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Ms. Splosion Man – A Valentine’s Challenge

Ms. Splosion Man – A Valentine’s Challenge Running from February 14th to February 27th is the third installment to Ms. Splosion Man’s themed challenges. The newest competition is called “Shoot the Glass” and requires the player to break 33 panes of glass throughout the level. For every glass that is not broken, the player will gain...
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Love in the Time of Controllers

Love in the Time of Controllers Video games seem generally more focused on making war, not love, but whether you’re rescuing another helpless princess, cracking on to every NPC of the opposite sex, or playing super-creepy Japanese dating sims, romance abounds in the gaming world. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, here’s...
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Mutant Blobs Attack your PlayStation Vita

Mutant Blobs Attack your PlayStation Vita Keeping a blob captive is a daunting task and apparently not one that the people at this lab were capable of performing. In Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack players will take control of an angry mutant blob that has finally been able to escape from a lab and now is ready to get its revenge by...
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MasterAbbott’s iOS Game Suggestions #6

MasterAbbott’s iOS Game Suggestions #6 Here we are again, MasterAbbott is back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed out on last week’s suggestions, click on the links below and check what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS along with the introduction and disclaimer on how my suggestions work, as I’m...
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Sega Hold iOS sale for Valentine’s Day!

Sega Hold iOS sale for Valentine’s Day! It’s crazy to think we are already approaching Valentine’s Day, but the year is moving quickly and publishers everywhere are preparing to show some love to their fans with sales. Sega want to say “I Love You” as well, and have slashed several prices of their own selection on the App...
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Jazz: Trump’s Journey Review

Jazz: Trump’s Journey Review Jazz: Trump’s Journey Review Publisher: BulkyPix Developer: Egg Ball Games Platforms: iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone (reviewed) Release Date: February 2nd, 2012 Price: $2.99 (BUY NOW!) Overview This latest title from Egg Ball games is a platformer with heart. You play as Trump, a jazz trumpet player...
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Kirby’s Dream Land 2 Headed to the Virtual Console in Japan

Kirby’s Dream Land 2 Headed to the Virtual Console in Japan You see, Kirby? Dreams do come true. In a rather expected yet still welcome move, Nintendo of Japan announced today that Kirby’s Dream Land 2 will see a release next week on the 3DS’ eShop. For those unfamiliar to this follow-up, Dream Land 2 offers a different mechanic from it’s...
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Cloudberry Kingdom – Developers Challenge

Cloudberry Kingdom – Developers Challenge To all players who pick up a copy of Cloudberry Kingdoms, the developers have issued the following challenge: We’re offering a $1,000 prize to whomever can be the first to beat the game on its hardest difficulty. How many developers are that confident in their games ability to create a fully...
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Cloudberry Kingdom

Cloudberry Kingdom Cloudberry Kingdom is the debut title from the up and coming independent game developers – Pwnee Studios. The title is an interesting platformer that creates procedurally generated levels for players to enjoy and solve. The game is also scaled to a players skill level, so that they will always find it...
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Shank 2 – Out Now!

Shank 2 – Out Now! Klei Entertainment and EA released the newest game in the Shank series, Shank 2 earlier today. Shank 2 is described as a cinematic two-dimensional brawler and is now released for the PC, Xbox Live Arcade and the Playstation Network. For a game in this region, it appears to be reasonably priced at AU$15.95...
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Jak and Daxter Explored Before The Last Of Us: Naughty Dog

Jak and Daxter Explored Before The Last Of Us: Naughty Dog The Last of Us will be the first game of the newly formed second team at Naughty Dog. However, when that team was formed and coming up with ideas for their first game, the tale of Joel and Ellie wasn’t the first to be suggested. In fact, according to Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells, the second...
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Toki Tori 2: New Details Revealed

Toki Tori 2: New Details Revealed Toki Tori, everyone’s favourite cutesy mind-bendingly puzzling downloadable title, has a sequel moving swiftly towards release date. And the game’s developer, Two Tribes, have been releasing tidbits of info regarding the new game. Their latest reveal is regarding what they’ve dubbed...
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Scribblenauts Remix Rewards Players with Free Valentine’s Day Update

Scribblenauts Remix Rewards Players with Free Valentine’s Day Update Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s Scribblenauts Remix, a port of the NDS game has been downloaded over one million times on the iTunes App Store. And to celebrate this achievement, players will receive a brand new Valentine’s Day update as a reward. However you won’t have to wait until...
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Jak And Daxter Collection Going Digital

