Weekend Deals: Just Cause 2, The Witcher, and GoldenEye
With a new GoldenEye game on the way for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, GameStop has decided to drop the price of the Wii remake all the way to $9.99. While you’re at it, you can also pick up another James Bond game, Blood Stone, for the same price. GameStop has some other unusually strong (for them)...
Plunging Nintendo Stock Price Sees Former President Lose $300 Million
Nintendo President Satoru Iwata didn’t have a big presentation about the company’s first quarter financial results earlier today in Japan because, as he put it, “the first fiscal quarter has limited importance within the annual business of game companies, it does not make much sense...
Japan Review Check: Kirby Mass Attack, Epic Mickey
A selection of the most interesting games due to hit Japan next week, courtesy the review pages of Famitsu magazine: – Kirby Mass Attack (9/9/9/9, 36 points): The highest-scoring game of the week is the new DS Kirby game, which is perhaps less surprising than it’d seem at first glance. Read...
New Club Nintendo Rewards Include a Giant Mii AR Card
The Club Nintendo year recently ended , meaning those who did enough to reach Gold or Platinum level are entitled to some Mario pin badges or a calendar. You’ll need to order your reward by Sunday, July 31, in order to get your freebie. Continue reading here: New Club Nintendo Rewards Include...
Level-5 CEO Talks About the New U.S. Studio in Fan Oriented Video
Over on the official website for Level-5′s North American studio comes a video for fans from the company’s president, CEO, and founder, Akihiro Hino. Level-5 International America, as it’s called, has officially begun operations according to Hino, who explains that it will be focused...
Why the Golden Age of JRPGs is Over
Feature Share it: Tweet Why the Golden Age of JRPGs is Over We explore the reasons that Xenoblade and dozens of other games will never be released in America. By: Ryan Winterhalter July 18, 2011 It’s over. More here: Why the Golden Age of JRPGs is Over
John Carmack Doesn’t Take Kindly to "Snooty" FPS Haters
First-person shooters are arguably the most popular and mainstream of videogame genres. And as a result of that, there has been a backlash from a certain segment of gamers who are tired of seeing FPS games released left and right. John Carmack, id Software co-founder and a key player in the development...
Duke Nukem Trails Only L.A. Noire in June NPDs
Hope you didn’t bet on Duke to be number one. The rest is here: Duke Nukem Trails Only L.A. Noire in June NPDs
Super E.D.F. Out on Virtual Console, Nintendo Tells No One
For many, the highlight of Nintendo’s weekly downloadable offerings will be the 3DS Netflix app . It isn’t the only new item available to download today, and despite Nintendo making no mention of it whatsoever, the Wii’s Virtual Console is now home to Super E.D.F.: Earth Defense Force...
Japan Review Check: Rhythm Heaven, No More Heroes
A selection of the most interesting games due to hit Japan next week, courtesy the review pages of Famitsu magazine: – Rhythm Heaven (Wii) (9/8/8/7, 32 points): It seems like you pretty much know what you’re getting into with this title, but the editors liked it well enough nonetheless....
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