Throughout its history, the console lifespan has been around five years. The ever expanding technology sector grows at an exponential rate requiring hardware manufacturers of video game consoles to reinvent their companies products in five year intervals. This generation has broken the mold though, in more ways than one. The Xbox was launched in 2005 making 2012 the seventh year consumers have seen Microsoft’s console on store shelves. With the emergence of the internet in...
Square Enix recently announced the price and Japanese release date for Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance. The price for the the game itself will be 6,090 Yen, about 79 US Dollars for those curious. There will also be two bundles for Dream Drop Distance. One comes with the game and the special 3DS you see above. The other is a “10th anniversary box” which details for have not been released. Every first run edition of the game will also feature an AR card that unlocks a...
Capcom announced the next game in one it’s biggest series today, Resident Evil 6. In a completely new turn for the Resident Evil series, fan favorites Leon S. Kennedy will be teaming up with Chris Redfield to face the newest bioterrorist threat. While little is known about the story thus far, we do have this small bit from Capcom: Ten years after the incidents at raccoon city, the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place...
Indie studio Tequila Works announced it’s first title Deadlight today. Releasing exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade in 2012 and published by Microsoft Studios, Deadlight follows a man attempting to traverse the apocalyptic west coats coast. Being called a puzzle platformer like Portal and Braid, it should be quite interesting to see what the tipsy team at Tequila works can come up with. Based in Madrid and founded in 2009, the Tequila Works team includes members...
Welcome to the wonderful world of Vessel. Where the latest invention of the main character, Arkwright, has gone awry. The latest invention is Fluros. Living beings made from a liquid state, water, lava, chemicals and anything else that fits the description. Turning on their users and creating havoc around the world (sounds like iRobot). Now in order to set these events straight you’ll help Arkwright create new Fluros destroy the crazy ones and try to gain control of...
Mass Effect 3 is one of the year’s most anticipated games and the end of the Sci Fi/RPG trilogy. In fact, Mass Effect 3 took home Spike’s VGA Most Anticipated Game of 2012 and may very well earn Bioware another award to go along with their Game of the Year and RPG of the Year awards they’ve accrued since Mass Effect’s release on console in November of 2007. Both Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 have lead to the impending invasion of earth by the Reapers. They have...
Demiurge Studios first original title, Shoot Many Robots, is a 4 player co-op “run’ n gun RPG.” In a similar fashion to GoW 3 arcade mode, you’ll play cooperatively while trying to best your friends’ scores throughout each level. As the game progresses you’ll find and equip different weapons and armor, each with their own unique attributes. As for the RPG elements of the game, I believe the website itself describes it best : Killing robots...
One of the longest running console RPG franchises bring us back to it’s roots with a new distribution of Final Fantasy Origins. Containing both Final Fantasy and the follow-up, Final Fantasy II, it’s a great deal at $9.99. I remember seeing this particular disc in game stores for $60 and up, I also remember thinking “I need this game!” This package of games is completely reworked from their original forms on the Nintendo Entertainment System, and is...
Following the tradition of the Seven Deadly Sins trailer series, Paradox Interactive has released another satirical video. The flailing king featured in every trailer is slowly becoming head-canon as he endearingly fails at everything he does. I believe he survives through an aura of sheer luck, but I have no proof of that. This particular trailer recreates one moment of gameplay which I experienced and it plays out almost exactly the same. There may have been more...
So you got an iDevice? If so, congrats! You’ve just entered what I consider to be the elite group of those who own Apple products. But knowing you, you’re a gamer aren’t you? And you would hate to have to answer “Uhh…. Err… I have Angry Birds…” when posed about what games you have. Just like we helped you with Xbox, here we are to tell you some of the best iDevice games. (All these games available on iPod Touch, iPad, and...
