Triple-A games are inbound this week and, most likely, the next few weeks up until Christmas time. Since the now-infamous “Kezins crash of 2008″ happened last week, we weren’t able to bring you our weekly comprehensive guide.

Not to worry! We piled it onto this week’s set of releases. Some good stuff awaits gamers’ 60+ dollars — Fallout 3, LittleBigPlanet, and World Tour are some of the big hitters. Have fun (and good luck!) picking out your must-haves from all the must-haves.

The full drop-list after the break… Continue reading »

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We’d normally point you to looking after the break, but this week…we’re not too sure. There’s a lot of likely craptitude coming out on the PC. We counted fourty three in the “Unrated” pile. 43!

Don’t be too scared, though. There’s some fun to be had with Sonic Chronicles, Mega Man 9 (for those of you without a Wii or PS3), Battlefield Heroes (for free!), and ex-Bungie devs’ Age of Booty this week. What will you guys be playing?

The full list of games dropping this week after the break… Continue reading »

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Simul-not releases for Mega Man 9 start dropping this week, but wha-? Are those good, Wii games we see down there? Looks like gamers can’t go wrong if they decide to put down fifty bones for de Blob or Mario’s fart-attack nemesis’ game, Warioland: Shake It!. Should give you a reason to dust off that Wii, anyway.

Time-rewinding action can be found on XBLA with the re-release of Duke Nukem 3D on Wednesday, Disney proves that it can make a cool off-road racer with Pure, and further proof that gaming season is upon us — after the break. Continue reading »

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Rock Band 2 is out! Yes, the 80+ song expansion pack to the first game finally drops on the Xbox 360; it starts landing on other systems next month. We’ve been conflicted here at Kezins and don’t know whether to dive right into the game at full price or waiting a while to get it a bit cheaper. 20 free downloadable songs might be too much to pass up for us, though…

Ok, we got off course for a bit there. Fans of portable RPGs should have some fun this week with the likes of Dragon Quest IV and Yggdra Union. The Force Unleashed is out, as well, but you guys might want to cautiously approach it as its been getting some mixed reviews.

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This week we see the release of Yakuza 2 (sans Michael Madsen and Luke Skywalker’s voice) sporting a subtitled translation with the original Japanese voices intact. We’ve speculated a bit that it might be the last great PS2 game and at $30, why not give it a chance? We certainly loved the first one. And the movie. Plug, plug, plug!

Spore and Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise are the good titles this week and TNA iMPACT! looks like it’d be a good addition to your collection from what we’ve seen so far. As long as it plays like our favorite N64 wrasslin’ games of old, we’ll be happy.

(The following scores were “aggregated-tive-ized” as of September 8, 2008 via Metacritic)

The Good…

• NHL 09 (360, PS3) - Metascore: 89
• Lock’s Quest (DS) - Metascore: 86
• Spore (PC, Mac) - Metascore: 85
• Yakuza 2 (PS2) - Metascore: 83
• Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise DS (DS) - Metascore: 82

The Bad…

• Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI (PC) - Metascore: 72
• NHL 2K9 (360, PS3) - Metascore: 71
• Spore Creatures DS (DS) - Metascore: 68
• TNA iMPACT! (360, PS3) - Metascore: 64
• Zoids Assault (360) - Metascore: 46

The Unrated…

Xbox 360

• NHL 2009
• NHL 2K9
• TNA iMPACT!
• Zoids Assault

PS3

• TNA iMPACT!
• NHL 2009
• NHL 2K9

Wii

• NHL 2K9
• Active Life: Outdoor Challenge
• Hell’s Kitchen
• The Price is Right

PC

• NHL 2009

DS

• Spore Creatures DS
• Lock’s Quest

PS2

• TNA iMPACT!
• NHL 2009
• NHL 2K9
• Yakuza 2
• Dragonball Z: Trilogy

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: 98, bad, dates, game, good, release, Unrated, Updated

Making a repeat appearance this week to, what we’d think, repel potential buyers from its stench further is Vampire Rain: Altered Species which sucked it up on Xbox 360 and is looking to do the same on PS3. It never bodes well when a game’s demo is only released in Japan (like Vampire Rain did) and Americans never get a taste of it…tsk, tsk.

Other than that, we get some quality games this week with Mercenaries 2 and the long-awaited Spore. We’ve heard that the former’s online co-op might be a bit limiting with friends needing to be in close proximity to work, but we’re still looking forward to blowing shit up with a buddy in beautiful high-def.

