The Simpson’s Arcade Game Confirmed for PSN and XBLA

Today, Konami announced that The Simpsons Arcade Game is officially coming to Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network.  Coming soon, that is. In fact, it’s launching this very week for Xbox users. The game hits the Xbox Marketplace on Friday, February 3^rd for 800 Microsoft points. Sony players will have to wait until next Tuesday, February 7^th to buy it for $9.99 from PSN.

Sony Users, to pass the time, help yourself to some more stock.

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Here Comes a New Challenger! Virtua Fighter 5 Returns!

It’s been a long time since I’ve dusted off Virtua Fighter 5, with all the other great fighting game franchises saturating the market these days. It’s hard to go back when we’ve seen new Guilty Gear, Smash Bros, Soul Calibur, BlazBlue, King of Fighters, Street Fighter, Marvel vs Capcom, Mortal Kombat, and others all make their way to home consoles since Virtua Fighter 5‘s home release. Even before we see the release of this entry, Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown, we’ll see another Marvel vs Capcom 3 and Street Fighter IV update, Street Fighter x Tekken (scheduled for Q1 2012), King of Fighters XII, and a few other potential contenders all fighting for your dollar. Don’t count Sega out, because Virtual Fighter still remains the king of technical fighting games and a refreshing alternative to over-the-top arcade style fighters. Check out the announcement trailer after the jump.

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Boomshakalaka! NBA Jam: On Fire Edition

Always one of my favorite games from back in the day, NBA Jam holds some fond memories for me. The recent installments have never quite captured that same charm, though. I always felt like something was a bit off. NBA Jam: On Fire on the other hand looks quite… hot.

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PlayStation Network: The System… Is Down

It appears the worldwide outage of PSN may continue longer than a light-switch rave.

PlayStation’s European Blog states:

“While we are investigating the cause of the Network outage, we wanted to alert you that it may be a full day or two before we’re able to get the service completely back up and running. Thank you very much for your patience while we work to resolve this matter. Please stay tuned [...] for more details, and we’ll update you again as soon as we can.” (emphasis added by editor)

While anonymous has declared an end to their attacks on Sony, this looks definitely like their previous work.

Review – Swarm

When my girlfriend first told me about a game that involved you controlling a group of aliens to complete obstacles, I thought she was talking about Pikmin. When she mentioned that you’d have to kill off the aliens in order to complete said obstacles, I got really excited at the idea of a sadistic Pikmin. Sadly, no such thing exists. Instead we have Swarm, the latest arcade title from developers Hothead, and it’s pretty dang awesome. So much so that I’m honestly surprised how little I’ve actually heard about it up until I started playing it.

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GolgoHypeMachine – Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes HD

Capybara, the genius developers behind Superbrothers: Sword & Sorcery EP and Critter Crunch, are brining their immensely popular Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes to XBLA and PSN. For those, like me, who missed the first go-round on the DS, the game plays kinda like a RPG adventure board game with combat that fuses puzzle and card-fighting elements, all with new sprites done in glorious HD.

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GolgoHypeMachine – Moon Diver

Moon Diver, formerly known briefly as Necromachina, is on its way to PSN and XBLA. It’s a four player co-op side-scrolling platformer with RPG elements that plays like Castlevania meets Strider. Kouichi Yotsui, the lead designer and planner for Strider and Osman, is at the helm for Square-Enix on this project. Excited yet? I am.

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