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This Week in Review is hunting Trophies
If you haven't caught wind yet, our friends at PS3 Fanboy have become a bit obsessed with Trophies -- we always knew they'd be addicting. If you need some fix, check out their Trophy Portal full of Trophy lists and guides. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:PlayStation 3 The Last Guy goes to America (Hands-on Legendary (Hands-on) Ferrari Challenge Trofeo Pirelli (Hands-on) WipEout HD (Hands-on)
This week in Massively news
It's been an interesting news week with Flagship Studios' properties being bounced around like ping-pong balls, news about Warhammer Online starting to come faster and faster, and the unveiling of Star Trek Online as a definite Cryptic property. If you missed out on anything, have no fear -- we've got the highlights of the last week right here for you! News Cryptic officially announces Star Trek Online Blizzard: Yes, some players left for AoC Mythic's stance on monetizing cut WAR content The hidden art of Star Trek Online Age of Conan rep talks Kingship, new zones, and more Microsoft's Shane Kim on Xbox 360's MMO failures ArenaNet will not show Guild Wars 2 at PAX Warhammer Online minimum system specs revealed City of Heroes respecs now available for purchase with real cash WAR Creative Director on avoiding the 'corrupting' influence of WoW Discussion Comic-Con 08: Hands-on with DC Universe Online Comic-Con 08: Hands-on with Warhammer Online A World of Warcraft player's guide to Guild Wars The Digital Continuum: On WAR comparisons The Daily Grind: Name your MMO dream team
All our E3 2008 impressions are belong to you!
We thought it'd be best to start off the month of August by cleaning house and collecting all our E3 impressions from around the Joystiq Network into one easy-to-peruse guide. In case you missed anything (and there's a pretty good chance you did), check out all of our impressions from E3 2008.Multiplatform Age of Booty (E3 hands-on) Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (E3 hands-on) Dark Void (E3 hands-on) Dead Space (E3 hands-on) Fallout 3 (E3 hands-on) Far Cry 2 (E3 hands-on) Flock (E3 hands-on) HAWX (E3 hands-on) Left 4 Dead (E3 hands-on) Mega Man 9 (E3 hands-on) Mirror's Edge (E3 hands-on) Neopets Puzzle Adventures (E3 hands-on) Puzzle Quest Galactric (E3 hands-on) Red Faction: Guerilla (E3 hands-on) Resident Evil 5 (E3 hands-on) Sonic Unleashed (E3 eyes-on) Silent Hill: Homecoming (E3 hands-on) Stormrise (E3 eyes-on: Stormrise) This is Vegas (E3 impressions) Tomb Raider Underworld (E3 hands-on) Tom Clancy's EndWar (E3 hands-on) Wheelman (E3 impressions)
This Week in Review is preparing for the storm
It's the calm before the storm, and next week, we're not looking forward to compiling that behemoth of a hands-on roundup. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Nintendo Wii Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (hands-on) Skate (feet-on) Top Spin 3 (Review) SPOGS Racing (Review) King of Monsters (VC Monday Madness)
This Week in Review is evolution, baby
Oh yes, we got to play Spore. The entire thing. With Will Wright providing backseat commentary. We also got some time with the Wrath of the Lich King's Death Knight, and DS Fanboy decided to play Homie Rollerz (so you don't have to). Check out all of our impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:PC American McGee's Grimm (hands-on) Spore (the whole thing) (hands-on) Wrath of the Lich King (Death Knight hands-on)
This Week in Review is Left 4 Dead ... again
Sure, we got to see some Call of Duty the Fifth this week, but the big fun was to be had with Valve's Left 4 Dead. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Multiplatform Left 4 Dead (hands-on) Madden NFL 09 (hands-on) Legendary (hands-on) Call of Duty: World at War (impressions) Battlefield: Bad Company (Metareview)
This Week in Review wants to rock (ROCK!)
A multi-instrument Guitar Hero World Tour means only one thing: more plastic controllers strewn about our living room. So goes the life of the virtual rocker. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Multiplatform Guitar Hero World Tour (Eyes and ears-on) Nintendo Wii Block Breaker Deluxe (Review) Blast Works: Build, Trade, Destroy (Review) Cocoto Fishing Master (Review) Samurai Showdown (Virtual Console) Check out the Wii Fanboy review archives!
