Missed out on Dragon Age: Origins, DeathSpank, Shank, or Dead Space 2’s creepy DLC? Worry not, for EA’s Publisher Sale on Xbox Live is on for a few more days, and it’s offering some pretty decent discounts on a numbers of older titles and add-ons. Ending next Monday, January 9, …
Read More »Hustle Kings Vita preview – authentic billiards without the bar
Hustle Kings for Vita is about as pure billiards as it can get – it’s all about hitting balls into other balls and then into some holes. Everything about it is designed to give the authentic pool experience without having to navigate around some drunk dude at the nearest bar. …
Read More »Kinect Sports: Season Two review
Here comes another compilation of sports related minigames for another motion control peripheral on another of our beloved game consoles. By now it might be hard to tell the difference between games like Wii Sports, Sports Champions, and Kinect Sports since, as of this point, each respective system has covered …
Read More »SSX preview details on all the deadly descents
Hey, remember when SSX was SSX: Deadly Descents? Publisher EA eventually dropped that subtitle in a signal to fans that this newest entry was a true return to the pure and classic snowboarding gameplay they loved during the last console generation, not just an edgy and gritty spin-off. We followed …
Read More »SSX Defy Reality trailer defies reality
While we were excited by the return of SSX, the initial trailer didn’t really do it for us. At the time it was called SSX: Deadly Descents, and it put a huge emphasis on reality, and the dangers of snowboarding. Oh, and there was a Call of Duty-style segment where …
Read More »NHL 12 review
Jeremy Roenick’s face is a disaster. Both eyes are sporting ugly shiners, and we’re pretty sure his nose isn’t pointing the same direction it was when the season started. Worst of all, it’s not even his fault – he’s been in ten fights in the first month of the season. …
Read More »NBA 2K12 gets Bird/Jordan/Johnson covers
2K’s NBA 2K12 will carry three different covers, each featuring a different Hall of Famer, the company revealed this week. Distributed equally to stores throughout the US, fans will be able to choose between images of Magic Johnson, Larry Bird or series regular Michael Jordan, all emerging from what appears …
Read More »FIFA 12 hands-on: Our impressions after playing 26 games
previous hands-on experience Dribbling is devastating The good news for cack-handed FIFA players is thatyou no longer have to rely on the right stick twirls and swirls to trick your way past defenders. It’s great for mocking opponents but in truth twiddlingthe stick – unless you’re an expert – is …
Read More »Supertrailer: Week 04/03 – 04/09
So I made a couple of jokes at the expense ofthe new Sonic trailer (opens in new tab)this week and I started to feel bad about it. For one, presuming the trailer’s for an actual game (rumored to be called “Sonic Generations”) then it’s a noble effort by Sega to …
Read More »MLB 11 The Show: An online multiplayer report
Two-plus weeks into its life, MLB 11 The Show’s online component is a train wreck. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but even when things are at their best, The Show is a frustrating mess of strange design, poor decisions, and stuttering gameplay. For many gamers, this is a non-issue; …
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