Developed by feelplus, this addition to Square Enix's growing DLC library has received a fair amount of attention namely for being dubbed the "Strider of the 21st century." After quite a bit of time with the game, such a statement…
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Nintendo has two kinds of franchises; the ones that get used a couple times a year to maximize sales, and the ones that see such little time in the spotlight that you have to stop and wonder if they'll ever…
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The classic Ridge Racer series has been around since 1993, and has been a part of more system launches than it has missed since it made its console debut as part of 1995's Sony PlayStation launch. However, Nintendo fans have…
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The hardworking hustle-and-bustle lifestyle that citizens everywhere experience make it constantly harder to own a pet. In fact, that's one of the reasons virtual pets continue to remain popular worldwide, especially in places with large and condensed metropolitan areas. With…
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The Nintendo 3DS is upon us, and in somewhat of a surprise move, Street Fighter is along for the ride as the franchise makes only its second system launch appearance in history (Street Fighter EX3, PlayStation 2) in the form…
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After releasing Ghostbusters: The Video Game in June 2009, Atari is back with the follow-up effort Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime on the XBLA and PSN. An arcade "shooter", it offers an original story. However, with no Ghostbusters movie release or…
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"Red, Blue, Green, Gold, Silver… Watch, I bet they'll even come out with a Black and White version!" Odds are that's something you said in the cafeteria during your lunch in grade school. Some fifteen years later, it actually happened….
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With pitchers and catchers having reported in mid-February, we have baseball video games to help tide us over until the regular MLB season begins. Unfortunately, 2K Sports decided to release a game they should send back down to the minors….
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In 2009 a little PC game called Torchlight was released via various digital distribution outlets. The game had very low system requirements which allowed it to run on almost any PC. It became quite a popular game in the months…
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Q-Games’ follow-up to their acclaimed 2009 shooter adds some new fluids, a light/dark mechanics, and multiplayer to the dynamic fluid action. What’s It About? This will be a spoiler since PixelJunk Shooter 2 begins right where the first game ended,…
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The last time I played a new Contra game was Contra: Shattered Soldier on the PS2. Since then there have been Xbox Live Arcade releases of the original and Super Contra games. What we have not seen though is a…
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For many fans of the epic genre, Japanese role-playing games have all but gone stale. With the exception of Demon's Souls, there hasn't been a single title that has unanimously pushed the genre forward. Even Square's behemoth Final Fantasy XIII…
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