Broke? I feel you. I’ve been living off microwavable burritos and ramen for the last few months, and I know how much it sucks when money is tight. Thankfully, frequent sales on videogames means that even the financially destitute like you and me can still afford …
Retro Round-Up is a weekly feature that looks at the world of retro gaming. This week, I take a look at the line-up for Nintendo’s recently announced Kirby’s Dream Collection for the Wii, and talk about the games that should have been featured in Kirby’s big …
Nintendo’s set to finally reveal some concrete details (and hopefully some real games) about their latest console in just a few weeks at E3, but thanks to a pic posted to Twitter by a game tester at TT Games (a tester who’s probably in a lot …
It’s kind of weird that The Avengers was released this past weekend without any sort of licensed game tie-in: the movie has already set box office records and will probably go on to be the biggest film of the year, so you’d think videogame publishers would …
Nicalis, the small publisher best known for releasing cult-classic Japanese indie game Cave Story in the West, announced last night via Twitter that the WiiWare port of another beloved Japanese indie title, La Mulana, has been cancelled. Nicalis cited poor sales of other WiiWare titles to …
Back in the early days of the Wii, Nintendo re-released a bunch of Gamecube games with “new” (read: tacked on) motion controls in order to quickly capitalize on the success of their new system. I didn’t mind; after all, the Gamecube had some great games that …
The original Rayman Origins came out last year to rave reviews, but unfortunately, Ubisoft chose to release it during the middle of the holiday rush, and the game only managed to achieve modest sales in the midst of competition from higher profile titles. However, if a …
Nintendo held another one of their regular “Nintendo Direct” streaming press conferences tonight, and while most of the hour long video was comprised of trailers for games we’ve already heard about, Nintendo did have a few surprise announcements to make.
The Gamecube, Wii, and 3DS all launched without a Mario game, and while the Wii managed to have a successful launch without Nintendo’s mascot, the Gamecube and the 3DS struggled early on without gaming’s favorite Italian stereotype there to help sell systems. Nintendo’s not taking any …
Feel like buying a game this week? Well, why buy one game when you can get three! Both Amazon and Target are running a sale this week that should make frugal gamers (read: broke-ass bastards) very happy.