Title: Crush3d Publisher: Sega Developer: Zoe Mode Genre: Action/Puzzle Price: $19.99 Pros: Mind Bending puzzles that will frustrate as they entertain. Cons: Putting the fact that it is a remake aside, it still has a “been there done that” feel that never quite goes away. Verdict: The game...

It was only a matter of time.  It’s a well known fact that gaming localizations – especially for niche genres like RPGs – are expensive, often prohibitively so.  Now, MonkeyPaw Games and GaijinWorks are hoping to mitigate some of the financial risk of localizing PSP dungeon crawler...

Escape Plan is a gorgeous 2D platform puzzler with adorable characters, a whimsical yet moody soundtrack, and a set design equal parts industrial, dystopic and Tim Burton-esque. This game makes the best use of the Playstation Vita touchscreen I’ve seen, with both front and back taps internally...

Woah, woah, woah. What’s the deal, here? Persona 3 Portable, a PSP game with an 89 Metacritic score based on a PS2 game with a ton of critical and consumer buzz, is now available for half off the normal price of $40, starting today. There are a a ton of other sweet handheld games on sale, as well....

Nintendo’s angelic protagonist Pit is back this week from a 20 year hiatus. The third Kid Icarus game is the first in the series since Kid Icarus: Of Myths and Monsters hit the Game Boy back in 1991. A somewhat disturbing number of gamers that will play Uprising have been born since then. It makes you...

It’s no secret that many of my Evil colleagues are head-over-heels in love with the PlayStation Vita.  And, on the surface, why wouldn’t they be?  It’s a damn sexy machine.  The technical capabilities are beyond impressive for a handheld, and the networking features show a lot of...

When it comes to hardware design, there is one thing that Sony specializes in: sexiness.  Virtually every device that has ever carried the brand name has been aesthetically pleasing and possesses technology ages ahead of its time.  In the case of the PlayStation Vita, this is far from an exception.  In...

Capcom recently went on record to announce twelve exclusive characters for the Vita version of Street Fighter x Tekken, a rather unusual move for the fighting game giant.  The characters announced included Elena, Cody, Guy, Sakura, Dudley, and Blanka from Street Fighter and Lars, Alisa, Christie, Jack,...

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...

New hardware is always a big deal, but the release of the PlayStation Vita is especially important. The world is watching to see if there is room for a dedicated handheld gaming device in a world full of smart phones. With the slow start of the Nintendo 3DS and the Vita’s own struggle in Japan, the...