Awesomenauts, the latest project from Swords & Soldiers developers Ronimo Games, is first and foremost trying to be amusing. Don’t get us wrong; there’s some serious gameplay under the candy-coating. But with an aesthetic inspired by ’80s cartoons and a theme song that’s simultaneously funny and fun, it won’t be long before you’re saying “awesome” at least once or twice a minute. READ MORE
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We’ve known a Super Mario game for 3DS was coming since this year’s GDC, when Satoru Iwata revealed a few screenshots and a temporary logo in his keynote. Now we’ve played it, and… we don’t know that much more.
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We’ve gotten a look at Kid Icarus before, but E3 was the debut of the game’s multiplayer mode. While the campaign is solely a single-player affair, this team-based competition implements the myriad weapon options for an experience that could keep the card close to the system once the game’s beaten. READ MORE
Indiana Jones is the quintessential rough-and-tumble, puzzle-busting treasure hunter and archeologist. Nathan Drake is quickly approaching Indiana Jones status though, as he embarks on his third adventure later this year. After a stunning introduction in Drake’s Fortune and a historically acclaimed sequel in Among Thieves, if anyone really needed another reason to love Nathan Drake as much as Indiana Jones, they now have it.
Rochard, a physics-based puzzle-platformer from Recoil Games and Sony Online Entertainment, feels familiar in many ways. Using a weird physics engine to grab boxes, take out enemies and make it through various rooms? Yeah, that feels like Portal. The very science-y, futuristic aesthetic? It reminds us a bit of ‘Splosion Man. Even that main character’s voice: it’s Duke Nukem himself, Jon St. John. READ MORE