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- Video Game Research Library
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- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
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- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
Most Recent: Xbox 360
New Releases: Uncharted 3, Sonic Generations, GoldenEye 007 Reloaded, More
November is here, and with it, the Fall gaming rush goes into overdrive.
This week sees the release of the PS3-exclusive Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, Naughty Dog’s latest Nathan Drake adventure promises to be its biggest yet. In fact, it’s so big, it’s off the charts (rimshot).
The rest of this week’s new releases are a throwback to a simpler time including…
- A high definition remake of GoldenEye, GoldenEye 007: Reloaded (PS3, Xbox 360)
- Classic Sonic and Modern Sonic meeting for the first time in Sonic Generations (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)
- The Lord of the Rings: War in the North (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), another LOTR action-RPG.
- Just when you thought it was safe to go in the water, there’s another Jaws game, Jaws: Ultimate Predator (3DS, Wii)
- And finally, there’s a new Oregon Trail game for the 3DS and Wii
For the non-throwback minded, there’ll also be an NCIS (PC, PS3, Wii, Xbox 360) game available in stores this week.
Check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)
Posted in 3DS, DS, News, PC, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
Tagged GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, Sonic Generations, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Daytona USA Review: ROLLLLLLLLLLLLLLING START!
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Sega dominated the arcade racing scene. Games like Outrun, Sega Rally Championship, Virtua Racing, and Hang On are testaments to this. For many die-hard Sega fanatics, though, the game that always stood out was Daytona USA. Releasing in arcades in 1993, and later being a launch title for the infamous Sega Saturn, Daytona USA has built up an incredible following over the years. Such a following, in fact, that it’s almost always high up on any list of classic Sega games that needed a modern release. After years of said begging, Sega has obliged, and Daytona USA is now available for a whole new generation of gamers. As a history lesson, it’s a great demonstration of the “good old days” of racing, but you know… it’s still a pretty solid game eighteen years after it initially hit arcades, even if its audience likely will consist of gamers who were teenagers when it first appeared. (more…)
Posted in PS3, Reviews, Top Story, Xbox 360
Tagged Daytona USA
Nightwing is nobody’s sidekick in this Batman: Arkham City trailer
WB Games and Rocksteady plan to release the Nightwing Pack for Batman: Arkham City on November 1, but they’ve decided to give us an early taste of the former Boy Wonder going toe-to-toe with The Joker’s thugs in the trailer above.
One thing’s for sure, Chris O’Donnell has never been this badass in his whole life.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Batman: Arkham City
More GTA5 rumors: There’s an Ace of Spades in the logo
Who knew a simple logo could generate so many rumors?
The latest Grand Theft Auto V rumor has apparently been staring us right in the face, Dan Brown-style, for two days now. It seems that if you turn the “V” in the logo upside down, it produces a nearly perfect spade. And of course, an upside down “V” with a sash across the center looks an awful lot like an “A.” Oh my god! Ace of Spades!
Combine that with the money motif the “V” uses and the obvious conclusion is that GTA5 will take place in Las Vegas, or rather, it’s Rockstar-approved stand-in, Las Venturas. It’s all speculation at this point, but deal me in baby!
Rockstar will release the first Grand Theft Auto V trailer on November 2.
[Source: Rockstar Network]
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Grand Theft Auto V
Daily Scoop: October 26, 2011 – Improper Dancing!
Whew! I missed the scoop yesterday – all that was really up was Call of Duty: Black Ops on sale for the PS3 and Xbox 360. Activision seems to be having crazy CoD sales – I’m assuming in preparation for Modern Warfare 3. Whatever. Tonight is Electric Six at Johnny Brenda’s, which means I’m going to be doing a lot of improper dancing in the middle of the street with my friends! Somebody better notify the chief of police…
Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games today is Bethesda’s Fallout 3 Collector’s Edition for the PC. It’s just $25.99 today, and comes with that adorable lunch box. Scoop it up!
T-shirt wise, there’s nothing related to video games, but I bought today’s Ript the second I saw it: (more…)
XBLA Today: Daytona USA, War of the Worlds, Zombie Apocalypse 2
Microsoft is adding three games to the Xbox Live Arcade today, two of which were added to the PlayStation Store yesterday.
Sega’s Daytona USA returns to put the polygons back into your racing games. Another new release is a game adaptation of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds. Finally, Konami’s twin-stick shooter Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone, a sequel to 2009’s Zombie Apocalypse will infect the XBLA.
All three games have been priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10). More information can be found at Major Nelson’s blog (Daytona USA, War of the Worlds, Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone).
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Daytona USA
Your first GTA5 rumors: It’s set in Los Angeles, has multiple playable characters
Grand Theft Auto V has officially existed for just a few hours now, but rumors are already beginning to fly about its setting.
Kotaku is reporting that “a source familiar with the game” has told them the game will set in a fictionalized version of Los Angeles. The west coast was last seen in a GTA game in 2004’s Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.
Kotaku is also hearing that the game will have multiple playable characters, a first for the series.
And don’t forget our own GTA5-flavored rumor, solid proof of a 2012 release date, courtesy of statements made by Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick.
Posted in News, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Grand Theft Auto V
WB Games detects 4.6 million copies of Batman: Arkham City shipped
It looks like The Joker really does get the last laugh as WB Games has announced that 4.6 million copies of Batman: Arkham City have been shipped worldwide since its launch a week ago. The massive success of Arkham City likely gives it the highest first-week sales total for any game released in 2011.
“Batman: Arkham City is one of the best action adventure games, proven by the tremendous reviews, and it further establishes the Batman brand as a marquee franchise for our growing business,” said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “Rocksteady Studios went above and beyond in delivering an incredible game and the support of the entire team at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment drove the excellent campaign a game like this deserves.”
“The true test for any game is what the players think and we have been thrilled by their reaction to Batman: Arkham City,” said Sefton Hill, Game Director at Rocksteady Studios. “The team at Rocksteady put every ounce of effort into making the best Batman experience we possibly could, so we are overwhelmed by the incredible feedback from the community.”
Batman: Arkham City is now available for the PS3 and Xbox 360. A PC version is also in the works and will be released November 15.
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Batman: Arkham City