GV: "With the birth of the casual game came the first appearances of a new type of gamer culture: the hardcore casual gamer. These are the people spending ten hours a night playing Bejeweled, throwing Wii Sports parties several years after the console's release, and walking around with a DS, bragging about their Brain Age. While they begin in casual, simple games, they tend to grow and look for games with slightly more complicated mechanics. Sure most aren't ready for Fallout or Persona, but games blending casual gameplay with hardcore appeal seem to be a perfect fit for this new breed. However, the games sometimes coming off as either too hardcore or too casual, failing to really bridge the gap between the two sides"
A.J. says: "As Sony's first system capable of downloading games, the PlayStation 3 sure had a phenomenal library. Here, I count down ten buried treasures that you may not have heard of but are worth playing before you put your PS3 on Craigslist."
According to Microsoft’s Major Nelson latest tweet, the latest round of backwards compatible games are here. If you own any of the following titles (or purchase them), you will be able to download them now:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution — Director’s Cut
Final Fight: Double Impact
Faery: Legends of Avalon
Frogger 2
Puzzlegeddon
Backwards compatibility is starting to blow up. I bet publishers are seeing increased sales from older titles.
lame..no Black Ops 1
Deus Ex HR was always on there this is just the Directors Cut.
Anyone underwhelmed about BC titles lately have to understand that MS is probably waiting for BC blowout during their E3 press conference. Black Ops, Bioshock and other big titles have already been confirmed for BC at some point. Read Dead and other long rumored. I'll be very surprised if we don't see many of the most requested BC games announced at E3.
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