There is a niche market for augmented reality shooting games on mobile devices. These games use a smartphone’s camera and accompanying software to bring actual gameplay into the real world. In an attempt to make this experience more enjoyable, a company called Metal Compass is releasing a peripheral for smartphones called the XAPPR gun.

The PlayStation Vita technically won’t be released for everyone until February 22, 2012. Unless people pre-ordered, then they get it February 15, 2012. However, it turns out there’s an even quicker way to get your hands on the new handheld. Starting today, select GameStop stores will have Vitas set up for people to play. Yes, more »

Your quest isn’t over yet, Skylanders fantatics. Activision has set before you a new task. It is one that will require you to visit many stores and spend lots of money so that the brave warriors Cynder, Double Trouble and Slam Bam may once again join the fight against Kaos in the Skylands. In short, more »

Okay, it’s good news/bad news time when it comes to Nintendo Downloads. The good news is, the 3DS and DSiWare games available this week look really promising and might be worth your money. The bad news is, this is the smallest update ever since there are only three games available. Look at it this way, more »

3DS users get some good news today, beside the fact that there’s actually a good game in the eShop for them. (More on that later!) That Nintendo Zone app that was added after a recent firmware update is finally going to be worth something! If you had it and tried to use it before now, more »

A fantastic game will hit iTunes on February 2, 2012. The English language iOS port of Ghost Trick is finally done! Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was an incredible DS adventure game released back in 2011, that involved solving mysteries and saving people’s lives as a ghost named Sissel. Sissel has the ability to rewind time more »

I know those Vita memory cards are expensive, but it may be worth investing in them. Sony has just confirmed that the Vita games will be cheaper if you purchase and download them from the PlayStation Store than they will be if you were to buy them on a cartridge from a real store. Which more »

Yesterday, we reported on how third-party Steam applications vanished from the Android Market due to Valve filing a DMCA complaint with Google. One of the nicest unofficial Steam applications that was removed from the market was called Steam for Android. IBF Programs told us the app would return, and it’s now back in the Android more »

Japan is getting a really awesome 3DS eShop game on February 8, 2012 and I think it’s exactly what the North American and European eShops need. It’s Denpa Ningen RPG (Radio Wave People RPG), an AR game that makes good use of the 3DS cameras and is also an RPG. Intrigued? It gets better. It’s more »

Early this morning, I checked the Android Market to see if there were any updates available for my apps. Steam was among the apps that had received an update while I was sleeping. This update has opened the app to any and all registered Steam users. The beta tag still remains, but at least you more »