Playing Minigolf has always been a fun activity in real life. I usually have a chance to indulge in this hobby at least once every other month, so you can imagine how happy I was when I learned that Shin’en had released a game on the 3DS eshop that brings Minigolf to Nintendo’s portable and [...]

A lot of great talks and interesting tidbits came out of this years Game Developers Conference, but one that really made me happy was learning about Two Tribes sequel to Toki Tori… Toki Tori 2. I loved the original and have been patiently waiting for the follow up. Luckily I got the chance to chat [...]

After reviewing Goodbye Galaxy Game’s most recent DSiWare release, it made sense to catch up with the man behind the pixels – Hugo Smits – for a little Q&A session about the past, the present, and the future… or something like that. Click past the cut for math, voxels, software pricing debates, and all sorts [...]

SSX came out this week to less fanfare than one might expect from a long-running, multi-platform title. This shouldn’t be too surprising, because with the exception of a few titles or characters, games which tend to shine in one generation start to tarnish when new hardware is involved. However, If you liked SSX up though [...]

Wow, it’s been a really long time since I shared an awesome indie game with everyone and this is me putting an end to that streak. The new and improved version of TowerClimb by Davioware was released recently and it’s even more addictive than the alpha I played a few years back. TowerClimb, much like [...]

Kickstarter has proven itself as a great medium for creative people to get projects off the ground by providing a mechanism to directly relate to their customers. Most of these projects are small undertakings that address a niche market. In fact, up until this week, no project on the site had topped one million dollars [...]

Jagged Alliance 2 was originally released over a decade ago and was pretty popular in its own time. Not only was it a gamer favorite, it was also critically successful. Now after more than a decade, this classic is getting a face lift in the form of Jagged Alliance 2: Back in Action. The folks [...]

Goodbye Galaxy Games has decided to bring us back into the universe they’ve created for Flipper, but this time around there is a twist. Instead of having the boy rescue Flush (that would be the goldfish in the fish bowl) on each level, it is now Flush who must rescue the boy! He has been [...]

Star Wars: The Old Republic does a lot of things right. While it’s obvious that the team behind The Old Republic are firm adherents to the school of Blizzard, the overarching stories that carry through the game are immense and exactly what you would expect from the people behind Knights of the Old Republic. All [...]

The popular Tropico series is poised to blast into the future with a major DLC update called Modern Times coming in mid-March. The Tropico titles have always done an amazing job of using the city-building genre as a vehicle to highlight the silliness of despotism and regimes built on a cult of personality. Kalypso Media [...]

My life is full of background ambiance. A night of drawing requires queuing up a few much loved movies for moments of distractions. Cooking requires background tunes to fit the meal of choice (Motown is great for pasta by the way). Background chatter at a bar or restaurant sets the mood for the whole night. [...]

Mutant Mudds is a game that started as a 3D platformer intended for DSiware. Renegade Kid was trying to get a publisher to sign on for the release, and thus, they worked on a video to show what the game would be about and how the gameplay would be handled.

After having trouble securing a deal, and with the 3DS having a set launch date, Renegade Kid shifted gears, made a 180°, and performed any other actions that symbolize a change in their approach to this project. Gone were the 3D graphics and DSiware release. Now, Max was the pixel-filled protagonist of an interesting 2D platforming game. The main theme of the game – Mudds have invaded and you must wash away all of them with your trusty water hose – and some of the gameplay mechanics were all that remained. Come to think of it, Mutant Mudds could even be considered a demake of the DSiware prototype! How meta is that?

At 4cr, we’re big fans of Klei Entertainment. We supported them ever since they launched Eets: Hunger. It’s emotional on the PC 6 years ago, which was followed by an Xbox Version. Fast Forward to 2012 and Klei Entertainment just launched their facebook page with an intriguing image. From what I’ve heard, it’ll be out [...]

Free-to-play is all the rage. Though the F2P movement has been on the rise for a while, it hit mainstream gaming like a ton of bricks over the summer. And like any new trend, it takes a while for companies to get all the bugs worked out. Let’s look at a couple of games and [...]

Yes, we’re more than a week into December, and we’re just now getting this article up! You should be used to lateness from us by now. At least we have an excuse this time – we’ve actually been playing games! So many games!

When the call came in from Kalypso Media with a chance to head to San Francisco and look at a couple of new games, I packed my bags and hit the road. I was able to spend some quality time with Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and see an early build of the newly announced [...]

With Mario Kart 7 launching today for 3DS, and 4cr readers being some of the coolest and most handsome/prettiest video game fans in the world, we here at 4cr thought you all might be interested in racing against fellow rebels.

Nintendo tends to release games in a relatively slow dribble, which is why it is so weird to suddenly find yourself drowning their releases. Between Super Mario 3D Land, Mario Kart 7, and Skyward Sword, there’s plenty for Nintendo fans to binge on for once. Mario 3D Land was the first of those releases – [...]

Whether it took the form of a crippling need to catch every Pokemon or the need to maintain Excel spreadsheets of attack rotations to obtain optimal DPS in a World of Warcraft raid, we’ve all been addicted to some game or another. Every once in a while, you come across a game so good – [...]

Bit.Trip Runner isn’t exactly a new game, and every last pundit on the internet has put in their two cents. I could link you to a dozen articles by better authors than I about the game’s perfectly-tuned mechanics, difficulty, or the seriously genius combination of movement and music, but screw it – I’ve spent the [...]