Category: "Puzzle"

Sam & Max coming to Xbox Live Arcade

Shacknews reports that Telltale’s excellent Sam & Max series will be heading to Xbox Live Arcade as full-season packs. Season one is entitled “Sam & Max Save the World”, and the second season is entitled “Sam & Max- Beyond Time and Space”. Two promo posters have been released: one for season one and one for [...]

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Braid coming to PC in March

Shacknews reports that Stardock’s distribution platform Impulse has updated with a Braid listing. The date of the game’s release is listed at March 31, but Stardock’s Mike Crassweller has noted in the comments at Shacknews that that is a placeholder date; we could see it at any time in March. The game is listed at [...]

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Boom Blox Sequel coming to Wii in Spring 2009

Shacknews reports that EA has announced a sequel to the acclaimed Spielberg- produced Wii title Boom Blox. Boom Blox Bash Party will add over 400 new levels to the Jenga-with-bombs-and-other-stuff formula, plus the ability to create and download user-created levels. New multiplayer modes join the “party”, too. The PR agent of Mr. Spielberg called the [...]

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Pikmin and Mario Power Tennis Wii remakes dated

…in more ways than one. Nintendo Everything report that New Play Control! Pikmin and New Play Control! Mario Power Tennis will be released in Europe on the 6th of February and 6th March respectively. “New Play Control!”, as well as being a fantastic example of Engrish, is possibly the most literal title to a series [...]

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Makers of The Conduit to Release Evasive Space for Wii

High Voltage is the game developer behind The Conduit, the first person shooter many are hailing as the Wii’s salvation for hardcore gamers.  But before they shock Wii users out of low graphical standards and poor first person shooter controls, they’re going to revolutionize they way people look at WiiWare with Evasive Space, releasing in [...]

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PSP Review: Neverland Card Battles

If you’ve ever enjoyed a battling trading card game you should give Neverland Card Battles a try, even if it has nothing to do with Peter Pan or Michael Jackson.

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DS Review: Ninjatown

Who would have thought that such snuggly little ninja could be so dangerous? Southpeak Games’ Ninjatown is a welcome addition to the Nintendo DS’s line-up with its tower defense-style play mechanic and extremely adorable art style.

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Tetris Bracelet for the Economy Unaffected

The item is simple. It’s a bracelet. I know you’re asking: “Beau, why do you do Geeked-outs about clothing, personal accessories and such?” Simple: Dolling yourself up with video game paraphernalia is the coolest. It’s the only way to make you feel totally nerdy and sexy at the same time.

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Preview: Plain Sight

What the ding-dally is Plain Sight, you ask? Well, dear reader, just take a seat and I’ll run you through it. Before the Eurogamer Expo, I had no idea about this game either, but after discovering and playing this gem I’m sure more people need to know about it. The game is developed by six [...]

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LittleBigPlanet: User Created 2D Side-Scrolling Shooter is Retro-Amazing

Since LittleBigPlanet hit retails shelves a week ago (though many people got it before then), there have been some pretty nifty levels coming out of the gaming populous. However, none of them so far have been as creative and mind-blowingly awesome as this Gradius level, fittingly titled “Libidius.jp”. Check it out after the break.

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Nintendo Reveals DSi Ware Lineup- WarioWare, Anyone?

At a financial briefing, Satoru Iwata, Nintendo’s president, has revealed the lineup for the DSi’s downloadable games service, due to start in December. The initial games available will include six “Art Style Puzzle games” (which seem to be along the lines of the Bit Generations series) for 500 points each, a set of train maps, [...]

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Rise From Your Grave: Psychobabble

Remember the good old days of Popcap Games when they had online multiplayer? Psychobabble, a creative twist on magnetic poetry, was one of these games. Popcap decided a couple years back that the cost of maintaining these online games was simply not feasible anymore. People were pretty upset about Popcap’s actions, even going so far [...]

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Hands-On: More Puzzle Quest: Galactrix

20,000 years in the future mega corporations control the galaxy–and we mean the whole galaxy! There will be a lot of sci-fi flavored puzzle questing to be had, via many warp gates, when Puzzle Quest: Galactrix drops in Q1 of next year for XBLA, DS, and PC. If you missed our E3 hands-on, check that [...]

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DS Preview: Cradle of Rome

Rome wasn’t built in a day, it was built over 100 levels of match-three, casual yet crack-like gaming frenzy! At least, that’s the case in D3 Publisher’s Cradle of Rome, where you’ll take the city from a field to the ancient capital decked out with famous landmarks such as the Parthenon and Coliseum.

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When You Wish On LBP, Disney Stars Are DLC

Being that this is the internet, a bunch of rumours pass across the Ripten tipline in the span of a single day, and for the most part, we try to post as many as we can. Though the cries of a thousand deluded forumgoers screaming “Crysis upgraded for mobile phones!” will always be ignored, one [...]

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