Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 9, 2012, 1:10 pm
  Pyschonauts and Costume Quest developer Double Fine Productions wanted to create a game in the public eye—and with their help. To do this it created a campaign on Kickstarter and with amazing speed, the support from fans came through. Tim Schafer and Double Fine Productions...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 8, 2012, 5:00 pm
Who’s a good spokesanimal? You are, Uggie, you are! Oops, sorry. I got carried away with the adorable puppy. Nintendo’s hired a brand-new “spokesdog,” Uggie, a Jack Russell terrier, to bark the word about Nintendogs + Cats for Nintendo 3DS. He’ll also spread the word about responsi...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 8, 2012, 3:00 pm
Sneak in the shadows and stalk potential suspects as Wei Shen, an undercover cop, tries to dismantle a criminal organization—the Hong Kong Triads. Sleeping Dogs offers shoot-outs at every corner of the city adorned in neon lights bordering the streets. Guns aren’t the only method o...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 8, 2012, 2:22 pm
In this week’s edition of “Oh, hey, I didn’t expect that (even though I should’ve),” we have Battleship, coming from a partnership between Activision and Hasbro. And so a video game based on a movie based on a board game is a thing that is actually happening. Though you shouldn’t t...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 8, 2012, 1:24 pm
Activision Publishing is taking big to a whole new level. The successful Skylanders Spyro’s Adventure game featuring real life figurines is getting a sequel—Skylanders Giants. Giants will feature eight new collectible figurines that are both grand in size and power. The new toys ar...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 7, 2012, 7:07 pm
It's so pretty! Our review on GamingAngels will be coming soon (we bought it today) but I thought it would be interesting to see what people are saying about Kingdoms of Amular online. What do you think about this format? Are you curious about Kingdoms of Amular? Have you played the demo? &#...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 7, 2012, 4:00 pm
Remember Flower, the serene game for the PS3, where you drifted through the game being calmed by the soft music? Flight of the Fireflies is almost like that. Wooly Robot, a Swedish game studio, has created an iPad game where you guide fireflies with your finger. Each lit bug has its ow...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 7, 2012, 3:50 pm
Sony informed Kotaku today that the UMD Passport program, first instituted in Japan, would not be available for North American users. This program allowed gamers to put UMD games in their PSPs to register them, then download them at a discount on the Vita. Unfortunately, this me...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 7, 2012, 1:45 pm
After a bit of a delay, Kinect Star Wars and the fantastic-looking console bundle designed to go with it both have a release date: April 3, 2012. Kinect Star Wars now features five modes: Jedi Destiny: Dark Side Rising, Podracing, Rancor Rampage, Galactic Dance Off and Duels of Fate. (No, G...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 7, 2012, 1:00 pm
PC gamers can now download Mortal Kombat Arkade Kollection, from Steam, GameStop’s Impulse and other distributors. The collection comes with Mortal Kombat 1, Mortal Kombat 2 and Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. The collection costs $9.99, or £6.29. The games are playable in their original ...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 6, 2012, 4:00 pm
Dig indie games? Good. It’s time for the Independent Games Festival’s Audience award to go public — that is, for voting. Any game chosen as a finalist is up for the vote. If you need to try some of them out to make your decision, that’s easy, even if you’re not able to attend IGF. ...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 6, 2012, 3:00 pm
Last year we sent Sarah, 16, to National Computer Camp. She had a great time learning at the camp and it’s our honor to be able to offer the experience of attending National Computer Camp again! GamingAngels is teaming up with National Computer Camp (NCC) to offer the Second A...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 6, 2012, 2:13 pm
On February 7, AKA “tomorrow,” your PlayStation Network account is having a bit of a procedure done. At least it’s one you don’t have to pay for — an update to Sony’s Terms of Service, User Agreement and Privacy Policy will change the name of your account from a “PlayStation Network”...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 6, 2012, 2:00 pm
I’ve always enjoyed receiving gadgets over diamonds, but now that concept is a bit more official. According to a new study from the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Women in CE, electronics are the “desired purchase”. In the study, eight in ten women wanted Consumer Elec...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 6, 2012, 12:54 pm
Publisher: Majesco Players: single player, with up to 4 player multiplayer Genre: Simulation Release Date: November 15, 2011 Rent I’ve played the Cooking Mama games off and on casually since they’ve come out. They’re fun games to play, and I was interested to see what they were goi...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 5, 2012, 4:57 pm
DC Entertainment has officially announced that this summer they will publish their highly controversial (in the comic book world) 7-title, 34 issue prequel mini-series for the bestselling graphic novel of all time, WATCHMEN. Each of the seven titles will be inter-connected and will be issued under t...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 3, 2012, 7:10 pm
