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 New Steam Releases: Phantom Brave

7/24/2016

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No post last week. There were a few noteworthy titles, but on the whole, just not enough quality content to warrant it. Luckily, this week featured several items of interest. The standout has to be Nippon Ichi's excellent strategy RPG, Phantom Brave. First released on the PlayStation 2 back in 2004, the fairly popular title later received expanded ports on both the PlayStation Portable and the Nintendo Wii. Now Nippon Ichi has brought Phantom Brave to Steam and they even made sure to include all of the content from the previous versions.

Also out in the last 14 days, a 2D Arcade fighting game featuring characters from Sega's long-running Shining RPG series, a brand new Square Enix RPG called I am Setsuna, and another futuristic watercraft racing game from the makers of Hydro Thunder: Hurricane and Riptide GP 2. We meet again. Jump past the break to see more new releases from this past fortnight.

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 New Steam Releases: Under Night: In-Birth

7/17/2016

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It's been nearly 3 months since Steam users first got to feast upon French-Bread's deliciously excellent title, Melty Blood: Actress Again. This week, they are back with a second helping of Arcade fighting game action with Under Night: In-Birth. Although similar in terms of style and gameplay, Under Night is actually unrelated to the Melty Blood series and features a completely separate storyline and character roster. Both games are quite good so be sure to sample them while they're still fresh.

Also out in the last 7 days, Insomniac Games new watery action-adventure title, Song of the Deep, a sporty new competition game called Videoball, and the cool-looking 2D action game, Super Mutant Alien Assault. Have your fill of stylishly dramatic fighting action, then jump past the break to see more of this week's new releases.

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 New Nintendo eShop Releases: Bonk's  Adventure

7/14/2016

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As with the New PlayStation Store Releases, we must confess that we too have been neglecting the New Nintendo eShop posts. For this, we would like to offer a sincere apology. But we do have some great news this week! Finally, for the first time since its November 2012 launch, the Wii U now offers TurboGrafx-16 Virtual Console games!

The Wii may have been offering TurboGrafx games since the very month it came out, but we suppose that the Wii U starting now is still better late than never. The Wii saw dozens of TG-16 titles released over its lifetime. We only get three to start with on the Wii U but hopefully, there will be many more to follow.

Fortunately, the three titles we have are all very solid. Two in particular are arguably two of the best games ever released for the system, Bonk's Adventure and R-Type. Bonk was the Mario-equivalent hard-headed caveman mascot of the TurboGrafx who, despite the system's somewhat brief lifespan, managed to appear in three wholly distinct and very entertaining titles (Adventure being the first). As for R-Type, well it just so happens to be one of the greatest side-scrolling Arcade shoot 'em ups of all time. So whether you were ever a fan of the TurboGrafx or you've never even heard of the thing, we highly recommend checking these games out. They all were (and still are) pretty phenomenal.

Also out in the last four weeks, New Adventure Island (a more or less remake of an NES classic, and the number three TurboGrafx release this week), Mario's first RPG (the aptly named, Super Mario RPG), and a VC port of the Game Freak developed Game Boy Advance classic, Drill Dozer. Get turbocharged, then jump past the break to see more of this past month's new releases.

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 New PlayStation Store Releases: Song of  the Deep

7/12/2016

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So between E3, summer vacation and other things going on, it seems that we inadvertently took a month off from the PlayStation Store updates. Sorry about that. Now that we're back, we shall try to cover all of the important games we missed, in addition to the current stuff.

This week, the most interesting release has to be Insomniac Games new title, Song of the Deep. A metroidvania style underwater adventure game, in Song of the Deep you play as a 12-year-old girl exploring oceanic depths in search of her missing father. The game is notable for being the first release produced by GameStop's new publishing division, GameTrust Games. GameStop is offering retail versions of the game exclusively in all of its stores.

Also out in the last four weeks, a new title in the now 20-year-old Star Ocean series, Keiji Inafune's spiritual successor to Megaman, and a brand-new version of Pac-Man. No depth too deep. Jump past the break to see more of this past month's new releases.

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 New Steam Releases: Inside

7/10/2016

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This week saw the release of Inside on Steam. It is the follow-up to Danish developer Playdead's highly-acclaimed 2010 game, Limbo. In many ways, Inside appears to bear a strong resemblance to Limbo; they are very similar in theme, gameplay and, so far, even critical reception. If you haven't already, you should probably go ahead and add this one to your must-play list for 2016.

Also out in the last two weeks, the latest entry in the previously portable-only Zero Escape series, the confusingly-titled 4th entry in the Hyperdimension Neptunia series, Megadimension Neptuina VII (that's actually pronounced "V2" as opposed to the Roman numeral for 7), and the third game in Triangle Service's excellent Arcade shoot 'em up "Zeal" trilogy. According to Wikipedia, the sound designer used an actual human skull as an audio filter to create the music for Inside. Jump past the break to see more of this fortnight's new releases.

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 Serving an Ace: 6 Of My Favorite Tennis  Games

7/8/2016

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This weekend, I (along with countless others) will be watching the finals of the most prestigious tournament in tennis, Wimbledon. Truth be told, I've had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the sport over the years. Like so many things in life, I found tennis to be easy to learn and difficult to master (I doubt I'll ever accomplish that last part). Frustrating as it may occasionally be, tennis is still a great sport that is fun to watch and play. Unfortunately, you need a partner if you want to play real tennis and those are not always readily available. Fortunately, simulated tennis has been around for quite some time now.

I've been playing tennis games on one system or another since I was 10 years old. In that time, they really haven't changed all that much, except for the graphics. I enjoyed playing them just as much then as I do today. Here are the 6 that became my favorites.

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 Games To Play When It's Independence Day  (USA Edition)

7/3/2016

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July 4th is Independence Day, here in the good old US of A, and while it is customary to spend the evening eating hamburgers and watching fireworks shows, there really isn't any prescribed way to spend the other parts of the day. Some people might decide to go see a movie or a baseball game, others may choose to hang out by the pool or go play a round of golf. All of those are great options, certainly. But what can you do if it happens to be raining, or you just don't feel like stepping out into the sweltering summer heat?

Well, you could also spend time catching up on some great games. Specifically, ones that would allow you to pay tribute to the holiday and/or America itself. Here is a list of a few good options:

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