E3 is behind us, and we’re excited. About, you know, a few things. The crew names its favorites from the show, like Beyond: Two Souls, Watch_Dogs and Project P-100. One of those is our overall Game of the Show! Which? You’ll have to listen to find out!
Virtua Fighter 5 has lived a long, fruitful life through this generation. First making its appearance on the PS3 early on in its life, it was later ported to the Xbox 360 with added online play. For years, the game would stay quiet up until the Final Showdown update for the arcades in 2010. With the addition of new characters and rebalancing the game over the last console release, it would finally reach consoles in 2012 as a downloadable title. This would mark the first “new” Virtua Fighter game that would not be released through physical distribution. READ MORE
The Atelier series has always been an oddball in the JRPG genre. While most games focus on saving the world from the likes of egotistical madmen, Atelier games focus on more personal stories. In that vein, Atelier Meruru follows in the footsteps of Rorona and Totori by focusing on the story of a single alchemist; in this case, Merurulince Rede Arls, Princess of Arls. READ MORE
The end of E3 marks the end of the Speculator season around here. We’ll be back with a fresh slate and some tweaks in two weeks, but check out how we did at E3 after the break, including a tightly-contested Lightning Round. READ MORE
I have 35 hours played on my way to level 50 in Diablo 3, and have only 10 more levels until I hit the cap. I need to farm more before I can beat Diablo on Nightmare, the second of four difficulty levels. The only way to get ahead now is to grind for a long time, or to purchase an item I can’t afford on the auction house. I have bid on a lot of rare weapons that are not the most optimal for a Witch Doctor, but would give me a much-needed boost in damage. I can’t afford to buy any of them outright, but there are so many that it is likely I’ll get one of the half-dozen I’ve bid on. READ MORE
