Ashley Shankle

Nintendo counterfeiter sentenced to 32 months

There once was a man named Justin Success-Brooks who did a very bad thing: Counterfeiting and selling Wii, DS, and DSi games. Big ol' Nintendo wasn't too happy with this, and now Mr. Success-Brooks is going to the slammer for 32 months.

Ashley Shankle Nov 15, 2012

News

Lone Survivor Heading to Vita and PS3

Survival horror games have a place in the hearts of PC and console gamers alike. One of PC's better horror games this year, Lone Survivor, just happens to be making its way to Sony consoles.

Ashley Shankle Nov 15, 2012

News

Guild Wars 2 Puts NCSoft Earnings Highest this Year

Not surprisingly, Guild Wars 2 has become NCSoft's most profitable game. The publisher released their quarterly earnings report with GW2 in the lead, followed closely by Lineage 1 and Blade & Soul.

Ashley Shankle Nov 15, 2012

News

Dungeon Striker – Dragon Nest Dev’s Upcoming Action MMO

Dungeon Striker, the upcoming brainchild of Eyedentity Games, takes on ARPG-style dungeon crawling with cute characters fast, flashy combat. Why should you be looking forward to an English release?

Ashley Shankle Nov 15, 2012

News

Major League Gaming’s Growth Through the Roof

Major League Gaming (MLG) has always been one of the biggest eSports leagues. While previous seasons saw a reasonable amount of viewership, 2012 has been the league's most successful one yet.

Ashley Shankle Nov 14, 2012

News

Aion 4.0 – What We Know About the Big Update

Things are looking good for NCSoft's Aion right now. With Aion 3.5 localized a mere three months after it was released in South Korea and a ton of new 4.0 info flooding in, old and new players have a lot to look forward to in the game's future.

Ashley Shankle Nov 14, 2012

News

StarCraft II Servers Going Global

Blizzard is finally giving StarCraft II players something that's commonplace in international multiplayer games today: The ability to swap to other regions' servers. This means you -- yes, you! -- can wander to other regions to test your mettle. And by other regions, I mean the Korean server.

Ashley Shankle Nov 14, 2012

Culture

The Problem With LoL: A Love-Hate Story

League of Legends was basically the only game I played for over a year and a half. I have played over 2000 games, have a very positive win rate, have spent loads of dosh on RP, and am completely and utterly sick of the game. But not really.

Ashley Shankle Nov 14, 2012

Reviews

Reverie – Platforming With Heart (I Think?)

I like puzzles and I like platformers, so naturally the puzzle platformer genre is right down my alley. Reverie is another flash game in this niche that succeeds at mixing both of the "p" words above and making an interesting and (maybe) memorable experience.

Ashley Shankle Nov 14, 2012

Reviews

Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory Review – Short And Sweet

Sugar Cube: Bittersweet Factory just sort of popped up on Steam one day last week with a low price point and a deliciously cute theme. Being the keen-eyed (cheap) lover of platformers (masochist) that I am, I decided to give it a try. I expected an easy and basic platformer, and instead got a medium-difficulty puzzle platformer with some surprising depth. You could do much worse for $6.99.

Ashley Shankle Nov 13, 2012

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