VGR New International Track & Field

Just in time for this year's 2016 Summer Olympics (well, I didn't want to wait until August to publish this!).

See a goth girl with purple hair compete against Pyramid Head and Sparkster from Rocket Knight!

Mascot platformers you ask? Check out the following reviews!

Aero the Acro-Bat - 2 / Astal / Bonk - 2 - 3 / BUG! - Too! / Clockwork Knight - 2
Crash Bandicoot 1 / Croc / Donkey Kong and DK Jr.
Earthworm Jim 1 - 2 - cartoon / Felix the Cat / Greendog / Konami Krazy Racers / Psycho Fox
Rayman - 2: The Great Escape - 3: Hoodlum Havoc - Origins
handheld Rayman games - The Animated Series
Rabbids Go Home

Rocket Knight Adventures - Sparkster - RKA2
Sonic 1 - (8 bit)
Tomba! - 2: The Evil Swine Return
Tempo - Jr. - Super Tempo / Tonic Trouble / Wild Woody / Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel

VGR Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor

It's been far too long since I last reviewed a Looney Tunes game. And since I just finished this one today, here's Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor!

 We're all a little looney, and here's my other Looney Tunes-related reviews!

Looney Tunes Golden Collection / The Looney Tunes Show
Looney Tunes (Gameboy) / Space Race
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time - Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters
Duck Dodgers
Daffy Duck (Master System) / Daffy Duck (Megadrive) / Daffy Duck (SNES)
Duck Amuck
Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf
Taz-Mania / (MS) - (MD) - (SNES) - Taz in Escape from Mars / Taz Wanted
Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Tiny Toon Adventures - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Tiny Toons (Nes) / Trouble in Wackyland / Buster's Hidden Treasure / Buster Busts Loose!
Animaniacs - Wakko's Wish / Pinky and the Brain
Space Jam / Back in Action
Bah, Humduck!

#DeletedScenes - ObsCure D

Remember the games ObsCure and ObsCure II The Aftermath I reviewed in the past?

In those previous reviews I talked about this scrapped sequel Hydravision never got to develop. And then they went bankrupt, brought the studio back and then became Mighty Rocket Studios.

Any possible ObsCure 2 or spinoff game would be put on hold. Until a few of those ideas made it back into the unrelated (spinoff?) sidescroller beat 'em all Final Exam. So what happened to ObsCure D?

VGR Hey Ice King! Why'd you steal our garbage?!!

After several smartphone games, we finally got our first proper console Adventure Time video game!

This first title is an action RPG in the style of Zelda 2!

You know what time is it? It's ADVENTURE TIME!!

Adventure Time
Adventure Time Vol. 1 - Vol. 2 - Vol. 3 - Vol. 4
Sugary Shorts Vol. 1
Marceline and the Scream Queens / Fionna & Cake
AT Original Graphic Novels: Vol.1 Playing With Fire - Vol. 2 Pixel Princesses - Vol. 3: Seeing Red
Bravest Warriors Vol. 1 - Vol. 2

VGR Duck Amuck

Inside a DS cartridge, no one can hear a duck scream for help...

 We're all a little looney, and here's my other Looney Tunes-related reviews!

Looney Tunes Golden Collection / The Looney Tunes Show
Looney Tunes (Gameboy) / Space Race
Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time - Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters
Duck Dodgers
Daffy Duck (Master System) / Daffy Duck (Megadrive) / Daffy Duck (SNES)
Sheep, Dog 'n' Wolf
Taz-Mania / (MS) - (MD) - (SNES) - Taz in Escape from Mars / Taz Wanted
Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
Tiny Toon Adventures - How I Spent My Summer Vacation
Tiny Toons (Nes) / Trouble in Wackyland / Buster's Hidden Treasure / Buster Busts Loose!
Animaniacs / Pinky and the Brain
Space Jam / Back in Action
Bah, Humduck!

VGR:Quickies Rayman handheld games

Think I reviewed all the classic Rayman games? Here's a couple of stand-out original handheld games!

Mascot platformers you ask? Check out the following reviews!

Aero the Acro-Bat - 2 / Astal / Bonk - 2 / BUG! - Too! / Clockwork Knight - 2
Crash Bandicoot 1 / Croc / Earthworm Jim 1 / Felix the Cat / Greendog
Rayman - 2: The Great Escape - 3: Hoodlum Havoc - The Animated Series - Rabbids Go Home

Rocket Knight Adventures - Sparkster - RKA2
Sonic 1 - (8 bit)
Tempo - Jr. - Super Tempo / Tonic Trouble / Wild Woody / Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel

VGR Rabbids Go Home

A comedy-adventure starring the Rabbids!

BWAAAAAAH!!

Mascot platformers you ask? Check out the following reviews!

Aero the Acro-Bat - 2 / Astal / Bonk - 2 / BUG! - Too! / Clockwork Knight - 2
Crash Bandicoot 1 / Croc / Earthworm Jim 1 / Felix the Cat / Greendog
Rayman - 2: The Great Escape - 3: Hoodlum Havoc - The Animated Series 

Rocket Knight Adventures - Sparkster - RKA2
Sonic 1 - (8 bit)
Tempo - Jr. - Super Tempo / Tonic Trouble / Wild Woody / Zero the Kamikaze Squirrel

VGR Battles of Prince of Persia

And with this, I've officially properly reviewed the entire Prince of Persia franchise!

Will I move on to slightly related stuff like Jordan Mechner's other work or the Assassin's Creed series? Stay tuned for that!~

The Sands of Time are full of stories of Prince of Persias, Evil Vizirs and Gorgeous Princesses!

