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Retro Review: Fear Effect For PS1. Why No Fear Effect HD Collection? Come On Square Enix! DO IT!

Fear Effect PS1 Cover Box Art USA

The awesome cover artwork for a badass PS1 survival horror game.

Read my entire Fear Effect review (PS1) here.

 

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Retro Review: Fatal Frame 1 For Xbox1 (Original Xbox. Also On PS2). Why No Fatal Frame HD Trilogy Yet?

Fatal Frame Cover Artwork Xbox1 USA

I love the creepy Xbox box art for this game!

Read my entire Fatal Frame 1 review (Xbox1) here.

 
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Posted by on February 24, 2013 in Artwork, Reviews, Videogames

 

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Toki Tori 2 Release Date On WiiU And PC March 2013

WiiU Toki Tori 2 Gameplay Screenshot

Looks very similar to the first game but with HD graphics.

Toki Tori 2 will be released for the WiiU as well as PC this March 2013.

Absolutely no details on the game were released, but the game looks like it will feature similar gameplay to the original and is sure to satisfy fans of the Game Boy Color puzzler, which has since been ported to iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, PC, PSN, Mac, Steam, Mobile.

As such there are surely a lot of people who will be happy to see a sequel to this underrated gem, which was one of the last Game Boy Color games ever released, to widespread critical acclaim.

I remember when I first read the reviews for Toki Tori in EGM Magazine, I always wanted to play the game but never got around to it. It was developed by Two Tribes and published by Capcom (people often mistake it for a first-party Nintendo title known as The Legend of Starfi, another similar title that I was sad to see never got released in the US on it’s original Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance platforms. We did finally get the 5th DS game in 2008 however) and greatly overlooked by a lot of people, although it has gotten a bit more popular ever since the re-releases starting hitting.

 

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Yoshi’s Land WiiU Gameplay Trailer Video And Screenshots

Yoshi's Land Screenshot Real-World Material Graphics Screenshot

Real-World materials used in the graphics. So. Awesome.

Yoshi’s Land gameplay screenshots and trailer video are shown below of an all-new Yoshi platformer in development for the Wii U. The Yoshi’s Land title was leaked before hand, but we aren’t sure of the exact title.

As you can see this game looks absolutely gorgeous with a very cool, unique art-style that drips with pure awesomeness.

Yoshi’s Land Wii U Screenshots

Yoshi's Land Wii U Screenshot Awesome Art Style

Such an awesome art-style!

 

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Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem WiiU Game In Development! Epic Crossover!

Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem Wallpaper Titlescreenshot

Shin Megami Tensei Cross Fire Emblem? HOLY MOTHER!

Shin Megami vs Fire Emblem? EPIC! Shin Megami Tensei Cross Fire Emblem (Shin Megami Tensei X Fire Emblem) is the full title and has been officially announced.

You heard right! Atlus, Nintendo and Intelligent Systems are joining forces to bring the world the FIRST EVER Nintendo full-blown crossover! Nintendo has never done a legit crossover before with a third-party series like this. So this is totally a killer-app of the highest proportion.

Much more information coming soon, in particular at E3 2013. This news came completely out of left field, so this is a huge development and will go a long way towards satisfying hardcore Nintendo fans and fans of hardcore RPGs at the same time. Hopefully it will be in the RPG or Strategy RPG/Tactical RPG genre, but that remains to be seen.

 

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Lego City Undercover Release Date (WiiU) Is March 18 2013. GTA-Style Lego Game!

Lego City Undercover Helicopter Gameplay Screenshot

Explore a completely open, sandbox world Lego-style ala GTA!

The highly anticipated WiiU-exclusive Lego City Undercover will finally be released on March 18th 2013, announced developer Traveler Tales and Nintendo.

The game has been one of the most highly sought-after WiiU titles and one of the most exciting Lego games yet ever since it’s announcement, but the game ended up missing the WiiU launch last year. Technically though, it will still make the “Wii U Launch Window” even though it’s not hitting till March.

Lego City Undercover Main Character Chase McCain Cutscene Screenshot

The main character Chase McCain at right.

The Chase is On! For the first time, the fan-favorite Lego City vehicles and play sets come to life in Lego City: Undercover, exclusively for the new Wii U console. Players assume the identity of Chase McCain, an undercover detective armed with clever disguises.

Lego City Undercover Robber Disguise Gameplay Screenshot

Use the Robber disguise to pry-objects open with your crowbar.

The mission is to put a stop to the fiendish Rex Fury and end his crime wave in Lego City. As players run, drive and even fly through the city, they’ll use the Wii U GamePad controller as a new police gadget.

Lego City Undercover Tractor Farm Gameplay Screenshot

Many vehicles at your disposal including a tractor on a farm!

