Getting to know Bowser from the inside out was never so much fun.

Even if Square-Enix hasn't made a Mario RPG since Legend of the Seven Stars on the Super Nintendo, the legacy has successfully lived on thanks to some very quirky and innovative takes on the iconic Nintendo franchise. Alpha Dream's Mario and Luigi RPG series is one that has been going strong since its 2003 debut on the Game Boy Advance, all due to a combination of simple to learn, hard to master gameplay and lots of colorful humor. Bowser's Inside Story is the third game in the series, second on the DS, and this time around the adventure goes very deep into the very innards of one of gaming's most lovable villains.

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tags: #game info, #game reviews, nintendo, nintendo ds, source: nintendoworldreport.com

Here are the game reviews of October 2009 according to Game Informer Magazine. Enjoy!

The Scoring System
10 - Outstanding
9 - Superb
8 - Very Good
7 - Average
6 - Limited
5 - Passable
4 - Bad
3 - Painful
2 - Broken
1 - Advertars

( We play the crap so you don't have to )

tags: #game reviews, source: gameinformermag

Publishers are delaying games by the boatload, moving their 2009 release dates to 2010. Some are delayed for development reasons, but a lot of companies are saying straight up that they want to avoid being a casualty in the upcoming 2009 holiday massacre-shot down dead by cold-blooded retail assassin Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which comes out in November.

Here is a list of just some of the 2009 titles that have been moved into 2010:

• Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty (PC) - First half of 2010
  
• Battlefield 2 (PC version) - First quarter of 2010
  
• BioShock 2 (PS3/360) - Mid 2010
  
• Splinter Cell Conviction (360/PC) - First quarter of 2010
  
• Red Steel 2 (Wii) - March
  
• I Am Alive (PS3/360/PC) - 2010
  
• Singularity (PS3/360/PC) - First quarter of 2010
  
• MAG (PS3) - January 26th
  
• Dead To Rights: Retribution (PS3/360) - Spring
  
• Mafia II (PS3/360/PC) - Spring
  
• Red Dead Redemption (PS3/360) - Spring
  
• Bayonetta (PS3/360) - January
  
• Dark Void (PS3/360/PC) - Early 2010
  

tags: #game info, #news, source: gameinformermag

NCsoft and ArenaNet finally released images and info for the long-awaited Guild Wars 2, also at GamesCom. The teaser trailer doesn't convey much (other than the fact that ArenaNet still employs fantastically talented artists), but the developer was willing to shed light on one of the game's new features: the event system. In similar fashion to Warhammer Online's public quests, GW 2's events offer a dynamic way for players to work together to impact something in the gameworld. ArenaNet shared an example of a centaur raid on a military outpost, where the outcome of the raid determines whether the next battle takes place as the human forces counterattack to either retake the outpost or go after the centaur's base. Unlike the first game, Guild Wars 2 features a persistent world like most MMO's, though the relative balance of instanced content to public space is as of yet unknown. NCsoft has yet to announce a release date for the title.

• Visit the official game website for more news
  
• View the official game teaser trailor at YoutTube
  
• Official game art
  

tags: #game info, #game previews, #news, #screenshots and pictures, #videos, source: gameinformermag, source: guildwars2.com, source: youtube.com

In this post you will see the community's available tags. Click on a category to view the entries featured there. If you have any questions or comments, please comment on this entry.

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EVE Online developer/publisher CCP blindsided conventiongoers at GamesCom 2009 in Cologne, Germany with its announcement of Dust 514, a massively multiplayer FPS for consoles that ties into EVE's persistent world. This unique title has players engaging in ground combat on planets across the galaxy. Gameplay details are scarce, but we know that maps are created by a combination of hand-crafted geometry and procedurally generated terrain, which CCP touts as allowing it to populate thousands of planets with unique battlefields. Similarly to Battlefield 2, a commander will set waypoints for each team and set up deployables to support his troops on the ground. The game will have limited PvE bot play, but CCP is making no bones about the fact that its focus in squarely on competitive online multiplayer.

The relationship between EVE and Dust 514 hasn't been fully revealed, but CCP has let a few details out. The outcome of battles in Dust 514 helps determine which player faction in EVE controls the planet and its output. The publisher is releasing a game-centric social networking site that will allow players of both games to interact in that way, and it's a good bet that EVE's dynamic player-driven politics and factional warfare will have an impact on Dust 514's social structures as well. Dust 514 has no announced release date.

tags: #game info, #news, source: gameinformermag

Many people have asked me where I've downloaded the mods and objects for my lovely sims. I've decided to make a complete list of the websites that I have used as resource. I would love to thank each and every single one of the creators out there that make our Sim game possible to play!

( The Long List - Last Update: June / 26 / 2010 )

tags: #hints and cheats, pc

Following speculation that a 'slim' model was in the pipeline Sony officially announced the PS3 CECH-2000 on August 18, 2009 at the Sony Gamescom press conference. The PS3 slim (officially called the PS3 CECH-2000) features an upgradeable 120GB hard drive and is 33% smaller, 36% lighter, and consumes 34% less power than previous models. The cooling system has been redesigned and Cell processor has moved to a 45nm manufacturing process.

The PS3 slim also includes support for BRAVIA Sync allowing control of the console over HDMI and runs quieter than previous models but no longer has the ability to install third party operating systems such as Linux. The PS3 slim is priced at $299 United States/€299 European Union/£249 United Kingdom/AU$499 Australia/NZ$629 New Zealand/MXN$3,999 Mexico/ P 10,000 Russia/¥29980 Japan and was officially released on September 1, 2009 in North America and Europe and on September 3, 2009 in Japan, Australia and New Zealand. However, some retailers such as Amazon.com, Best Buy, and GameStop started to sell the PS3 slim on August 25, 2009. FCC filings also reveal a second slim model, the 250GB CECH-2000B.

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tags: #consoles and accessories, #news, source: wikipedia.org

Here are the game reviews of August 2009 according to Nintendo Power Magazine. Enjoy!


The Scoring System
10 - Outstanding
9 - Superb
8 - Very Good
7 - Average
6 - Limited
5 - Passable
4 - Bad
3 - Painful
2 - Broken
1 - Advertars

( In-depths reviews of all the latest games )

tags: #game reviews, source: nintendopowermag