Aero Porter Review: You’ll Never Look At Luggage the Same Way Again

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Nicole Kline

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If you had told me a few weeks ago that a game about sorting luggage for an airport was addictively fun, I wouldn’t have believed you. But now that I’ve played Aero Porter for hours without being able to put it down, I fully understand how much fun it can be. Level-5’s luggage-sorting game, downloadable from the 3DS eShop, is quick and easy, yet also challenging. A collaboration between Level-5 and designer Yoot Saito, Aero Porter is one of those simple-to-learn, hard-to-master puzzle games, in which you must at first separate luggage by color, and then later work around the added complications the game throws at you. Is this tiny game worth the $4.99 price tag?

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Bug fixes coming to Street Fighter X Mega Man in “Version 2” patch

Posted on January 4, 2013 by John Scalzo

goldenpixel2012-streetfighterxmegamanThe Mega Man Network recently sat down with Capcom’s Senior Community Manager, Brett “Brelston” Elston, to talk about Street Fighter X Mega Man and the future of the Mega Man franchise. During the course of their conversation, Elston revealed that a batch of bug fixes will be coming to the game as part of a “Version 2” update.

“[W]e can say we’re working on a V2 that will release soon and hopefully address some of those known issues. It’s not adding content, but we’ve been reading responses and can ‘tighten up’ a few things before the end of the year,” Elston said.

Elston would go on to say that “Version 2” of Street Fighter X Mega Man should be available sometime this month and will fix “a handful of performance issues” including problems with certain controllers and preventing the game from crashing when you press the ESC key.

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Daily Scoop: January 4, 2013 – Finally Friday

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Nicole Kline

It’s finally Friday, and I couldn’t be happier to see the weekend. I don’t have much planned other than Dungeons & Dragons, but I’d love to do some cleaning and get some laundry done. Oh, and I should probably go food shopping, considering I’m out of everything you could imagine. I guess maybe I shouldn’t have been this excited for the weekend…

There’s not really too much going on today when it comes to deals. Best Buy is having a 2-day sale, though not all the sale prices seem to have gone live yet. Keep an eye on the video game deals, especially if you want to pick up Gravity Rush and/or Uncharted: Golden Abyss. There are quite a few more Vita games there as well.

Not really too much going on with t-shirts, either, but you might like this video game-styled one:

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City Interactive targets March 12 for Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 release

Posted on January 4, 2013 by John Scalzo

It looks like Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 won’t be released this month after all. Originally scheduled for an August 2012 release, the game was pushed back to January 2013 and now it won’t make that date either.

According to the game’s publisher, City Interactive, Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 will now be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on March 12.

Unless it gets delayed again, of course.

[Source: Eurogamer]

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Wreck-It Ralph available to download on February 12, Blu-ray/DVD coming March 5

Posted on January 4, 2013 by John Scalzo

wreckitralph-blurayDisney’s Wreck-It Ralph has been praised by gamers and non-gamers alike for its loving tribute to gaming’s 8-bit days. While the film is still enjoying a very successful theatrical run, Disney has announced that it’ll be available as a digital download and on Blu-ray and DVD soon.

In a first for the company, Wreck-It Ralph will be available to download digitally more than a month before it’s Blu-ray/DVD counterpart. If downloading movies from iTunes or Amazon Video is your thing, you’ll be able to own Wreck-It Ralph on February 12.

However, if you’d prefer to wait for the Blu-ray/DVD, it’ll be released on March 5 in three different packages:

  • Ultimate Collector’s Edition ($49.99): Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Copy + Special Features
  • Collector’s Edition ($39.99): Blu-ray, DVD + Special Features
  • DVD Edition ($29.99): DVD + Special Features

Each version of the film will come packed with a variety of special features, including the Paperman short film that played before Wreck-It Ralph in theaters. You can read up on all the special features after the break.

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Hundreds now available on iTunes App Store

Posted on January 3, 2013 by John Scalzo

Hundreds is the latest game from Semi Secret Software and the minimalist puzzle game has quite the pedigree behind it with the creators of Gasketball, Wurdle, Osmos, and iOS favorite Canabalt all having a hand in its development.

So what is Hundreds? Well, the game gives you a set of circles with a zero in the middle of each one. By tapping the circles, you increment the number. The goal is to coninue tapping them until the numbers inside each circle add up to “100.” Sounds easy, right? But if two circles that have been recently tapped touch, they explode. And various mathematical symbols are floating within each level to mess with your addition skills.

Not so easy anymore is it?

Hundreds was first released as a Flash game on Newgrounds and the iOS is said to be improved in every way. Hundreds for the iOS (it’s playable on both the iPad and iPhone/iPod Touch) includes over 100 levels and is available to download for $2.99 until January 10 (then the price jumps up to $4.99).

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Sony has applied for a patent to chain game discs to a PSN account

Posted on January 3, 2013 by John Scalzo

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On September 12, Sony Computer Entertainment filed a patent application with the US Patent and Trademark Office for a “Use Permission Apparatus” connected with a game system. Even if you don’t speak lawyer, the implications of the patent application are clear… Sony wants a way to chain disc-based games to a user account and/or game system.

This patent application comes on the heels of a March 2012 rumor that specifically linked a universal online pass system to the PlayStation 4/Orbis. Such a system would effectively require all used game buyers to re-authenticate their used games (likely for a small fee) through an online service like Sony’s PlayStation Network.

It should be said that, for now, this apparatus is just a patent application and exists only as drawings and words on a computer. There’s no guarantee that it’ll be included in the PlayStation 4/Orbis. And unless Sony wants to incur the greatest fan backlash ever, I doubt it’ll ever be included in any system.

[Source: Free Patents Online]

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Latest Earth Defense Force 2025 trailer shows off the EDF’s vehicles

Posted on January 3, 2013 by John Scalzo

D3 Publisher Japan has released another trailer for Earth Defense Force 2025, again focusing on the new Air Raider class and his accompaniment of deployable pods (which include air strikes, shield walls, turrets, and health beacons).

The trailer also give a good bit of screentime to the EDF’s vehicles. With Sandlot taking back the development reins, they’ve pushed the helicopter back into service. A trio of tanks, a massive new walking mech, and a motorcycle with a sidecar (which likely replaces the hoverbike) can also be seen.

Earth Defense Force 2025 will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime this year.

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