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Street Fighter IV iPhone Trailer Reveals Details
If you were wondering how many characters could fit into an iPhone version of Street Fighter IV, the answer is now known: eight. While Ken and Ryu were shoe-ins, confirmed in the first video trailer are Chun-Li, Blanka, Bison, Dhalsim, Abel, and Guile. Each will have their own stage as well. It is disheartening to listen [...]
Continue reading...Another Successful Lawsuit for Nintendo
22. February 2010
The colossal terrifying family friendly manufacturer, Nintendo, has tucked another victory under its belt, after pursuing further action against the R4 contraption which was developed for their DS handheld system. The Federal Court of Australia ruled in favor of Nintendo’s appeal and ordered a local distributor to fork over $520,000 for damages caused by selling [...]
Continue reading...SOCOM PSP Requires Online Authentication
18. February 2010
Piracy on the PSP is a problem. Well, it’s a problem for all platforms, but in the world of digital media, the PSP is easily hackable and has been since day one. Sony has a plan, or at least one that they will try with the upcoming PSP SOCOM title, Fireteam Bravo 3. If you buy [...]
Continue reading...Street Fighter IV Coming to iPhone
16. February 2010
Everyone loved playing Street Fighter IV on the super-accurate, precision instrument that is the Xbox 360 d-pad, right? Well, imagine playing the same thing on the virtual d-pad on the iPhone, surely a pleasant experience, right? Cynicism aside, Capcom is in fact porting the title to the iPhone, joining Resident Evil 4 as their previous console-to-iPhone [...]
Continue reading...Rumor Dept: PSP Go ReLaunch Coming Soon?
1. February 2010
Citing “a source close to Sony,” site Gamervision has posted that Sony may be looking at giving the PSP Go another chance. Apparently, the console has under-performed, not terribly surprising giving the sheer amount of negativity surrounding the announcement of the hardware. What will the relaunch consist of? A price drop (although to what is not [...]
Continue reading...Ace Combat Joint Assault PSP Uses Real Locales
13. January 2010
Namco’s generally superb Ace Combat series is usually consistent, with original stories, cinematic styles, and fictional warring countries. Surprisingly, with the upcoming PSP edition called Joint Assault, Ace Combat officially enters the real world. Cities such as San Francisco and Tokyo will be the settings for the various dogfights. In addition to that first, Joint Assault [...]
Continue reading...Game Boy Enters National Toy Hall of Fame
6. November 2009
Nintendo’s original portable gaming device is being inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame, specifically the Electronic Games division: No video-game platform did more to put gamers “on the go” than Nintendo Game Boy. And go they did-bringing their gaming experience to school, to summer camp, and to the back seat of the family automobile. [...]
Continue reading...Nintendo Releasing Bigger DSi, the XL
29. October 2009
One of the quicker turnarounds for improved Nintendo handheld hardware, the DSi XL has been confirmed by Nintendo for Japan and Europe (November 21 and Q1 2010 respectively). The system will feature a larger screen, supposedly for those older DSi owners who have poor eyesight. The screens are a full 4″ in size, up from 3.25″ [...]
Continue reading...Darius Burst Bring Back Classic Shooter on PSP
14. October 2009
It has been 11 years since Taito’s fantastic shooter series last lefts it mark on the industry. Now a reboot is in the works for the PSP entitled Darius Burst. The premiere trailer doesn’t seem to change much, with the giant robotic fish still tormenting the player at the end of each stage. The seizure-inducing [...]
Continue reading...Twilight-Based Scene It Coming to Wii, DS
8. October 2009
A Twilight version of movie trivia game Scene It is coming to the Wii and DS, the former featuring 500 questions based on the awful movie(s). The DS version isn’t due until 2010, but the Wii version will be out sometime in the fall. So, let’s propose one question: Why do the vampires in Twilight sparkle? A. The [...]
Continue reading...Ghostbusters: The Game on PSP Is Official
6. October 2009
Considering Atari’s Ghostbusters title was released on all current platforms with a sole exception, it probably isn’t a massive surprise that the sole exception is getting its own version. The PSP edition of Ghostbusters: The Game will probably look familiar. It is ported from the Wii and PlayStation 2 version, which in some ways we preferred [...]
Continue reading...PSP Go UMD Conversion Concept Dropped
6. October 2009
There are a lot of times where we lose faith in our fellow man. One of those times was when we learned Sony was considering a UMD-to-digital conversion program for PSP Go buyers. Why on Earth anyone would want to lose a piece of physical media, one that can be traded, resold, and is fully [...]
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