How Good Is Marvel VS Capcom 3, Really?

 Ever since the release of Street Fighter IV and my purchase of a fight stick, I’ve began to take console-fighters on a competitive level. Since then I’ve added BlazBlue, SSFIV, and Marvel VS Capcom 3 to my fighter library. Aside from random quarters that I’ve dropped into Marvel VS Capcom 2 arcade-cabinets, I’ve barely touched the titles that compose the franchise. Needless to say I was excited, this past Tuesday, when picking up my copy of MvC3. The excitement was not a waste of emotion.

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Dynasty Warriors 7 Trailer

Trinity: Souls of Zill O’ll Final Trailer

Two Worlds II Review

If it is a surprise to you that Two Worlds, one of the lowest points in current-gen RPGs, had a sequel planned that was actually released; welcome to the club. This fabled sequel has been told and it should be more of a surprise that it is a good game. Those with the highest of game-standards will find plenty of reasons to trash TW II but gamers with a sense of appreciation will find much to love. If you consider yourself a core-gamer and yearn for 40-50 hour RPG experiences, Reality Pump has just served your order. This is as “hardcore” as an action-RPG can get. (more…)

Review: Splatterhouse

After losing in the second round of a Madden tournament at my local rental store, one of the workers there said I could either have a free movie or half price on a video game rental. As I started to make my way towards the Game Room, something caught my eye. There it was, an updated remake of a classic horror franchise, Splatterhouse. Without hesitation, my trembling fingers picked up the game, rushed it over to the counter, and then I went home excited about how much fun this was going to be. Looking back on this decision, and after finishing this frustrating experience, maybe it would have been a better choice to get the movie instead. (more…)

Review: Nail’d

What are the 2 most important elements of any arcade-racer? My answer: Speed and track design. Techland may not have developed a game that takes the arcade-racer to new-heights, but they sure Nail’d the important parts. Nail’d tosses realistic-physics out the window for vertigo-inducing, full-throttle, ATV/MX insanity. None of what you see while racing through the 14 in-game tracks will ever be witnessed by seeing-eyes as long as you live, but this is why we started playing games in the first place, right?

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End-game Redemption – Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

 

It was like riding an elevator for fun, if fun could be had while riding an elevator. Castlevania couldn’t seem to help itself. Every time it seemed to take my opinions to a higher-floor, the moment would be ruined by another call to the ground-lobby. For Mercurysteam, Castlevania is a palette cleanser from the bad-taste left in the mouths of those who played Clive Barker’s Jericho. Proof of development competence in the same vein of that which was given to Rocksteady, for their work on Arkham Asylum. It took only an hour for me to realize Mercurysteam could be the “sleeper-hit developer” of 2010 — or will they? (more…)

The Unappreciated of 2010: Dark Void

Most of the critics had it all wrong. Capcom’s 3rd-person shooter is far from being one of the last games to play of the 2010 bunch. In fact, the engine presented 2010 with some of the most satisfying shooter action of the year. So, why haven’t you played it? Let me guess; you heard it was awful? Well, you heard wrong. (more…)

Preview: The Cursed Crusade

Atlus, in partnership with developer Kylotonn Entertainment, today revealed The Cursed Crusade, a new action-adventure game featuring two player co-op (online and local split-screen) for PlayStation®3, Xbox 360®, and PC. (more…)

Vid Review: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

 “ Lara Croft at her BEST!” (A) – Jeffrey d

Review: Space Invaders Infinity Gene

When the game first started, it had the feel and taste of the original Space Invaders game; black and white screen and the basic vector graphics used in the original. Soon after that intro level, the game evolved into this 2D/3D version, where you’re allowed to fly all over the screen to shoot down the aliens. Space Invaders Infinity Gene brings back the classic feel of Space Invaders but with a Bit.Trip and Ikaruga feel. (more…)

Valkyria Chronicles (1 / 4) : Spoilars!!cast

Evolvedgaming.net’s very own Drew (frustratedfury), and host Jeffrey d (qualirtybeats) shoot their way thru to Chapter 6 of Valkyria Chronicles – quite possibly the most under-appreciated strategy-RPG to date – and chat about their battle wounds. 

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Vid Review: Shank

 ” Even with all the issues I have with this next-gen beat-em up, I can’t help but still place it alongside the best of the best on the downloadable market “  (A-)  -  Jeffrey d 

Review: Fly Fu

Apparently when flies are not being swatted at or stepped on, they are using kung fu moves to destroy an evil army of insects in order to save the ones they love. Fly Fu is a simple, yet fun beat em up that does nothing new to revolutionize the genre in any way shape or form whatsoever. Sure, it is probably one of those games that most people will look at and go “what the hell is that”, or “how can a fly possibly know karate”, but sometimes a strange idea could possibly end up being a good one. Can killing other insects while playing as one be as fun as it sounds?, read on to find out. (more…)

Paper Wars coming to PSP

Not sure why the developer changed the name of it, but oh well, here’s the announcement anyway. Developer Ifun4All has announced today that they will be bringing an updated version of their IPhone game Crap of Defense to the PSP Mini Store later this month. (more…)