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There is hope for a Mega Man Legends re-release after all

Mega Man fans have probably given up on the Legends series by now. Between the cancellation of Legends 3, and the fact that Mega Man Legends 1 and 2 can't be released on the PlayStation Network because Capcom no longer has th...   more

There is hope for a Mega Man Legends re-release after all photo

Double Fine's latest adventure The Cave drops next week

The Cave publisher Sega has pinned down the release schedule for this new adventure game from the joyful minds at Double Fine Productions. Even though it's coming to several digital distribution services, there thankfully are...   more

Double Fine's latest adventure The Cave drops next week photo

New releases: Batten down the hatches, DmC is upon us

Another week of new releases is upon us! I hope you're not broke. After many months of furious debates, arguments, and colorful name calling, we can finally shut the hell up and just play (or not play) DmC: Devil May Cry.&nb...;   more

New releases: Batten down the hatches, DmC is upon us photo

New patch improves PlayStation Store pitfalls

I'm not a fan of the new PlayStation Store. There, I said it. It looks cheap, and the right side is far too busy. Then again, I'm not a fan of the 3DS eShop or Xbox Live either, and I think everything should just copy Steam. ...   more

New patch improves PlayStation Store pitfalls photo

Bungie.net integrates PSN accounts into new website

In the minds of most gamers, Bungie is still synonymous with Microsoft and the Xbox. But the studio appears to be broadening its audience with the recent update to its website. Bungie.net now gives players the option to log i...   more

Bungie.net integrates PSN accounts into new website photo

Here's the official Oboromuramasa Vita trailer

Muramasa: The Demon Blade is still one of the best Wii games available, and it's coming to the PlayStation Vita in Japan on March 28th. This new trailer shows off the beautiful new visuals, and gives you a general outline of...   more

Here's the official Oboromuramasa Vita trailer photo

Capcom Arcade Cabinet coming to Xbox 360 and PS3

Capcom is, yet again, producing a collection of their old arcade games. The publisher announced today Capcom Arcade Cabinet, a package of 30 arcade titles coming as a downloadable release for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, ...   more

Capcom Arcade Cabinet coming to Xbox 360 and PS3 photo

CES: Browser-based U.S. PlayStation Store incoming

Speaking to CNET at CES 2013, Sony Network Entertainment COO Shawn Layden shared the company's plan to launch a web version of the U.S. PlayStation Store later this month, something that probably should have been available in...   more

CES: Browser-based U.S. PlayStation Store incoming photo

CES: Snapshot, a Vita photo puzzle platformer

Sony showed off Retro Affect's upcoming Vita/PS3 title Snapshot at CES this week. This nice-looking PC port uses photography as a puzzle element. A robot named Pic has a camera that he can use to snap pictures of objects in t...   more

CES: Snapshot, a Vita photo puzzle platformer  photo

Journey was the best-selling PSN game of December

On the PlayStation Blog, the top-selling PlayStation Network games of December have been compiled for curious minds to look over and commit to memory. Topping the charts is none other than thatgamecompany's Journey, beating o...   more

Journey was the best-selling PSN game of December photo

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows heading to PSP next week

Corpse Party is one of the most disturbing horror games I've ever experienced. Starting out on something of a cheerful note, the game allows players time to form bonds with its affable cast of characters. That is, before...   more

Corpse Party: Book of Shadows heading to PSP next week photo

Mega Man 9 and 10 now free for PlayStation Plus members

PlayStation Plus members are getting both Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10 for free this week. Yes, both games! The God of War: Ascension multiplayer beta has also opened up to all Plus members as of today. Additionally, the "Rece...   more

Mega Man 9 and 10 now free for PlayStation Plus members photo

New releases: Anarchy Reigns and not much else

Have you suitably recovered from bringing in the New Year? I hope so, because the first new releases of 2013 are upon us, and they may require your attention. This week's offerings aren't particularly bountiful, but you will...   more

New releases: Anarchy Reigns and not much else photo

The Walking Dead has sold over 8.5 million episodes

Telltale CEO Dan Connors has told the Wall Street Journal that players have purchased more than 8.5 million episodes of The Walking Dead across consoles, PC, and iOS devices since release. As the WSJ states, at $5 per episode...   more

The Walking Dead has sold over 8.5 million episodes photo

Demon's Souls finally hits PlayStation Network next week

Despite the game being a few years old at this point, people are still going back to experience Demon's Souls thanks to a growing interest in Dark Souls and its direct sequel. As such, it will be a particularly welcome additi...   more

Demon's Souls finally hits PlayStation Network next week photo

Synesthesia explained with the lovely Gordon Midwood

Last week's Sup, Holmes? (now available on iTunes) was mired by multiple technical difficulties, but we still had a fine time of it. Did you know that if you create a game in your spare time and it wins an IGF award, you may...   more

