The box is perfect If we all got one free do-over and could pick out a single 3DS design with no pesky restrictions to bog us down, I wouldn’t hesitate to choose the upcomingSuper Famicom-style New 3DS XL. Unsurprisingly, it’s a Japan exclusive, and it’s also region-locked, but the design is so dang cool! That coolness even extends to the handheld’s box which, similar to those classicPokémon 2DS cases, I’d be afraid of opening....
Of Orcs and Menis a curious title with a pretty epic trailer. It appears to be a take onOf Mice and Men, as it’s about two guys on the run. Those two guys happen to be an orc and a goblin, however. They also happen to kick a lot of human ass. Check this out, though. They’re the heroes of the story, fighting for the freedom of their respective races. It’s a neat twist....
Additional details emerge about the power of the undergarment In D3 Publisher and Shade’s upcoming action shooting gameBullet Girls, you’ll play as the girls of the Ranger Corps, training to become frontline soldiers for the military. Some of the training is a bit unorthodox, with a good deal of it centering around the girls just in their skivvies. Instead of armor and helmets these girls pump their stats up with different undergarments, which have different stat effects such as HP boosts and attack ups and can be mixed and matched for over 1600 combinations....
Will now launch in January 2021 Grinding Gear Games has announced that it will be delaying the next major update for its free-to-play RPGPath of Exile. Originally scheduled to launch in December, Version 3.13 has been pushed back to January, with the developer citingthe recent delay of CDPR’sCyberpunk 2077as the reason behind the calendar shift. “We were previously targeting a launch date of December 11 for our 3.13 end-game expansion,”stated the developer on its official forums....
Sure, there’s games we all love so much that we play them multiple times just to get back in the atmosphere — I know I have, and I’m sure some of you have too. If you could have an anime made of any of those games though, which would it be?Dengeki Onlinerecently polled their readers to that effect, and it looks likePersona 4tops the list, with many other solid contenders following:...
It’s up! As promised, here is episode 29 of Podtoid. Your cast this week entered into a deadly kumite, and after all the dust settled only three people emerged, bloody, broken and starving. As a result, the Podtoid was handled by: Nex ———————————-Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth Leigh Alexander ——————–NYC Everything Aaron Linde ————————-All Hands On The Bad One Take a look at this previous post for topics covered, but otherwise tune in for about an hour of hard-hitting, Rivera-esque news and editorialization, sans sentient moustaches....
Pokemon Go to sleep The long-awaited lifestyle appPokemon Sleepis finally nearing its wake-up call. The Pokemon Company announced today thatPokemon Sleepwill arrive for mobile devices later this year. Shown as part of today’s February 27 Pokemon Presents,Pokemon Sleepis a lifestyle app that tracks your sleep data. By simply activating the app and going to sleep, You’ll be able to unlock different Pokemon and their sleep styles. You’ll start with styles like Dozing, Snoozing, and Slumbering, and gradually pick up more as you sleep....
It’s still a silly, lovely remote Pokken DXwas announced yesterday, slowly chipping away in part at the legacy of the Wii U, but one question was on all our minds — what about that wackyPokkencontroller that was modeled after the one used in Japanese arcades? We’ve reached out to both Nintendo and Bandai Namco for comment, but in the meantime, reputablePokemonnews site Serebii has manage to confirm thatthe Wii UPokkencontrollerwill work with the SwitchDXversion....
Joins Death Stranding in the ‘idunnolol’ genre At E3, we all got to check out a trailer (shown below) for a new title from Square Enix,The Quiet Man.It didn’t really tell us anything, merely featuring footage, both live-action and in-engine, of a quiet man beating up two guys in an alley. That’s about it. Fortunately, producer Kensei Fujinagi has come forward to offer more information on the mysterious title. When I say “offer more information”, I mean, “be deliberately obtuse”....
Yesterday we told you about whatsoft drink companies really think about gamers, but now it looks like that was all a big misunderstanding. The American Beverage Association sentKotakua lengthy letter of explanation and clarification after they ran the same story. It turns out that they were misquoted in the original article, and that helped to blow things out of proportion. ABA vice president Kevin Keane sets the record straight: Bottom line – we’re not bashing video games....
Help Sony sell Vitas! Sony hasopened up a referral programin which US residents can register and refer their friends, and for each successful PlayStation Vita purchase, they’ll receive a $20 PlayStation Network card and 1,000 Sony Rewards points (valued at $10). Up to 10 completed referrals can be made, and those referred will also get a $20 PSN Card for their friendly efforts. Additionally, the person who convinces the most people to buy the handheld system will win one million Sony Rewards points ($10,000 value)....
Perchance to dream… Sony filed a new trademark forVib Ribbonin Europe today, as spotted onNeoGAF. Vib-Ribbonis a cult classic PS1 game from the developer ofPaRappa the RapperandUmJammer Lammy. It never got a North American release, though it was released in Europe and Japan. Sony Computer Entertainment America’s new president and CEO Shawn Layden mentionedVib-Ribbonoffhand during the company’s E3 press conference, though no announcement relating to the game was made....
A belated Christmas treat It’s a little late, but here’s a sweet Christmas movie about Sonic and hisinsufferablefriends. Sonic visits home for the holidays, and everyone sits around swapping popular Yuletide tales with Sega characters inserted. Even if it’s not laugh-out-loud funny, it’s charming and adorable in the wayBrawl in the Familyalways seems to be. “Another Christmas with Sonic” was created by aspiring voice actorSteven Pageand artistRianaLD. It’s a follow-up to a short film they collaborated on last year, which I have embedded after the jump....