Jak And Daxter Collection Going Digital Just like the Sly Collection and the Ico and Shadow of the Colossus HD Collection, the Jak and Daxter Collection will be heading to the Playstation Store. The digital copies will be released alongside the retail release of the collection. This will be a first for the HD collections Sony have released, as...
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MasterAbbott’s iOS Game Suggestions #5

MasterAbbott’s iOS Game Suggestions #5 Here we are again, MasterAbbott is back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed out on last week’s suggestions, click on the links below and check what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS along with the introduction and disclaimer on how my suggestions work, as I’m...
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Dustforce Interview

Dustforce Interview Dustforce, a fast-paced, skill-based platformer from Hitbox Team, was released January 17th on Steam, and has been well received by the gaming community. With it’s beautiful and unique art style and awesome original soundtrack, our review of the title, along with many others across the web, gave...
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Super Mario 3D Land may see Future DLC

Last year, Super Mario 3D Land came out and turned the 3DS’ sales upside-down, assisting in the increase of units sold by miles. Many 3DS owners who have already played through both 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 have one question on their mind though, with that being “what’s next?”. Yes,...
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Melbourne Game Jam 2012

Melbourne Game Jam 2012 I’m usually pretty slow to get into things. I’ll dip my toe in, take a few tentative steps and test the water, but if I’m not grabbed soon enough, I’ll get out of the proverbial (or literal) pool, dry off and go find something else. In the case of indie games, I fell asleep in a chair next to the...
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Puddle Released on XBLA

Puddle Released on XBLA The physics puzzle platformer, which won in the Student Showcase Division at IGF 2010, was released yesterday on XBLA. It was created by 6 students from the French videogame school EMJMIN, later to be picked up by Neko Entertainment. Puddle sees you tilting the game world, coaxing the puddle of liquid...
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MasterAbbott’s iOS Game Suggestions #4

MasterAbbott’s iOS Game Suggestions #4 Here we are again, MasterAbbott is back for this week’s iOS Game Suggestions. If you missed out on last week’s suggestions, click on the link below and check what cool games you should be picking up for your iOS along with the introduction and disclaimer on how my suggestions work, as I’m...
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Mutant Mudds, Flipper 2, and More Invade this Week’s Nintendo Downloads…

Mutant Mudds, Flipper 2, and More Invade this Week’s Nintendo Downloads… After a long wait, the brilliant little platformer Mutant Mudds has finally globbed onto the eShop. For those unfamiliar, this new title from Renegade Kid puts players in the role of Max as he jetpacks along a 12-bit world, armed with his trusty water cannon. You can snag up this gem for $8.99 as of today...
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Jak and Daxter Trilogy Dated for February

Jak and Daxter Trilogy Dated for February Late last year, it was confirmed that the long awaited Jak and Daxter Trilogy would in fact be releasing in February. As of today though, this bit of news is now a bit clearer as official dates have been added into the mix. On February 7th for the US (and Feb. 22nd for Europe), Jak and Daxter: The Precursor...
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Darksiders II: Death is Eternal in the New Trailer

Darksiders II: Death is Eternal in the New Trailer Death, second rider of the apocalypse, has been around for a long time, as the new trailer released by THQ and Vigil Games showcases. Darksiders II, the sequel to the hit 2010 game, centers around Death’s quest to redeem his brother, and fellow rider of the apocalypse, War and perhaps even to redeem...
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Battletoads (Duane and Brand0) – Capsule Theatre of Vision #9

Battletoads (Duane and Brand0) – Capsule Theatre of Vision #9 Welcome to this weeks installment of the somewhat regular series here on Capsule Computers, the Capsule Theatre of Vision. This week we bring to you a rather entertaining song by the now split group: The Adventures of. The group consisted of two members, Duane Zuala and Brandon Lackey, both of whom sing and...
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Brand New Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Trailer

Brand New Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Trailer A new trailer for BBC Worldwide Digital Entertainment and Supermassive Game’ upcoming Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock has just been released. The brand new trailer reveals that the game will in fact be a 2D platformer and players will be able to play as The Doctor and River Song. Several of The...
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Classic Prince of Persia Available on Nintendo Download Services

Classic Prince of Persia Available on Nintendo Download Services If you’e looking for some classic platforming action then head on over to your personal favourite of Nintendo’s digital download lands – Prince of Persia has just arrived on the Wii Virtual Console and the 3Ds Nintendo eShop. This is the original game, dating all the way back to 1989, and...
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