With The Club, developer Bizarre Creations has taken the trigger-finger twitch of Geometry Wars and somehow merged it with the finesse of Program Gotham Racing 4. The basic premise of the game resolves directing one ...
Read More »New Releases 2/17-2/23 Rehash Edition
It looks like publishers have caught the sequel-itis bug, as there is only one title that hasn’t seen a prequel, or been released on another system. Somewhere Xzibit is popping Crystal, as his Pimp My ...
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Two Dead Rising Games? It seems Capcom has filed a complaint with the MKR Group, owner of the Dawn of the Dead film copyright. The publisher is claiming that “humans battling zombies in a shopping ...
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After getting our fill of recent Xbox Marketplace title, Omega Five, we at Tech-Gaming have been mourning the loss of a nearly forgotten genre- the shoot ‘em up. Affectionately called the ‘shmup’, by fans, the ...
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What’s one of the most worrisome trends in gaming? When a publisher deliberately scales back game content. Lately, there has been some speculation that some of the larger industry companies have not included levels, weapons, ...
Read More »Devil May Crash Weekly Roundup
After getting a retail box copy of Devil May Cry 4 for the PS3, we loaded the disk into our console, and started the loading process. Despite Penny Arcade’s satirical complaint about the twenty minute ...
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We at Tech-Gaming remember Wargames. Predating the 1980’s Mathew Broderick, global-thermal nuclear war film, these games were sold at outlets that dabbled in twenty-sided dice and lead figurines. War games were sold in cellophane zip-loc ...
Read More »This Week on the Marketplace: Poker Smash and Crystal Quest Update
Combine equal parts poker, country music and Bejeweled, stir with 800 Marketplace points, and this Wednesday you’ll have the recipe for Poker Smash. Sure, the title sounds derivative but developer Void Star Creations boasts talent ...
Read More »New Releases 2/3 – 2/9 : Wallet May Cry
Is the post-Christmas gaming slump over? This week sees the release of the first must-have title of 2008, and the weirdest cover-art of recent memory. Xbox 360Culdcept Saga Devil May Cry 4Karaoke Revolution Presents American ...
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