Video games: one’s escape from reality to becoming a hero and saving the land from a dark malevolent force, or weaving between banana peels, and green shells. The video game sector is a tens of billions of dollars industry spanning the globe and crosses platforms from hand-held consoles to powerful PCs.
Ten years ago, a collaboration between Disney and Square Enix (then called Squaresoft) resulted in the birth of a video game franchise called Kingdom Hearts. Last month, Square Enix announced that it would combine the games Kingdom Hearts Final Mix…
There’s a new cross over coming to the Nintendo 3DS; a simulation RPG titled Project X Zone (which is pronounced Project Cross Zone). Stocked with numerous characters from franchises owned by Capcom, Bandai Namco Games and Sega, some of which…
Last year, Nintendo published a really neat book on the Legend of Zelda series. Cover-to-cover, The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia is chock full of colour illustrations, never before seen sketches, history and an official timeline of all the Zelda…
Who hasn’t spent hours creating castles or a random structure or vehicle with those colourful little bricks? Flowing from an idea to have the Legend of Zelda video game series immortalized in Lego form. The Japanese web site Cuusoo has…
The latest game in the Fire Emblem series has a familiar face returning. Roy, the hero from Fire Emblem: Fuuin no Tsurugi (The Sealed Sword or The Binding Blade) makes his return as a downloadable character in the Nintendo 3DS…
That might become reality if a bill proposed by two politicians in the United States House of Representatives makes its way through and becomes law. Rep. Joe Baca, D-California and Rep. Frank Wolf, R-Virginia want video game developers to make…
As the first Canadian city on the The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses tour, Vancouver Zelda fans were treated to a journey into Hyrule and through Termina and Skyloft. A magical adventure through the creation and destruction that…
At long last, the music from the Sacred Realm of Hyrule has escaped and will be travelling through North America. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Legend of Zelda video game series, Nintendo has arranged for an orchestral concert aptly…
There is a golden light at the end of the darkness for Zelda fans – golden like that of the Triforce. Nintendo has unveiled a limited edition package of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword that includes the game itself,…
In 2010, fans were treated to an apéritif when Capcom‘s Keiji Inafune mentioned that Mega Man Legends 3 was being developed. Those dreams were dashed after the Japanese gaming company released a statement on July 18th, 2011 announcing the cancellation…