This Week in Review is sneaking ... and stuff
No time to talk, must sneak. Check out all of our impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Metal Gear Solid 4 Metareview Nega-review War has changed: a veteran's MGS4 experience You have rookie eyes: a first-timer's MGS4 experience
This Week in Review is just a little different
In one of the most interesting case studies since Galileo tested Aristotle's law of gravity, two console versions of Quake Wars were released this week. But, like identical twins separated at birth, their development rendered different results. Take a look for yourself. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Multiplatform Far Cry 2 (hands-on) Quake Wars (Metareview) Mass Effect (Big Versus) Penny Arcade Adventures: Episode One (in-depth, Big Versus)
This Week in Review is still in love with Sporky
click to get up close with "sporky" Apologies to everyone, but we're still in that "blind adulation" phase of our relationship with Sporky, the cute little abomination from Hell we made in Spore. Also receiving love this week is M-rated MMO (or MMMO) Age of Conan, a plethora of WiiWare reviews and a surprisingly positive outlook for Alone in the Dark. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:PC Age of Conan: The pros and cons Joystiq hands-on: Spore Creature Creator and the birth of Sporky
This Week in Review is overstuffed
We're way over-stuffed this week thanks to a plethora of Gamers Day shenanigans this week, not to mention the launch of WiiWare. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week: PlayStation 3Metal Gear Solid 4 (Finished Game Hands-on)Xbox 360 Ninja Gaiden II (Impressions) Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts (Impressions) Penny Arcade Adventures (Impressions) Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise (Impressions) Too Human (Impressions) Assault Heroes 2 (XBLA in Brief)%Gallery-23093%
This Week in Review visits LittleBigPlanet
Sure, there was Europe's PlayStation Day event, but our favorite Sony news of the week was PS3 Fanboy's hands-on time with the most exciting, most adorable, most user-generated, most sackboy-prevalent game coming to the PS3. Now that's a lot of mosts. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:PlayStation 3 Haze (Demo hands-on) LittleBigPlanet (Hands-on) Super Stardust HD (Versus mode hands-on) Gallery: LittleBigPlanet
This Week in Review gets hijacked
Not even Sierra's Spring Event, a lineup of all the company's upcoming games (Ghostbusters!) could steal even a glint of the spotlight from Rockstar's behemoth, Viva Pinata. In fact, it's all we (and everyone else) can seem to talk about. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network with this week in review:Viva Pinata* Viva Pinata impressions: A fistful of firsts (Xbox 360) Viva Pinata impressions: A stranger in Liberty City Impressions: VP online multiplayer (Xbox 360) Nega-review: Viva Pinata
This Week in Review isn't snaking either way
We've had our hands full today mulling over what we should play -- Mario Kart Wii or Metal Gear Online, both titles we weren't expecting until the weekend. We were going to use the snaking joke regardless of the headlining game, but then we realized that you will not be snaking in either game. We've got a rather hefty This Week in Review today. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Nintendo Wii Mario Kart Wii (Review, Impressions, Controller) Deca Sports (hands-on) River City Ransom (Virtual Console) Phantasy Star III (Virtual Console) Brawl Stage of the Week: Super Mario World
This Week in Review has a Nintendo overload
We had quite a bit of fun at Nintendo's Media Summit this year checking out the new DS, Wii and WiiWare titles. Enjoy our impressions from the event, including several WiiWare launch titles (Major League Eating!). While we keep re-reading the amazing "Cooking Mama 2" letter, check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Nintendo WiiWare Joystiq impressions: Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a King (WiiWare) Joystiq hands-on: LostWinds (WiiWare) Joystiq hands-on: Major League Eating: The Game (WiiWare) Joystiq hands-on: Pop (Wiiware) Joystiq impressions: Strong Bad's Cool Game for Attractive People (WiiWare) Joystiq hands-on: World of Goo (WiiWare)
This Week in Review joins the Brotherhood of Steel
We had some big items this week, including some time with Fallout 3, a video walkthrough of the upcoming Halo 3 Legendary Map Pack and the new Warhawk expansion (not to mention a metareview of the indie darling Mario Kart Wii). Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Multiplatform Fallout 3 (Xbox 360/PS3/PC; Impressions) Baja (Xbox 360/PS3; Hands-on)
This Week in Review get its shake on
We shake around with the DualShock 3 ... groovy. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:PlayStation 3 DualShock 3 (Impressions) Buzz! Quiz TV (Hands-On)
This Week in Review gets bug-eyed
The adventure genre fan in us really want to love the new Insecticide. What did we ultimately think? Peep DS Fanboy's review for more details. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Nintendo DS Insecticide (Review) Gallery: Insecticide
This Week in Review: A Crystal-laden Vegas Prologue
This week's biggest review also has the longest title: Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate. The masochist in us hope the next title is yet another spinoff, just so we can have yet another subtitle. Imagine: FF:CC:ROF:Falling Orbits. We also had some hands-on time with Gran Turismo 5 Prologue and rounded up all the reviews from Rainbow Six Vegas 2. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:Nintendo DS Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles: Rings of Fate (Review) Spitfire Heroes: Tales of the Royal Air Force (Review) Sega Superstars Tennis (Metareview) Nanostray 2 (Metareview)
This Week in Review: Wild, Blissful and Hands-on
Last week's inaugural This Week in Review was largely centered around Nintendo phenomenon Super Smash Bros. Brawl. While we still have a handful of impressions this week, we also have the incredibly awesome (except not really) Bliss Island. Check out all of our hands-on impressions and reviews from the Joystiq Network this week:PlayStation Portable PSP Fanboy Review: Wild Arms XF PlayStation 3 PS3 Fanboy Review: Rocketmen: Axis of Evil (X3F review) Hands-on with Nyko's Zero controller
