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2 CommentsJapan Review Check: Shin Megami Tensei 4, RE Revelations HD
By Kevin Gifford on May 15, 2013 05.15.13
A quick look at the highlights among the games coming out in Japan this coming week, courtesy the review pages of Famitsu magazine: - Resident Evil: Revelations HD (9/9/10/8, 36 out of 40 points): Famitsu's editors gave the same score to the Wii U, PS3 and Xbox 360 versions of this game, a souped-up port of the 3DS original. "The portable version was pretty," editor Reona Ebihara wrote, "but having this on the big screen results in a totally different experience. Each section is just the right length, making it easy to play. The volume to explore is already beyond what you'd expect from a portable title, and they've now added a new difficulty level for experts to get into. There's also new characters and parts in Raid Mode, too, giving you more to play around with." The review crew...
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37 CommentsTerraria review: gold mine gutted
By Philip Kollar on Apr 18, 2013 04.18.13
Terraria doesn't have much of a story, but each randomly-generated world shares certain features that form an arc for the game. Your created character spawns somewhere around the middle of the 2D map, and then it's a race to chop down trees, build a house, and craft new armor and weapons from various ores underground. A natural progression of those ores as you dig deeper — copper, then iron, then silver, etc. — determines when you're ready to ready to take on the game's handful of difficult boss encounters. Randomization threatens to derail the Terraria experience You'll need more than just upgraded equipment to handle the bosses, though. The process of summoning them requires information that Terraria hesitates to provide. One boss won't appear until you destroy...
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17 CommentsTerraria digging into PS Vita this summer
By Griffin McElroy on Mar 28, 2013 03.28.13
Terraria, the sandbox open-world game which was ported to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this week, will also be ported to the PS Vita via PlayStation Network, publisher 505 Games announced this morning. The sidescrolling adventure game first launched on Windows PCs in 2011 from indie studio Re-Logic, and allows players to explore a massive 2D world, collect materials and craft items and structures to keep themselves safe from monsters. The game's launch on PS Vita, which is slated for this summer, will be the first time the game is available on a portable platform. For more on Terraria, and the process of bringing the indie game to new platforms, check out our preview of the console version of the game from earlier this year.
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2 CommentsDouble Dragon 2: Wander of the Dragons launching April 5 on XBLA, Xbox Live Spring Sale begins today
By Samit Sarkar on Mar 26, 2013 03.26.13
Double Dragon 2: Wander of the Dragons will launch April 5 on Xbox Live Arcade for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), Microsoft's Major Nelson announced today. Achievements for the game, a 3D remake of 1988's Double Dragon 2: The Revenge, appeared earlier this month and hinted at an upcoming release. Wander of the Dragons was originally scheduled to launch in September 2011; there had been no news about it for approximately 18 months until the Achievement leak. This week's deals on the Xbox Live Marketplace include half-price discounts on Transformers: War for Cybertron ($29.99 instead of $59.99), Transformers: Fall of Cybertron ($9.99 instead of $19.99) and various pieces of DLC for both games. Those offers will be available from March 26 through April 1. Today also marks the beginning of...
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5 CommentsTerraria coming to Xbox Live and PlayStation Network next week
By Tracey Lien on Mar 22, 2013 03.22.13
Indie PC hit Terraria is receiving a console release next week, with the Xbox 360 version being published globally on Xbox Live Arcade on March 27, and the PlayStation 3 version coming to the PlayStation Network in North America on March 26. The action role-playing game developed by Re-Logic will be priced at 1,200 Microsoft Points on XBLA and $14.99 on PSN. The game features both single-player and multiplayer modes and, using an immediate invite system from within an existing game, hosts can invite up to seven others to play with them co-operatively or competitively. The game supports up to eight players in multiplayer mode as well as four player split screen both locally and over XBLA and PSN. It is being published on consoles in North America by 505 Games. No European release date...
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1 CommentIndie hit Terraria to get retail PS3 package in Japan
By Kevin Gifford on Feb 27, 2013 02.27.13
This week's issue of Famitsu magazine brings word that Terraria, the eclectic mix of side-scrolling action and sandbox building that's sold over two million copies on Steam worldwide, is getting an official PlayStation 3 release in Japan, both on PlayStation Network and as a physical retail package: a first for the title. The game will be available from the Japanese PSN on May 23 for 3,300 yen, but the retail box (going on sale the same day) will also be on offer for 4,179 yen. Why get the physical package? In addition to collector street cred, the box will contain a reference booklet that outlines all the recipes needed to create in-game items, as well as how to track them down in-game. "Terraria's a game I'm so addicted to that I've logged several hundred hours at this point on the...
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8 CommentsTranslating Terraria to consoles required a 'complete rewrite,' says publisher 505 Games
By Samit Sarkar on Feb 04, 2013 02.04.13
Longtime fans of Terraria, a sandbox adventure game in the vein of Minecraft that had been exclusive to Windows PCs, decried last year's announcement of a console version that would be released on Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. They felt slighted by the news because Re-Logic, the developer of the PC version, said it would no longer update the game — whereas the console version would include new content from developer Engine Software. But during a demo of the XBLA version of Terraria conducted last week, Logan Rosenstein, community manager for console version publisher 505 Games, pointed out, "Not everyone is a PC gamer ... not everyone's on Steam." The company wanted to bring Terraria, renowned for the near-boundless exploration available in its game world, to a larger...
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7 CommentsSteam Autumn sale now live, runs through Nov. 26
By Samit Sarkar on Nov 21, 2012 11.21.12
Steam's autumn sale is now live with all kinds of discounts on games old and new. Current flash sales — deals expiring within hours — include 75 percent discounts on Limbo and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic 2, to $2.49 each. While the Serious Sam Complete Pack itself isn't on sale, the games within it are all available at a 75 percent discount. Here are the deals running for the next 48 hours: XCOM: Enemy Unknown: $33.49 (33 percent off) Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013: $4.99 (50 percent off) The Walking Dead: $12.49 (50 percent off) Darksiders 2: $16.99 (66 percent off) Age of Empires 3: Complete Collection: $9.99 (75 percent off) Terraria: $3.39 (66 percent off) Plenty of indie games are also on sale, with discounts ranging between...
'Terraria' coming to XBLA and PSN early 2013
By Griffin McElroy on Sep 11, 2012 09.11.12
Terraria, Re-logic's PC world-building action game, is coming to Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network early next year, publisher 505 Games announced in a press release today. Terraria shares some similarities with 3D predecessor Minecraft, as it tasks players with collecting materials and crafting equipment and structures as they fend off waves of aggressive foes. This downloadable console port won't feature the involvement of creator Andrew Sprinks, as development duties have been passed to handheld and middleware-focused developer Engine Software. No price for the title has been announced, though Terraria currently sells for $9.99 on Steam. Check out the trailer below to see its collecting and constructing action unfold.
Here are your winners of the 2012 Game Developers Choice Awards
By Chris Plante on Mar 07, 2012 03.07.12
The Game Developers Choice Awards are voted on by developers for developers. It's a chance for the members of the games industry to reward their peers, to say this is the best work happening in video games today. One would expect this to be the folks at flush AAA publishers but many of tonight's winners were indies as if to say: Finally, indies and mainstream games are on equal ground. Gamers deserve excellent games from both sectors, and the awards are one way of showing they're getting it. The night's host was Cliff Blezinski, the director of the Gears of War trilogy, and the face of Epic Games. Cliff has a dry sense of humor that connected with pockets of the audience. Jokes involving fellow industry stars, like Geoff Keighley, host of the VGAs, and Tim Schafer, founder of Double...
