Author Archives: Anthony Scroggins
Beyond: Two Souls Release Date Announced Along With the Introduction of Willem DaFoe
It’s official: Quantic Dream’s upcoming PlayStation 3 exclusive Beyond: Two Souls will be released October 8th in North America (other territories not disclosed) thus clarifying the confusion surrounding David Cage’s enigmatic tech demo during Sony’s “Future of PlayStation” event in New York, February 20th.
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Germinator Review: The Germaphobes Game of Choice
Platform: PlayStation 3 // PS Vita (TBA)
Developer: Creat Studios Publisher: Creat Studios
Genre: Puzzle/Strategy Platform Played: PS3
On the PlayStation Network you can find two basic types of games: full retail digital releases and games more akin to modern day versions of arcade classics. In developer Creat Studios’ PSN game Germinator, you’ll experience the latter – or at least as much as you can handle. Read the rest of this entry
Digital Pre-orders of Trials Evolution: Gold Edition Comes With Closed Beta Access
Ubisoft has announced that pre-ordering the digital version of Trials Evolution: Gold Edition will not only net you digital goodies, but also access to the closed beta they and RedLynx are organizing starting February 28th and continuing until March 14th. Ordering from either Steam or Uplay will give you the beta code, while the physical pre-order will not. The Steam pre-orders include The Royal Ride (a golden bike and rider), three extra sets of rims and three military surplus outfits. Uplay offers all of the above plus the Black and White Trials Bike, three additional sets of rims and the Trials HD Rider.
Also, during the beta a track creation competition will be held, and the winner’s tracks will be featured in the game’s Track Central at launch, as well as being rewarded with exclusive prizes.
Trials Evolution: Gold Edition features all of the original content from Trial’s HD remastered with the new Trials Evolution: Gold Edition’s physics and graphics engine as well as all new content.
Source: Ubisoft
The New PlayStation Eye Uses Some Of The Same Technology As Kinect
In a respectful nod to Kinect’s unbelievable fiscal success, Sony has chosen to develop its own motion tracking device – the PlayStation Eye. Sony isn’t new to the concept of camera peripherals, with the PlayStation EyeToy dating back to 2003. Still, it’s undeniable the similarities between the Kinect and what we know and have seen from the new iteration of the PlayStation Eye – including possibly the same internal motion tracking device.
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Why Was The PlayStation Move At The PS4 Press Event?
So, raise your hand if you thought Media Molecule was actually showing off a game during Sony’s “Future of PlayStation” press event in New York? For those of you who just now realized they didn’t, don’t worry – pretty much everybody was a little perplexed too.
“Does this belong with the PS4?”
Conversations Across The Globe: How Memorable Is Ni no Kuni’s Narrative?
Ni no Kuni has been out for almost a month now and our editors have been itching to discuss the finer points about the game. We all agreed Studio Ghibli’s visuals are amazing and the score very impressive, but do we agree on everything? When does anyone agree on everything?
Today we’ll be bringing the third part of a five part series. We discuss Ni No Kuni’s narrative and how good it really is, or isn’t. You can read our first discussion regarding the game’s combat right here or the second part concerning Ni no Kuni’s place amongst Sony’s exclusives here.
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Conversations Across The Globe: Ni no Kuni’s Combat, Hit And Miss
Ni no Kuni has been out for almost a month now and our editors have been itching to discuss the finer points about the game. We all agreed Studio Ghibli’s visuals are amazing and the score very impressive, but do we agree on everything? When does anyone agree on everything?
Today we’ll be bringing the first part of a five part series. We discuss Ni no Kuni’s combat system and try not to get into a fight ourselves.
Top 25 Final Fantasy Battles Of All Time
It’s hard to believe that just 25 years ago the first Final Fantasy game came out on the Super Famicon. Now, after 16 (by my count) numbered installations in the series and countless other spinoffs Square Enix has become synonymous with JRPG. I love the hundreds upon hundreds of hours of joy these games haven given to me. So, as my humble thanks to Square Enix I’d like to showcase the best 25 bosses in the mainline series.
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Top 25 Final Fantasy Boss Battles Of All Time – Part 3 and 4
Ten more awesome Final Fantasy bosses for your consumption, courtesy: Me.
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Top 25 Final Fantasy Boss Battles Of All Time – Part 2
Today we continue our countdown and my ode to Square Enix and Final Fantasy.
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