Check out this week’s newest downloadable offerings on the eShop below from Nintendo as of January 9th, 2013: Title Platform Available on Price Point Further Info Contact Fractured Soul (Endgame Studios) Nintendo 3DS (Download Software) Nintendo eShop €7.99 (£7.19 UK Only) Grant Davies grant.davies@endgamestudios.com Game Description: Old-school platforming on two screens. Fractured Soul is a clas...
Read More »
Injustice: Gods Among Us is a game I am really excited for which is released for the 19th April 2013 (Europe don’t any other release date). For those of you who don’t know Injustice is a DC fighting game. It is a one on one two dimensional fighter with a three dimensional background and character (can’t think of anything entertaining about that so here is a cracker joke, What do you get when you p...
Read More »
Nintendo have announced that a special Fire Emblem Awakening 3DS hardware bundle is set for release on 4th February. The system will be a standard 3DS model, with a blue casing adorned with Fire Emblem-themed insignias. The console will also come with a digital copy of Fire Emblem Awakening pre-installed, and includes a 4GB SD memory card. The bundle will be available at a suggested retail price o...
Read More »
How much money has Skylanders made? So much money that it’s starting to make the Call of Duty franchise a bit jealous. Try half a billion. “Just a year ago, the concept of bringing toys to life in a virtual world was an untested play pattern that Activision and Toys For Bob believed in. Now the category has been established in the market and embraced by parents and kids everywhere,” said John Coyn...
Read More »
The Wii U has moved 890,000 units since its launch, with hardware sales making $300 million in the US. The Wii only made $270 million at this stage in its launch. An important caveat to this information is that the increase in sales is due in part to the increase in hardware price. The deluxe model is about $100 more than the initial Wii price. I feel like I’ve used the word “Wii” too often at thi...
Read More »
Alright let’s start today with the news people are probably more interested in and talk about the latest Pokemon game which has been named X and Y. The new trailer shows off this generations three starter Pokemon. The three are called Chespin, who is the grass starter who also looks like a rejected member of Alvin and the Chipmunks; Fennekin, which is a fire fox just like Vulpix in generation 1 an...
Read More »
It’s been a long time coming but Lego are finally making a Marvel game which apparently has been a game people have been waiting years for. The game which is going to be creatively called Lego Marvel Super Heroes has a plot which will involve Nick Fury calling upon his fellow Marvel Heroes, bringing them together to fight against multiple threats, such as: Loki’s vengeance and Galactus, once again...
Read More »
In a recent interview with Nikkei, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata mentioned the company has not ruled out the possibility of a free-2-play or micro transaction business model. However Iwata went on to say that Nintendo will not embrace such business models for existing franchises. “We [as an industry] can now do distribution by digital means as well as micro-transactions, and the ways to obtain m...
Read More »
Nintendo have announced their first new digital content downloads for the New Year. XSeed Games new game Unchained Blades is now available to download now on the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo have also announced a number of other downloads including Code of Princess, and Gunman Clive, Air Battle Hockey for the Nintendo 3DS. Galaxy Saver and Snowboard can also be purchased via the Nintendo eShop and the...
Read More »
Here they are, the most abstract games of 2012! 5) Pizza vs. Skeletons (iOS) You are a 25’ tall pizza that can wear a mustache among other things. You are tasked with crushing an army of the undead that carry pointy spears. Developer Riverman Media has created what is probably the most bizarre game of all time, but the highly addictive gameplay will keep you coming back for more. 4) They Bleed Pix...
Read More »