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Double Dragon: Neon Release Date and Pricing Revealed
When I first heard about Double Dragon: Neon back in April, I, like, totally thought it was absolutely choice. Now, mere months later, we have release date and pricing information for both platforms of distribution. This love letter to the 80s will be hitting PlayStation Network on September 11th for $9.99 and Xbox LIVE Arcade on September 12th for 800MSP. I challenge you…I’m sorry, I ...[Read More]
Review: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD (XBLA)
Music is a very strong memory anchor. To this day, over a decade later, any time I hear Lagwagon’s “May 16th,” or Millencolin’s “No Cigar,” or Goldfinger’s “Superman,” I suddenly find myself grinding the helicopter blades in Hangar, or taking that first rolling ramp down into the Warehouse, or pulling off my first 900, or any of the various oth...[Read More]
Expendables 2: The Videogame Announced and Displayed
The Expendables was a mindless action romp, giving an entire generation a nostalgic kick in the pants for the action movies of the 1980s. The Expendables 2, hitting movie theaters this August 17th, promises to be another such adventure. Get ready for The Expendables 2 with The Expendables 2: The Videogame, coming from Ubisoft to your PS3, Xbox 360, and PC digitally. As part of the PlayStation Play...[Read More]
Review: Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013 (XBLA)
I used to be a big Magic: The Gathering player. I started in 1994 with a group of friends, and stayed with it until the summer of 1997, when I moved from Oklahoma City to California. After spending three years playing with the same group, it just didn’t feel the same trying to play against anyone else, so I retired my deck and moved on. Fifteen years later (by Odin’s beard, that’...[Read More]
Hit the Tracks with Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad Racing
Have you turned on your console today? If you haven’t, then you should! Today, 2XL Games released Jeremy McGrath’s Offroad, now available on both the Xbox LIVE Marketplace and the PlayStation Network for 800 MSP and $9.99 respectively. Boasting 1080p HD graphics at 60fps, Offroad is aiming high on visual quality. From Robb Rinard, Creative Director at 2XL Games:
Review: Pinball FX 2: Marvel Pinball – Avengers Chronicles (XBLA)
I’ve mentioned this before, but the main bulk of my digital pinball resume consists of Space Cadet 3D Pinball on Windows 95 and Sonic Spinball on the SEGA Genesis. I dabbled recently in a PS Vita pinball title, and appreciated its efforts to recreate classic physical pinball tables, but haven’t spent much time with it lately because it couldn’t hook my attention in the long term....[Read More]
Sonic Adventure 2 May Hit XBL Oct. 3 – Screenshots
Ever since the Dreamcast classic Sonic Adventure hit Xbox LIVE and other formats, everyone has been asking about Sonic Adventure 2. I played the demo for Sonic Adventuer 2 many years ago, when I was a proud SEGA Dreamcast owner, but I’ve never gone through the entire game, and as years progress, some people will lose track of games. I’ve played more Sonic Adventure, definitely, than So...[Read More]
Summer of Arcade Release Dates and Prices
We’re getting closer and closer to this year’s Summer of Arcade promotion for Xbox LIVE, which will highlight five titles as usual. During the Microsoft presser at this year’s E3, the titles included in the 2012 Summer of Arcade promotion were revealed, and today, Major Nelson has revealed the release dates and prices for each of the five promoted titles. As an added bonus, purch...[Read More]
Candy for Keflings Screenshots Revealed – Special Event Announced
I’m not sure if we’ve made it clear in the past, but we absolutely love the Keflings games (and the PSN version, Akimi Village). When we first heard of the It Came From Outer Space DLC for A World of Keflings, we were absolutely ecstatic, as our review of the DLC will support. When we saw the contest to determine the new World of Keflings DLC theme, our vote (for Candy) was submitted, ...[Read More]
Review: Babel Rising (XBLA)
The first detonation of a nuclear device was made possible by Robert Oppenheimer’s work. In later interviews, he recalled the test explosion, and the thought that had come to his mind at that moment: “Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds,” from the Bhagavad Gita. I believe that, like Oppenheimer, we all have a little bit of the destroyer within us to varying degrees, w...[Read More]
Caption Contest: SEGA Vintage Collections 1-4 (XBLA)
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Congratulations to the winners! Streets of Rage: @Navarin. Golden Axe: @hestar69. Monster World: @aznxchunky. Alex Kidd & Co.: @ninjarturtle. Thanks for playing, and good luck next time! Every day this week, leading up to this contest, we’ve had the opportunity to review each of the recently released SEGA Vintage Collections on XBLA. First, and my favorite, was the Str...[Read More]
Review: Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown (XBLA)
I enjoy fighting games quite a bit, ranging from Street Fighter to Soul Calibur, and Marvel vs. Capcom to the recently released XBLA/PSN title Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown. For those of you unfamiliar with fighting games, they are not all the same, and they are not all created equal. The basic concept may be the same, but the techniques used to execute that concept can be wildly different. How ...[Read More]