Elminage Original is a retro-style first-person dungeon crawler that probably has a ton of mechanical depth. It might even have a worthwhile story and interesting quests to tackle, and perhaps even a smattering of cool abilities and character classes to play around with.
If it does, though, I can hardly tell. READ MORE
If it wasn’t clear before that Media Molecule’s LittleBigPlanet is kind of a big deal, look no further than the addition of a goofy kart racer to the canon of the franchise for a towering heap of evidence. Aptly (though somewhat-awkwardly) titled LittleBigPlanet Karting, the game brings yet another helping of character customization and user-created levels while dropping the adorably creepy Sackboy mascots into little racecars held together with cardboard and soda cans.
Kart racers seem to be a sort of developer champagne toast, a celebration of the guaranteed money-printing capabilities of a successful property, new or old. Sometimes, they’re even fun to play! READ MORE
In a time in which smaller, independent digital-only games on consoles continue to struggle with figuring out reasonable price points and sensible release windows (especially on the Vita), Sony has thrown us a curveball: a free game! Well, for the most part. Frobisher Says, from European developer Honeyslug, is a WarioWare-inspired, rapid-fire cacophony of minigames that was created as a way to show off the myriad of gameplay features of which the Vita is capable. Frobisher uses everything: both touch screens, all of the buttons, the camera (for pictures and augmented reality) and the motion sensor. The game was released at launch in Europe, and probably would have been a much bigger deal than it will be in North America had it been available then as a more interesting alternative to Welcome Park. The price tag of no dollars, though, should definitely grab some attention. READ MORE