Synesthesia explained with the lovely Gordon Midwood photo



Black Knight Sword

Within my first thirty minutes of playing Black Knight Sword, I encountered a menu option called "cat head grass," a giant mother eye that eats hearts, and severed skulls in a microwave oven that serve as health power-ups. Yep, this is definitely a Grasshopper Manufacture joint.   more

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Derrick the Deathfin

So… have you ever wanted to be a cardboard shark hellbent on taking down “the man” and all his dirty, environment-destroying machines? Yeah it’s not something I ever really thought about eit...   more

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Okami HD

Initially released for the PlayStation 2 in the autumn of 2006, Okami, Clover Studio's penultimate release, garnered significant critical acclaim but suffered from lackluster sales. Born unto the shadow of the recently launch...   more

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The Walking Dead: No Time Left

[This review contains some minor spoilers from earlier episodes.] It's over, then. The Walking Dead was a harrowing, turbulent, tragic journey that took seven months to play out, and ended with a couple hours of extreme viole...   more

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Pid

All mystery stories necessarily deal in misinformation, and Pid, the new puzzle-platformer from Swedish firm Might & Delight, is no different. It keeps its secrets well-hidden. There’s the climactic plot twist that ...   more

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Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz

Monkey Ball hasn't done much to change up its tried-and-true formula in the past decade, and tends to play things fairly close to the chest. You're a monkey, you're in a ball, and you have to roll around to collect bananas. F...   more

 Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz photo

Warlords

In the '80s, if you had three friends over who all wanted to play Atari with you, there was really only one game you would reach for. Warlords was the go-to game for multiplayer combat, and it was also the source for many fru...   more

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NiGHTS into Dreams...

Full disclosure: I missed out on NiGHTS when it was originally released on the Saturn. I had the demo disc, but never played it, and the PlayStation 2 release never hit North America. Now that it's available via download on console, I figured I'd take a crack at it and see what all the hype was about back in the day. I was not prepared for this game.   more

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Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams

Giana Sisters is a game that generally incites one response: plagiarism of Super Mario Bros. When Black Forest Games launched its Kickstarter campaign for Project Giana back in July, the intention was to provide gamers the ...   more

 Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams photo

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

Liberation is a bit of conundrum. On one hand, it offers a pretty incredible portable Assassin's Creed experience for the first time, since the plethora of iOS spinoffs and Bloodlines didn't really do the series any true just...   more

 Assassin's Creed III: Liberation photo

Retro City Rampage

[Full Disclosure: Not only do current and former Destructoid staff appear as unlockable character skins in the game, there's also a main story mission during which you go inside a giant Mr. Destructoid robot. For these reaso...   more

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Dokuro

Princesses, Dark Lords, menacing castles, dashing Prince Charmings -- you've seen it all before, right?But what if I told you the dashing prince was actually a skeletal servant of the Dark Lord, who, after a moral conundrum, decided to save the princess himself, and turn into a Prince Charming in the process?Enter Dokuro -- a wholly interesting concept for the Vita with a few mechanical problems.   more

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New Little King's Story

As the iconic Mel Brooks once said: "It's good to be the king!" Well, sorta. You might get all the power, all the gold, and all the women, but you have to deal with, you know, problems and stuff too. If I had a motto for New Little King's Story, it would be, "It's mostly good to be the king...mostly."   more

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The Walking Dead: Around Every Corner

[Avoid the comments if you don't want to be drowning in spoilers] It is always with no small amount of trepidation that I start each new episode of Telltale's The Walking Dead. Which character will I let down this time? What ...   more

 The Walking Dead: Around Every Corner photo

Worms Revolution

One cannot help but wonder, after so many years of senseless violence and bloodshed, what is it that makes worms so murderous? I guess that if you lived in the dirt, looked a bit gross, and were so often at the mercy of a tro...   more

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TGS: Rachet & Clank: FFA is not a return to form

When I read that Ratchet & Clank would gain a traditional third-person entry later this year, I pooped the bed. I literally pooped the bed and you should never poop in the bed. But, after playing the game, I deeply regret...   more

TGS: Rachet & Clank: FFA is not a return to form photo

P: Worms Revolution for Johnny No Mates

Since the mid-'90s, I've been unable to look at the common garden worm without wondering "How many kills does it have?" or "Does it have a shotgun?" I blame Team17 for this entirely; their military-minded, wriggly warriors ma...   more

P: Worms Revolution for Johnny No Mates photo

P: Call of Juarez: The Gunslinger is ... arcadey?

