A brief aside: The scaly antagonist from the Harry Potter series would be a whole lot less intimidating if everyone just shortened his name to Mort, wouldn’t he? That’s not a name that inspires much fear, even when prefaced with “The Nefarious Dark Lord of All-Wizardkind.”
Check out the video above to see a brief vignette [...]
Everyone expects a Mario game to be good — and it’s even easier to expect quality when the new game is a direct follow-up to a game as universally adored as Super Mario Galaxy.
However, even given the high expectations, the reception Super Mario Galaxy 2’s getting is startling. There are, as of right now, [...]
Dookieheads (that’s what Green Day fans are colloquially referred to, right?) who downloaded the two-track Green Day: Rock Band demo from Xbox Live Marketplace today (gold subscribers only) found a little bonus waiting for them when they exited the demo: The teaser image posted above. Alongside the series’ four iconic instrument logos is a whole [...]
A recent Federal Communications Commission filing made by Nintendo has been the source of no small amount of speculation over the past few days. The seemingly innocuous entry on the FCC’s site was submitted to get the Nintendo DS Wi-Fi card approved for U.S. distribution — however, the image submitted alongside the filing (which has [...]
This week in North America, Art Style: Light Trax was released on WiiWare. In Europe, the other new Art Style game has been released. It appears alongside one of the most beloved Kirby games ever!
DSiWare in Europe this week is … eclectic, featuring, among other things, a picross game about animal pictures, and a national [...]
The latest Pokemon spinoff game, Poképark Wii: Pikachu’s Adventure, is being localized for Europe, according to a press release from Nintendo. As you might have surmised from the title, the game stars Pikachu and takes place in a Pokémon theme park.
As Pikachu attempts to collect the shards of the “Sky Prism” that protects the park, [...]
According to a list of Achievements unearthed by Xbox 360 Achievements, it looks like the upcoming Earthworm Jim HD will feature some form of multiplayer. There are two Achievements for multiplayer, one awarded for being “‘No. 1′ in each Xbox Live multiplayer level” and another for completing all multiplayer levels. It’s hard to imagine how [...]
Bit.Trip Runner is profoundly difficult, as anyone who has played a previous Bit.Trip game would guess. It’s probably one of the hardest games I’ve ever played, and in a way that most developers don’t dare to make their games. Basically, if you already have high blood pressure or a short fuse, you should stay far [...]
Square Enix had a good fiscal year (ended March 31, 2010), but its games division had a very good year. Final Fantasy XIII sold over five million units globally during the period, with the Japan-only release of Dragon Quest IX coming in second with 4.26 million units. Thanks to the company’s acquisition of Eidos last [...]
SouthPeak’s infringement-skirting Battle vs. Chess has apparently been pushed back from its initial May launch window, according to a press release. And the fact that May’s almost over and the game’s not out yet. However, the game is now set to launch this Fall, and will be released for 360, PS3, Wii, DS, PSP and [...]
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