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The Sega Saturn hit NIGHTS into Dreams… will join Sonic Adventure 2 in its Friday, October 5 release. Both games will sell for 800 MSP. NIGHTS will include the …
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Pinballs fans have a bit of a battle on their hands. In one corner of the ring you have Pinball FX 2, which …
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Sega have announced that they have recently dropped the price tag for Sonic Adventure and Happy Tree Friends on XBLA. The discount is permanent so don’t all rush at …
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It’s been a while since we heard from Exon Studios’ Zombie Driver HD after it’s initial announcement last year. However a release date has now been set and the game will …
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That’s right, next Friday Fire Pro Wrestling will be released. Finally you can pull that luchador mask out of your closet and go all Nacho Libre on your friends, siblings, roommates, or whatever. Over 300 wrestling moves can be used and/or unlocked, and you’ll be able to customize your avatar with over 300 included avatar items. A full campaign mode is included, and you can take your wrestler online for a free-for-all or tag team match over Xbox LIVE. Avatar Famestar support is included as well, meaning that the better you play, the more bragging rights and avatar gear you’ll earn.

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RedLynx TV’s actually been around for quite a while. This episode, Season 2 – Episode 2 is a part of a series that began over two years ago. It’s …
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Wow. They should call this guy “Agent 47 Bear” or something. Naughty Bear just doesn’t seem menacing enough. But if cutting open cuddly innards is your thing, then let the stuffing fly with these three new hit list videos (two are after the jump). Naughty has several upgraded abilities and means of execution this for his XBLA sequel. Be prepared for stealth kills, brutality, and stealing clothes as a disguise.  Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise hits the Xbox Live Marketplace some time in October. No price point has been set.

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Alien Spidy,  Kalypso Media’s latest game, will be hitting the Xbox Live Marketplace on October 19 for 800 MSP. It stars a lovable alien spider (obviously) who has crash …
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It’s no secret that Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD has downloadable content incoming; heck, the first pack was announced before the game even released. As we (presumably) move ever-closer to the DLC pack’s release, more information is starting to trickle out – namely, a set of screens posted on the THPS HD Facebook page.

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It’s not a remake; it’s a reimagining, Majesco Entertainment Assistant Product Manager Pete Rosky told XBLA Fans at PAX Prime a moment before handing over the controller. Having taken a trip down memory lane with the original Double Dragon at Philadelphia’s Barcade only a month prior, I was in prime position to discover the truth behind that statement. As it turned out, Double Dragon: Neon plays remarkably like the game that launched the franchise a quarter of a century ago, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Wayforward Technology’s take on the series might have trouble impressing younger gamers, but the PAX demo was an enjoyable romp down memory lane.

Players take control of Billy and Jimmy, with their simultaneously awful and amazing hair and begin whomping on every street tough in site. There’s a fantastic new coat of paint on this aging ’80s muscle car, thus the subtitle, but every curve has that old familiar look and feel. The combat system has a couple of new tricks up its sleeve in the form of throws and special moves, but the kicks, punches and melee weapons are essentially ripped right out of the original. What is presumably either Billy or Jimmy’s girlfriend gets mercilessly slugged and kidnapped in the beginning and the duo brawl through those same old streets on a collision course with the original’s first boss, Abobo, who looks as if he’s sampled more than his fair share of steroids since his last showdown with the boys. And then you walk into a pagoda that turns out to be a spaceship that rockets Billy and Jimmy into space. That, as Rosky explained, is where Neon departs from the original. No kidding.

Bigger hair, bigger bosses, brighter colors and longer distance travel may or may not be enough to justify the reimagining label — you’ll have to wait for our forthcoming review of the full game for that ruling — but they certainly establish a new theme. It’s a completely silly and ridiculous theme, and that feels completely appropriate for an homage to an ’80s brawler that was a lot of things in its day, but never serious. That doesn’t mean the approach was an obvious one for the team to take, though.

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