Monthly Archives: October 2011

Mass Effect 3′s Multiplayer Already Alternates Between Fun And Unnecessary

Until last month, you could have called Mass Effect 3‘s multiplayer mode the biggest secret in the video game industry — unless you recall EA Chief Operating Officer John Schappert‘s comments that every EA game shipping in fiscal 2011 will … Continue reading

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Review: PixelJunk SideScroller is a Sublime "Shooter" From Another Time

Being a fan of the PixelJunk Shooter games, I found it an odd but mostly pleasant surprise that developer Q-Games was branching out with PixelJunk SideScroller — it’s definitely not the free-moving planetary spelunking game that Shooter is, but instead … Continue reading

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Phoenix Wright Movie Slated for February Release (in Japan, of Course)

As announced back in May, the movie based on Phoenix Wright is real and will be out in 2012. A more precise release date than that has now been attached to the project: it’ll be in theaters on February 11, … Continue reading

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BurgerTime Deluxe Now Available on 3DS eShop

If you don’t care about the upcoming HD version of BurgerTime, World Tour, and just want some basic, burger-building action, you’ll be pleased to know that today’s Nintendo Download update brings the Game Boy version of the classic arcade game … Continue reading

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Get PlayStation Vita Early by Pre-Ordering a Bundle

Thanks to it being region free, you can import a PlayStation Vita from Japan and not have to worry about whether North American or European games will work on it. If you’d rather not resort to importing but want to … Continue reading

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Batman, Saints Row Headed to Origin as EA Adds Third-Party Content

EA’s digital PC game distribution service, Origin, is already home to more than 100 games you can purchase and download immediately. Of course, every single one of those games is an Electronic Arts product. That will soon change, as EA … Continue reading

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Nintendo Expects its First Annual Loss in 30 Years

Thanks to a combination of factors that don’t play into Nintendo’s hand, the company behind Mario today projected a net loss of 20 billion yen ($264 million) for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. That’s an enormous shift from … Continue reading

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The Nine Worst Video Game Themes

Feature Share it: Tweet The Nine Worst Video Game Themes Warning: these musical abominations may cause irreparable damage to your eardrums. By: Scott Sharkey October 24, 2011 Sometimes someone gets it in their head that a videogame doesn’t just need … Continue reading

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Total War Conversion Mod Brings Zelda’s Hyrule to PC

While there is a constant flow of interesting mods being released for PC games, it’s not every day you see one that can really turn some heads (and make console gamers jealous in the process). Hyrule: Total War looks like … Continue reading

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8 Weird and/or Cool Xbox Live Indie Games You Must Own

Feature Share it: Tweet 8 Weird and/or Cool Xbox Live Indie Games You Must Own Thought you bought and played all you needed to? You thought wrong. By: Ray Barnholt October 26, 2011 Maybe you’ve checked out the Indie Games … Continue reading

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