Like RPGs but don’t have the time to plant yourself in front of your TV or PC for a hundred hours? Well, fear not, because there’s a bunch of worthwhile RPGs available on the DS and the PSP that’ll manage to sate your needs without the need to skip work, school, or engage in agoraphobic behavior. These games provide the full RPG experience and can be played on your commute for 15 minutes at a time and are also very well-suited for some classical, poop-socked marathon gaming sessions as well.
Taking a quick peek at some of the literally astounding deals being offered by Steam until the end of this year.
After reading my list of The Best Games from 2011 You (Probably) Haven’t Played, a reader sent in a surprisingly polite email requesting more handheld RPG recommendations after reading about Radiant Historia. Since its rare to receive a message over the internet that isn’t somehow insulting or a solicitation for sex (or both,) I thought it was only fair that we acquiesce and fulfill this reader’s request. So here you have it: part 1 of IGXPro’s official-but-not-all-encompassing guide to the best handheld RPGs.
Earlier this week during Spike TV’s annual bro-tastic VGAs, Hideo Kojima formally announced that the oft-delayed Metal Gear Rising had been reborn as Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, and that the melee combat based action game was no longer being developed in-house at Kojima Productions, but rather by Platinum Games, a developer with a well established pedigree in the genre. The marriage of Metal Gear, which remains one of gaming’s premiere franchises, and Platinum Games, the creators of critically acclaimed action games like Bayonetta and Vanquish, should have caused a tidal wave of excitement within the gaming community.
But of course, this is the internet we’re talking about, and if there’s one thing that’s guaranteed to cause nerd rage, it’s change.
When Christmas comes around, it makes everyone universally poor. We at IGX wanted you to know that we care about your very sad wallets, so we have a giveaway!
It’s that time of year again and you are probably wondering to yourself, why the heck did I wait so long to get her a present? Again. You get her another ugly sweater or a game that you want to play, you may get strangled in your sleep. No, I’m just kidding. Unless she’s a sociopath.. Then you may have other problems besides Christmas presents… Anyway, I am going to help you out a little, let you know what are some cool little gifts that she is sure to love because it speaks to her nerdy little heart.
The hit indie game Terraria’s recent update added a bunch of new content to it. Playing it extensively, I got to thinking what the game would be leading up to. This post will be filled with unmarked spoilers and my own speculations, unless you have defeated the Hell boss or don’t mind spoilers I’d advise not reading on.
It happens every year. Beyond Good and Evil. Rez. Psychonauts. Tomba. Suikoden II. Ico. Great games get overshadowed by games with more hype or bigger advertising budgets, and years later gamers mourn their lack of success (or sequels) and end up paying out the ass on eBay for a copy of most of these games.
Fanboys, or fanbois as they are popularly called, have been prevalent in the video game world since Sega Gensis vs Super Nintendo days and even before that there were Nintendo fans that likely claimed the NES was the only way to enjoy video games. Now, with the advent of the Internet and gaming the plethora of gaming blogs fanboys have run rampant and have created a modern warfare known as the flamewar, we need to stop this.
Last week I made a list of my top 10 Gamecube games to commemorate the 10th anniversary of that system’s launch (P.S. haters – I didn’t like Pikmin. Deal with it.) but the Gamecube wasn’t the only system to launch in November of 2001: the original Xbox is also about to turn ten. While the original Xbox was always a distant second to the PS2, it’s still a very important system for a number of reasons: it laid the groundwork for the eventual success of the Xbox 360 and Xbox Live, popularized traditionally PC-only genres such as FPS’s and Western RPG’s with console gamers, and arguably single-handedly legitimized and popularized Western game development and game design philosophy in the traditionally Japanese dominated console market.
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Be the first to get yours hands (and feet) on the latest from Majesco Entertainment! TWISTERMANIA is a Kinect exclusive title that plays very much like the original board game causing some awkward situations as you try to manoeuvre your body around others while trying to be the last one ‘standing’, but with a…twist!
I have a small knack for knowing what rumors are probably true and which are outright lies which comes with common sense, such as a recent “leak” of GTA5 by a someone working for a magazine who was clearly not of the profession since he couldn’t even spell Museum. The lists of rumored GTA features get debunked with each passing day that new info is released on, and some of those details are just outright trolls.
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