If you ask me, the popular iOS app Sonic Jump fails in comparison to it’s brother Sonic Dash. It had better production value for one thing and while Sonic Jump isn’t terrible, it definitely lacks the addictive replay value of the aforementioned app. However this may change as Sonic Jump…
Not many people can successfully combine different game genres and make them work well. Nu Challenger is accepting that challenge with their new game Treachery in Beatdown City. I was able to talk to the founder of Nu Challenger, and head designer of the game, Shawn Alexander. It was a very…
The upcoming issue of Famitsu magazine has confirmed Rise Kujikawa as a playable character in Persona 4 Arena Ultimax. Looks like that Best Buy leak was true after all, and players will be able to control Rise this time around. Previously, the character only appeared as an NPC in this…
Probably the most bizarre thing we know about the upcoming Sonic Boom is that it will be using Crytek’s CryEngine 3. Speaking with Official Nintendo Magazine, Sega producer Stephen Frost explained why exactly the developer, Big Red Button Entertainment, decided to use CryEngine technology: You associate CryEngine with lush, tropical, beachy things. These are also…
Tokyo’s Meiji University is currently playing host to an Hatsune Miku exhibition. Entitled ‘Jumping Across Dimensions’ and housed at the Yoshiro Yonezawa Memorial Library, the event shows Miku in her various non-digital forms. This includes 3D printed objects alongside collections of Miku statuary and, naturally, a life-sized papier mâché recreation…
One of the things that has struck me most prominently about the upcoming Alien: Isolation is the call back to 80’s era sci-fi aesthetics. If you’ve seen any screenshots of the new horror title you can probably tell there’s something a little different from your usual sci-fi fare, mainly that…
I sat down with The Behemoth programmer, Tom Fulp to chit chat about Castle Crashers, their recently teased Game 4, and what platformers and other games inspired the creation of Battle Block Theater. Check it out, and let us know what you think in the comments below. Thanks again to Tom and…