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‘Straya! WhileFirewatchhas recently been released on Xbox One, it looks like Australian users of Microsoft’s console platform will have to wait a little longer before being able to play it. Campo Santo, the studio behind the game, have confirmed via Twitter that the Xbox One port ofFirewatchwill need to be submitted to the Australian Classification Board before it can be released. This is despite the fact that the game hasalready received a ratingprior to its PlayStation 4 and PC launch earlier this year....

Three games for $5 Three games for a total price of five bucks, all of which goes to charity — that’s the setup forGOG.com new promotion. The applicable titles includePid,Waking Mars,The Whispered World,FTL: Faster Than Light,Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, andIncredipede, among others. Some worth-owning software, in other words. As for the charities, there are three to choose from:WWF,Worldbuilders, andGaming for Good. The developers who have signed up to discount their games aren’t getting any royalties from the sale, and GOG....

The PSP lives on! Aksys Games has announced thatHakuoki: Warriors of the Shinsengumiis coming to the PSP in North America. In this 19th century Kyoto-era hack-and-slash you’ll be able to play two major storylines. One as the main characters from the Hakuoki series in an alternate universe storyline, or relive the events ofHakuoki: Demon of the Fleeting Blossom. A Fury mode kicks in when a character’s life is drained, giving them extra power to kill....

Just when you thought they couldn’t come up with a different type of Mario, Cloud Mario appears. Or floats up. He was included in a collection of screens fromSuper Mario Galaxy 2that you’ll see a bit later in the day, but we thought he deserved his own post. The image suggests that Mario can generate cloud steps…? Isn’t that cheating, Mario? Dude, I could have used that power many Mario games ago....

Or is it all satire? Having never heard ofElysian Shadows—a 2D RPG that wasKickstartedfor PC, mobile, Ouya, and even Dreamcast — I stumbled across the above video of one of the developers, Falco Girgis, seemingly going off. Apparently one of the team members took a year’s salary from the $185,322 earned on Kickstarer and didn’t perform any of the work he was supposed to, and now Falco is stuck doing it all....

So here’s the scoop. There is a free dating sim for PC calledHatoful Boyfriend. You play as a school girl who dates pigeons… I think. I haven’t been able to get the game running on my PC yet, so I can’t be sure, but here is what tipster hipster andKatamari t-shirt designer Linzb0thas to say about the game”…basically you are a human lady attending an all bird academy. There are a variety of birds there you can woo, including your best friend; a rock dove, your math teacher; a quail, the stuck up class representative, a fan tailed pigeon etc....

Well, DUH! Of course it is! Le gasp!No! Say it ain’t so, Joe! Say it ain’t so! Back in September, we heard rumblings that the KoreanMega ManMMO, oh-so-creatively titledRockman Online, hadhalted productionfollowing a restructuring of developer Neowiz. All evidence pointed towards the game being canceled, though Neowiz never actually confirmed it. But honestly, everyone knew what was up. Korean game siteruliwebjust received confirmation today directly from Neowiz thatRockman Onlinewas officially canceled in November 2012....

Here’s a new trailer forDungeon Siege III, with animated concept sketches and some gameplay footage. And there’s a dramatic narration about the history of the order to which the player character belongs. Itwill releaseon May 31st in North America. This is a series which I somehow never played, probably due to the setting coming off as fairly standard high fantasy fare. The gameplay appeared palatable enough, though. Is this something I should get myself involved in?...

Pick ye poison Not keen on the New 3DS and simply want a console to play those 3DS titles you’ve been itching to get your hands on? You’re in luck. Nintendo is offloading some refurbished2DS unitsfor only $60 on its eBay store (aka the online outlet store for many retailers). This deal is relatively rare/special given the retailer is Nintendo itself (we’ve seen refurb 2DS systems before from other retailers). The offer is also available online at the Nintendo Store, but you’ll be subjected to shipping fees, whereas on eBay it’s free....

Now this is the sort of crazy mod hack I’ve been waiting for out of CS:GO Sometimes you need to put down the AK-47, pause the terrorist hunt, and playSuper Mario Bros.Using a server plugin, a clever modder that goes by the name skwumpy created the Sourcemod Entertainment System or SMES, which lets players interact with a functioning Nintendo within aCounter-Strike: Global Offensivemap (see above video for a demonstration). To play, you press the action button (default: ‘E’) to pick up a cartridge, again to insert, again to power, and again to play....

‘Remember me?’ – Dontnod Look at Dontnod, going fromdenying bankruptcy claimsto working on a new game in partnership with Square Enix. We know little else. “We’re very excited to be working with Square Enix on our new game,” Dontnod CEO Oskar Guilbert said. “It’s a twist on traditional story-driven games and we can’t wait to share more with you soon.” I thoughtRemember Mewas sort of neato, so it’s nice to see Dontnod be given another shot,...

There’s a lot of stuff we like over here in Blighty: Football related thuggery, laughing at Europeans, crap food; it’s an endless list and I’ve really just mentioned the highlights. But you know what we don’t like? Boxes. To show our disdain for these plastic and cardboard prisons we’re buying less and less physical media than ever before, even hardware sales are down. Of course, this is something that’s happening everywhere, not just in the UK....

Take the good with the bad Good things come to those who wait. This quote extols the importance of patience. We’ve been taught our entire lives to be patient people, to just wait a little longer for what we want. It’ll be worth it. Hopefully that’s true regardingSlain. The metal-as-all-hell action platformer has been again pushed back. It’s now set to release on March 24 on PC; PS4 and Xbox One will follow, but it’s unclear how much later they’re projected to be....