Namco Bandai, Capcom, and Sega Team Up for Crossover Project

Michael Lacerna — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:43:14 +0000

The biggest surprise out of the Nintendo Direct live stream today came not from Nintendo, but rather, three of Japan’s biggest third parties: Capcom, Sega, and Namco announced that all three companies are working together on some sort of mysterious …

The Last Story Finally Coming to America, Courtesy of XSEED

Michael Lacerna — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:31:55 +0000

Long suffering Wii owners, the drought is over: XSEED Games announced today that they will be publishing Mistwalker’s action-RPG epic The Last Story in North America. The Last Story was published by Nintendo in Japan and Europe, but the North …

North American Xenoblade Box Art Winner Announced

Chris Hernandez — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:34:18 +0000

Nintendo of America President, Reggie Fils-Aime, today revealed the winner of the cover art to be printed on US release of Xenoblades cover. On top of this reveal he also confirmed that the game would be hitting western shores April …

“Next” Metal Gear Solid Game Coming to PC’s, “High-End” Consoles

Michael Lacerna — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:49:50 +0000

Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear Solid series and prolific tweeter, made an announcement today via his favorite social networking platform that their is indeed another Metal Gear Solid game in development, and that Kojima Productions is currently hiring …

YouTube Tuesday – 5 Million Minecraft Users!

Dave Bast — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:42:51 +0000

Every Tuesday (starting today!) I like to take some time to focus on the hardworking and dedicated “YouTubers” within the gaming community. This week we’ll focus on my favorite comedic and instructional Minecraft channel – Docm77, specifically his Minecraft World Tour. …

Seaman Comes Again

Michael Lacerna — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 06:46:01 +0000

Sorry about that headline. I couldn’t resist. Anyway, Japanese news outlet Nikkei is reporting that Nintendo is launching a new initiative in which the Kyoto publisher will pick up and produce entries in other publishers’ franchises. This is a bizarre …

Mojang is Making Tim Schafer Look like a Boss Again

Dave Bast — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:48:02 +0000

It seems that over the past week I’ve been typing the names “Tim Schafer” and “Notch” in the tags on my posts an awful lot. Obviously most of this revolved around Double Fine’s vastly successful Kickstarter campaign and Notch’s hopefully …

God of War: Ghost of Sparta Review

Chris Hernandez — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 06:10:15 +0000

I feel I should preface this review by saying that I have not played any other God of War games before. So, if you feel I am wrong in my overall positive opinion of this game, based on the games …

Mojang Raises a Not-So-Humble-Bundle for Charity

Dave Bast — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 22:06:47 +0000

Mojang’s 3 day game jam via humblebundle, which just ended a minute ago, has managed to raise almost $500k for charity. While it would be awesome to report that the charity was the Give Tim Schafer More Money to Make …

5 Stupid Ideas That Got Turned Into Terrible Games

Michael Lacerna — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 07:19:54 +0000

Because sometimes you just look at a game and have to ask yourself, “How did this get made? Who thought this was a good idea?”All games, even the best ones, have stupid parts that make you ask, “What were the …