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Rainier's Articles


'Street Fighter IV' (ALL) - 34 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 4:31 a.m. PST | Filed under News

SF IV features a mix of returning favorites (Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li etc.) along with new characters created for this game, such as Crimson Viper, Abel, El Fuerte, and Rufus. Characters and environments are rendered in stylized 3D, while the game is played in the classic 2D perspective with additional 3D camera flourishes.

Good Old Games Adds 'Stronghold'

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 4:26 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Good Old Games have signed an agreement with FireFly Studios to add its historic RTS series, starting with Stronghold and Stronghold: Crusader planned in the nearest future, for just $5.99 (DRM-free of course).

'MadWorld' (Wii) - 5 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 4:17 a.m. PST | Filed under News

MadWorld is a third-person action game that has a unique black & white style depicting a sharp backdrop that straddles graphic novels and 3-D worlds, mixing irreverent humor and over-the-top violence.

'The Mastermind' - Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 4:13 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The Mastermind is a vast, open-ended strategy title. It immerses you in the seedy underworld of organized crime. Hire gangsters and build your criminal empire, eliminate your business rivals, bribe the police officers, and outwit your rivals and come out on the top of the heap in this strategy title.

'Overlord: Minions' (NDS) - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 4:04 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Overlord: Minions marks the NDS debut of the bad ass game that champions a despotic tyrant and sets loose the most vicious, yet lovably insane critters in gaming.

'Suikoden: Tierkreis' (NDS) - 60 New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 3:47 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Encompassing a variety of different characters while exploring many exotic locations and cultures across the game's universe of parallel worlds, Suikoden: Tierkreis will expand the bounds of the handheld RPG.

'Mario Power Tennis' (Wii) Gets Euro Release Date

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 3:37 a.m. PST | Filed under News

The keys to winning a tennis match in the real world are fast footwork, consistency and a wicked backhand. Enter the realm of Mario Power Tennis, exclusively for Nintendo GameCube, and the secret to winning includes Power Shots like Mario's Iron Hammer, Luigi's Squeaky Mallet and Peach's Super Peach Spin.

'Fragile' (Wii) - New Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 3:32 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Namco Bandai's Fragile, developed by Eternal Sonata studio Tri-Crescendo, is a Wii exclusive RPG that follows the story of Set, a young boy tasked to explore various cities in a post-apocalyptic world trying to find out why everyone has disappeared.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 3:24 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:

'Metal Drift' Announced - Screens

by Rainier on Jan. 20, 2009 @ 3:11 a.m. PST | Filed under News

Metal Drift is a vehicular sport combat game set in a distant future. You command an agile, high powered hover tank in a futuristic sports arena. Core game play centers on intense tank-on-tank multiplayer team combat seen through an immersive, first person cockpit.