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Soul Calibur V got released last week - and it’s pretty damned good. It might have a laughable story, filled with the sort of stalwart clichés that permeate the genre - but you don’t buy fighting games for story. No, you buy them for the fighting - and there’s no better way to play a fighting game than with a good arcade fight stick. But you already know that.
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If you’ve been longing for a return of the games of yesteryear, complete with massive single levels and collectible weapons and gadgets that mix intuitive gameplay with challenging stages and fight sequences, then ITSP may just be the game that you’re looking for. But can it match the advances made in today's arcade titles, or does its old school flavour drag this ambitious title ... [»]
The Thor film has just hit screens and with it, a hype of adverts, merchandise and you guessed it, video games. Sega has released the film to game adaptation on PS3 and Xbox 360 and big surprise, it's not looking good.Luckily for us, Marvel and Big Pixel Studios have released a free-to-play flash game called Thor: Bring the Thunder and is downright awesome! Hit the jump for the ... [»]
When Xbox live finally launched in South Africa last November, we were elated; our years of campaigning and hard work had finally paid off. No longer would we be treated as second class netizens! Of course, being realists we stashed a little cynicism and skepticism aside ... [»]
Aren’t you glad you kept your old SNES cartridges? Well Hyperkin, a popular manufacturer and distributor of leading accessories for our favourite consoles has a handheld on the way that is actually a vacuum-packed Super Nintendo. Hit the jump for the detailia.The 3.5 inch LCD clocks in with around 5.5 hours of battery life and is said to support multiplayer. You also have the option to plug it into ... [»]
This weekend, the 5 minutes of personal, free time I managed to wangle away from family responsibility ended up being spent on what I thought was a fascinating read. As somebody who could only be considered a casual Pac-Man player, I had no idea that the enemy AI in the game was so complex, or at ... [»]
Cosmopoliton, the women’s magazine that feature’s more scantily-clad women than most magazines has a habit of dispensing advice relating to carnal matters.In their latest bit of dating counsel, they recommend women who fancy a bit of pickle tickling get a Wii or visit an arcade. Why? Video games lead to more sex!According to the quintessential women’s lifestyle magazine, girls who play games get their bellies tickled from the inside four times a week, once more ... [»]
The second game in the apparent Xbox Live Arcade and PSN Dreamcast revival has finally been given a release date. Following on the heels of the poorly ported and ill-received Sonic Adventure, classic frantic arcade and Dreamcast…taxi simulator Crazy Taxi will be released on the download services on November 24. The game will feature updated, 720p graphics and presented in ... [»]
We officially heard last night that a new Xbox 360 Arcade model is to be released next month that will retail for around R1 200 less than the 250Gb model simply because it has 246Gb less memory.To be honest this makes it a very appealing console for anyone who isn't into online gaming or Xbox Live but would like to get themselves an Xbox 360 that they can at least save games on and ... [»]
So Microsoft has finally announced the official Kinect pricing which we posted about earlier as well as belatedly announcing that they will be releasing an Arcade version of their upcoming Xbox 360 S.As a quick sidenote, Microsoft themselves don’t recognise the Xbox 360 S moniker ... [»]
This is one of those moments when full disclosure is definitely required as I have not even played this title yet. However after listening to a couple of podcasts recently and browsing around the net it appears that Limbo may be the next super Arcade title coming to the Xbox 360. ... [»]
When Microsoft announced the new Xbox 360 at E3 this year there was a distinct lack of models announced and it was simply presumed that they were going back to the correct way of selling consoles… In other words back to the old days when every console is the same ... [»]
If you are looking for something interesting and new to play, you may want to give P.B Winterbottom a look on XBLA.
The game is now available for download and features some rather clever puzzle solving. The game is kind of styled around old black and white cinema and the puzzles are handled ... [»]
In Japan, bullet-hell shoot-em-ups requiring inhuman reflexes – like those propagated by Treasure and Cave – are very popular. In Japan, Gothic Lolita fashion – a sort of hybrid fashion born out of designs originating from Victorian England is also very popular. It stands to reason (does it?) that the two would meet, giving rise to the Gothic Lolita Bullet ... [»]
The King of Fighters series has been around for a very long time and was always seen as the true rival to Street Fighter.
Now, shortly after the release of Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix (seriously that title is too long), The King of Fighters is getting an HD update of it's own. This is the first time that I have seen the game in motion and I have to say that I am very impressed with the quality of the visuals, ... [»]