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- Spore: An oral history – Design Room (2026)
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Dust: An Elysian Tail Review: Usagi Yojimbo Would Be Impressed
Dean Dodrill’s Dust: An Elysian Tail was announced as the winner of the second annual Dream.Build.Play Challenge in 2009 and, after securing a publishing deal with Microsoft, he spent the next three years designing and coding it himself. With the game finally complete, it recently took its place as the finale to this year’s Summer of Arcade promotion.
So… one man development team… critical acclaim… and a big push from Big Redmond itself… can a side-scrolling action RPG really live up to all that? (more…)
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XBLA Today: Mark of the Ninja
A special Friday update to the Xbox Live Arcade brings with it the Klei Entertainment-developed Mark of the Ninja. This stealth platformer will set you back 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), unless the ninja has already stolen the money from your pocket…
A ninja is powerful yet fragile. Quick but deliberate. Mark of the Ninja is a stealth platformer that puts you in control of a Ninja who’s clan is in danger of extinction. Observe your enemies from the darkness, manipulate them with simple yet versatile tools, and experience what it is to be a Ninja. From the award-winning studio that brought you Shank, Mark of the Ninja is a game about finesse, manipulation, and sacrifice.
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Darksiders II, NSMB2, Kingdom Hearts 3D reign supreme as August’s bestselling games
The Death that stars in Darksiders II isn’t taking a holiday, but he did take the top spot in The NPD Group’s list of bestselling games in August.
Two other August releases, New Super Mario Bros 2 and Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance, round out the top three, making August the first time all Summer that three new releases lead the bestseller list. New releases Sleeping Dogs (#6) and Transformers: Fall of Cybertron (#7) also made the list.
The remainder of the August top ten looks very similar to previous months and you can find it after the break. (more…)
Daily Scoop: September 6, 2012 – Nearly the weekend!
Whoa! Tomorrow is Friday already! Welcome to the weekend. I love short weeks. In fact, I think it would be great if all weeks could be shorties like this one. Wishful thinking…
Let’s see… not a lot going on, deals-wise. But you can check out what Amazon’s got for under $30. There’s some good stuff there, including Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception for the staggeringly low price of $19.81. Whew. Scoop it up!
A couple of really rad shirts wait for you after the jump! (more…)
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Fortress Review: Giving Solitaire A New Coat of Paint
Fortress is a little indie game on the App store made by Ray Merkler, a game designer in the Philadelphia area. Painstakingly crafted with love, Fortress is a one- or two-player game that recreates solitaire as a war game, giving it far more personality and fun. It doesn’t hurt that it’s cute, colorful, and pretty darn addictive. So what makes Fortress so special? (more…)
Nintendo Download: Prince of Persia, Balloon Pop Remix, more
The Super NES rendition of Jordan Mechner’s original Prince of Persia leads this weeks’s Nintendo Download. It’s joined by balloon popping, a Sudoku variant, and some kind of chicken killing simulation…
Prince of Perisa (Wii Virtual Console) – Survive perilous levels, rescue the princess from the evil Jaffar and claim the royalresidence before the hourglass is empty. Beware of obstacles such as unpredictable floors and ceilings, hidden spikes and walls of flames.
Balloon Pop Remix (3DS eShop) – Balloon Pop Remix takes the classic Balloon Pop formula and turns it on its head. Usethe stylus to draw lines on the puzzle board and all the balloons in the line’s path willpop, leading to mesmerizing chain reactions.
Hwyawake by Nikoli (3DS eShop) – “Heyawake” is a puzzle in which you fill in the spaces according to the rules. It’s called “heyawake” (“split rooms”) because the face of the board is divided into rooms.
Crazy Hunter (DSiWare) – Capture the hens that lay the golden eggs that are scattered around the world by creating a giant tower tall enough to reach the clouds where the hens are.
Call of Juarez: Gunslinger returns to the Wild West
Ubisoft and developer Techland are bringing the Call of Juarez series back to its Wild West roots. The series previously took a short detour into the modern day with 2011’s Call of Juarez: The Cartel.
Announced today, Call of Juarez: Gunslinger follows an unnamed bounty hunter as he chases down “the West’s most notorious outlaws” (including Butch Cassidy!). Check out the live action trailer above and start drawing your “Wanted” poster for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 game now.
No release date for Call of Juarez: Gunslinger was announced, but I bet it’ll be released sometime in 2013, by gum.
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Mario Warfare brings gunplay to Mushroom Kingdom… already better than 1993 film
A trailer has hit for “Mario Warfare,” an upcoming web series from an outfit known as Beatdown Boogie. It looks like someone has thrown all of our favourite Mario characters, the bravado of Call of Duty, and the bullet choreography from The Matrix into a crazy blender. The resulting trailer looks to be being something that is quite funny, and already outshines the notoriously awful Super Mario Bros. film.
No date has been set for the debut of the first episode (“And don’t ask!” the trailer threatens), so keep a watch on Beatdown Boogie via Facebook and Twitter for more information.