Earlier this month, I thought I was going to the 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo.  Instead, I winded up at the first annual Electronic Entertainment ExBRO.  An ocean of shooters, as far as the eye could see.  Battlefield 3.  Call of Duty.  Gears of War 3.  Hitman: Absolution. Dust 514. Starhawk. ...

Capcom delivers an epic crossover once again, Pringles not included. Street Fighter x Tekken (pronounced Street Fighter CROSS Tekken) on the PS3 and Xbox 360 combines two of fighting’s most famous franchises into one single fast-paced button-mashing melee. The gameplay includes elements of both the...

2-18-2011 DVR Time: Young Justice My DVR was eagerly awaiting my attention to catch up on the latest episode of Young Justice. DC comics has started another television series based on their characters and this time they have taken a different approach than they did with the with Batman: TAS, Superman,...

Fighting fans have spoken, and Capcom has finally answered their prayers. It’s hard to believe, but a long time has passed since Marvel Vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes burst onto the scene.  Though critiqued for its unusual-but-catchy jazz soundtrack, unintelligible story, and major balance issues,...

Ten years.  What a long wait it’s been. But that wait is nearly over.  At midnight tonight across the country, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds will release to the general public. My neighborhood Best Buy just happened to have a demo station available to test the game out prior to its...

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 Fighter 4...

Put simply, Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 is more of a good thing.  The original Bionic Commando Rearmed was an excellent update to a classic franchise, and this one picks right up where the previous one left off. Game: Bionic Commando Rearmed 2 Publisher: Capcom Developer: Fatshark/GRIN Genre: 2D...

Everybody loves DRM, right? It makes the gaming world a Happy, Safe Place, free from those Horrid Dirty Pirates who do nothing but steal games and probably eat children. For fun. Not nutrition. Also, terrorism is probably involved somewhere. And I bet it was Horrid Dirty Pirates who knocked the wing mirror...

Like it or hate it, Japan has been a portable-driven market over the last few years. HD consoles have been relatively ignored by the masses, while the DS and PSP have gobbled up the lion’s share of hardware and software sales. There has already been a lot of discussion among both Eastern and Western...

2005 – a banner year if there ever was one – laid a solid footing for Nintendo’s so called “Third Pillar” to go on and become the most successful video game handheld of all time, and as some would argue the best video game device ever made. The number of system defining games that were...