Hell. Yes. As we stand at the beginning of a month-long onslaught of triple-A titles across all platforms, it’s easy to overlook those hidden gems that make being a gamer worthwhile. Enter My Dress-Up. Forgive the direct link, but GameTrailers.com apparently has too much dignity to host it. As part of a trio of new MyGames from Oxygen, [...]
Continue reading...16. October 2008
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 is sort of considered the flagship title for the multimedia bonanza LucasArts has thrown at the public. It’s been hyped to the extreme since we saw a trailer of a black-hooded man pull a Star Destroyer from the sky into what appeared to be [...]
Continue reading...15. October 2008
The DS version of the PSP puzzler Exit is finally coming to North America and Europe, in early November. The screenshots which can be seen after the jump show how perfect the gameplay of Exit is for the DS, where you must save civillians by completing landscape puzzles. These range from opening a locked door from [...]
Continue reading...7. October 2008
Hot off the heels of the DSi announcement, it’s an ironic time to release new screenshots for the portable Guitar Hero sequel, Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades. The game, which requires the GBA slot for the guitar peripheral, won’t work on the new system, making these screenshots seem less important now than they otherwise would. On [...]
Continue reading...2. October 2008
Nintendo finally confirmed all the internet rumors about the new version of the Nintendo DS, now named the DSi. The new device features two .3 megapixel cameras (640×480 resolution) one on the front and one on the back of the device, two 3.25 inch screens (thanks Johnny P), a SD card slot for storage expansion [...]
Continue reading...1. October 2008
All rumors point to true, Nintendo will have a conference tomorrow and President Satoru Iwata may unveil a new version of the DS and new Wii accessories. The new DS will feature a built in camera and mp3 functionality and high-speed Wi-Fi connectivity, according to an article by The Nikkei, Japan’s leading business newspaper, on September [...]
Continue reading...30. September 2008
Level-5, the tremendously skilled Japanese development team behind such games as Professor Layton and the Curious Village, Dragon Quest VIII (not to mention IX), and the upcoming PS3 exclusive White Knight Chronicles, has announced that it is collaborating with the beloved film animation studio responsible for Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, and My Neighbor Totoro, on [...]
Continue reading...30. September 2008
Nintendo has decided to take the money-printing abilities of the DS Lite and put them to good use. They have paired up with the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast cancer charity and released a limited edition DS Lite. While there is no word on exactly how limited the edition is, I think it’s quite [...]
Continue reading...17. September 2008
A PC only franchise up to this point, Trackmania has always attracted those that prefer to have insanely OTT tracks than have a sim like experience. Now the franchise is coming to DS, and looking at the screenshots, it could well be worth a look in November when it’s released. Trackmania DS takes the essence of [...]
Continue reading...8. September 2008
Simplicity doesn’t always breed the best gameplay, but in the case of Star Wars: The Clone Wars, the stylus-only controls make for accessible action in the vein of Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword. Similarly, the most recent Legend of Zelda title for the DS also featured movement/attacks using exclusively the touch screen. Clone Wars uses this [...]
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23. October 2008
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