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Read More »The games of December 2012
Despite housing the bulk of the holiday shopping season, December is typically the calm after the storm for game releases–by that point, most notable titles for the year are already out and fending for themselves on store shelves or their digital equivalents. But while the schedule is notably thinner, the …
Read More »Japanese games industry “pushing back,” Square Enix tech director says
The Japanese games industry had the final word in video games for years, but this console generation has seen its publishers’ and developers’ global relevance fade. EDGE translated a 4Gamer interview with Square Enix technical director Yoshihisa Hashimoto about how Square plans to keep producing relevant and riveting triple-A games …
Read More »THQ foreclosure delayed until January 15
THQ is on the edge of foreclosure. But the publisher today announced a forbearance deal with Wells Fargo which gives the company until January 15, 2013 to secure financing alternatives with an unidentified sponsor. The Saints Row: The Third and Darksiders II publisher indicated it was pursuing alternative options when …
Read More »New Game Releases Super Show – Week of November 11, 2012
It’s Call of Duty week, but that doesn’t mean nothing else is coming out. On the contrary–there’s a ton of awesome goodness releasing this week, from a new Paper Mario ti a few Wii U games (that you won’t be able to play yet, but whatever). Take a look! Also …
Read More »Wreck-It Ralph grosses $49.1 million in opening weekend
Wreck-It Ralph, Disney’s movie mash-up of gaming characters and tropes, brought in a record-breaking $49.1 million in its opening weekend for the House of Mouse’s animation studios. Tangled held the previous record at $48.8 million, which doesn’t include Pixar Studios’ box-office bruisers. The story of the pixelated bad guy gone …
Read More »New Star Wars in 2015 as Disney buys Lucasfilm
Disney is acquiring Lucasfilm (including LucasArts) and is targeting Star Wars Episode VII for release in 2015, the company announced this afternoon. After 35 years of independence, founder and CEO George Lucas is passing ultimate leadership of the Star Wars franchise and all the rest of the company’s properties to …
Read More »The Top 7… Cult-classic franchises wed love to see rebooted
Waiting to be reborn Updated with the Community Choice entry! If you had told us five years ago that we would love an XCOM game, we wouldve called you crazy. The original X-COM: UFO Defense was no doubt a great game, with a grip of devoted fans that still play …
Read More »The Top 7… Japanese games that absolutely need to be localized for the west
Just release it here already In 2012, most games released in Japan end up making their way to the US and UK–its rare that a big-budget title isnt also localized and pushed out in the two largest gaming territories in the world. Sure, we still miss out on some dating …
Read More »Weekend Spent: Sept. 1-3
Lucas: I’ve staved off Guild Wars 2 from consuming my life thus far, but I may succumb to its charms over the long weekend. Then again, I’ll have to up my skills in Tekken Tag Tournament 2 in preparation for the review; hopefully my sparring partner (one Mr. Grimm) doesn’t …
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