After an absence longer than most fans could handle, we’re seeing a return of Twisted Metal this fall. The concept really seems rooted in the time, though, so can a game of that scope work now? David Jaffe and his Eat Sleep Play team aren’t taking any chances, throwing in boss battles, air vehicles and other shenanigans to keep things interesting. READ MORE
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic stands tall as possibly the greatest game for what many consider the greatest license in media: Star Wars. Ever since 2004, though, Star Wars fans have had little to play that lives up to its standard. BioWare hopes to change all that when Star Wars: The Old Republic finally releases.
The Rune Factory series has always managed to balance a kind of “RPG-lite” dungeon crawler with the farming simulation gameplay of its progenitor. Changes to the formula are generally small and slow to happen. Imagine our surprise when we realized that Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny takes this formula and plays Yahtzee with it. READ MORE
The Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games titles are an interesting phenomenon. As Sega’s chance at selling a game at Nintendo numbers, it gets a lot of the company’s attention, but as an installment in a sports game series, it just doesn’t get much critical attention or passion from fans and developers alike. The last title, released to coincide with the ’10 Winter Games in Vancouver, swapped the original’s waggle-fest formula for one that made some interesting co-op activities and focused on making the games more game-like. M&S 2012 continues that effort. READ MORE
It’s been almost twelve years since we saw an entry in the Little Tail Bronx series. With CyberConnect2’s original Tail Concerto being lost in the mix of .hack// and Naruto Ultimate Ninja games over time, a spiritual successor to the game finally came out last October in Japan: Solatorobo: Red the Hunter. It looked like the game may not see an American release, but XSEED stepped in and picked up the title. READ MORE
