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Arc System Works announces Guilty Gear Xrd

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News On: 19 May

Arc System Works has finally revealed the long awaited next entry in their popular Guilty Gear franchise, entitled Guilty Gear Xrd.

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Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut Review

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On:

Deadly Premonition is a game that’s been described by a lot of people as “so bad it’s good.” While I’m glad that a game as strange as DP has managed to find an audience, I can’t help but feel that the game’s B-movie reputation is unfairly dismissive and reductive: sure, Deadly Premonition has some pretty [...]

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April NPD: Injustice Gods Among Us beats down the competition

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 16 May

Has it been a month already? I’m still busy playing through all the games I bought in March, and apparently a lot of you guys are too: according to the NPD sales data released today, April was a pretty slow month for the industry. Only 4 out of the top 10 bestselling games for the [...]

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Nintendo stakes claim on ad revenue from user generated YouTube videos

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Wii, Wii U On:

Nintendo has made a lot of questionable decisions lately, but their latest gaffe might just be their worst: multiple YouTube users are reporting that Nintendo has staked a copyright claim on videos featuring footage from Nintendo games. While Nintendo hasn’t removed the videos from YouTube, ad revenue from those videos will now be directed to [...]

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Final Fantasy 11 is 11 years old today, still profitable

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On:

Today marks the eleventh anniversary of Final Fantasy XI’s original launch in Japan. Since the game’s launch more than a decade ago, FFXI has faced fierce competition from newer, flashier, and more accessible MMO’s, but despite all that, the game has remained a profitable title for Square.

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EA gives up on Online Passes

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On:

Online Passes — one-time use codes that users have to enter if they want to access a game’s online features — have been one of the most maligned “features” forced onto modern games, and gamers have been protesting their use ever since they were first introduced a few years ago. Today Electronic Arts, the company [...]

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Instruction manual for terrible game sells on eBay for over $1,000

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Gaming News On: 15 May

Hardcore video game collectors want the games in their collection to be complete — original case, cover artwork, instruction manual, hell, some even insist on saving the registration and precautions cards that come with certain games. Today some truly hardcore collectors showed just how dedicated they are to completing their collections, as an eBay auction [...]

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Scribblenauts Unmasked features over 2000 DC heroes and villains

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Handheld, Nintendo DS/3DS, PC, Wii U On:

How many DC Universe characters can you fit into one game? Over 2000 apparently, as Scribblenauts Unmasked’s developers are bragging that their upcoming DC-themed puzzle-platformer will feature thousands of characters spanning DC’s entire history.

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Take-Two posts slight loss despite strong performance of BioShock Infinite

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Xbox 360 On:

Take-Two Interactive announced today that they’ll be posting a loss $31.2 million dollars for the last fiscal year. Despite not quite meeting their goals for the year, the company still has a surprisingly positive outlook: the company’s revenue actually rose quite a bit from the previous year, and with the upcoming release of GTA V [...]

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Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures is the Pac-Man reboot you didn’t ask for

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On: 14 May

Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is one of the best downloadable titles of this generation — it’s fun, it’s accessible, and it’s insanely addictive. It’s what a retro revival should be: true to the original game, while at the same time making it feel fresh and new. Today Namco Bandai announced Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures, [...]

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Konami E3 livestream promises MGS5, Lords of Shadow 2, unintentional laughs

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, PC, Playstation 3, Wii U, Xbox 360 On:

Konami has announced that they will host a public livestream for their E3 press conference this year.

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New teaser video gives us our first look at the PS4 console [UPDATE]

Posted By: Michael Lacerna In: Console News, Gaming News, Playstation 3 On: 13 May

When Sony formally unveiled the PS4 last February, they forgot to show one thing: the actual console itself. A new teaser video for their upcoming system has apparently been leaked, and it’s given us our first look at the casing for Sony’s next-gen system.

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