Liberation Maiden headlines this week Nintendo starts things off with a bang today with two high profile titles:Liberation Maiden(3DS eShop) andNightSky(3DS eShop) — expect our reviews soon for both. For the 3DS Virtual Console, there’sGhost’n Goblins(eShop VC), andCastlevania: The Adventure(eShop VC) should you feel nostalgic. 18th Gate(DSiWare) andShock Troopers(Wii VC) are also launching today, if you have any money left after spending it on the above. If you’re flat broke, there’s also a freeMarvel Pinball 3Ddemo and an update forMutant Mudds(!...

Or with 3DS XL and Pokemon Mystery Dungeon After today’sNintendo Direct announcements, I have to imagine some of you are seriously considering buying a 3DS in the near future. At least, you should — the software library is really starting to shape up nicely. Nintendo has anupcoming promowhich looks like a great way to get into the system. Folks who buy and register aNintendo 3DS XLand eitherLuigi’s Mansion: Dark MoonorPokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinitybetween March 21 and April 30 will get a free copy ofoneof the following titles via download on the eShop:Super Mario 3D Land,Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask,Art Academy: Lessons for Everyone!...

Capcom-sanctioned album shows they’re thinking of Mega Man OverClocked ReMixhas alreadymade it bigin our books, contributing to the Video Games Live concert series and creating the soundtrack for Capcom’sSuper Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix. On that latter front, OCR has taken things to an all new level with the release of their first commercial album, tagging up with Capcom with a remix album that commemoratesMega Man’s25th anniversary:For Everlasting Peace: 25 Years of Mega Man....

But that means you’re close to the action Despite picking support classes whenever and wherever possible, I was perfectly fine waiting for Blizzard to addAna,Overwatch‘s first post-release hero, to the game proper before trying her out. But that new map,Eichenwalde? Not a chance! I had to hop on the PTR to get a sneak peek. While I’m not remotely tired of the current 22-character roster, this game could sure use some fresh locales....

Get .ini with it Enslaved: Odyssey to the Westhas finally made its way to the PC after years of hanging out exclusively on home consoles. It’s always been a beautiful and enjoyable game so I was excited to jump back into it on the computer. Unfortunately, what I found was a horrifically non-optimized port of a wonderful game. I can’t imagine that any less effort could have been put forth towards porting this game while still having it mostly playable....

Now that the excitement ofE3is over, we’re getting back to business as usual, including thePodtoid. You might be thinking “Nex, isn’t this a bit late in the week to be recording this whole thing?” and yes, it would be if we hadn’t changed the schedule for the Podtoid. Henceforth, we shall be recording Podtoid Sunday evenings to appease our Lord, barring any scheduling conflicts that might move it to Saturday....

Capcom has released three new videos for the soon-to-be-ported fighting gameMarvel vs Capcom 2. Join the masses that are jizzing over a ten-year-old game and check out some footage of Ryu and Wolverine kicking the crap out of each other, just because they can. The videos are handy if you’re a little rusty, since they’ll provide you with strategies for two of the game’s most popular characters. The main feature, however, is a video called “Episode 1” which presents an incredibly stylistic intepretation of the Marvel and Capcom forces going at it....

The latest entry in theShiren the Wandererseries made its way to Nintendo Switch in the west back in February. Now it has its eyes on a PC release, with Spike Chunsoft lining up a Steam launch for this winter. WhenShiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Islandfirst debuted on Switch, it brought some updated features along with it. In addition to some quality of life updates to exploration,the roguelike made it even easier to streamwith an enhanced Live Display Mode....

A time-traveling viking Ska Studios came into the gaming consciousness with one of the most successful Xbox Live Indie Games,I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MBIES 1N IT!!!1.Now they have returned to that platform one more time to put the final nail into 2013 withTIME VIKING!!!!!ANDSPACERAPTOR, a shoot-em-up starring a time-traveling viking who fires electrical bolts from his helmet at enemies which descend from the skies. The trailer makes it look pretty sweet, and the game once more features a title song which describes in simple detail that you are controlling a time-traveling viking again and again....

I’m looking forward toStreet Fighter X Tekkenas much as the next fighting game fan. It’s got a crazy roster with some straight out of left field characters, tag team action, and some ridiculous cross-up super moves. It’s a dream collaboration of two of the most successful fighting game franchises ever created and on the top of my list for next year. With another chance to bust some hadokens in the face of theTekkenroster and see the sultry — still not sure if it’s a man —Poisonin action last week, I was able to tinker around with the game’s recently revealed Pandora mode....

The nameResident Evilconjures up a lot of fond memories for most of us gamers. For me, it was my very first experience with the original PlayStation — as it was for many other people. This slowly paced and macabre series spearheaded a genre that exposed the medium as something that could actually invoke a specific emotion from players: pure f*ckin’ dread. So when the different, however much-praisedResident Evil 4was release in all its action-packed glory, fans of the series split into two categories: The first loved the change, and thought it breathed new life into a franchise they were slowly growing distant with....

Why didn’t they kick this one? Itlooks likefamous mechanical muleBigDognow has a big brother. The new brainchild of DARPA and Boston Dynamics is on the loose, and this time AlphaDog seems to want to follow you home. Too bad there’s no video of kicking the poor robot this time. That was the best part of BigDog! We love our robots around here, and would never abuse a robot in such a way....

Game development seems scary 2 Player Productions has been followingPsychonautsmaker Double Fine for years now. Its documentary,Double Fine Adventure, tracked the crowdfunding and creation ofBroken Agewith exceptional depth. The twentieth and final installment is out now, viewable for free on YouTube. With that, you can see the 12-hour run from the beginningwith this helpful playlist. Or if you’re not ready to commit, consider giving my favorite episode, Walking Around In Our Drawings, a shot:...