“I think we have a demographic for it,” I was told by a Namco Bandai PR rep. Let me back up — mere moments earlier, he asked what I thought of Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures; I returned his questioning with nothing more than a five-second blank stare. Fittingly, that blank stare was encapsulating of all that Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures appears to stand for — an emotionless venture that’s devoid of any soul or effort, and will simply be dismissed as an awkward misstep almost immediately.
But here we are, …

Under Itagaki’s watch, the Ninja Gaiden series was about big production values, precise action, and serious-face gameplay. Those days are over. Win Inafune at the helm of this new Ninja Gaiden spin-off, the tone has gone the way of Japanese Grindhouse action-comedy, with zombies driving steamrollers, cyborg ninjas tearing off their shirts and going tazmanian devil on hoards of the undead, and special moves like the “meat slapper”. For better or worse, no one is going to say it’s just another Ninja Gaiden title.
Sadly, these kinds of games never seem …

Other platformers have gone the random generation route, but not to the extent that Cloudberry Kingdom has. In fact, it’s taken developer Pwnee Studios over four years to perfect the engine and game logic. After seeing it in action, I can tell you that it was time well spent.
Thanks to the robust customization tools, a level can be a simple stroll through the tulips or a cutthroat race through the lowest circles of hell. At its most challenging, Cloudberry Kingdom makes Super Meat Boy and even I Wanna Be the …

When I previewed NCAA Football 14 earlier this year, I noted that the best news about the game is that it uses the Infinity Engine 2, the original iteration of which made Madden 13 the best entry in the series in many years.
Things are more or less the same from what I played of NCAA Football 14 on the show floor. It feels better than the game ever has and is a little better than Madden 13, given it runs on the second iteration of the engine.
 

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I’m coming at Armored Core: Verdict Day from an outsider perspective. Those of you that enjoyed V? You’ll like this one, I’m sure. It’s a lot like V, as a lot of the features you got out of that game pretty much carries over into Verdict Day. You can even carry over your custom built mechs from V too.
A couple of the multiplayer modes do seem appealing, such as the faction wars where you can join one of three sides. You can participate in a week long war, after …

I’ve seen a lot of shots of Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls set in the same run down urban environments that characterized Heavy Rain, but this E3 trailer focuses on Jodie Holmes’ (Ellen Page) military training in the Middle East, and a possibly botched assassination attempt. Only a little Dafoe. Sorry, Podtoid fans.
Between these action-packed, brown segments shown off in the trailer and Quantic Dream’s subsequent debut of PS4 title The Dark Sorcerer, it seems the studio is leaning slightly more on the side of conventionality and familiarity with their …

It looks like an enhanced download-only port of the PlayStation 3 action game Malicious is on the way officially for the PlayStation Vita later this year, under the name of Malicious Rebirth. The port will thankfully have more content than the original, including new foes and abilities. If you haven’t played it, the gist of the experience is that you play a Spirit Vessel, capable of saving the world from the Malicious. As a male or female, you’ll earn powers as you progress using the “black mantle,” a weapon capable of morphing …

That Lords of Shadow 2 trailer? The one with Sir Patrick Stewart? T’was but a farce. Here is the real trailer. And look! Mega64 managed to worm their way into the game!
I don’t think there has ever been a more sensual depiction of a vampire in a work of fiction than Rocco Botte’s Dracula. Up yours, Twilight!
Mega64: CASTLEVANIA LORDS OF SHADOW 2 TRAILER (E3 2013) [YouTube]

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The voice of Snake for Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain has been revealed today — it’s non other than Jack Bauer himself — Kiefer Sutherland. Kojima stated during Konami’s press conference that the year is 1984, and since Snake is 49 years old, they need an older voice for the role.
Kojima states that he’s the “perfect fit with age and performance.” Sutherland has worked in games before, including Call of Duty: World at War and Street Fighter X Tekken.

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Have you ever slapped someone with a sticky hand out of a coin-operated vending machine? Do you need a modern-day analog sans real-world repercussions? Well, small Swedish developer Zoink! seems to have you covered in Stick it to the Man!, which is dropping this year on PlayStation 3 and Vita.
This trailer is totally bizarre, featuring a really cool art style. It’s definitely got a 90′s cartoon feel. Plus, the game’s dialogue was written by Ryan North, who writes the Adventure Time comic. Only a bit of mild platforming and sticky-hand …