Key Features Of Lego City: Undercover include:
* The Wii U GamePad is woven seamlessly into the game-play experience. Players use it to scan for hidden clues and criminals, receive mission updates and place waypoints on an overhead city map that displays their position in real time.
* Experience Lego City like never before. Players will encounter familiar play sets come to life as they explore the vast city, looking for clues to bring RexFury to justice.

Lego City Undercover Fighting Gameplay Screenshot

Great fighting battles await you with fisticuff action in Lego City Undercover!

* Players can go undercover with a variety of disguises, including a firefighter, a construction worker and even a robber, and use their unique abilities to solve puzzles and access new areas of the city.
* There are more than 100 vehicles for players to collect and use to explore the city, including sports cars, motorcycles and even aircraft.
* Lego video games are known for their humor and parody, and Lego City Undercover delivers this and more with fully voiced characters and ambient crowds, bringing Lego City to life.

Lego City Undercover Vehicles Chase Screenshot

Vehicle and Police Chases abound in Lego City Undercover exclusively for Wii U.

 

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Lego Marvel Super Heroes Videogame Announced (Avengers Assemble!). Spring 2013 Release. Lego City Undercover WiiU Still On Track For Early 2013 Release

Lego Marvel Super Heroes Characters Artwork

Many of the biggest Marvel Super Heroes in Lego videogame form? Sign Me Up!

Lego Marvel Super Heroes has been announced! Avengers assemble! It will be released in Fall 2013 for Xbox 360, PS3, WiiU, PC, 3DS, DS and PS Vita! No regular Wii version, signalling the true end of the first Wii.

This will be the first Lego game to star Marvel super heroes, and follows the extremely successful and recent Lego Lord of the Rings title, and previous Lego games including Lego Star Wars, Lego Indiana Jones, Lego Batman and Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, among others.

Over 100 Marvel Super Heroes will be unlockable in the game and it will include all of the biggest Marvel superheroes that fans know and love including Spider-Man, Wolverine, Iron Man, The Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Black Widow, Hawkeye, Deadpool, Loki, Galactus and many more. It will also feature vehicles from the universe. The game will pack in a plethora of super-cool character abilities, combat-like action sequences, epic battle scenes, puzzle-solving and a unique story told with playful LEGO humor.

Additionally, Traveller’s Tales has confirmed that Lego City Undercover, the open world GTA-style Lego game exclusively for Wii U, is still on track for an early 2013 release.

LEGO Marvel Super Heroes offers an original storyline in which Nick Fury calls upon Iron Man, the Hulk, Thor, Spider-Man, Wolverine and other heroes spanning the Marvel Universe to save Earth from such threats as the vengeance of Loki and the hunger of Galactus, Devourer of the Worlds. LEGO and Marvel fans will enjoy classic LEGO videogame adventure and humor, while playing as their favorite Marvel characters.

“We’re very excited to bring a myriad of classic Marvel characters to life in LEGO form for some fun, family-friendly gameplay in LEGO Marvel Super Heroes,” said Tom Stone, Managing Director, TT Games Publishing. “Players will brave the ultimate mission to save the world as they explore famous landmarks in LEGO New York and take the adventure beyond Earth to iconic locations in the Marvel Universe.

“Fans of both LEGO and Marvel have wanted this game for years, and we’re addressing that demand with more Marvel Universe characters than ever in a console game. If you’re a fan of Spider-Man, the Avengers, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Guardians of the Galaxy or scores of other Marvel characters, this is the game for you.” said TQ Jefferson, Vice President, Games Production, Marvel Entertainment.

 

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WiiU Unboxing Satoru Iwata Official Nintendo Video

WiiU Unboxing Satoru Iwata Official Screenshot

The light shines from Heaven as Satoru Iwata officially unboxes WiiU.

WiiU releases on November 18th 2012! Unboxing Wii U is Satoru Iwata in this official Nintendo video!

Want to see what is inside the box when you buy your shiny new WiiU system? Find out below!

 
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Posted by on November 8, 2012 in News, Video of the Day, Videogame News, Videos

 

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23 WiiU Launch Day Games Release List Announced. Videogames Hitting November 18 2012 Alongside the System

WiiU Launch Games Release List Box Art

A number of the WiiU launch games that will be available on November 18th 2012.

23 WiiU Launch Games have been announced for November 18 2012, alongside the release schedule for the rest of November. As well as a list of games stretching through March 2013.

