nintendo placed in front of Operation Rainfall this week, and last night on the podcast, Blake, Ross, and I discussed Nintendo’s actions a little further. For those of you who deprive yourselves of listening to our podcast, Ross and I were the...

If you have ever wanted to shape your own hero in the X-Men universe, this is your opportunity. Coming this fall, X-Men Destiny is set after the death of Professor Xavier and will allow you to shape a new mutant as they come to terms with their new found power. There are three brand new mutants to choose...

It’s that time of the year.  Flowers are blooming, rain is falling, and hardcore gamers are once again whipping themselves up into a frenzy over the industry-wide hype train known as E3. Here we go again. This year’s E3 should be interesting for a variety of reasons.  The industry has seen...

Game: Radiant Historia Publisher: Atlus Genre: JRPG Price: $34.99 Verdict: Challenging puzzles in a beautiful setting. Cons: Tired story with little replay value. Acquired via Publisher   I am a sucker for games with the Atlus logo on them. While I know they may only publish a lot of the games...

Welcome to the next generation, indeed. I was fortunate enough to get some hands-on time with the 3DS over the last couple of days, and I came away a little disappointed. Based on the glowing impressions of Nintendo’s new handheld that came out of last year’s E3, I was expecting something...

North America loves to “catch ‘em all”. Nintendo has just announced the early sales figures of Pokemon: Black and Pokemon: White.  These new versions in the long-running series launched on March 6, and managed to sell over 1.08 million units in North America during the first day of...

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...

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...

The NPD Group, the group responsible for tracking sales and revenue data for the video game industry in the United States, has expounded upon their earlier top 10 selling games of 2010 list by providing platform specific top ten lists for the past year. While no concrete sales numbers accompany the lists...