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NEW RELEASES – August 2010

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Get your virtual cash ready, August closes out the summer with a digital buffett of downloadable goodies. Meanwhile, there’s not much happening on the retail front, with only 3 games worth talking about (4 if you hail from the USofA and like Football) in the promising, ultraviolent Kane & Lynch 2: Dog Days, the epic Mobbed up open world sequel, Mafia II (That collector’s edition is mighty pretty!) and of course, Team Ninja’s much hyped return to Nintendo’s classic Metroid franchise, Metroid: Other M.

Stock up on Xbox Live Points cards and PSN gift cards while you can!

August 4th

- Castlevania: Harmony of Despair (Xbox Live Arcade)

August 10th

- Madden NFL 11
- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (PSN Store)

August 17th

- Kane & Lynch 2: dog Days (multi)
- Ys Seven (PSP)

August 18th
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Xbox Live Arcade)

August 24th
- Shank (PSN Store)
- Mafia II (multi)
- NHL 2K11 (Wii)

August 25th
- Shank (Xbox Live Arcade)
- Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (Xbox Live Arcade)

August 31st
- Metroid Other M (Wii)
- Hydrophobia (Xbox Live Arcade)
- Valkyria Chronicles 2 (PSP)
- Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (Xbox Live Arcade)

This is a wierd month, digital content being so prominent in the face of a sparse retail month. I’m all over Kane & Lynch 2, being one of five fans of the original. I’m sure Mafia II will be in my home as soon as it hits as well. What August releaseas are you most looking forward to? Or are you planning on clogging the internet tubes with downloads?

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REVIEW: Sin and Punishment – Star Successor (Wii)

Wednesday, July 7th, 2010

The Charge:
The hair-trigger shooter game for the Wii is here!
Opening Statement:
Western gamers can be forgiven for scratching their heads and furrowing their brows when people bring up the original Sin and Punishment.  A cult hit in the making, it made a slight blip on the radar in the dying days of the Nintendo 64, but languished in its native Japan, robbing western N64 owners of the chance to boast more great games on that system than can be counted on one hand.  A decade has passed since Sin and Punishment was one of the most sought after import titles in all of gaming, and thanks to the title’s success on the Wii’s Virtual Console; Nintendo and Treasure have brought the sequel, Sin and Punishment: Star Successor across the vastness of the earth and into the twitching fingers of starving action gamers across North America.  Once again, Treasure’s rule against developing sequels has been broken.  The question is though, is it going to be worth it this time?

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E3 Round 4 – Nintendo Press Briefing 2010

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

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E3 – Round 3 – Ubisoft Press Briefing 2010

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010

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E3 – Round 2 – EA Press Briefing 2010

Monday, June 14th, 2010

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Review: Cave Story (WiiWare)

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

The Charge:
Wake up in a dark cave with no memory and just a gun. Take control and learn a world power, stop a delusional villain!

Opening Statement:

Playing Cave Story (Dōkutsu Monogatari for you hopeless purists out there) on the Wii will most likely conjure up strong feelings of nostalgia within gamers who were around in the 8-bit era.  It’s like discovering a great NES title for the first time, or stumbling across a slice of fried gold long since missed.  The only difference being that Cave Story is no retro throwback title, it’s not a series relaunch, or a cheap cash-in on the success of Mega Man 9 or Dark Void Zero.  Cave Story, if you must know, was doing the old school thing before old school was even in vogue.  This game is a labour of love, crafted by a single gamer back in 2004.  It enjoyed cult success as a freeware PC title, but does that mean it’s not worth forking over 12 bucks to play it as an actual console title?  That’s a question for Will Smith.

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NEW RELEASES – April 2010

Thursday, April 1st, 2010

April comes in like a fercious wet box of kittens with a pretty timid little “mew”. Not much on the slate, but what’s there is of solid stuff!

04/13

- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City(PC, PS3)

- Splinter Cell: Conviction (Xbox360, PC)

04/20

- Monster Hunter Tri (Wii)

- Sherlock Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper (Xbox360)

04/27

- Dead to Rights: Retribution (multi)

- Super Street Fighter IV (multi)

- Nier (multi)

- Fifa World Cup 2010 South Africa(multi)

- Fat Princess: Fistful of Cake (PSP)

- Record of Agarest War (Xbox360)

After seeing Sam Fisher get his kill on to the strains of “God’s Gonna Cut You Down”, i’m so sold on Splinter Cell: Conviction. I’ll also be doing some monster hunting, and Street Fighter is a must. What are the rest of you asking the Easter Bunny for? Outside of Creme Eggs?

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Review: Mega Man 10 (PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, WiiWare)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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The Charge:
Dual FX Engines!!  Parallel Hyperbit Interface!!
Opening Statement:
My lifelong affair with Capcom’s stalwart ‘Mega Man’ franchise is by no means a well kept secret.  I’d go as far as to say it occupies the throne that is my favourite gaming franchise.  Since the heady times of its heyday, there have been close to 120 titles released that bear the ‘Mega Man’ moniker, more than both the Street Fighter and Resident Evil franchises combined; and during my career in gaming, I’ve owned close to 40 of them personally.  That can mean only one thing, I’m totally the perfect candidate to review “Mega Man 10”, Capcom’s latest return to the series that built the foundations of their house.

The Charge:

Dual FX Engines!!  Parallel Hyperbit Interface!!

Opening Statement:

My lifelong affair with Capcom’s stalwart Mega Man franchise is by no means a well kept secret.  I’d go as far as to say it occupies the throne that is my favourite gaming franchise.  Since the heady times of its heyday, there have been close to 120 titles released that bear the Mega Man moniker, more than both the Street Fighter and Resident Evil franchises combined; and during my career in gaming, I’ve owned close to 40 of them personally.  That can mean only one thing, I’m totally the perfect candidate to review Mega Man 10, Capcom’s latest return to the series that built the foundations of their house.

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