New Release Calendar, October 2011

There’s always that one month in the year that the videogame fates decide to dump way more huge releases than any sane person could handle.  Looks like October is this years’ dump month.

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Last Minute Release Calendar Update

A few minor changes to the September Release Date Calendar:

Team Meat’s Zelda-esque shooter The Binding of Issac is coming out 9/28 and will cost $5.

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Game Center CX’s Kachou Visits The United States

Buzzard and the Kachou

This Friday evening, Shinya Arino, the star of the Japanese television show “Game Center CX” (Also known as “Retro Game Master” for its Kotaku releases) visited the Japan Arcade in Los Angeles to celebrate his show’s release in America. And VidyaGameZ.com had two representatives who were there to greet him. Continue reading

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The Castlevania Challenge is over!

August is over, summer is over, love is over, and so is the Castlevania Challenge.

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Castlevania Challenge Reminder

Just a reminder: the Castlevania Challenge ends on Sept 1st, only a week from today!  We’ve had a lot of great contenders, but the current leader is still the new streamer Chocolate, having finished the game in a little more than an hour and seven minutes.  If any of our streamers who haven’t tried yet think they can do better, now is the time to step up!

 

 

 

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NA New Release Calendar, Sept 2011

Prinny and grid lovers rejoice, because Disgaea 4 for the PS3 finally comes out this month.  Other games of note being released include The Ico and Shadow of Colossus Collection, Gears of War 3, the Persona 2 port on the PSP, Rune Factory: Tides of Destiny for the PS3 and Wii, StarFox64 3D for the 3DS, and Kirby’s Mass Attack for the DS.  Not exactly a small month.

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Castlevania Challenge Update 2

As you can see in the map above, three more of our intrepid streamers have tried their hand at the Castlevania Challenge.

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VGZBlog EXCLUSIVE: Interview with upcoming XBLIG game ‘Celestial Apotheosis’ Project Manager


I love a good exclusive. I also love 2D Platformers. Imagine my joy, then, at being able to sit down with the project manager for upcoming indie title ‘Celestial Apotheosis’, Hannah Bunce, and pick her brains about some of the finer points of her first, highly anticipated, project.

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Castlevania Challenge Update

One week into the Castlevania Challenge and it’s already taken unexpected twists and turns.  If you glance at my handy Super Castlevania IV map above you can check the progress of all our contestants.

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Announcing the Castlevania Challenge!

With the success of my first challenge event (i.e. people actually competed), it’s my pleasure to announce challenge mark 2: THE CASTLEVANIA CHALLENGE.  Who has the virtual cahones to take it on and be crowned the Count of Draculas?

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