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Review: Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds (XBLA)
For the past week I’ve been glued to my TV playing the recently released game Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds. Boy have I been having a good time, which might tell you the game is good, but it could have flaws as well. I’ll be asking you a few questions which you may have thought at some point. Do you wish you could find a game that is as good if not better than the Scott Pilgrim game ...[Read More]
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag’s Leaked Trailers Are Now Official
There have been an inordinate number of leaks during the week or so since Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag was announced to the world. All across the Internet, from sites both large and small, we saw the emergence of an Assassin’s Creed poster and two trailers, one of which was incredibly exciting. Now, on the day that the reveal of this content had originally been planned for, Ubisoft ...[Read More]
Marooners’ Rock Dollar Dash Live Stream!
Are you looking forward to the upcoming game Dollar Dash, which comes to XBLA, PC, and PSN next week? Well how would you like to see some gameplay a days early? Of course you would! Plus you never know what will happen as the game is streamed. During this upcoming week until the release date and even after our one and only staff member Miguel (Sournothardcore) will be streaming Dollar Dash on the ...[Read More]
Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Key Art Revealed
So Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag will be the next entry in Ubisoft’s massive franchise. What can you expect from it? Well, the new title is expected to follow Edward Kenway, father of Assassin’s Creed III‘s Haytham, as he sails around the Caribbean embarking on adventure after adventure. From the looks of the key art that has just been released, you can expect a larger pr...[Read More]
Review: Pinball FX2: Star Wars DLC (XBLA)
I’ll admit here right at the start of this review that I don’t play many Pinball games, since I tend to not do well, though I do remember playing games such as Sonic Spinball on the Sega Genesis and Pokemon Pinball on the Gameboy Color when growing up. Those were the days, right? Now as we all know it’s 2013 and Zen Studios has more DLC for us to play, which releases tomorrow. Yo...[Read More]
The Witcher 3 Announced for PS4
We’re huge fans of The Witcher series here at Marooners’ Rock. With the announcement of The Witcher 3 not to long ago we’ve been very excited. Now as you remember yesterday the PS4 was officially announced by Sony. Today CD Projekt RED has come out to inform everyone that The Witcher 3 will be a game published on the PlayStation 4. You can read below what the head of CD Projekt R...[Read More]
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Demo Out Now
Today Capcom has confirmed that a playable demo for Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate was released on the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS. What does this mean for you if you’re an avid Monster Hunter fan? You can now head to the Nintendo eShop and download the game. I’ve yet to play one of the game from the franchise so this might change since the more I learn about the game the more I’d like to ...[Read More]
Arcane Legends Gets Pirate Adventure and Update
For quite sometime I’ve been playing the Android based game Arcane Legends on my cell phone. I can state right now if you’re looking for a free mobile MMORPG, then it’s worth checking out. You can also play this game on Google Chrome, which is a huge plus and it’s just as fun. Today some new features hit the game and we’ve provided a list below.
Review: Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (360)
When someone says that a game is not worth $59.99 solely because of its length, I always throw Vanquish out as an example of an incredibly high quality, yet short, experience that is unequivocally worth full retail pricing. If a game is both short and underwhelming, then I can understand the argument, but simply discounting a game based on length will always result in an impassioned argument of...[Read More]
Is Orientation the Next Black Ops II DLC?
So it looks like yet another DLC name for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 has been leaked to the public. This time the DLC is called Orientation but this hasn’t been confirmed by Activision. The DLC seems to include four new maps; Water, Mobile, Southpaw, and Plane, as well as a new Zombies level called Dead High, and a new weapon as you can see in the picture below.
Review: Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage 2 (PS3)
Years ago, I reviewed the original Fist of the North Star: Ken’s Rage. I enjoyed it, despite its faults, because it was the best game based on one of my favorite anime. Does the Koei sequel improve upon the original, or fall flat?
Neon Alley App Live on Xbox Live
Do you enjoy watching the latest and greatest anime? Who doesn’t! Well moments ago the XBL application for Neon Alley went live. What does this mean for you, the viewer? You’ve guessed it! A nearly endless amount of anime in English dub. At this moment I’m downloading away so I can spend tonight checking out the collection I can watch since Netflix has limited anime I enjoyed.