Tag Archives: PS1

Zelda concert series adds Baltimore, Grand Rapids

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses will return this summer and fall, bringing music from the beloved Nintendo franchise to concert venues worldwide. Several venues from the first season will host the performance again, along with locations in Baltimore, Maryland and Grand Rapids, Michigan. London; Hammersmith Apollo; May …

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RadarPlays – Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins

Wait, you haven’t heard of Chase McCain? He’s only the best Lego cop in all of . That’s strange. Well, if you’re dying to know–and we know you are–you can check out Lego City Undercover: The Chase Begins, a 3DS prequel to Lego City Undercover on the Wii U. Or, …

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Saints Row developer lost money on recent Red Factions

Before Saints Row took off with The Third, Red Faction was one of Volition’s staple franchises. But when the studio was purchased by publisher Deep Silver in THQ’s bankruptcy auction, the rights to Red Faction weren’t part of the deal–just Saints Row. Senior Producer Jim Boone told Polygon that his …

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Marvel vs. DC – Which has the best games?

Nerd fight! Video games and comic books are both embraced by the lovable geeks of the world, so it makes sense that the two mediums can’t seem to stay apart. This year continues the tradition with games like Injustice: Gods Among Us, Deadpool, and the newly-announced Batman: Arkham Origins. While …

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Top 7… Best movie games you probably never played

They used to be so good Nowadays, we’ve been trained to be distrustful of licensed movie tie-ins. We’ve seen too many sloppy, half-finished games, assembled at the last minute to turn a profit on gullible moviegoers. Sure, the Lego games are alright, and there have been a few film spin-offs …

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Ken Levine personally canned BioShock movie

Call the Little Sisters, because the BioShock film is dead. How can we be so sure in the convoluted world of film contracts, where at any given time a dozen game adaptations thrash about in development hell? BioShock creator Ken Levine killed it. He killed it because he could, he …

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UK Chart: Aliens Colonial Marines debuts at No.1

Aliens: Colonial Marines has shot its way to the top of the UK all formats chart. Retail monitor Chart-Track said the title recorded the biggest launch of 2013 to date and the second highest week one sales for an Alien franchise game, behind Sega’s Aliens vs Predator, which also launched …

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THQ had every chance to survive Jason Rubin says

The THQ fallout is over: everything that could be auctioned off was, and everything else has either been downsized or left to mire in bankruptcy proceedings. Former president Jason Rubin told MCV that THQ was largely responsible for its own undoing. “I think it is incorrect to attribute THQ’s predicament …

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EA dishonorably discharges Medal of Honor

Electronic Arts is “taking Medal of Honor out of the rotation” after its poor critical and commercial performance, the company announced today. Overall, the company saw net losses of $45 million through its third quarter which ended December 31, 2012, though that’s much improved from the $205 million loss reported …

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Epic Mickey developer Junction Point shuts down

Junction Point Studios, the developer of Disney Epic Mickey and its sequel, has shut down. Disney released a statement to Kotaku confirming that the Austin, Texas developer led by System Shock and Deus Ex creator Warren Spector has been shuttered: “It was with much sadness that we informed our teams …

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