Rune Factory 2: A Fantasy Harvest Moon Hitting DS This October
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Paul E.
Posted September 9th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Rising Star Games have today revealed that Rune Factory 2 will finally be hitting European shores on 8 October. Taking all of the best selling elements of the Harvest Moon series, Rune Factory 2 mixes in a wealth of RPG elements, making for a rather exciting combination for fans of both.
With families to be grown as well as dungeons to explore, the game allows you to play through two generations. Starting off as the father, you can then continue your story as either daughter or son. Fighting ...
We Sing Encore Gets Seal Of Approval From Top Acts
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Paul E.
Posted September 9th, 2010 at 8:24 pm
We Sing Encore, the singing hit from Nordic Games available on the Wii, recieved a big thumbs up from several of the UK's biggest music acts at the Summer Live! Music Fest in Sandown Park Surrey.
Nordic Games hosted an exclusive VIP event where stars such as Aleisha Dixon, Roll Deep, Stacy Solomon and boy band Wanted, all battling it out on the mic to see who could get the highest scores.
"These artists are some of Britain's hottest pop acts around today," says Nik Blower, sales and marketi...
Review | iPhone Roundup
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Robert D.
Posted September 9th, 2010 at 5:43 pm
Well, here we are with another iPhone Roundup! This time we have three apps: an absolutely terrible one, a simply brilliant one and a good one -- in that order as well.
Dream Wife
Being the iOS fanatic that I am, I've tried out hundreds of apps on the App Store. Right now, I have over 500 installed, and that only accounts for about a third of the apps I've actually played with. I can honestly say this: Dream Wife is the most atrocious iPhone app I've ever used. If it's not the terrible interfa...
Square Enix CEO Receives Threats After FFXIII Xbox 360 Announcement
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Ryan M.
Posted September 9th, 2010 at 3:23 am
Yesterday, Square Enix confirmed that the Xbox 360 version of Final Fantasy XIII will be released in Japan on December 16. Of course, Playstation 3 owners were not happy by this news and decided to post some nasty remarks on Yoichi Wada's Twitter page. The comments got so bad that some users posted deaths threats to the Square Enix CEO. Wada had previously promised that Final Fantasy XIII would not be available for the Xbox 360 in Japan. Below are some posts that were written on Wada's T...
Giveaway | Kingdom Hearts Swag!
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Robert D.
Posted September 8th, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Courtesy of Square Enix, we've got a ton of awesome Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep goodies to give to some luck readers! We thought the game was awesome, so we're delighted for the chance to give you guys some Birth By Sleep awesomeness! What have we got, exactly?
1st prize: A special edition of Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep for PSP and a print pack of awesome artwork.
2nd prize: An excellent magnet set. Your fridge will be ten times as awesome if you win these!
3rd prize: A postcard se...
PSP Gets a New Final Fantasy Fighting Game
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Traci B.
Posted September 8th, 2010 at 8:21 am
In the Japanese magazine, Weekly Shonen Jump, Square Enix very recently announced their follow-up to Dissidia: Final Fantasy, the popular fighting game on the PSP.
Those of you who enjoy a touch of alliteration in your titles will be pleased to get your hands on Dissidia Duodecim: Final Fantasy, which is planned to be released sometime in 2011. Those of you who tend to stumble over these kinds of words... we're sorry for your loss. In any case, this late release probably well squashes any rum...
Ubisoft Announces Side Scrolling “Outland”
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Ryan M.
Posted September 8th, 2010 at 12:20 am
Over the weekend at PAX, Ubisoft announced a new DLC title called Outland, which will hit the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade sometime in 2011. The side scrolling adventure title has been said to have the likeness of the Prince of Persia series as well as Ikaruga. Outland is being developed by the Sweden based studio Housemarque.
Housemarque previously worked on the widely popular Super Stardust series, which received good marks by critics. Also announced was that the game will...
New Transformers: War For Cybertron DLC Announced
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Paul E.
Posted September 7th, 2010 at 10:12 pm
Fans of Activision's Transformers: War For Cybertron should get ready, for today they have released the second DLC pack, giving players new multiplayer maps as well as new characters. The new DLC is now available on Xbox Live with it being launched on the PSN network tomorrow.
The new pack comprises of two new characters and five new multiplayer maps, ready for the war between the Autobots and Decepticons to continue. The two new characters are Zeta Prime and Dead End. Both characters will be...
Rights For The Undead
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Tom H.
Posted September 6th, 2010 at 8:12 pm
Monday, August 30 was a strange day for me; the sky was deceptively sunny, and I felt the cold bite of winter as I left the house -- an ominous start to the day. As I travelled through the outskirts of London, everywhere felt a little desolate -- a poetic setting for where I was going. As is usual on a bank holiday, the centre of London was busy, the air filled with the hum of people going about their business enjoying their day off.
I arrived behind the Houses of Parliament to find a gatheri...
Call of Duty: Black Ops “Wager” Matches, Character Customization and more!
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Nick C.
Posted September 6th, 2010 at 6:28 am
With the "letdown" that was Modern Warfare 2's multiplayer -- to the competitive PC community at least -- there have been a lot of questions surrounding the multiplayer of the new upcoming Call of Duty game. All speculations aside, the Call of Duty: Black Ops team released a video of the upcoming games "Wager" match features, as well as a hint at what's to come.
Multiplayer Revealed
On September 1st, we held our highly anticipated, global hands-on multiplayer press event in Los Angeles. At ...
