GT’s Star Wars Retrospective Begins
Okay, so their cable TV show GameTrailers TV was a bit of a letdown. However, that isn’t stopping GameTrailers from doing what they do best - video game series retrospectives.
Their latest series is based on Star Wars, so they have a lot of ground to cover. The first episode features all of the original [...]
Retro Gamer: A look back at Street Fighter character designs
I’ll admit it. I got sucked into the debate. When EGM first revealed details of Street Fighter IV, the internet was up in arms. People ridiculed the graphics to an incredible and inexcusable extent (after all, the game isn’t nearly completed). They mocked the character design, and put down the art style.
Then came the [...]
Playstation 3 vs. XBOX 360 - One Year Later
It has been exactly 1 year to the day since we published our PS3 vs. XBOX 360 article, written for us by a friend of mine who is a lead programmer for a game company working on all three consoles (and PC).
His conclusion was a controversial one at the time. That the XBOX 360 [...]
Download XBOX 1 games on Live Arcade - get one free XBLA game
Big news being reported by Gamasutra today - according to the site, Microsoft is about to start allowing XBOX 1 games to be sold on Live Arcade! Priced at 1200 points ($15 USD, $14 CAD), the games will become available on December 4. The first titles are going to be Halo, Psychonauts (for the [...]
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix becomes more than just a graphical update
If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you might notice that I am pretty stoked for Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. I was a huge fan of Street Fighter II in the arcade, and always love playing retro games redone with new graphics. SSFIITHDR was already looking to be [...]
Bionic Commando is COMING BACK!
Looks like I was thinking along the right lines, as Bionic Commando was my first choice when coming up with a list of old school 2D video games that need to be revamped - in 2D. Okay, so I was only partially correct this time; Capcom also wanted to make a new Bionic Commando game, [...]
Virtual Console releases two previously Japan-only titles today
At first you might be taken aback that there were only two new games released on Virtual Console this week. However, these games are special. They are both games that have never been released in North America before, in their original form.
That’s right, Nintendo finally decided to give import gamers a break, and tossed [...]
