Is the 3DS follow-up to Lords of Shadow everything it's cracked up to be? Find out in our full review...
Anytime anything beloved is changed there’s going to be a
reaction, and it’s usually going to be negative – nostalgia can be
blinding like that. It can make people look at beauty with disgust, and
make rational, sensible changes appear blasphemous. As is the reaction
to Cave Story 3D, the
three-dimensional remake of the classic PC shooter. While it stays true
in gameplay, the new developer replaced the clean,
beautiful sprites of the original with 3D characters in 3D environments
fighting 3D enemies. To
many, it doesn’t matter that the changes to 3D will help the game reach a
wider
audience, and it doesn’t matter that developer Nicalis worked with
Daisuke “Pixel”
Amaya, the creator of the original, to create the update. All that
matters is
that if it’s different, they’re going to hate it. And it's different, so
they're going to hate it. Which is a shame, because
Cave Story 3D is absolutely remarkable...
Is Atlus’s homage to Guardian Heroes another must-have for the 3DS, or does it fall short of its inspiration? Find out in our review...

The Combat of Giants series of games is one that has typically failed to impress. This can be attributed to lack of polish, ambition, and general effort on the parts of developers. The most recent title, Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D continues this proud tradition of not-even-aiming-for-mediocrity as the worst game in the 3DS launch lineup, and probably one of the worst games the handheld will ever see...
The sequel to 3DS eShop favorite Pushmo has come to the handheld, and while the concept has been expanded in creative ways, some over complex design keeps it from being all it could...
From the mind of Vagrant Story and Final Fantasy Tactics director Yasumi Matsuno comes an RPG that is infused with tabletop RPG features. Is it worth checking out, or should you just play an actual tabletop RPG instead? Read on…