Japan sees surging interest in portables in recent years – Sony

February 21, 2012

Japan has seen a growing interest in handheld games consoles in the last four years, says Sony. This, it says, has been evidenced in PSP’s sales compared to PS3, and will hopefully mean good fortunes for Vita. “There seems to be a shift in Japanese gamers’ habits – in the last four or five years [...]

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Alan Wake’s American Nightmare launch trailer

February 21, 2012

Remedy has released one last trailer to get you all pumped for this week’s release of Alan Wake’s American Nightmare. Reviews for the game have gone green today – and as always we put all the scores in one place for you. Alan Wake’s American Nightmare releases on February 22 as part of Microsoft’s ongoing [...]

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SSX video: Tricks and tips from EA

February 20, 2012

EA’s new SSX is just over a week away from release and to help ease you into the action the publisher has released a new tips video. It’ll get you caught up on the trick system and how to get the most speed down the slopes. Of course, playing it will better prepare you and [...]

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F1 2011 Review For PlayStation Vita

February 20, 2012

F1 2011 F1 2011 PlayStation Vita review The Vita version simply blows every other portable racing-sim away. Written by: Melanie Hick Date published: 02/20/2012 4 / 5 stars A fast, intuitive menu system lets the user get into the action quickly providing a plethora of game modes within the user’s profile. Loading screens are frequent [...]

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Next gen ‘will be a big leap’, says MotorStorm dev

February 20, 2012

MotorStorm developer Evolution has said next gen consoles will represent “a big leap” over existing ones, while suggesting that PS3 has yet to hit its peak. Paul Rustchynsky, game director for Vita launch title MotorStorm RC, told our friends at Official PlayStation Magazine UK: “Next gen? People are talking about it, it’s going to be [...]

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Beyond The Labyrinth: 3DS’s prettiest dungeon-crawler

February 20, 2012

The new issue of Nintendo Gamer is on sale now. RPG design handbook, entry #12: hit enemy, numbers fly out. It’s such an established genre tradition it’s amazing we’ve waited until now for a game to actually make use of those ascending integers. Whack a foe in Beyond The Labyrinth and you’ll see their HP [...]

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Is PS Vita worth buying at launch?

February 19, 2012

In just a few days time the PlayStation Vita will be in warehouses and on store shelves and we’re pensively staring off into the distance weighing up whether it’s worth running down to our local store and picking one up at launch. The case for buying one at release are pretty strong, having had one [...]

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Crysis 3: What we want to see

February 19, 2012

It’s been almost a year since Crysis 2 hit PC and consoles, and to be honest, we’re starting to miss having a little voice in our ears constantly telling us how we’re so much better than everything else that ever existed. “Cloak engaged” he says as we go all Predator and fade away into the [...]

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I Am Alive: A brave and intriguing downloadable title

February 19, 2012

By Xbox World 360 for Xbox World Magazine Subscribe now! Our hero took a four hour flight across the US, but it’s taken him a year to walk home. A day of disaster known only as ‘The Event’ has brought society to its knees – leaving the fate of his wife and daughter unknown. Today, [...]

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Xenoblade Chronicles gets US trailer

February 19, 2012

Poor American Wii owners are still waiting on Xenoblade Chronicles to release Stateside, but the wait is almost over. While the game’s been out for what feels like ages in Japan and Europe, the US version is still in the pipeline, but its April 2 launch is drawing near and NOA is celebrating with this [...]

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