Star Wars: The Old Republic is the first MMO that could legitimately take the top spot away from the long-running champ of MMO’s, World of Warcraft. Now I know that might sound like a bold claim, especially considering how early it is into the release of SWTOR, but there’s a certain feeling this game evokes that plenty of other MMO’s have failed to capture for me.
Monthly Archive: December 2011
Assassin’s Creed Revelations review for PS3, Xbox 360
The Ezio trilogy finally wraps up with a game that isn’t quite the best in the series.
Nintendo Download Thursdays – Rad Spencer Returns edition
The classic Game Boy version of Bionic Commando for the 3DS along with the brand new VVVVVV is headlining the Nintendo Download selection for this week.
Gears of War 3 “Shipwreck” demo now live
Better late than never! Even after garnering excellent reviews and selling extremely well, Epic Games and Microsoft have decided to release a Gears of War single player Xbox 360 demo after all.

Buy One Game, Get One 40% Off at Amazon
Almost 600 games to choose from across all platforms including Mario Kart 7, The ICO and Shadow of the Colossus Collection, Uncharted Dual Pack and others.
Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays – All Zombies Must Die edition
It’s always a bit quiet in the gaming world during the post-Christmas and Hanukkah timeframe, but there’s at least one new XBLA title on Xbox Live Marketplace worth checking out.

Get L.A. Noire or RAGE for $19 as part of Amazon’s 25% – 50% off games promotion
Stock up on cheap games to go along with your new Holiday consoles.

Order an Xbox 360 250GB Holiday Value Bundle or 4GB Kinect Bundle, get $75 in Amazon credit
Still a great post-Xmas deal going on if you want to nab an Xbox 360 bundle. If you prefer a 4GB Kinect bundle, there’s a Deal of the Day going on too.
PlayStation Store Tuesdays – Oddworld Holiday edition
There may not be a huge quantity of titles this week, but at least we finally get the super-enhanced HD version of Oddworld: Strangers Wrath finally. All Zombies Must Die infects the PSN tonight as well with some comical twin-stick zombie shootin’ action and a couple of other things worth checking out.
Court allows Activision to proceed with jury trial in lawsuit against EA
Remember when the Call of Duty developers and Infinity Ward co-founders left the company and Activision, to jump ship for a new EA studio? Well, it’s been fairly quiet recently regarding Activision’s pending lawsuit against EA, until this morning.
Practice your moves in the latest Street Fighter X Tekken screens and trailer
Capcom this morning sent over a new set of screens highlighting the tutorial mode in Street Fighter X Tekken along with the brand new CG trailer.
A smashing look at Wimbledon in the latest Grand Slam Tennis 2 trailer
Following up on the cover-athlete announcement of the other day, EA Sports has lobbed over a new trailer highlighting Wimbledon’s inclusion in Grand Slam Tennis 2.
Tekken Hybrid review for PS3
We’ve seen a lot of HD ports over the past year, especially in regards to PS2 titles making their way over to the PS3. Some of these have been great successes, while others have been pretty awful. See where Tekken Hybrid fits in.

Get at least 50% off select console & handheld games and gear, 80% off PC downloads at Amazon
All sorts of console, handheld and PC games and accessories to choose from in one of Amazon’s last-minute gaming deal events.