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April 21, 2012

Portabliss: Amoebattle (iOS, DSiWare)

Did you know that you can download handheld games now? That’s amazingly convenient! The only inconvenient part of it is finding the…

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The surprising accessibility of older RPGs

Filed under: Features, PC, Retro, RPGsThis is a weekly column focusing on “Western” role-playing games: their stories, their histories, their mechanics, their…

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Sony restores PSN games that allowed Vita hack (but there’s another one)

Sony pulled two PSP titles, Hot Shots Tennis and MotorStorm Arctic Rift, from the PlayStation Network in March when they were found…

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‘Archer’ may take a shot at a Pinball FX 2 table, it’s all Twitter’s fault

So it went down like this: Someone tweeted Archer production designer and art director Neil Holman the idea for an Archer table…

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April 20, 2012

Starbreeze’s ‘P13’ headed to XBLA, PSN, and PC

Compared to other Swedish game development powerhouses – DICE, Avalanche, Massive – Syndicate developer Starbreeze keeps a lower profile. Having only released…

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Nintendo Direct time travels with news tonight, tomorrow, yesterday

Nintendo Direct, the all-Nintendo-news, some-of-the-time video series from official Nintendo headquarters, is hitting the airwaves tonight. Technically, it’s noon EST tomorrow, April…

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Concept Video for Cancelled Tactics-Based ‘Call of Duty’ Released

Though we will never see the finished product, a concept video for a cancelled tactics-based ‘Call of Duty’ title has been released…

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Risen 2 on consoles delayed to July 31 in US, August 3 in Europe

Relax, PC gamers: Risen 2: Dark Waters is still launching on April 27. The Xbox 360 and PS3 ports have been bumped…

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Rock Band Weekly: Cinderella

Whether you’re old enough to remember when Cinderella was on the radio or you discovered the band during a Google search for…

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Hands On: Prison Architect

This is my second time with a pre-release version of Prison Architect. You can read my first impressions right here. This time…

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‘Halo 4′ Screenshots Showcase New Character Designs, Armor & Settings

More screens for ‘Halo 4’ have hit today. Read on for a look at some battle hungry Covenant, a mysterious campaign setting,…

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Brink has sold “more than 2.5 million worldwide”

Multiplayer-centric 2011 shooter Brink has sold more than 2.5 million units worldwide, according to developer Splash Damage. Studio CEO Paul Wedgewood revealed…

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The Banner Saga adds XBLA/PSN ports, player-owned cities to its plans

The Banner Saga, the turn-based strategy adventure game by ex-Bioware Stoic Studio, has hit the $650,000 mark on Kickstarter, which means the…

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Starbreeze CEO doesn’t think Syndicate ‘could’ve ever lived up to some people’s expectations’

CEO and President of Starbreeze Studios Mikael Nermark appears to have mixed feelings about Syndicate, the FPS reboot his team launched earlier…

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Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Powers Up for PS3

Though Tekken Tag Tournament 2 has been available in arcades since earlier this year in the States (and back into September in…

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Rise of the Fund-it Pundits

You’re reading Reaction Time, a new weekly column that claims to examine recent events, games and trends in the industry, but is…

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Battlefield 3, Darkstalkers 3 and some other stuff hits PSN April 24

Tuesday will be a big day for PS3-owning FPS fans who have forsaken the corporeal confines of physical media, as well as…

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Trials Evolution review: Try, try again

I made a huge mistake. “So help me, Richard, if I don’t review Trials Evolution,” I said back in March, “I’ll start…

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