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By Jarrod Mawson, May 20, 2012 0 News, WII

Talk of the town at E3 2011 was Nintendo’s Wii U controller, for reasons both good and bad. In the case of the latter, there was some concern that Nintendo’s choice for analogue pads, instead of analogue sticks, was a poor… Read More »

By Adam Shurey, May 19, 2012 0

Nintendo have released a new trailer for their upcoming RPG, Pokemon Black Version 2 and Pokemon White Version 2, but it’s not what you’d expect. Rather than the usual gameplay clips and snippets of info, they’ve gone and released an… Read More »

By Bev Chen, May 19, 2012 0

Is the mobile gaming market oversaturated? From most angles, it certainly looks that way. Nevertheless, it remains a great avenue… Read More »

By Bev Chen, May 19, 2012 0 News, PC

Welcome to the first installment of Rocket Chainsaw’s coverage of Steam’s weekend deals! We know how popular the deals can be (being guilty of having spent too much money on them ourselves…), so we’ve decided to put together a list… Read More »

Nintendo Store Update – 18/05/2012

By Cody Giunta, May 18, 2012 0 Uncategorized

A bit of a brief update on the Nintendo Store front today. Only the 3DS eShop has new acquisitions, in the form of Bird Mania 3D and Kirby’s Dreamland 2. A demo of Rayman Origins for the 3DS is also… Read More »

By Adam Shurey, May 18, 2012 0 PC, PS3, XBOX 360

EA have released some new sceenshots and concept art for their upcoming shooter, Crysis 3. The game follows the story of Prophet, who was once known as a marine named Alcatraz (the protagonist of Crysis 2), as he returns to… Read More »

By Tim Norman, May 18, 2012 1 News

Popular Australian site Australian Gamer has merged with New Zealand-based Gameplanet to create the Gameplanet ANZ Network. According to the press release that arrived at Rocket Chainsaw Towers earlier today, the two sites will reach up to 260000 readers across… Read More »

By Tim Norman, May 18, 2012 0

The length of a video game can be something of a touchy subject among gamers. How do you know if… Read More »

By Bev Chen, May 17, 2012 2 News, PS VITA, Uncategorized

Uh oh, shmup fans. Japanese game developer Cave, best known in the West for titles like Deathsmiles and the Bug Princess and Espgaluda II ports to iOS devices, has cancelled two of their upcoming games slated for release on Sony’s… Read More »

By Cody Giunta, May 17, 2012 1 Feature

It’s a pretty quiet week this week on the bargains front. Nary a store has released their new catalogues and there are few new releases. Except for a little game called Diablo III perhaps, which can be foundon PC for… Read More »