Yesterday, Atlus and Cyanide Studios provided a peek into Riverspring, a new town created for Game of Thrones. They also confirmed the game’s release date for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC: May 15, 2012. You don’t have much longer to wait, if you need more of that particular epicn...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 3, 2012, 4:19 pm
The third quarter of the 2012 fiscal year doesn’t seem to have been too kind to THQ — they’re in danger of getting kicked off the NASDAQ, since their stock is trading for a price that doesn’t meet the exchange’s required minimum. They just fired a bunch of people. It’s not looking great,...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 3, 2012, 2:58 pm
  Zen Studios is merging RPG with pinball. Max, a knight with a keen eye for loot, battles monsters and collects his valuables at the same time, he even rescues a princess on the way! Epic Quest, the new RPG pinball ball experience will be available on XBLA, PSN, Android and iO...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 3, 2012, 1:00 pm
It’s a Britney Twist! Hasbro is looking to modernize their game Twister. The white sheet of colored dots has been replaced with movable Twister spots. The “spinner” is replaced with the Twister Console. And instead of calling out the color, the console is calling out moves. Tha...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 3, 2012, 11:30 am
Pokemon owners will now have episodes of Pokemon available to feed that craving whenever they want. On February 6 Nintendo 3DS owners will get access to a Pokemon Section of the Nintendo Zone. In that section, there will be demos of select Nintendo 3DS games and full-length episodes o...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 2, 2012, 9:12 pm
Remedy’s Alan Wake is finally coming to PC, almost two years after the Xbox 360 version’s release. The game will be available through Steam and other digital channels (like Origin) on February 16 for $29.99 (or $34.99). PC gamers will be able to experience the entire game, plus the DLC, a...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 2, 2012, 6:13 pm
In case you haven’t heard, Mass Effect 3 has multiplayer. You can even watch a little bit of how that’s going to work out here. Oh, and there’s going to be a  demo for the game hitting on Valentine’s Day, for the ultimate battle of person love versus game love. (Let us know who wins.) ...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 2, 2012, 3:44 pm
Pit of War, a web-based MMORPG, is adding the possibility to play as a woman gladiator. The new gender doesn’t have any perks or downsides—it is just an aesthetic change. Outcast Games has also added six new races to the game, each with their own pros and cons. The new races are an...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 2, 2012, 2:36 pm
Kazuo Hirai will be appointed president and CEO come April 1. Hirai will replace Sir Howard Stringer, who is chairman, president and CEO. Stringer will become chairman of the board of directors. Stringer and the board have been discussing succession plans for three years. “Kaz is a g...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Feb 2, 2012, 12:54 pm
... d never get to achieve my dream of combining my great loves ... they are just down the road. Insomniac, too, though I’ve yet ... people out there just waiting for the smallest reason to call ... there! I like different characters for different reasons. Take Vanessa Schneider ... gi...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Nov 1, 2011, 3:00 pm
More than a few “Season Pass” subscribers are wondering where the first downloadable add-on for Gears of War 3 is today. Turns out the “Horde Command Pack” has hit a bit of a delay out the door. The announcement was made on the Epic Games forums late last night: The scheduled H...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Nov 1, 2011, 1:00 pm
In this trailer, you look at Syndicate‘s “Hostile Takeover.” What makes this takeover so special? 4-player co-op, that’s what. Take a peek:
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Nov 1, 2011, 12:46 pm
At Blizzcon, I had the chance to do an interview with Brian Kindregan, Lead Writer for StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. We discuss the transitioning story from Wings of Liberty to Heart of the Swarm as well as new units, continuing the story in novels, and some of his favorite characters to write b...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 31, 2011, 8:01 pm
For years, when my kids were small, we lived in a third floor apartment, so we did pretty much no Halloween decorating. We didn’t even hand out candy, because who would walk up all those stairs just on the off chance someone was handing out goodies? One year, I went to a pumpkin-carving par...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 31, 2011, 1:00 pm
Common Sense Media’s recently-published “Zero to Eight: Children’s Media Use in America” study notes that small children are playing games in droves. Seventeen percent of children between the ages of 5 and 8 play games everyday, while a much larger number — 81 percent �...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 29, 2011, 11:31 am
Square-Enix’s Word to your Moogle Tour ended at New York Comic Con this weekend, and I was lucky enough to be in attendance to try out the sequel to 2009′s Final Fantasy XIII. The playable demo available–the same one gamers first saw at E3, is apparently a dated version of the final product we...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 28, 2011, 11:04 pm
It’s the BlizzCon 2011 show! We welcome special guest Steph for talk on all things Blizzard, What They Play’s surprising demise and PlayStation Vita’s “First Edition.” And, as always, we go over what we’ve been playing as well as the usual banter. Download the file here!
