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October 2010
Cutest game of the decade.
Platforms: Wii Publisher: Nintendo Developer: Good-Feel, HAL Laboratory ESRB: E Official Website: http://www.kirbykirbykirby.com/ Price in peso: P2150.00 This game can be accurately reviewed with just a single word: “adorable.” There’s so much cuteness going on in here, you’d wonder if the entire dev team was celebrating Bring Your Daughter to Work Day every day for the duration of its development. Unfortunately, since it simply won’t do to fill up this space with “cute cute cute, pink pink pink, desu desu desu,” a more in-depth review than “it looks like Yoshi’s Story” is in order.
2 minutes
September 2010
An idea too big to pull off
Platforms: PC Publisher: Stardock Developer: Stardock ESRB: Teen Official Website: http://www.elementalgame.com/ Price in peso: P2,200.00 ($49.95), P3,100.00 Limited Edition ($69.95) Not many people know about Stardock Entertainment, regardless of the critical acclaim the developer manages to accrue. Due to this, Elemental: War of Magic is a title you’ve not likely heard of, especially with it sandwiched between the releases of Starcraft II and Civilization V, among others. It’s also a title you likely won’t hear about again, because despite Stardock’s successes with their previous titles, Elemental: War of Magic just isn’t as polished as it could be.
2 minutes
Portable pwnage
You may remember earlier this year at the CES when Alienware shocked the world with its announcement of a 11-inch gaming laptop. The reviews following its release cleared any doubt about its performance, generally raking in positive remarks with relatively few criticisms. Chief among those critiques were its Core 2 Duo CPU and no option for a matte screen. Alienware took note of these points and decided to release a new version of the M11x, which they call “Revision 2,” or R2.
2 minutes
August 2010
Hallelujah!
Platforms: PC Publisher: Team 17 Developer: Team 17 ESRB: Rating Pending Official Website: http://store.steampowered.com/app/22600 Price in peso: P900.00 ($19.99), P2700.00 for Four-pack ($59.97, 4 copies for the price of 3) It’s been ten years since we’ve had a brand new 2D Worms game, so the new Worms: Reloaded by Team 17 - the series’ original developers - serves as a refreshing reminder of the simpler days of gaming, where the concerns were about how much fun one could have with his or her friends by blowing each other to bits instead of how high one’s graphics settings can be configured to without exploding the computer.
2 minutes
Kinect, Fable III, GT5, LBP2, Epic Mickey, Kirby’s Epic Yarn.
It’s getting to look a lot like the most wonderful time of the year once again, and you know what that means: holiday shopping! Astute gamers would know that these last couple months see releases that can completely overshadow games released earlier in the year, and the same can be said about 2010’s holiday line-up. This year brings a lot of exciting new titles to the table, and hopefully there will be something for every gamer in this list.
6 minutes
July 2010
Online Co-op Shooter
Game Title: Alien Swarm Subhead: Online Co-op Shooter Platforms: PC Publisher: Steam Developer: Black Cat Games / Valve ESRB: Not Rated Official Website: http://www.alienswarm.com/ Price in peso: 0.00 (Absolutely free, just download Steam) Fresh on Steam is the free-to-play, action packed shooter, Alien Swarm. Reminiscent of Left 4 Dead, but with a bird’s eye view of the field, up to four players each control one of eight characters in bug-infested, objective-based missions.
2 minutes