News: Persona 4 Arena Coming Stateside This Summer

News:  Persona 4 Arena Coming Stateside This Summer

In what will surely be welcome news to the bruised wallets of Japanese import gamers everywhere, Atlus USA has announced via their Twitter account that the fighting game based on the Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series (entitled Persona 4: The Ultimate in Mayonaka Arena for Japan) will be released in North...

Return From Warp Zone: The Generation Gap

Return From Warp Zone: The Generation Gap

The average age of today’s traditional Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 owner is 37. A couple of years ago that number was 35. Looking back near the start of the generation, that number was 30. Notice a trend? Every time the age of the current gaming demographic is surveyed by one organization or another,...

Review: Soul Calibur V (Xbox 360)

Review: Soul Calibur V (Xbox 360)

The Force was somewhat strong with Soul Calibur IV, but it was held back by a combination of controversial guest characters, egregious DLC, and a fighting system that wasn’t very friendly to high-level tournament play.  Three years later, Project Soul is back with a new title in the series…but...

Release of the Week: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (360, PS3, PC)

Release of the Week: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (360, PS3, PC)

What do legendary pitcher Curt Schilling, best selling author R. A. Salvatore and famed game designer Ken Rolston have in common? They’re all working hard to bring out the first big RPG in the post Skyrim era. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the debut title from 38 Studios and is a game you should...

Review: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (360/PS3)

Review: Metal Gear Solid HD Collection (360/PS3)

Due to a mysterious delay in Metal Gear Solid: Rising‘s development, stealth-craving gamers this holiday season are greeted instead with a compilation of classic titles from the long-running series.  Kojima’s classic series is reborn on current-generation consoles with a high definition upgrade...

Release of the Week: Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3)

Release of the Week: Batman: Arkham City (360, PS3)

Batman: Arkham Asylum was a bit of a pleasant surprise when it came out in 2009. It was a gritty game with a fantastic combat and stealth system that provided the nostalgia of animated series without the cheesy reality of the show. Good atmosphere and game mechanics made Arkham Asylum the first truly good...

Release of the Week: Forza Motorsport 4 (360)

Release of the Week: Forza Motorsport 4 (360)

Turn 10 is back this week with the Xbox 360′s premier simulation racing series. This time around Forza Motorsport utilizes the Kinect for head tracking and vehicle inspection. With rival Gran Turismo 5 promising a huge content patch at the end of the month on the PS3, does Forza bring enough to the...

Release of the Week: Gears of War 3 (360)

Release of the Week: Gears of War 3 (360)

The biggest Xbox 360 game of the year is here! Gears of War, the extremely popular third person shooter series, has come to it’s epic conclusion. Delta squad, a group known for it’s hyper masculine soldiers, has suffered so much in its war against the Locusts that they are actually welcoming...

Release of the Week: NHL 12 (360, PS3)

Release of the Week: NHL 12 (360, PS3)

The football season kicked off this weekend, and you know what that means: hockey is almost here! NHL 12 will launch this week with revamped gameplay, more realistic Be a Pro/GM modes, and an all new team! Say what you want about iterative sports games, but you’ll need to buy NHL 12 if you want to...

Release of the Week: Warhammer 40K: Space Marine (360, PS3, PC)

Release of the Week: Warhammer 40K: Space Marine (360, PS3, PC)

Labor Day weekend is here, and so are the games! This is one of the craziest weeks of the fall in terms of major releases. Driver: San Fransisco, Dead Island, Resistance 3, Disgaea 4, Star Fox 64 3D, BloodRayne: Betrayal, and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12 all get released this week. That’s enough gaming to...