These are the games you can buy on the WiiU Launch Day:

1. Assassin’s Creed III
2. Batman: Arkham City Armored Edition
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops II
4. Darksiders II
5. Disney Epic Mickey 2: The Power of Two
6. ESPN Sports Connection
7. FIFA Soccer 13
8. Game Party Champions
9. Just Dance 4
10. New Super Mario Bros. U
11. Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge
12. Nintendo Land
13. Rabbids Land
14. Scribblenauts Unlimited
15. SiNG Party
16. Skylanders Giants
17. Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed
18. Tekken Tag Tournament 2
19. Transformers Prime
20. Warriors Orochi 3 Hyper
21. Wipeout 3
22. Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2013
23. ZombiU

It’s quite a bit disappointing that Pikmin 3 is missing launch day. Even so, we still have quite a great lineup. There’s a Ninja Gaiden game, ZombieU, a Tekken game, an Assassin’s Creed game, a Batman game, a Call of Duty game, a Darksiders game, a Just Dance game, alongside sure-fire hits like Scribblenauts Unlimited, Super Mario Bros. U and Nintendo Land.

Do you think this list of WiiU launch games is better than the Wii launch games?

That list included a Zelda game (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess), a Metroid game (Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, although it hit later in the month), alongside: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Call of Duty 3, Excite Truck, Happy Feet, Madden NFL 07, Monster 4×4: World Circuit, Need For Speed Carbon, Rampage: Total Destruction, Red Steel, Spongebob Squarepants Creature From the Krusty Krab, Super Monkey Ball: Banana Blitz, Trauma Center: Second Opinion and Wii Sports.

Additionally, these WiiU games will be released in November 2012:

24. Chasing Aurora
25. Cloudberry Kingdom
26. Little Inferno
27. Madden NFL 13
28. Mighty Switch Force HD
29. Nano Assault Neo
30. TANK! TANK! TANK!
31. Toki Tori 2
32. Trine 2: Director’s Cut

Last but not least, these are the games that will be hitting the WiiU before March 2013.

33. 007 Legends
34. Aliens: Colonial Marines
35. Ben 10 Omniverse
36. Cabela’s Dangerous Hunts 2013
37. Family Party: 30 Great Games: Obstacle Arcade
38. Funky Barn
39. Game & Wario
40. Jeopardy
41. LEGO City Undercover
42. Marvel Avengers: Battle for Earth
43. Mass Effect 3
44. NBA 2K13
45. Pikmin 3
46. Rapala Pro Bass Fishing
47. Rayman Legends
48. Rise of the Guardians: The Video Game
49. Runner 2: Future Legend of Rhythm Alien (January)
50. Wheel of Fortune
51. Wii Fit U
52. The Wonderful 101

 
 

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Batman Silver Age Videogame Next Title For Arkham City Developer Rocksteady?

Batman Silver Age With Robin, Batgirl and Batmite. One Happy 1960s comicbook Family!

Here is how Batman and the Bat-family looked in the Silver Age 1960s… whacky eh.

Batman Silver Age Videogame? Batman: Arkham City developer Rocksteady is reported working on a new Batman game, a follow-up to Batman: Arkham City, that would revive the Silver Age Batman.

You know the one, the corny Batman played by Adam West from the 1960s! Although the Silver Age, of course, also includes the Batman comic books during those times with Batman and Robin. A time where things were more comical and mischievous than the “Dark Knight” with the darker, more violent feel that we know and love today.

This was a time when Batman fought against aliens, monsters and against rayguns!

Reportedly the plot of this new stylized Silver Age style Batman game will tell the story of how Batman and The Joker first met, and will take a lot of influence from the comicbooks of the 1950s when Batman teamed up with other superheroes like Superman and the Justice League of America.

Does this mean that we can see a new Batman game that takes some cues from Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes and features Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash, etc. beside Batman in the same game? One can only hope! How awesome would THAT be!

Mark Hamill has stated that he likely will not return to voice The Joker again, although he did return to voice The Joker from Lego Batman 2… and can you have The Joker with Mark Hamill? Would Rocksteady go along with the premise of the game if Mark Hamill decides not to return to voice The Joker?

Kevin Conroy voiced The Batman, and he will likely return for the new game one would expect.

Batman: Arkham Asylum was released in 2009 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC and seeked to do for videogames what the X-Men and Spider-Man 2000s films did for comicbook based movies. The game was a gritty smash-hit that set the standard for how to do comicbook-based superhero videogames RIGHT. Batman: Arkham Asylum sold over 4.3 million copies.

The sequel, last year’s Batman: Arkham City for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC, took the series into a sandbox open world. The game sold over 2 million units worldwide in its first week reaching over 6 million sales within the first month. It will launch for Wii U with an “Armored Edition” later this year.

Batman Silver Age (made up name by me) may be announced at Comic-Con 2012 this week.

Here is a Batman: Arkham City video review by XPlay.

 
 

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