(The following scores were “aggregated-tive-ized” as of September 1, 2008 via Metacritic)

The Good…

• GTR Evolution (PC) - Metascore: 88
• Spore (PC) - Metascore: 85
• Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise (360) - Metascore: 83
• FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage (PC) - Metascore: 79

The Bad…

• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames (360, PS3) - Metascore: 73
• Infinite Undiscovery (360) - Metascore: 70
• Spore Creatures (DS) - Metascore: 68
• NFL Head Coach 09 (360, PS3) - Metascore: 66
• Combat Mission: Shock Force - Marines (PC) - Metascore: 62
• Warhammer: Battle March (360) - Metascore: 59
• Facebreaker (360, PS3) - Metascore: 56
• Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball (360) - Metascore: 46
• Vampire Rain: Altered Species (PS3) - Metascore: 32

The Unrated…

Xbox 360

• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
• Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
• Warhammer: Battle March
• Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball
• Rapala Fishing Frenzy
• Facebreaker

PS3

• Mercenaries 2: World in Flames
• FaceBreaker
• Rapala Fishing Frenzy

Wii

• Rapala Fishing Frenzy

PC

• GTR Evolution
• Spore

DS

• PictoImage
• Spore Creatures

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Too cheap to buy the full retail version of SoulCalibur IV?  Well, this week’s FREE demo is a nice appetizer to the main dish.  Also, The Last Guy looks pretty cool, but stay here for review.  Other than that the two Warkhawk Add-on’s are the other updates worth noting.  Enjoy your last update in August!

Downloadable Games

• The Last Guy ($9.99)

Add-on Content:

• Rock Band DLC
  • “She Does” - Locksley ($0.99)
  • “Don’t Make Me Wait” - Locksley ($0.99)
  • “Don’t Make Me Wait” - Locksley ($0.99)
  • “All Over Again” - Locksley ($0.99)
  • Locksley Pack 1 ($2.99) - includes: “All Over Again,” “Don’t Make Me Wait,” and “She Does” by Locksley.
• Warhawk Fallen Star Pack ($7.99)
• Warhawk Booster Combo ($15.99)

Game Demos

• NHL 09
• Soulcalibur IV

Game Videos:

• SOCOM Confrontation Extraction trailer
• LittleBigPlanet Leipzig “Sackzilla” Trailer
• Motorstorm Pacific Rift Leipzig Trailer
• PAIN Trauma Mode Trailer
• GT5 Prologue Play the Pros with Tanner Foust!
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway Machine Gun & Bazooka Video
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway Squad Gameplay Video
• Facebreaker Audition Video #1
• Facebreaker Audition Video #2
• Facebreaker Audition Video #3
• Madden NFL 09 Gameplay Trailer
• Madden NFL 09 Madden Moments Trailer
• Madden NFL 09 Play Call Trailer
• Top Spin 3 Player Creator Trailer

Movie and Blu-ray Trailers:

• Quantum Of Solace
• Prom Night

PS3 Wallpaper:

• (2) The Last Guy
  

Via Blog.PlayStation

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The Red Faction: Guerilla Beta just received a very nice update for the Xbox 360 testing going on right now.  Gaming Today recently reported on the update and it certainly looks nice. The following changes have been reported:

• Fixed clients seeing excessive lag when performing destruction with the sledgehammer.
• Fixed a few crashes during gameplay.
• Fixed players sometimes dropping out during matchmaking.
• Fixed clients not seeing the countdown timer during matchmaking before there are enough players to launch the game.
• Fixed the countdown timer halting at zero without starting a match
• Fixed the excessive darkness of Deadzone.
• Added NAT type to the bottom right of the main menu.
• Changed patience dots to not cause a line break when matchmaking.
• Changed “BACK” to “DONE” on the match results screen.
• All party members can now hit Y to bring up their friends list in the party lobby, rather than just the leader.
• Finishing a match now awards 25 XP, rather than 5 XP.
• Removed the backpack info popup when you pick up a backpack.

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Unless you’re looking for some shovel ware on the DS, it looks like it’ll be light on game releases this week.

The highlight this week is Roogoo, a puzzle game that takes you back to ye old elementary school days, which isn’t half bad and has been available on Xbox Live for the past couple of weeks. It’s $19.99 on PC, though, so those of you with an Xbox 360 might want to go with that release instead for half the price and cutesy graphics in high-def. Plus! Achievements…got you there, huh?

Check out the full list of games dropping this week after the break…

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‘Mana-Khemia: Gakuen no Renkinjutsu Shitachi Portable’ will be shipping at the end of this month.  If you didn’t get a chance to play the PS2 version, the PSP port is a great option. The official website has been updated with new information concerning gameplay and 2-player mode.  Apparently the game will support 2-players via ad hoc.

Order Here For $48.90!

Via Official Japanese Site

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