Rekindling Platformer Love

I have to confess that these days, when I think platformer, I think of a game to play on my phone while the oil is being changed in my car. So when Putty Squad arrived for review, I wasn’t super excited about it. After all, what’s the point of playing a platformer on a console? Wasn’t my shiny, new PlayStation 4 worthy of more meaty play? Luckily for me, I was suffering from a kind of mass delusion that mobile gaming apps have done to us. Putty Squad on the PS4 is so much more fun than any phone game. … Continue reading Rekindling Platformer Love

MXGP Ramps To PS Vita

PQube and Milestone, one of the most recognized racing videogame developers and publishers for consoles and Windows PC, releases a new gameplay video for the PlayStation Vita version of MXGP – The Official Motocross Videogame. This new exciting videogame is based on the official FIM World Motocross Championship and it will be available from 28th March 2014 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. "The PS Vita version of the game has been developed simultaneously with the PS3 one, although it isn’t a porting of the home console. This approach … Continue reading MXGP Ramps To PS Vita

GiN Readers Nominate Best Games of 2013

With all the nominations counted, the readers of Gameinudstry.com have nominated the top games in their category and by their platform. As a new twist, this year the best male and female characters have also been chosen. Voting is taking place right now. Everyone who subscribes to the free weekly GiN newsletter is able to vote. So be sure to pick your favorite games of 2013 now. The following are the nominees for the 2013 Games of the Year. Best Adventure Game: Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag, Skylanders: Swap Force, State of Decay, The Last of Us, Tomb Raider Best Family … Continue reading GiN Readers Nominate Best Games of 2013

MXGP Ramps Into Stores This Spring

PQube and Milestone, one of the most recognized racing videogame developers and publishers for consoles and Windows PC, announces today that MXGP – The Official Motocross Videogame, based on the official FIM Motocross World Championship will be available from 28th March 2014 on PlayStation3, PlayStationVita, Xbox 360 videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows PC. "Finally, we’re proud to announce the Official release date for MXGP ‘ 28th March 2014", affirms Alessandro Castrucci, Milestone’s Game Director. "The Development of the game is going well and we’re collecting all of the latest feedback from the community to include into MXGP. … Continue reading MXGP Ramps Into Stores This Spring

Dokuro Gets Price Cut

GungHo Online Entertainment America today announced its PlayStationVita handheld entertainment system puzzle-platform hybrid game, Dokuro, is now available at a reduced price of $2.99 across North America, and will soon be 2.99 in Europe. Having received accolades and "Best of 2012" awards, Dokuro is a one-of-a-kind action-puzzle game that utilizes the PlayStation Vita’s front Touchscreen and Rear Touch Pad to enable players to manipulate the environment, and transform the game’s diminutive protagonist between two forms – a nimble skeleton and a dashing prince – in order to solve a variety of puzzles in his quest to help an innocent princess … Continue reading Dokuro Gets Price Cut

Borderlands 2 Players Can Begin $100,000 Loot Hunt

The folks at 2K Games and Gearbox Software have come up with a great way to promote their Borderlands 2 game and the launch of the Game of the Year edition. They are putting real-world bounties on the heads of different characters in the game, with a new bounty target every day staring October 11th and running for 28 days. Kill the target, get entered into the prize drawling. In addition, the target will be carrying some type of amazing in-game loot which will drop 100 percent of the time. So get out there and start killing, and earning real … Continue reading Borderlands 2 Players Can Begin $100,000 Loot Hunt