Shadows of the Eternal’s Kickstarter Is Back From The Dead

Posted on July 26, 2013 by Rae Michelle Richards

You can’t keep a good game down, and it seems like Precursor Game’s Shadow of the Eternal is one of those projects that won’t go down without a fight. After a failed dual source funding campaign that combined KickStarter and their own crowd funding effort through the game’s official website, Shadow’s of the Eternals has been relisted on KickStarter with a much smaller target. David Hayter, the voice of Solid Snake, has also joined in the on this time period jumping action-adventure according to the re-launched campaign. Amazingly they have raised $116,000 in just 24 hours! With 28 days to

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July 25th Nintendo Download

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Jason Nason

Another virtual console release has come the way of the North American Wii U with the release of Kid Icarus. The classic Nintendo title, which spawned a 3DS sequel a few years back, was made popular once again when the titular character was made as a playable character in the Super Smash Bros series. Also released in this lean week of digital releases are a trio of games for the 3DS including digital only releases Chain Blaster, Angler’s Club: Ultimate Bass Fishing 3D and PICROSS e2. Finally good ol’ Nintendo DSi has another DSiWare release in Cute Witch! Runner from

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Second Dimension: The Warrior’s Code Interview

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Broken Joysticks

The fighting game community (FGC) has grown from holding local events to smaller venues to occupying ballrooms at four-star establishments with talent from all across the globe attending. Major sponsors such as Capcom, Namco Bandai, and others are responsible for the development of some of the world’s most famous franchises in gaming, and are showcased at a central tournament featuring the top fighting talent from across the world. With major prize pools, fighting games are now reaching a platform that can be compared to traditional eSports. Each week, I’ll be posting interviews I’ve had the pleasure of conducting with members

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July 18th Nintendo Download

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Jason Nason

The wait is finally over for North American Nintendo fans as Earthbound has finally been released. The game, which has never seen a release this side of the Pacific, was released on the Wii U Virtual Console. Other releases include Game Boy Colour title Shantae, which spawned a DSiWare sequal a few years ago. Also owners of the 3DS will get to go bowling with zombies, rescue robots in 3D and brave through an attack of monsters in Tokyo. Take a look at the full list of releases below.

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2013 Club Nintendo Elite Rewards

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Jason Nason

It’s that time of year again when Nintendo rewards all their loyal Club Nintendo users with special thank you gifts. Throughout the year every time you purchase and register Nintendo hardware platforms, select games made by Nintendo and titles purchased from the eShops, you are rewarded with coins. Coins are awarded for purchasing and registering some things while additional bonus coins can be earned by completing post-play surveys. The big N has just released the list of rewards available to gold members (earning 300 coins between July 1 – June 30) and platinum members (earning 600 coins during the same

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Time and Eternity | Review

Posted on July 16, 2013 by Les Major

If you’re looking for a slower paced RPG with action based combat and romantic anime overtones with occasional lightly perverted jokes, this title is for you. Time and Eternity is a game you relax to since it does take a decent amount of time to play through. Combat especially can be quite lengthy and the battlefield areas can have quite a bit of ground to cover. This review contains early on spoilers.

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Awesome Music On Today’s Steam Sale

Posted on July 13, 2013 by Les Major

Are you a fan of RPG Maker VX Ace and really need some great music for your video game project? Well today is your day! Not only is the software itself on for a discount price of $23.79, but Joel Steudler’s music pack the Cinematic Soundtrack is available for only $6.79! That’s fourty tracks, looped and alternate mixes, royalty free! I’m a huge fan of Joel’s music, and you just won’t find a better deal than this. He really brings every project he’s on to life. His music is the other half of what makes things awesome! You can listen

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Club Nintendo Rewards – July 2013

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Jason Nason

The month of July has brought four new downloadable game rewards for Club Nintendo members, including Star Fox 64. The game is one of two that are available for the Nintendo Wii, the other is Super Punch Out!! The two games for the Nintendo 3DS this month are Game Boy classicDonkey Kong and DSiWare title Aura-Aura Climber. All four titles are available until August 4th.

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July 11th Nintendo Download

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Jason Nason

The heavily anticipated Shin Megami Tensei IV will arrive in stores and on the Nintendo 3DS eShop on Tuesday. We’ve played the game and it’s fantastic. Click the sidebar for our review of the game. Also hitting the eShores are a couple of Virtual Console titles on the Wii U in the original Metroid and Donkey Kong. Down the way of the 3DS you can also go retro with another serving of the Mario game. Super Mario Bros. 2 is this week’s helping. The upcoming Dreamworks Picture Turbo has its very own game on both the Nintendo Wii U and

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Mii Plaza on 3DS Receives Update and Games

Posted on July 12, 2013 by Jason Nason

North American users of the Nintendo 3DS got a surprise on Friday morning with the update for Mii Plaza arriving on their systems. After a brief system update, followed by the update within Mii Plaza itself, the plaza has been expanded and four new games have been introduced. Each of the four games can be purchased using funds from your eShop funds. The games are now available for purchase from within the application at $4.99 apiece, or $14.99 for all four. All of the games are now within their own section of the Mii Plaza, which now allows for touch

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Enjoy Summer With Some ePets In Epic Pets 3D

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Les Major

It’s a long summer, and the next Pokémon release is a few months away. So why not take a vacation with a different game in Epic Pets 3D, a new Pokémon-like indie pet game by Quick Fix Inc? I hadn’t heard about Epic Pets 3D yet until today, but thanks to a friend I’ve been checking it out and it definitely looks like a lot of fun! Indie games are definitely making a surge these days into beautiful titles and Epic Pets 3D has a clean art style to it! With over 300 five star reviews on Google Play already

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The 2013 Steam Summer Sale Has Begun!

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Les Major

It’s official! After a heavy load of visitors brought the store to a halt, it’s now somewhat working with occasional heavy load messages. Today’s big sale? Bioshock Infinite at 50% off! Scribblenauts Unlimited, which we’ve reviewed and we’re very much fans of is on for a meer $4.99! Current flash sales include Counter Strike: Global Offense for just over $5, Dragon Age Origins Ultimate Edition for $8.99 (A fantastic game if you haven’t already gotten into it), GRID 2 and Skyrim: Legendary Edition top out the current sales featured every eight hours. Things do seem a bit rough, even for

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Steam Sale Starting At 1PM Eastern Time?

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Les Major

Rumors have been circulating for weeks now about the potential date this summers Steam Sale would begin. Kotaku is calling for 1pm Eastern Time today, yes in just a few minutes really, based on a press release on the game Fortix 2. The press release claims the Steam Summer Sale will begin today, July the 11th to 18th. Fortix 2 Summer Sale price cut! Fortix 2 will be 50% discounted during the July 11-18 Steam Summer Sale! We are cutting the price in half and, because of our recent permanent price drop, that makes Fortix 2 temporarily only $0.99 !

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