While Nintendo mascot Mario recently enjoyed a high-profile Olympic debut, the portly plumber didn’t participate in a marathon. That will change next week, as on November 12 from 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Pacific, If Its Games visitors will have a chance to watch a live gameplay marathon for the first proper console Mario game […]

Hudson Soft gave TurboGrafx-16 owners a Legend of Zelda to call their own with Neutopia, an action adventure that was the spitting image of the Nintendo Entertainment System classic. You can see just how much of an imitation Neutopia is now that it’s on the Wii’s Virtual Console, but if you can look past the […]

At first glance, EA Playground likely won’t bear much similarity to any playground you’ve encountered. Vibrant green grass covers the ground, children with massive heads frolic on pristine play structures, and there’s nary a scraped knee in sight. Thus, you encounter EA’s vision of an idealized playground, one in which everything is controlled with button […]

Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution is an anime-based fighting game with a backstory that’s more interesting than the game itself. The game was released earlier this year in Japan as Naruto Shippūden: Gekitou Ninja Taisen EX, which featured the teenage versions of the Naruto characters, as seen in the Naruto Shippūden anime series currently running […]

Shortly after Halo 3 went on sale in North America in late September, much of Bungie Studios’ staff went on a long-overdue vacation. Only a few were on hand when the developer dropped the news bombshell that it was amicably separating from Microsoft. The unprecedented deal made Bungie a totally independent operation, a status it […]