Prince of Persia (various) / Prince of Persia / The Shadow and the Flame / Arabian Nights

PoP: The Sands of Time / Warrior Within / Two Thrones
Forgotten Sands (Wii) / (PSP) / (HD) / (DS)
The Sands of Time (movie) / Before The Sandstorm
Prince of Persia (2008) / The Fallen King
Prince of Persia: The Graphic Novel

VGR Duke Nukem Critical Mass

Now that I reviewed the entire "main"Duke Nukem series, it's time to have a look at the several spinoffs starting with the most recent one first.

Don't miss out my previous Duke Nukem-related reviews!

Duke Nukem / Duke Nukem 2
Duke Nukem 3D / Duke it out in D.C. / Duke Caribbean / Duke Nuclear Winter
Manhattan Project / Forever

VGR Rayman 2

 Rayman is back, and goes 3D!

Michel Ancel's cartoony hero gets reviewed Eyz-style:

Rayman

VGR The Simpsons Game

Let's be honest, most Simpsons game sucked. Sure they they might have been fun depending on your own tastes, but it's not like they tried much...

... That is, until this one.

For more Matt Groening-related reviews, check these other pages below!

The Simpsons Movie
Futurama Season 1 / Futurama The Game
Bender's Big Score / The Beast with a Billion Backs / Bender's Game / Into the Wild Green Yonder

Futurama vol. 5

#DeletedScenes - Crash Landed

So back in 2010 we almost got the Crash Bandicoot franchise back!

Developed at Renegade Kid, a videogame developer mostly being DS and 3DS "smaller" titles they're the ones behind the well received Mutant Mudds.

VGR PoP Forgotten Sands [DS Version]

The Sands of Time Trilogy might have been closed with Two Thrones but with a new interest in the series thanks to a movie adaptation, Ubisoft thought it was a good commercial move to bring the series back in an all-new episode just for this time.

The game was released amongst most systems. In what I like to call the "Forgotten Sands chapters" (which would have made a much better title for this game IMO).

Like Untold tales or Missing chapters, all these games across the different consoles aren't the same but instead different episodes taking place in the 7 years gab between The Sands of Time and Warrior Within.

This is a review of the "DS version" available exclusively for the Nintendo DS system.

[Forgotten Sands: Wii episode]

[Forgotten Sands: PSP episode]

[Forgotten Sands: HD episode]

[Forgotten Sands: DS episode]

DC News! Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes trailer

Speaking of DC, here's the newly released first look at the upcoming Traveller's Tales videogame Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes.

Which looks like it will be a Justice League themed sequel to the previous Lego Batman game...



It will be released on almost every single system - PC, Xbox 360, PS3, Vita, Wii, DS, 3DS  - this summer.

this looks like it might be a pretty fun title!
Why didn't they simply make a Lego JLA, though?

Gamin' NEWS! that other Aliens game

So, some Aliens, probably even some of you guys, are awaiting for Aliens: Colonial Marines for Xbox 360, PC and PS3, right?
But surely, not a lot of you know that there's another Aliens game coming up for around the same time.

This one called Aliens: Infestation and developed by WayForward Technologies! (also getting published by Sega)
Now, WayForward is a company I really dig. They're one of the few studios left that is still able to work with beautiful 2D sprites, and make some great fun arcad-ysh titles. And I'm not speaking of all the lousy flash-like games people rush on the Xbox live or for Iphones, I'm speaking of beautifully animated real sprites, old school! Their more mainstream titles include Contra 4 or that DS Thor tie-in game.
But I prefer to mention their awesome gorgeous A Boy and His Blob remake on the Wii, Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame or Shantae.

This Aliens game is done like your typical old school 16-bits action shooter. Some call it a throwback to the Contra series.
I prefer to say, it looks similar or even inspired by that old awesome Alien 3 game.
It is set for September 30. (in most countries)

Here's some gameplay:


ALIENS: INFESTATION par SEGA

You'll be able to recruit and play as a bunch of various Marines through the game. The goal will be obviously to face hordes of Xenomorphs, while traveling across memorable sceneries from the movies such as the USS Solaco and more!

VGR PoP Fallen King

Sometimes simply called "Prince of Persia" in some countries, without the subtitle like the 2008 reboot.
The Fallen King is a brand new episode in the PoP franchise.
Released around the same time, it is actually a sequel to the Tree of Life story. Taking place even further in the story, right after the Epilogue. (which was published even a year after down the line and bridging both games)

You probably know my love for "chibi" episodes in series, I had to get this one day-one!
How did it fare, and was it a worthy entry in the long running Prince of Persia series?

Gamin' NEWS! New AC trailer, old Thor trailer

"The rat" smells your fear

2 new gaming videos for the day!

a DUKE NUKEM DS suddenly appears!

Today I checked the big local electronic store (at "Mediamark", the equivalent of "Best Buy" in most Europe).
And you know what I found?

DUKE FRIGGIN' NUKEM!!! 

Whaaaaa..?? 

Gamin' NEWS! Green Lantern's light, in pixels

Green Lantern: Rise of the Manhunters!
That's not the name of a sequel of the upcoming movie already.
That's the name of the game they're improvising making to coincide with the movie's release.

Gamin' NEWS! Batman Brave Launch Trailer is Bold

Here's the fantastic launch trailer to Batman The Brave and the Bold


Thanks to Frob' for the heads up!

Incredible! Funny!
And looks more true to the game than 90% of the Wii games trailers!