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Video Game Canon- Silent Hill, Dragon Quest, Skyrim, and More Announced as Finalists for the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Has Another Big Night and Wins “Game of the Year” at the 2025-2026 DICE Awards
- 2025 GOTY Scoreboard: In Progress
- The Game Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
- Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Racks Up Nine Wins, Including “Game of the Year”, at the 2025 Game Awards
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- Video Game Research Library
- We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) – Yarn Spinner (2026)
- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Most Recent: DS
Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation Review: Using a Phoenix Down on Nostalgia
With a little help from Nintendo, Square Enix has resurrected a fallen soldier from a popular franchise, enlisting the help of the DS along the way. Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation is a breath of fresh air from their old, musty library; a remake that is both nostalgic and refreshing, incorporating new elements of gameplay, and boasting a visual makeover for the American premiere. Though it’s been 15 years since its initial release, Realms of Revelation plays like it was made yesterday. (more…)
Posted in DS, Reviews, Top Story
Tagged Dragon Quest VI: Realms of Revelation
Duke Nukem: Critical Mass trailer blasts onto the web
You thought Duke Nukem: Critical Mass was dead didn’t you? It’s OK, we all did. But after revealing that the DS side-scroller was alive and well last month, Apogee Software has released a new trailer ahead of the game’s release.
European gamers will get a chance to step into Duke’s alienkickers tomorrow, April 8th. Across the Atlantic in North America, we’ll have to wait until May.
Posted in DS, News
Tagged Duke Nukem: Critical Mass
A tale of two platforms – Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns coming to DS, 3DS
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Actually, these are just some pretty good times, because Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns, the next chapter in Natsume’s legendary RPG/farm-sim series, will be releasing simultaneously on the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS this Summer. The story centers on, yep, two villages who have grown apart since a vehement dispute over who has the best cooking. Players can choose start in the crop-oriented, Eastern flair of Konohana or the animal-loving European-style town of Bluebell. Who wants to take bets on if you marry someone from the other town?
Commenting on the dual platform, Hiro Maekawa, President and CEO of Natsume, stated “We wanted to ensure that all of our loyal Harvest Moon fans would have a chance to play this game,” presumably because of all the returned 3DS units following the horrible diseases it causes (sarcasm). “No matter which version they pick up, they’re sure to love the great new cast of characters, the fun festivals, and the exciting new gameplay mechanics.”
If only the Second Europan War in Valkyria Chronicles started over cooking. I’m sure there’d be a lot less ethnic cleansing.
Posted in 3DS, DS, News
Tagged Harvest Moon: The Tale of Two Towns
Super Bonk added to Virtual Console
It’s Monday morning and Nintendo has updated the Wii Shop Channel and the DSiWare Store with new games for all.
The biggest game in this week’s batch (or at least, the one with the biggest head) is Super Bonk. The Super NES classic was Bonk’s first (and in America, the only) foray onto the system.
If headbutting platformers aren’t your thing, the WiiWare service will see the addition of Planet Fish, a puzzle game set in an aquarium.
The DSiWare Shop will receive three new games this week: A Fairy Tale, a puzzle game where fairies have to save a magical kingdom; Absolute Baseball, a baseball management sim; and Anonymous Notes Chapter 1: From The Abyss, an episodic RPG with an “infinitely extending dungeon.”
More information on all of these games can be found after the break. (more…)
New Releases: Karaoke Revolution Glee 2, Carnival Games Kinect, Super Meat Boy, More
If March was a mad month for new game releases, then you can be forgiven if you didn’t realize April was dead on arrival as big releases are few and far between in the fourth month of the year.
Let’s see…
- There’s Karaoke Revolution Glee: Volume 2 on the Wii.
- 2K Games brings Carnival Games to the Kinect with Carnival Games: Monkey See, Monkey Do on the Xbox 360.
- And the Super Meat Boy: Ultra Edition (PC) is the first boxed edition of the insane platformer.
The full list of the rest of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
Spider-Man: Edge of Time slinging into stores this Fall
Scheduled to make its worldwide debut at WonderCon this Saturday, Activision has announced that Spider-Man: Edge of Time will be available this Fall.
Once again developed by Beenox, Edge of Time builds on the multi-world concept seen in the wallcrawler’s last game, Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. This time out, Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara) must reach across time to prevent the untimely death of The Amazing Spider-Man (Peter Parker).
“At Beenox, we are constantly listening to the fans and looking for new and creative ways to innovate the gameplay experience for them,” said Dee Brown, Studio Head, Beenox. “We want to create a totally distinct experience in Spider-Man: Edge of Time by working with Peter David [co-creator of the Spider-Man 2099 comic book series] on the story and creating this urgent, high-stakes experience where time is working against you and the fate of Spider-Man hangs in the balance.”
Like Shattered Dimensions, players will be able to control both Spider-Men as they attempt to fix the frabic of time. Gameplay details are currently harder to come by than a One More Day fan, but Activision is touting a “cause-and-effect” mechanic that is said to cause changes to one timeline as players make choices in the other.
Which platforms the game will be available for weren’t revealed, but Shattered Dimensions was released on the DS, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360, so I’d expect a similar release schedule for Spider-Man: Edge of Time.
Cars 2: The Game races into 3D on PS3
Disney’s Cars 2 will be racing to theaters this Summer and, as expected, the Pixar production will be towing a video game adaptation behind it.
Cars 2 on the PS3 will take things a step further by bursting out of the screen in full 3D. If the game detects a 3D TV, the it will automatically adjust so gamers “experience 3D in every aspect of gameplay” including combat racing, menus and multiplayer.
“The advancement of 3D technology will allow us to immerse the player into the Cars 2 game environment in a whole new way,” said John Blackburn, vice president and general manager of Avalanche Software, developer of Cars 2. “The 3D effects will ratchet up gameplay in ways that will have fans’ hearts pounding when they embark on dangerous spy missions, while our innovative multiplayer with four simultaneous 3D ports will bring a whole new dimension to PS3 gaming.”
Cars 2 will be available for the DS, PC, PS3, Wii and Xbox 360 on June 21st.
New Releases: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12, 3rd Birthday, WWE All-Stars, More
While the impending release of the 3DS still dominates the coming soon lists, there will be plenty of new games available when the calendar skips to the week ahead.
Fresh off Tiger Woods’ victory on Morning Drive, his namesake game, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters, will be available in stores this week for the PS3, Wii and Xbox 360. It’ll be joined by Square Enix’s long-awaited PSP sequel to Parasite Eve, The 3rd Birthday.
More sports action dominates this week’s new releases including the arcade wrestling title WWE All-Stars (PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360 and PS2!) as well as a pair of racing games: Shift 2: Unleashed (PC, PS3, Xbox 360) and NASCAR 2011 (PS3, Wii, Xbox 360).
Finally, everyone’s favorite hack and slash series returns for another round of ancient Chinese warfare. I refer, of course, to Koei’s Dynasty Warriors 7 (PS3, Xbox 360).
The full list of the rest of this week’s new releases can be found after the break. (more…)
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Tagged NASCAR 2011: The Game, Shift 2: Unleashed, The 3rd Birthday, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 12: The Masters, WWE All-Stars