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...

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: FIFA Street (Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3)

Review: FIFA Street (Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3)

FIFA Street is one of those game franchises that just disappeared after its 2008 edition, never to be heard from again.  Really it didn’t come as that big of a shock that the series went the way of the Dodo, especially considering that at the time EA Sport’s entire Street brand was sent out...

News: BioWare Bows To Fans, Addresses ME3 Ending

News: BioWare Bows To Fans, Addresses ME3 Ending

The outcry over Mass Effect 3′s ending continues to clog Twitter feeds and gaming forums everywhere, and it appears that BioWare is finally coming forward to address some of the concerns fans laid out with – you guessed it – DLC. Yesterday, a post from BioWare co-founder Dr. Ray Muzyka...

Review: Street Fighter x Tekken (PS3)

Review: Street Fighter x Tekken (PS3)

Two fighting heavyweights come together for an ultimate battle in Street Fighter x Tekken.  But does the blending of these two drastically different gameplay styles deliver a knockout punch? Developed by the same team at Capcom/Dimps that created the original Street Fighter IV, it’s no surprise that...

News: Street Fighter x Tekken DLC Characters Discovered…On Disc

News:  Street Fighter x Tekken DLC Characters Discovered…On Disc

Street Fighter x Tekken‘s official release date is tomorrow, but (as with most Capcom fighters), non-corporate stores have been selling the game for nearly a week in metropolitan areas in NY and LA.  One of those fortunate enough to obtain an early copy of the game discovered a dirty little secret...

Evil.JP: I’ve Been Trolled By Square Enix

Evil.JP: I’ve Been Trolled By Square Enix

I just completed Final Fantasy XIII-2 last night, and I am not happy.  After working hard to complete dozens of monster hunts, frustrating quiz minigames, and Serendipity contests of sheer randomness in order to get to a point where finishing the actual game story made sense, they threw at me what is...

News: Street Fighter x Tekken Vita Characters Console Bound?

News: Street Fighter x Tekken Vita Characters Console Bound?

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,...

News: Jet Grind Radio Coming to XBLA / PSN

News: Jet Grind Radio Coming to XBLA / PSN

Word from Sega’s official blog is that the Dreamcast classic, Jet Grind Radio, will be making its way to Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network sometime in the near future.  The short teaser released did not specify a specific date or any further details regarding additional features or the...

Review: BlazBlue Continuum Shift EXTEND (PS3)

Review:  BlazBlue Continuum Shift EXTEND (PS3)

BlazBlue has had an interesting run thus far.  After exploding out of the gate during the beginning of the modern fighting game renaissance due to its beautiful HD graphics, quirky cast, and intriguing story, numerous iterative updates spread across several consoles have worn away the core of this...