Big Brain Academy and Polarium Added to Virtual Console Tomorrow

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Jason Nason

Two new games will join the Wii U Virtual Console tomorrow when Nintendo’s North American download hits. The first title is Polarium Advance, the Game Boy Advance sequel to the Nintendo DS puzzle game Polarium. That game came to to the GBA in North America back in 2006. In the game you have to clear the lines in a single stroke! Create horizontal rows of the same color to clear the board. There are 365 puzzles, with many modes and special titles that will challenge your mind. You can play against the clock, or create your very own puzzles The

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The Political Machine 2016: The Invasion of the Bobbleheads

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Kyle Scarboro

Greetings Citizens, It is 2016 and the political machine is being fired up and sent into overdrive. A firestorm of ads, interviews, fundraising, and debates are being thrown together one after another. Candidates from across the nation are kissing babies and shaking hands and doing everything in their power not to confuse the two! So with these things going on, the people at the Stardock Corporation has thrown together The Political Machine 2016, where the citizens of this great nation can enjoy all this fun and wacky times in video game form. While Stardock Corporation is not known for any

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Idea Factory International Announces Release Date For Trillion: God of Destruction

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Do you have what it takes to best a boss with one trillion hit points? That’s the question that Idea Factory International’s upcoming PS Vita exclusive strategy RPG Trillion: God of Destruction. IFI has announced that the game will be available both physical and digitally on March 29th in North America and April 1st in Europe. In the world of Trillion: God of Destruction peace in the world of demons, the Underworld, lasted over a thousand years until the demon god of destruction, Trillion, appeared with intentions to consume the entire world.  Players will have six overlord candidates at their

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New Trailer for Witch & Hero 2; Launches in Japan next week

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Jason Nason

Flyhigh Works, the publisher of Witch & Hero 2 in Japan, released a new trailer for the upcoming game. The game hits 3DS eShops in Japan on February 17th. The game will be localized and released in North America by Circle Entertainment, with the release set for mid-March. Check out the trailer for Witch & Hero 2 as well as some screens below.

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ASUS & Alienware Unveil First Oculus Ready PCs

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

2016 may very well be the year that virtual reality hits the mainstream with the impending release of both the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. With the Rift set to ship to customers who pre-ordered starting later next month, March 28th, ASUS and Alienware have unveiled their lineups of “Oculus Ready” PCs. Both manufacturers will be offering their systems either bundled with an Oculus Rift Cv1 headset or without. In terms of hardware configurations most of the bundles will utilize the Intel i5 6400 processor while ASUS & Alienware’s most expensive offerings will use the more powerful Intel Core i7-5820

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Unravel Impressions: A Wooly World For Xbox & PlayStation Fans

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

When EA unveiled Unravel to the world last year during E3 I wasn’t exactly enthralled with the idea of yet another side scrolling platformer featuring a main character made out of cloth. To be honest, I always kind of pegged that as Sony’s thing and comparisons between Unravel and Little Big Planet are almost inevitable (creation tools aside) given the similarities between the two titles. This past weekend I sat down with the final build of Unravel and played through the first two of the game’s stages. After experiencing part of Yarny’s adventures, I can see what makes this game

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Mad Catz Laying Off 37% of Their Workforce Shows What’s Wrong With AAA Publishers

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Bad news for Mad Catz the folks behind last Fall’s Rock Band 4 peripherals as well as the Heavy Precision Control System which was aimed at the hardcore Farming Simulator crowd. President / CEO Darren Ridchardson resigned ahead of the company reporting a profit of $1.2million for the last quarter of 2014. This quarter was reportedly one of the best that the company has seen with sales jumping 114% over the previous year. Despite these sales increases and profits the new board has decided to layoff 37% of their total worldwide work force amidst the board restructuring.  This massive reduction

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Gravity Rush Remastered Impressions

