Playfirst, Inc., known for its mobile Diner Dash series, debuts its newest character, Narly the Narwhal in Deep Sea Deli for iOS. After layoffs associated with a failed foray into the social gaming market, Playfirst is back with a simple, but fun puzzler for all ages. Story What’s in the Water, the ocean floor’s hottest [...]
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Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus R (PS Vita) Review
Guilty Gear XX Λ Core Plus R is a fighting game for the PlayStation Vita. Arc System Works is the developer for the entire series and as such developed the game. In addition to the popular Guilty Gear series, Arc System has a long history of developing fighting games like the popular BlazBlue series and Atlus‘ Persona [...]
A Journey of Light and Dark: A Link to the Past 3DS Sequel
On Dec 2011, Nintendo released The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia in Japan (later released in America on Jan 2013 by Dark Horse Comics). This harcover contained some behind the scene goodies from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword and other Zelda games, but more importantly it codified and clarified the timeline for the entire series. [...]
Pitfall (iOS) Review
There’s a new fashion in rewriting old video games and turning them into something new. Activision’s Pitfall is one of these titles that has had the new treatment and made into an altogether new game for the mobile gaming world we now live in. They’ve thrown away the old gameplay mechanics and fashioned yet another endless running game. [...]
Nintendo Bringing Popular Japanese Games to the U.S.
Nintendo revealed plans to bring popular Japanese games such as Bravely Default to the U.S. in the recent Nintendo Direct. The biggest news to come out of Nintendo’s localization announcements is the partnership between Nintendo and Square-Enix bringing Bravely Default: Flying Fairy to the U.S. in 2014. Many 3DS owners have been waiting for news on a [...]
Nintendo Reveals Summer 3DS Plans
Nintendo announced information about upcoming 3DS titles during Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct. The biggest news was a new 3DS Legend of Zelda (read more about it here). In February, Nintendo declared 2013 the Year of Luigi. In the latest video, the company released plenty of information about upcoming Luigi and Mario-centered games. The previously announced Mario [...]
Zelda: A Link to the Past Sequel Coming to 3DS
A new The Legend of Zelda game will be coming out this holiday season for the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime announced during the Wednesday’s Nintendo Direct. The new Zelda game will seem familiar to long time fans because it is set in the world of Legend of Zelda: A Link to [...]
Digital Distribution’s Rise & the Lack of Japanese Imports
During every transitional period between console generations, the games industry reaches a crossroad. That crossroad has always involved the choices of what new hardware and software developments the console producing company and attached developers will adopt, and what design practices will be left behind in the name of progress. Those are the main factors that fill [...]
Gemini Rue (iOS) Review
In this modern age, there are only three types of games: the ostensibly rare original which only seems to show its face once in a blue moon, the ugly knock-off that shows its face more than we in the gaming community would like, and the port: a timid beast who has been transformed from something [...]
Mysterious New Pokémon Revealed for Pokémon X and Y
Nintendo gave eager fans a look at a mysterious new Pokémon on Saturday during an airing of Pokémon Smash in Japan. The new Pokémon look strangely familiar to long time fans as it bears a huge resemblance to the legendary Pokémon Mewtwo. No name or specific type has been revealed for the new creature. It will appear in the [...]
