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Strikers 1945 Plus Portable for the Sony PSP. Developer: Psikyo Publisher: PM Studios ESRB: E Despite the videogame industry’s general apathy towards shooters, I still get an overwhelming sense of excitement whenever another shmup gets ...

The King of Fighters XII for the 360/PS3. Developer: SNK/Playmore, Publisher: Ignition ESRB: T In the early 1990’s, the indisputable Holy Grail of console gaming was the NeoGeo AES. The $650 gold bundle allowed home ...

Shatter for the PS3. Developer: Sidhe Interactive, Publisher: Sidhe Interactive ESRB: E DesertEagle’s Take: While many chastise the sluggish amount of innovation in the fighting game genre, the Breakout clone is arguably the slowest category ...

One of the most invigorating trends at the 2009 Electronic Entertainment Expo was the amount of care developers were devoting to licensed games. Over the years, we’ve suffered through a plethora of comic, film and ...

Continuing the resurgence in mano-a-mano gameplay, this week’s releases prove that pugnacious games are still in vogue. Between the retro rivalries of Marvel vs. Capcom 2, to the redrawn riotious action in King of Fighters ...

Little King’s Story for the Wii. Developer: Cing/Town Factory, Publisher: Xseed ESRB: T With high unemployment, an increasingly large, unskilled workforce, and a woeful economy, the populace looks toward a young leader for hope. If ...

“Microtransactions”, is a big word with a dirty secret. The secret is that it’s essentially a nicer way of saying “nickle and dime-ing”. Ideally, downloadable content should remain complimentary rather than essential and this is ...

‘Splosion Man for the 360. Developer: Twisted Pixel, Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios ESRB: E10 To paraphrase the Geto Boys song popularized in the film Office Space, ‘Damn, it feels good to be a gamer.’ With ...

Infernal: Hell’s Vengeance for the 360. Developer: Metropolis Software, Publisher: Playlogic ESRB: M Occasionally, game developers make some puzzling choices. One of the most perplexing is the incorporation of an underwhelming introductory level that fails ...

Steambot Chronicles: Battle Tournament for the PSP. Developer: Irem, Publisher: Atlus ERSB: E10 Detractors of role-playing games often have an extended list of criticisms for the genre. From the habitually linear (and frequently melodramatic) storylines, ...