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Erika

Gravity Rush
Remastered and ported over by BluePoint Games, Gravity Rush Remastered (also known as Gravity Daze in Japan) is a very faithful port of the original 2012 PSVita Game. For those not familiar with the game, the player finds themselves dropped into the world of a character that has no memories and is able to control the gravity around her. Kat, the name eventually given to her, must now explore a world that she’s not familiar with as she tries to figure out who she is. Story is beautiful told though graphic novel-like sequences that are decently short, which pushes story

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Far Cry Primal Gets New “101 Trailer”

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Broken Joysticks

Far Cry Primal Trailer
A new  for Far Cry Primal trailer has been released by Ubisoft. For those of you already familiar with all the details that have been floating around the news these past few months, this trailer has little to no new info. For those who have not been following the game’s release to closely however, this trailer is an excellent rundown of some of the most important features, concepts, and changes in the new entry to the Far Cry series. It is worth mentioning the trailer contains brief nudity for those reading this from work.

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New Details emerge from Overwatch Beta

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

Some new details have emerged about the Overwatch Beta that will be back up later today. Overview: -For the new progression system, you have an infinite global level-up system that works like Paragon Levels in Diablo 3. Playing any hero puts experience into the same level-up bar. -As you level up, you unlock things like portrait borders and character portraits, and you also get loot crates. -Each loot crate has at least four cosmetic items in it. These include skins, emotes, new voice-over lines, sprays, and more. -You can crunch duplicate loot items for credits which you can use to

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Ubisoft Announced Open Beta For The Division

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

We’ve got one last chance to try out Tom Clancy’s The Division before the game’s official launch on March 8. The open beta will be available to all PlayStation Network and Xbox Live. In the past Ubisoft has said that some game modes will be locked out for agents who do not subscribe to PlayStation Plus or Xbox Live. All of the content from the closed beta – which included the Madison Square Gardens Field Hospital single player mission and the Dark Zone multiplayer component up to level six. Agents will also get to try out a second single player

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Overwatch beta is not quite ready to return

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Fionna Schweit

[BETA] There isn't an exact time the Overwatch Closed Beta will relaunch today, but we'll post an update once it's live—so stay tuned! — Overwatch (@PlayOverwatch) February 9, 2016 Blizzard have announced that they are not quite ready to bring back the Overwatch Beta yet.  Keep your eyes on the @playoverwatch twitter and keep hoping and ill see you in the Beta.

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Development Halts On Spiritual Successor To Final Fantasy Tactics, Unsung Story

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

Today it was announced that PlayDeck the developers behind Yasumi Matsuno’s spiritual successor to the PlayStation classic Final Fantasy Tactics, Unsung Story, has ceased active development. This shocking revelation that the once promising strategy RPG would see no further development came in the form of an update to KickStarter backers who helped fund development efforts. Several key staff members left the developer after their last update to backers in October 2015. PlayDeck released a short statement about the financial viability of continuing work on Unsung Story and that in time they may be able to get a third party to

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Splatoon Concert Looks like a Fun-filled event

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Jason Nason

I don’t read and can’t speak or understand Japanese either, which leaves me with just a jealous curiosity about this event. It looks like Japan was treated to a “live” Splatoon concert featuring Callie and Marie from Nintendo’s hit Wii U game. This ia the sort of silly, yet amazing, things that make fans in North America want to hop on a plane and move East. Check out the concert below, courtesy Nintendo of Japan. It’s quite amazing.

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Check Out 15 Minutes of Gameplay From The Division’s Singleplayer Campaign

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Rae Michelle Richards

The closed beta for Tom Clancy’s The Division was so enjoyable that I thought it was more polished and better constructed than the first year of Destiny. Although the beta might be a week behind us we haven’t forgotten what a great experience it was. I captured over 90 minutes of footage while playing and due to some intermittent internet issues wasn’t able to upload them until today. Below you’ll find 15 minutes of gameplay from the closed beta’s only story mission – the rescue of a very important doctor from the Madison Garden field hospital. Look forward to more

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