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Watch This Wednesday – Commodore 64 port of Super Hexagon

This remake of the phenomenal Super Hexagon, names Micro Hexagon, was ported to the Commodore 64 as part of the 2nd RGCD C64 Cartridge Development Competition. A competition which challenges you to create a functional Commodore 64 game within 6 months. More detailed info can be found here. The video shows that this is a pretty faithful recreation, though fans of Super Hexagon may recognize several missing patterns. One thing it definitely nails is the music. Actually, I...

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Huge Holiday Sales For Playstation Plus (Week 1)

The holidays are here and in celebration Playstation Plus members are being drowned in presents and discounts. We previously outlined the free games that were coming this month, the first of which is going to be Grid 2 on 12/3/13, now we are going to take a look into the great deals for week 1 of the PlayStation Store Holiday Sale. The first week includes some of the years biggest titles and is giving players a chance to get their hands on the games that they might have...

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Project Spark’s Open Beta is Now Live

The “create your own open world” game, Project Spark, has begun its open beta. Earlier this year the registration for the Project Spark beta began, and if you signed up, you’re probably all ready to go. As of right now, the beta is open globally but only to Windows 8.1. An open beta will be coming to Xbox One in early 2014. Betas for both Windows 8.1 and Xbox One will run until Project Spark is launched next year. As mentioned on Xbox Wire: Since “Project...

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Omid Returns with Clementine in The Walking Dead Season 2

Telltale games, recently posted the above image of on their Facebook page. The picture reveals that Omid, a character from season one of The Walking Dead will be coming back this season, as well as Clementine. The first episode of season 2, All That Remains will be coming to Xbox 360, Playstation 3 ,PC and Mac this month. It looks as though a next gen release of The Walking Dead season 2 will not be coming this month. No information on when it will be coming to Xbox One or...

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The Sims 4 in 2014

“[Single-player games] Is going to be a major part of the market,” said Will Wright, creator and father of Spore, the Sims and Sim City, in 2010. That being said almost 4 years ago explains the rally of Sims that have come forth over the years and even more people waiting for anticipation of the new Sims 4. Sims 4 was officially announced at Gamescom in Germany over the summer and it gave players a first look at all the new and improved ways of game play.  The biggest...

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PSA: Tomb Raider is $10 on Steam

Want to play one of the most surprisingly fantastic games of this year? Then stop lollygagging and go pick up Tomb Raider on Steam. Or, while you are there, just pick up every Tomb Raider for an extra $4. Yes, every Tomb Raider game (with the exception of Guardian of Light) for only $14. Damn it feels good to be a gamer. Tomb Raider was one of those games that came out of left field for me. I had heard it was good, but I was woefully unprepared for its excellence. Maybe it...

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Louvre 3DS Tour Now Available

Ever want to visit Paris and appreciate the multitude of fine art on display in the Louvre but can’t afford the trip? Well now you can go there anytime you want, provided of course that you have a Nintendo 3DS and access to the eShop. Available today for $19.99, Louvre 3DS offers a virtual tour of the world famous museum with over 600 photographs of artwork and 30+ hours of audio commentary. Originally designed and conceived as a replacement for standard audio tours at...

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Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare Release Date Announced

Ever since the game was shown at E3 2013 I have been enamored with  Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare. Not only is the team at PopCap taking the series in a new direction by making it a shooter of sorts, they are allowing you to bring your friends along for the ride. The title will be releasing for Xbox 360 and Xbox One on February 18 in North America and February 20 in Europe, a PC release date has not yet been announced.  Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare was...

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6.5Review: Pac-Man & The Ghostly Adventures 3DS – Packin’ Pellets

Let me just get this out of the way, Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is a silly, silly game. Don’t take that as a slight on this entertaining and at times challenging platformer, however. In this case, silly is just what the doctor ordered. Though not without its faults, of which there are a few, Namco Bandai has done a commendable job of translating the current animated series to Nintendo’s handheld. Ghostly Adventures is not Pac-Man as you know and love him...

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Podcast: This Game Is Broken – Episode 3

Barry, Matt, and Chris sit down to discuss what they are playing. Topics cover Thanksgiving Food, Black Friday, Lap Dogs, Resogun, Pokemon, Don’t Starve, Bioshock Infinite, Bee Toilets, and Drunken Kinect orders. Apparently Chris was trying to eat his microphone this time, he is sorry and will try harder next time. This Game Is Broken 3 Were now on iTunes! The final song is My 8-bit by OrangeBlob. If there’s something we can do to make downloading the podcast easier...