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Let’s oogle the Dragon’s Crown Fighter and Sorceress
VanillaWare is responsible for some of the prettiest games in the industry. Grim Grimoire, Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade are proof of their artistic accomplishments. Dragon’s Crown, however, is getting quite a bit of attention for its character designs. As you can probably guess from the image of the Amazon character above, much more »
Rayman Legends musical levels are magical
Rayman Legends has rhythm. You wouldn’t expect it, given that this is a platformer. I mean, there are musical platformers, it’s not a unique concept, but I’ve never really seen that idea implemented in a Rayman game before. The demo I had played in Best Buy had a medieval level set to rock music, and more »
Say hello to Grand Theft Auto V’s Michael, Franklin and Trevor
Good morning everyone, and welcome to your Grand Theft Auto V fix! Rockstar Games has released the new trailers, as promised, and we now get to know a little bit more about our three new favorite guys, Michael, Franklin and Trevor. Each one has his own vignette, which shows some examples of what they’ll have more »
Watch Jodie grow up in the new Beyond: Two Souls trailer
Today is just a big, old trailers day in the world of video games, isn’t it? First, we had a confirmation of the Grand Theft Auto V trailers coming out tomorrow, and now we get a new Beyond: Two Souls trailer. This trailer was released for a special location, actually. Sony and Quantic Dream had more »
Watch Grand Theft Auto V at 11am EST tomorrow
April 30, 2013 is a very big deal for most gamers. That’s when Rockstar will be offering us up three new Grand Theft Auto V trailers as an offering, to open our hearts towards its latest, virtual, open-world crime spree. Whether or not they will work is unknown, but I think we should at least more »
Xbox Live Update for the week of April 10, 2013
Twisted Pixel makes some truly unique games with a great sense of humor. If you have never tried their work before, now you have no good excuse. The Twisted Pixel Games Bundle includes four titles: The Maw, ‘Splosion Man, Ms. ‘Splosion Man and Comic Jumper for just 800 Microsoft Points. That is four of the more »
Don’t forget Metro: Last Light escaped THQ bankruptcy
Koch Media may end up being the biggest beneficiary of the THQ fire sale. It publishes video games as Deep Silver and picked up the Saints Row and Metro franchises. Saints Row earned much of the attention, and that’s understandable. But upcoming sequel Metro: Last Light deserved a second life and I am so glad more »
2K Sports brings back MLB 2K/NBA 2K combo pack
Pro sports is full of great combinations. Joe Montana’s perfect passing and Jerry Rice’s brilliant route running were an incredible match. Manny Pacquiao throws two left hands while sneaking behind an opponent’s front leg. 2K Sports has combined its bestselling NBA 2K games in a combo pack with MLB 2K the past couple of years. more »
The Xbox 360 is the first console to support Redbox Instant
The Xbox 360 will soon receive yet another video application called Redbox Instant by Verizon. Redbox Instant is a video streaming service that’s currently in beta. It contains a library of movies that can be streamed over the internet, but it also gives subscribers four credits to rent physical Redbox DVDs every month for $7.99. more »
Twitch TV introduces Twitch Turbo, a new ad-free viewing experience
Video game streaming site Twitch just revealed a new subscription option called Twitch Turbo. Twitch Turbo will cost $8.99 a month and will grant subscribers access to site-wide features such as no ads, more chat colors, better customer support, new emoticons and a Turbo badge. Signups for Twitch Turbo will begin at 12pm EST.
