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By Ryan McBride On 14 Feb, 2013 At 02:14 PM | Categorized As fead, News, Nintendo 3DS, Wii-U | With 0 Comments
Luigi Iwata

Everyone thought that Nintendo had blown all of its news early in the last Nintendo Games Direct that took place late last month. In a surprise move from Nintendo, they announced that this year was going to be the Year of Luigi. Shigeru Miyamoto made his first appearance in a Nintendo Direct, tons of news [...]


By Ryan McBride On 13 Feb, 2013 At 08:32 PM | Categorized As News, PC, PS3, XBOX 360 | With 2 Comments
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It is no secret that Call of Duty is a game that is surrounded by male machismo. Multiple pieces have been done in the past cataloging male gamers over Xbox Live, how they treat each other and how they treat their female counterparts in this game. But today when I loaded up my Facebook page [...]


By Captain Camper On 9 Feb, 2013 At 08:57 PM | Categorized As News | With 1 Comment
Fear In Gaming

When you think of survival horror titles, what are the first games that come to mind? Resident Evil? Fatal Frame? ObsCure? Silent Hill? There’s an endless list of games that gamers consider vital to the horror genre but outside of the game play elements that they share, what else do these titles have in common? [...]


By Ryan McBride On 5 Feb, 2013 At 11:37 PM | Categorized As News, Nintendo 3DS, PC, Podcasts, PS3, Wii-U, XBOX 360 | With 0 Comments
Animated Heroes

Suck My Controller is the Gamers Heroes Podcast where we talk about video games. This week we talk about two huge strategy games that have just released called Skulls of the Shogun and Fire Emblem: Awakening. After the What We Have Been Playing section, we break down the PlayStation 4 news and GTA being delayed. [...]


By Ryan McBride On 31 Jan, 2013 At 10:45 PM | Categorized As News, Nintendo 3DS | With 0 Comments
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In the new rendition of Luigi’s adventure exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS there is confirmed Multiplayer games. This is exciting news for Nintendo fans that have waited a long time for online multiplayer to be available for a Super Mario game. From what the press release says, it looks like 4 players will be able [...]


By Ryan McBride On 30 Jan, 2013 At 12:47 AM | Categorized As fead, News, Nintendo 3DS, PC, Podcasts, PS3, Wii-U, XBOX 360 | With 0 Comments
Animated Heroes

Suck My Controller is the Gamers Heroes Podcast where we talk about video games. This week we talk about Ni No Kuni and whether an art style should dictate a games gameplay. We also talk about spelunking down Ron Gilbert’s and Double Fine Productions’s The Cave. After all of the games talk, we dig into [...]


By Captain Camper On 29 Jan, 2013 At 09:34 PM | Categorized As News | With 1 Comment
Game Sales

We live in a competitive time, and very few industries are as competitive as the video-game retail industry. Brick and mortar competing with cutting edge technology and digital distribution platforms, all the while gamers scour the internet on a daily basis attempting to find that next killer deal. Well great news for all you bargain [...]


By Casey Scheld On 28 Jan, 2013 At 08:08 AM | Categorized As Action, fead, Featured, News, Previews, PS3 | With 0 Comments
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Deadly Premonition is not your typical survival horror game. Food-crazed FBI agents, wheelchair-bound citizens in gas masks, delectable Sinner’s Sandwiches — it’s no surprise that this 2010 Xbox 360 title has amassed itself a legion of fans and developed a cult following. The visionary director behind it all, Hidetaka “SWERY” Suehiro, is planning to revisit [...]


By Captain Camper On 24 Jan, 2013 At 08:15 PM | Categorized As fead, News | With 0 Comments
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Modern day society has long been fascinated with zombies, whether it’s because we all feel like mindless drones working 9-5 just so we can eat, or we enjoying blowing the head off humanoids without facing the death penalty, everyone loves a good zombie game. The latest zombie game to join the craze is a title [...]


By Ryan McBride On 23 Jan, 2013 At 10:54 PM | Categorized As fead, News, Wii-U | With 0 Comments
Wii U Direct Nintendo Games

Nintendo hosted a very special Nintendo Direct that was all about Wii U Nintendo Games. The new Nintendo Direct went over a bunch of new information including what games will be playable at the granddaddy show of them all, E3. These Nintendo Direct shows are always worth watching as they have a bunch of news, [...]