So it seems that Call of Juarez's brief stint in the modern era is over with. Goodbye and good riddance, I say. Returning to the old west setting of its series heritage, Call of Juarez: The Gunslinger aims to bring an arcade flair all its own. Does it actually work, though?   more

P: Call of Juarez: The Gunslinger is ... arcadey? photo

P: Solving simple puzzles in The Cave

At the Sega Booth during PAX Prime 2012, I was able to get a quick demo preview of The Cave, an upcoming puzzle platformer coming to both consoles and PC by Ron Gilbert and Double Fine. From first impressions, I immediately a...   more

P: Solving simple puzzles in The Cave photo


P: Solving simple puzzles in The Cave photo
P: Solving simple puzzles in The Cave photo
P: Solving simple puzzles in The Cave photo
P: Solving simple puzzles in The Cave photo
P: Solving simple puzzles in The Cave photo
P: Solving simple puzzles in The Cave photo



PAX: Harold ran right over my heart

Harold is 2D platform and race game where the player controls the environment, not the character. You are a straight-A student in a guardian angel school. A lazy bully, you've never had to work hard. But when your final exam...   more

PAX: Harold ran right over my heart photo


PAX: Harold ran right over my heart photo
PAX: Harold ran right over my heart photo
PAX: Harold ran right over my heart photo
PAX: Harold ran right over my heart photo
PAX: Harold ran right over my heart photo
PAX: Harold ran right over my heart photo



gamescom: Guardians of Middle-Earth gets the Witch-King

Like Allistair back at E3, Monolith Productions's Guardians of Middle-earth has gotten me interested in the MOBA scene finally. Personally, I've avoided games like DOTA 2, and League of Legends as what I usually see or hear ...   more

gamescom: Guardians of Middle-Earth gets the Witch-King photo

P: Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault

You can never have too much Ratchet & Clank. The lively Lombax and rascally robot are lacing up their hover boots for yet another outing, this time in the form of a second downloadable PlayStation Network title, Ratchet &...   more

P: Ratchet & Clank: Full Frontal Assault  photo

P: A Game of Dwarves

For those not familiar, A Game of Dwarves is a PC strategy game built in the same vein as Dungeon Keeper, taking more than a few pages from the classic strategy-based god games of the 1990s, with helpings of Sim City and Mine...   more

P: A Game of Dwarves photo

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD feels like classic Tony Hawk

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 were the bomb. Hard to believe the former only came out in 1999. Unfortunately, the series quickly spiraled away from being the bomb and, in more recent years, toward being ...   more

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD feels like classic Tony Hawk photo

Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful delight

Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful upcoming puzzle platformer from creative director Kim Swift. Her past work includes Portal, and while the game has some influences from Valve's little puzzler, Quantum Conundrum takes things ...   more

Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful delight photo


Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful delight photo
Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful delight photo
Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful delight photo
Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful delight photo
Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful delight photo
Quantum Conundrum is a wonderful delight photo



E3: Joe Danger: The Movie has exhausted my movie puns

I've already called it a "Blockbuster hit," and I feel as if every other movie-inspired headline pun has been used by someone, somewhere, so I GIVE UP. Joe Danger was one of those games that completely took over my free time....   more

E3: Joe Danger: The Movie has exhausted my movie puns photo

E3: Guacamelee! on Vita is bueno, but needs tweaking

For the past two months, I've been hearing good things about Guacamelee!, a colorful, luchador-themed Metroidvania game from DrinkBox Studios. Saying "Metroidvania" is usually good enough for me to be interested, but adding i...   more

E3: Guacamelee! on Vita is bueno, but needs tweaking photo

E3: Guardians of Middle-earth won this non-LOTR fan over

Before I got my hands on the DOTA-inspired Guardians of Middle-earth and talked to the development team behind it, I thought MOBA (Massive Online Battle Arena) was some type of Asian drink. My roommate plays League of Legen...   more

E3: Guardians of Middle-earth won this non-LOTR fan over photo

E3: When Vikings Attack is good for drunken party play

Okay, so State of Emergency wasn’t the GTA III-killer that Rockstar hyped it up to be. So, what? Sometimes it’s fun to play an embarrassingly dumb game about throwing things into other things. I want to flip cars and incite an angry mob! Though SoE is forgotten by most, When Vikings Attack captures that same kinetic energy and stupidity, albeit in arcade form.   more

E3: When Vikings Attack is good for drunken party play   photo

E3: Hands-on with Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit

Coming into E3, I did not expect that a trip to Hell would send me to gamer heaven. Yesterday's visit to the Sega booth was a refreshing one, as I was able to get my meaty paws on the devilishly fun little platformer Hell Yea...   more

E3: Hands-on with Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit photo


E3: Hands-on with Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit photo
E3: Hands-on with Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit photo
E3: Hands-on with Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit photo
E3: Hands-on with Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit photo
E3: Hands-on with Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit photo
E3: Hands-on with Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit photo



