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Footage of LucasArts’ Cancelled Darth Maul Game Leaked

Posted on April 9, 2014 by Rae Michelle Richards

The recently shuttered LucasArts had a last generation title in production centered around Darth Maul – the Sith lord who will ever been linked with one of the few awesome fight scenes in the prequel trilogy and of course double bladed light sabers. Footage from an unfinished build has made its way on to YouTube, alongside details in the May issue of Game Informer.

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New Super Smash Bros. Direct Details

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Jason Nason

A new Nintendo Direct video today revealed a ton of new details about the upcoming Super Smash Bros. video games for the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. Series creator Masahiro Sakurai hosted the video and announced that the launches of the games will be in different launch windows. The Nintendo 3DS version of the game is planned for a release this summer, while the Wii U version is planned for a winter 2014 release window. Both games will be available in stores and in the Nintendo eShop. Sakurai also detailed many of the stages and items in both versions, described

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LEGO The Hobbit Is Available Today!

Posted on April 8, 2014 by Les Major

Over the years, the LEGO games have found an endearing charm that many gamers have found hard to resist. With light hearted takes on some of our favourite movies, Travellers Tales has created some grand adventures. Today gamers can go there and almost back again in LEGO The Hobbit which includes adaptation of Peter Jackson’s first two movies based on the J. R. R. Tolkien classic. Rumour has it that the third instalment’s game content will be released as DLC closer to the movies release. Want to see the trailer? Travel along further into this article for

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The Sequel To The Game I Didn’t Even Know I Wanted

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Les Major

NES Remix 2 is on the way and I have to admit, I’m excited! Growing up, my friends and I would always go on about ideas like this. Specifically I remember us talking about a more 16-bit Final Fantasy battler that was quite similar to the concept of Dissidia. I didn’t know what to think when the original NES Remix was released as a huge surprise during a Nintendo Direct announcement. I’d actually hopped on Twitch to see someone else playing it and instantly I wanted to give it a go. So what can we expect for the sequel?

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Super Smash Bros. Nintendo Direct Coming Tuesday

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Les Major

Eager for more news on Super Smash Bros. the latest in the series coming to both Wii U and 3DS? Nintendo does confirm these will be new details. Any speculation on what could be coming our way? I have a few hopes myself. Dr. Wily perhaps? Who knows! Personally, and it’s a long shot, I’d love to see Wart from Super Mario Bros. 2 the USA version. After all, it is a featured game in the upcoming NES Remix 2 available later this month on the Wii U eShop. The Nintendo Direct will be on Tuesday, April 8th, at 6

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April 3rd Nintendo Download

Posted on April 3, 2014 by Jason Nason

Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball (Nintendo) – Rated: E Celebrate the start of the baseball season with a collection of baseball-themed mini-games. You can even haggle with hilarious ol’ Rusty to lower the real-life price of additional batting, pitching and fielding mini-games in the Nintendo eShop. The custom-priced model of add-on content in Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball is part of the fun. How low will he go?

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Teyon Set to Release Governor of Poker on April 10th

Posted on March 31, 2014 by Jason Nason

Teyon and Youdagames have announced their upcoming title, Governor of Poker, will be released on the Nintendo 3DS next week. The game will be available via the Nintendo eShop in both North America and Europe as of April 10 for $4.99 and €4.99 respectively. The game isn’t just simply a poker sim, but looks like it will have some town building elements as well. The game takes place in the desert town of San Saba where you begin your journey to building your reputation and riches up to take over the whole state of Texas. Play your cards right and

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March 27th Nintendo Download

Posted on March 30, 2014 by Jason Nason

Dr. Mario (Nintendo) – Rated: E – $4.99 Feeling under the weather? Well, Dr. Mario has the cure for you! Help him fight bodies of nasty viruses with multi-colored vitamins, eliminating those germs faster than they can multiply. Rotate the vitamins as they drop, and gain a higher score by aligning multiples of the same color. Clear all of the viruses to move on to the next round. But watch out as the vitamins start dropping at a faster rate! Not enough of a challenge? Try competing against a buddy, and prove that you’re just what the doctor prescribed!