By Ryan McBride On 23 Jan, 2013 At 02:49 PM | Categorized As Featured, News, Wii-U | With 2 Comments
The Legend of Zelda The Wind Waker HD

In a Nintendo Direct today, Nintendo announced that the development teams are working on two different Legend of Zelda games. In a surprised announcement, Nintendo is developing The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker in HD for the Wii U. The screens shown in the Nintendo Direct look absolutely breathtaking. There is no hard set [...]


By Ryan McBride On 22 Jan, 2013 At 11:56 PM | Categorized As fead, News, Nintendo 3DS, PC, Podcasts, PS3, Wii-U, XBOX 360 | With 0 Comments
Animated Heroes

Suck My Controller is the Gamers Heroes Podcast where we talk about video games. We love all different kinds of Video Games from the most popular franchises like Pokemon and Call of Duty to the smaller names in the MMO universe. If you like our podcast make sure to rate us on iTunes and give [...]


By Captain Camper On 22 Jan, 2013 At 06:53 PM | Categorized As fead, Featured, News | With 0 Comments
The Elder Scrolls Online

Earlier today Bethesda Softworks, the studio behind some of the biggest RPG games of the last decade, announced the opening of closed beta signups for their upcoming MMORPG, The Elder Scrolls Online. A franchise backed by millions of sales, millions of fans and over 20 years of development experience; The Elder Scrolls online is all [...]


By Ryan McBride On 19 Jan, 2013 At 01:38 AM | Categorized As fead, News, PS3, RPG, RPG, XBOX 360 | With 0 Comments
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SQUARE ENIX today released the “Extended First Look” trailer for LIGHTNING RETURNS™: FINAL FANTASY® XIII. The new trailer showcases Luxerion, the divine city of light, which is one of the four regions of Nova Chrysalia (previously known as Novus Partus). Also released today are new screenshots that reveal a new character, Lumina — a mysterious [...]


By Captain Camper On 17 Jan, 2013 At 05:12 PM | Categorized As News | With 0 Comments
Splinter Cell Blacklist Trailer Featured

Great news for Splinter Cell Blacklist fans! Ubisoft have just released the latest trailer for the game, showing off some cool new moves for Fisher and some very vague information on the setting for the main story. It comes at a good time after the recent announcement from Senior Producer, Alex Parizeau, after he explained [...]


By Ryan McBride On 15 Jan, 2013 At 09:18 AM | Categorized As News, PC, Podcasts, PS3, Wii-U, XBOX 360 | With 0 Comments
Animated Heroes

Suck My Controller is the Gamers Heroes Podcast where we talk about video games. We love all different kinds of Video Games from the most popular franchises like Pokemon and Call of Duty to the smaller names in the MMO universe. If you like our podcast make sure to rate us on iTunes and give [...]


By Casey Scheld On 14 Jan, 2013 At 01:08 AM | Categorized As Action, Action, Action, News, PC, PS3, XBOX 360 | With 0 Comments
Anarchy Reigns 6

When it comes to the world of marketing, the sky’s the limit. Seeing how marketers need to sell users on a product, it’s practically a requirement to grab people’s attention any way they can. PlatinumGames, the development team behind the recent free-for-all fighter Anarchy Reigns, has come up with a particularly unique way to bring [...]


By Ryan McBride On 10 Jan, 2013 At 08:48 AM | Categorized As Action, Action, Action, fead, News, PC, PS3, XBOX 360 | With 0 Comments
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Less than a week away from the upcoming release of Devil May Cry, the people over at Capcom have released brand new screen shots of an old mode returning to the DmC franchise. The upcoming game will have the Bloody Palace mode that will keep players coming back for more after completing the main campaign. [...]


By Ryan McBride On 9 Jan, 2013 At 09:33 PM | Categorized As News, PC, Podcasts, PS3, Wii-U, XBOX 360 | With 0 Comments
Animated Heroes

Suck My Controller is the Gamers Heroes Podcast where we talk about video games. We love all different kinds of Video Games from the most popular franchises like Pokemon and Call of Duty to the smaller names in the MMO universe. If you like our podcast make sure to rate us on iTunes and give [...]


By Ryan McBride On 9 Jan, 2013 At 01:46 AM | Categorized As fead, News | With 0 Comments
Pokemon X & Y

In a much anticipated announcement today Nintendo has put out a new Nintendo Direct that they call the Pokemon Direct. A new title will be arriving for the 3DS this October all over the world. The two newest titles in the Pokemon Universe will be called Pokemon X and Pokemon Y. Nintendo Direct 1-8-2012 Pokemon [...]