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 28, 2011, 7:36 pm
Nintendo hears you, 3DS users! Or at least they hear some of what you’ve got to say. The 3DS’ eShop is changing to make it better to use. First off, developers will be able to add content to their games after its launch. That means updates, bugfixes or whatever else a company wants to add...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 28, 2011, 1:00 pm
So, back when the folks over at PlayStation debuted their “To Michael” ad, the one thing I really, really wanted was a women’s version. Or a person of color’s version. Or any version other than “Michael,” really. And now, we get that. Well, we all get that. If you want to see your...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 28, 2011, 1:00 pm
I’m not ashamed to admit that I’m a Boo fan. I’ve liked him on Facebook for at least a year now. The updates of adorable pictures from the cutest dog on Facebook makes me smile after a rough day. The pictures of Boo are so popular that Chronicle Books published “Boo the life ...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 21, 2011, 3:41 pm
The rumors have proven true! Today at Blizzcon, Chris Metzen announced the upcomming expansion World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria. And of course with this expansion we will be given the new race to play: Pandaren. Plus we will also be getting a new class: the Monk. Alliance warships prowl t...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 21, 2011, 1:54 pm
Even though a lot of people have a lot of problems with the way Facebook is laid out or functions, I am still enjoying the feed that pops up when I start playing a game letting me know what my friends are playing. This gives me a good heads up and I get to try a bunch of great games this way. One of...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 21, 2011, 1:00 pm
Soon, your 3DS will do more. We first learned about the handheld’s next update before this year’s Tokyo Game Show, but Nintendo revealed a little more about features coming to the 3DS last night. One of the bigger features will allow you to use your 3DS to record 3D video — up to ten mi...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 21, 2011, 11:38 am
Join us this Friday and Saturday for the GKick BlizzCon Live Coverage Event presented by the GKick Network, GamingAngels and SFX360! Just use the links below to open the chat! Just because you can’t be there doesn’t mean you need to miss out on anything exciting! DAY ONE: Click HERE to jo...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 20, 2011, 1:30 pm
Today we have a special treat for GamingAngels readers! We have an exclusive look at customization for your Wappy pet. If you don’t remember, Wappy is a small, doglike robot that you control with your Nintendo DS. Ever since this year’s E3, when the Wappy was announced by Sega and Activis...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 20, 2011, 11:57 am
Opening scene: children playing. One falls down and breaks her ankle; the other children run away as something big, black and full of tentaclescomes to take her away.Cutaway to the Tardis, where the Doctor and Amy are deciding on their next destination. They decide to head to a famous vacation world...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 20, 2011, 11:00 am
PS3 users are used to the need to install games to their console’s hard drive — many games have a mandatory install, in fact. Where things tend to differentiate is the fact that…well, not every Xbox 360 console has a hard drive. To get around this, Battlefield 3, out next week, theoreti...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 20, 2011, 10:56 am
This week on GKick, we’re joined by Fox Van Allen of WoW Insider. We talk about some of the latest news on patch 4.3, the latest news from GKick and the GKick Network, the latest pre-show news from BlizzCon, and the 3rd Degree with Fox Van Allen! Among many, many, many other things… good ...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 19, 2011, 3:00 pm
Konami’s Zombie Apocalypse: Never Die Alone is the sequel to the previous downloadable title (which was the same, minus the subtitle). In this trailer, we see the new squad-based gameplay…in the form of a news broadcast. Well, that’s an interesting way to do it. At least w...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 19, 2011, 1:00 pm
Okay, okay. It’s not November 1 yet. So technically, this launch trailer for Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception shouldn’t be around yet. But here it is, nonetheless, mostly because it’s already debuted at some AMC Theatres. It is, as things are these days, made entirely from in-game foota...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 18, 2011, 3:00 pm
On this, the day of Batman: Arkham City‘s console release, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment found it suitable to announce the release date for the PC version. It’s only fair, I suppose, given that PC gamers are likely to be chomping at the bit by this point. So, when’s the big day...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 18, 2011, 1:00 pm
Two new series entries are on Xbox LIVE today for you to try in advance. The Kinect-exclusive Dance Central 2 is one of these — the sequel to the peripheral’s breakout hit offers more music, simultaneous multiplayer and new dance crews. You can add it to your queue here. Als...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 17, 2011, 3:00 pm
This week, Funcom’s revealing more about MMO The Secret World through the use of dragons. Well, okay, it sounds like that, but what it really means is that they’re revealing more about the Dragon secret society in-game. (It’s one of three.) The mysterious Dragon society is based in Seou...
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Trina S. posted an article on Gaming Angels - Oct 17, 2011, 11:00 am
Capcom officially announced this morning that an HD collection of the first three Devil May Cry titles is on the way for both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in early 2012. The Devil May Cry series began in 2001, and this repackaging not only allows for better graphics, but also the addition of bo...
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