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Here's the official Oboromuramasa Vita trailer

Muramasa: The Demon Blade is still one of the best Wii games available, and it's coming to the PlayStation Vita in Japan on March 28th. This new trailer shows off the beautiful new visuals, and gives you a general outline of...   more

Here's the official Oboromuramasa Vita trailer photo

Hobbit DLC now available for Guardians of Middle-earth

To coincide with the release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, WB Games and Monolith have added some new faces to its Tolkien-centric MOBA. Both Bilbo Baggins and Bert the Troll are available now as playable Gu...   more

Hobbit DLC now available for Guardians of Middle-earth photo

Here's your Guardians of Middle Earth launch trailer

If you've been eagerly awaiting Monolith's upcoming MOBA-inspired Guardians of Middle-earth, then you'll be happy to know the game will be available on PSN on Tuesday this week, with its XBLA debut on Wednesday. The matching...   more

Here's your Guardians of Middle Earth launch trailer photo

Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall

The infamous six-part comic event from the Marvel universe is now in playable pinball form thanks to Zen Studios. The new table will let you side with either Iron Man and his Superhuman Registration Act, or with Captain Amer...   more

Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo


Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo
Civil War arrives in Marvel Pinall photo



ibb and obb coming to PSN in spring, looks cute

The PlayStation Network has a cooperative puzzle-platformer heading its way in spring 2013, and it looks like it could be a grand old time. ibb and obb is a cute little game from Sparpweed, featuring a pair of shapes who hel...   more

ibb and obb coming to PSN in spring, looks cute photo

Starbreeze reveals Brothers - a Tale of Two Sons

Syndicate developer Starbreeze has finally lifted the lid on the project once known as P13. It's a 505 Games-published title for Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network, titled Brothers - a Tale of Two Sons.  Not quite...   more

Starbreeze reveals Brothers - a Tale of Two Sons photo

Worms Revolution: These tricky worms mean business

These Worms Revolution videos have been causing quite the chuckle to rise up from my belly, or wherever my chuckles actually come from -- I don't know, I'm no scientist. The latest one is a Public Service Announcement m...   more

Worms Revolution: These tricky worms mean business photo

gamescom: Guardians of Middle-Earth gets the Witch-King

Like Allistair back at E3, Monolith Productions's Guardians of Middle-earth has gotten me interested in the MOBA scene finally. Personally, I've avoided games like DOTA 2, and League of Legends as what I usually see or hear ...   more

gamescom: Guardians of Middle-Earth gets the Witch-King photo

Papo & Yo hits PSN today, have a cinematic trailer

Sony's not shy about bringing weirdness to the PlayStation Network, and Papo & Yo looks like it may be the next quirky winner for Sony. The pretty looking puzzle-platformer is hitting the network today, and Minority Medi...   more

Papo & Yo hits PSN today, have a cinematic trailer  photo

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. gets a trailer

Capcom revealed the return of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure during San Diego Comic-Con, and we now finally have a trailer to get a taste of what's being added to the HD port. You'll be able to play the original or HD version, and...   more

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure HD Ver. gets a trailer photo

So the Expendables 2 game is actually fun

Yeah, I know. Weird, right? I got a chance to play Expendables 2: The Videogame during San Diego Comic-Con, and found it actually really fun. It's a simple, yet over-the-top shooter that embraces the absurdity of the Expenda...   more

So the Expendables 2 game is actually fun photo

Puzzle Fighter: Kitty Edition looks just about purrfect

E.X. Troopers isn't the only strange but wonderful spin-off that Capcom's been working on lately. Felyne de Puzzle is a competitive falling tile puzzler featuring the cat-like mascots from Monster Hunter that's coming to Pla...   more

Puzzle Fighter: Kitty Edition looks just about purrfect photo

Gawk at Gandalf and Gollum in Guardians of Middle-earth

Warner Brothers' Guardians of Middle-earth is looking good thus far, but this trailer for the Lord of the Rings MOBA leaves something of a chalky taste in the mouth. Even if you're among the initiated, it's not particul...   more

Gawk at Gandalf and Gollum in Guardians of Middle-earth photo

Expendables 2: The Video Game looks like stupid fun

This looks so stupid. Stupid in the good way, though. An isometric, four-player (local or co-op) shooter where you kill the sh*t out of everyone in the most over the top ways possible? Sign me the hell up. The premise of Exp...   more

Expendables 2: The Video Game looks like stupid fun photo

D3 Publisher brings charming indie platformer Pid to XBLA

Just the mention D3 Publisher instantly conjures memories of cloying, budget-priced games with B-movie sensibilities all too proud to bear the mantra of "so bad it's good."  So after Onechanbara, Eat Lead: The Return of...   more

D3 Publisher brings charming indie platformer Pid to XBLA photo

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