Club Nintendo has Released a “Super Smash Bros. 3 Poster Set”

Club Nintendo members, get your skates on and open up your coin wallet because posters are available for redemption.

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Tetrobot and Co. Review

TINY ROBOT, BIG CHALLENGE

Last year, developer Swing Swing Submarine released a PC puzzle game called Tetrobot and Co. The game was received lovingly by puzzle fans. Just a few days ago, the game was ported to Wii U by Neko Entertainment. So how does it fare on Nintendo’s home console? Continue reading Tetrobot and Co. Review

PlayStation Plus Membership Now Up To 7.9 Million

The number of subscribers for PlayStation’s paid online service has nearly reached eight million. This news comes from a Sony earnings conference call for overseas investors and analysts. Sony’s Chief Financial Officer, Kenichiro Yoshida, said that PlayStation Plus membership has reached 7.9 million.

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Zombies Confirmed for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

A GameStop press release on November 2nd has confirmed that Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare will indeed have a zombie mode, but only for season pass holders.  Continue reading Zombies Confirmed for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare

Sonic Boom Videos Race to the Surface

Have you been wishing for some new Sonic Boom gameplay trailers? Probably not. Either way, Sega has dropped the newest batch of videos for the Wii U version, Rise of Lyric, and Nintendo 3DS version, Shattered Crystal. Continue reading Sonic Boom Videos Race to the Surface

Iwata Explains Why the New 3DS Won’t Come to the West This Year

Nintendo’s New Nintendo 3DS launched earlier this year in Japan and Australia and is selling at an all time high, but other regions will have to wait until 2015 to be able to purchase the handheld. Continue reading Iwata Explains Why the New 3DS Won’t Come to the West This Year

Video Games I’m Thankful For (Part 3)

So November is in full swing and so is the “Video Games I’m Thankful For” featured series! I previously brought you my first GameBoy game and first Nintendo 64 game. Now, what does the third installment bring? I guess you’ll have to find out below:

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Civilization: Beyond Earth Review

 CIVILIZATION: BEYOND EARTH, BUT NOT FAR

 Civilization, the 4x heavyweight champ, is a standard bearer for the genre, but to me, it is that and more. Many moons ago, when I was a wee lad, I came across Sid Meier’s Civilization (SMC) on my elementary school’s computers. I can’t be sure how I happened upon it, nor do I care to ruin the memory with facts. All I know is that AC / BC to me means After Civilization / Before Civilization. School lunches and recesses were spent inside, frantically trying to finish a couple more turns. This game franchise, more than any other, I credit with really sparking my love of gaming. How fitting it is to be my first review. How serendipitous, the timing couldn’t have been better. So then, it is with a heavy heart that I say this, Civilization: Beyond Earth  (C:BE) could have been better.

Civilization is a franchise owned and developed by Firaxis Games. The company is best known for its Civilization series of games, though it has had notable success with other titles as well, such as XCOM: Enemy Unknown.

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