Justin has been a gamer since the Intellivision days back in the early 80′s. He started writing about and covering the video game industry in 2008. In his spare time he is also a bit of a gun-nut and Star Wars nerd.
Girls' Fashion Shoot's limited number of activities and its reinforcement of negative female body images makes it impossible to recommend as a purchase for young 3DS gamers.
Sony has posted the December 2013 PlayStation Plus preview, revealing a racer-heavy lineup of PS3 and PS Vita titles that subscribers will be able to download for free via the Instant Game Collection.
One of the more surprising results to come from THQ's bankruptcy auction earlier this year was Nordic Games' acquisition of the publishing and distribution rights to Double Fine's Costume Quest and Stacking intellectual properties. Both companies revealed today that those rights have been transferred to Double Fine, however, the exact details of how the deal went down vary somewhat.
With games like Binary Domain and ibb & obb -- not to mention Contrast and Resogun for the newly launched PS4 -- hitting the Instant Game Collection in the past few weeks, November has been a outstanding month for PlayStation Plus subscribers. Sadly, it ends on a bit of a whimper, with tomorrow's update containing Soul Sacrifice for the Vita and not much else.
A new Bully-related application with the European Union trademark and designs office has kicked off a fresh round of speculation on the possibility that we might finally get a sequel to Rockstar's classic 2005 open-world game.
Not to be outdone by the PlayStation 4 version of Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes, a brief flash of information in the latest Xbox One game montage trailer has revealed that the MGS V prologue will also contain a bit of exclusive content on Microsoft's latest console.
Unconfirmed reports suggest that Sony is planning to launch a PlayStation 4 and PS Vita "Ultimate Edition" bundle in the UK before the end of the year.
Ruffian Games, the developer behind the second Crackdown title, has revealed that they are working on a "next-gen" game targeted for release sometime next year. While nothing has been confirmed, the news has led to speculation that a Crackdown 3 announcement could be headed our way in the near future.
Electronic Arts announced this morning that Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare will launch for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 on February 18, 2014 in North America (February 20th across Europe) for $39.99 and $29.99, respectively. A PC version will bring up the rear on an unspecified "later date."
Square Enix is hinting that a PlayStation 4 and Xbox One port of this year's Tomb Raider reboot could be announced next month, possibly during the VGX awards.