It’s my Hank Scorpio simulator I’m not going to lie. I’ve never heard of the gameEvil Geniusuntil I watched the trailer for its sequel during the PC Gaming Show. Holy hell, how have I lived without this in my life? As revealed during last year’s PC Gaming Show,Evil Genius 2: World Dominationtasks players with designing their own nefarious lair as they strive to take over the world. Build traps, hire henchmen, and basically become a ’70s Bond villain with equally ridiculous schemes....

Getting in touch with my country roots Everyone has their favorite game from growing up. For some, it wasSuper Mario Sunshine, orOcarina of Time, or maybeGoldenEye. What was my favorite game growing up, you ask? Well,Barbie Horse Adventures: Wild Horse Rescue, of course. It was only a matter of time before I outed myself as a reformed horse girl on the internet. I started horseback riding as an extracurricular when I was in third grade and continued through the end of middle school....

Remember, the 3DS version is coming soon Kirby’s Epic Yarnmight have come out nearly a decade ago (!) on the Wii, but it’s making a comeback on the 3DS very soon. Due for a worldwide release on March 8, the 3DS port is coming in hot and the Big N is using My Nintendo to promote it. The rewards include a printable February 2019 calendar (50 Platinum Points), printable placements (30P), printableEpic Yarngift boxes (30P), a 30% discount onKirby’s Blowout Blast, and aKirby: Right Back at Ya!...

‘What a ‘Criterion Collection’ version of the game would look like’ Mark of the Ninjais getting some long overdue downloadable content. “We builtMark of the Ninjato be a complete experience, both in terms of its mechanics and its narrative,” developer Klei Entertainment stated in their press release. “But after the tremendous response we received, we felt we should do something special for everyone that supported us and the game.” The Special Edition features a new flashback level set to the early life of Dosan, the enlightened tattoo artist, that sets the stage for the events in the main game....

There’s no cap on this one, so don’t deMinish it Midora‘sart is so nice that many thought it was too good to be true, leading to claims that the game’s graphics were directly lifted fromThe Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap.Those accusations have been debunked, but that won’t matter either way if the game doesn’t get produced. Right now the game is a little over $40K funded, with a goal of $60K total and 8 days left on the campaign....

GET OVER HERE Mortal Kombat 11hasn’t even been out a full week yet and modders have worked there magic. During the story events of NetherRealm’s latest gorefest, players will encounter a few characters that aren’t selectable on the roster. While it was pretty obvious that the big bad, Kronika, wouldn’t be playable, two other characters have driven fans mad by their absence. This is your warning if you wish to remain free of spoilers because I’ll be talking about them below....

Service planned for a North American launch next year Whilst there’s no native backward compatibility for PlayStation 3 games built into the PlayStation 4, Worldwide Studios president Shuhei Yoshida says that Sony is looking to launch a Gaikai-powered cloud service that will let gamers access PS3 titles. IGN reports that the service will launch in North America in 2014. There’s no much more information on the service known apart from Sony’s desire to have the service available through the PS4, Vita, and the new PS Vita TV....

Collaboration between Suda 51 and Akira-creator Katsuhiro Otomo gets a trailer I don’t understand, but enjoy I guess when the man who created the seminalAkira,Katsuhiro Otomo, says, “I’d like to throw my weight behind a videogame,” only good things can happen. Asreported last week,Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Daywill serve as the concluding piece toShort Peace, a four-part animated anthology fromAkira‘s Katsuhiro Otomo. The fifth part,Ranko Tsukigime’s Longest Day, is being made by a veritable dream team....

My deep, passionate love forCastlevaniabegan in 1989. This had to have occured during spring break, as I’m certain it was a weekday. The memory is tinged with the seemingly sinful joy of playing a videogame all day when I would normally be engaging in something productive. That, and the parents of my friend whose house I played the game were completely absent. Of course, now that I think about it, this is the same house where I watchedThe Texas Chainsaw Massacrefor the first time at the ripe age of eight because there was no parental supervision to stop us....

I know, I know — they’re supposedly making anotherGrand Theft Autotitle? What are they, some sort of business or something? According to GameSpot’s sources, pegged as being close to Rockstar Games,Grand Theft Auto Vis coming. In fact, it’s reportedly “well under way.”A release in 2012is also said to be “pretty likely.” Oh yeah, and one more quote, because having three looks better than two: “it’s the big one.” You don’t say!...

If you find Rust to be a little too unrelenting, give this a shot If you’re new toRustor it’s been too long, you might want to start slow with a Softcore server. It’s an official new way to play that’s more “casual”-oriented – but that doesn’t mean it’s completely chill. As outlined by Facepunch Studios’ Maurino Berry, there arefour main differencesin Softcore mode, at least to start. The team expects to “continue to iterate and improve on it moving forward....

When worlds collide, my brain breaks You know how you can play a game for so long, you eventually reach this point where you accidentally sleepwalk your way through the map? All of a sudden, you come to, and realize you’ve arrived at your destination — but you don’t remember the journeyat all. That’s how I feel about Pelican Town inStardew Valley, and even though I’ve been on a long break, that’s also how I feel about my island layout inAnimal Crossing: New Horizons....

It seems that most of us have moved on from the Gameboy Advance SP by now. I think it was a high point in Nintendo’s portable gaming history, and it had the most amazing battery life. But we’ve moved on since then, right? Even if your DS has been getting all the attention lately, here’s one SP that will definitely catch any Nintendo fan’s attention. This Limited Edition Zelda Gameboy Advance SP is already quite lovely, but it has been signed by Shigeru Miyamoto, which makes it just as valuable as the Triforce in a Nintendo fan’s eyes....