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March 20th Nintendo Download

Posted on March 24, 2014 by Jason Nason

Pokémon Battle Trozei (Nintendo) – Rated: E – $7.99 Prepare for fast-paced Pokémon puzzle action—because you’re about to match Pokémon while battling and collecting even more Pokémon. This strategic puzzle game includes every known Pokémon—more than 700—from Pokémon Red and Pokémon Blue all the way to Pokémon X and Pokémon Y. Are you a master or aren’t you? Moving and matching Pokémon to create chains is easy to start, but difficult to master. Match 3 or more Pokémon characters in a row to attack one of the many powerful opponent Pokémon you’ll face, like Xerneas, Yveltal, or Charizard! During this

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March 13th Nintendo Download

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Jason Nason

Yoshi’s New Island (Nintendo) – Rated: E Yoshi is back and he’s bustin’ out the big eggs. Crush your surroundings and create paths with his new Mega and Metal Eggdozers in a new platforming adventure. It’ll take more than egg tosses and flutter jumps to lead Yoshi and Baby Mario through a dangerous new island littered with inventive power-ups. Can you help save Baby Luigi? Yoshi’s New Island will be available at midnight on March 14.

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March 6th Nintendo Download

Posted on March 9, 2014 by Jason Nason

BLOK DROP U (RCMADIAX) – Rated: E – $1.99 BLOK DROP U is a simple, yet challenging, physics-based puzzle game exclusively for Wii U. Your goal is to guide the red blok safely to rest on any of the normal platforms by tapping, and destroying, the grey bloks. A number of different obstacles such as open holes, blades, bounce bloks and more will try to destroy your red blok. Players can pick which set of stages they would like to play, or begin with the basics and continue all the way through to the end.

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February 20th Nintendo Download

Posted on February 20, 2014 by Jason Nason

Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze (Nintendo) – Rated: E – $49.99 It’s on Like Donkey Kong on Wii U! Help Donkey Kong and his friends save their home and banana hoard from marauding Vikings in the Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze game from Retro Studios. All the challenging ground-pounding, barrel-blasting, side-scrolling mine cart action from the Donkey Kong Country series is back along with a bushel of new game play elements and features. Game will be released on February 21st.

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Club Nintendo Rewards – February 2014

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Jason Nason

The month of February brings four new downloadable game rewards for Club Nintendo members, including Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars. The game is one of two Virtual Console titles that are available for the Nintendo Wii/Wii U, the other is classic Nintendo title Punch-Out!! Featuring Mr. Dream. The two other games for the Nintendo 3DS include Virtual Console title Donkey Kong Jr. and DSiWare title Art Style: PiCTOBiTS. All four titles are available until March 9th, 2014.

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Transformers: Rise Of The Dark Spark Announced

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Joshua Rust

Today at the New York Toy Fair Activision announced a new Transformers video game, presumably to coincide with the release of the next Transformers movie, titled Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark. With unfortunate layoffs at High Moon Studios, it appears that the new Transformers game will be in a new developers’ hands: Edge of Reality (whom is most memorable for The Incredible Hulk tie-in). Activision, with the announcement of the new game, have also released a teaser trailer to go along with it…

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Mario Golf: World Tour Tees Off May 2nd

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Jason Nason

Nintendo revealed the release date for their upcoming sports title Mario Golf: World Tour during the Nintendo Direct on Thursday. The game, which continues the legacy of Mario-themed sports titles, will tee off in stores and in the Nintendo 3DS eShop on May 2nd. You can of course tee off as your favorite Mario character but you can also play as your Mii character as well while challenging players online. Shoot into warp pipes and dodge piranha plants in Mushroom Kingdom areas or take a shot at the nature-themed courses. The newly announced Castle Club has both naturalistic and Mario-themed

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