Homebrew News

Originally Posted by wraggster

While it sadly didn't make it into our top ten list for 2011, Rayman Origins is arguably one of the most beautiful games of 2011, if not ever. And now our starved-for-visuals friends across the pond with 3DSes get to experience it before us.

Well, okay, we only assume they'll get first crack -- Ubisoft has yet to comment on a North American launch date, instead affixing a vague Q1 2012

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Star Wars: The Old Republic might not have picked up too many "Game of the Year" awards in 2011 (due mostly to the fact that it was out for about 10 days when the year ended), but that hasn't stopped EA from getting some awards declared for the game anyway.

First, the company declared its own title the "fastest-growing subscription MMO" around, and now it's

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Studio Pixel, the one-man development studio behind the original Cave Story, has created a new game for iOS called Azarashi, available on iTunes now for 99 cents. It's an exceedingly simple game: you tap to catch three seal keychains as they fall, and your reaction times are added up to form a score.

What distinguishes Azarashi from other iOS microgames is Pixel's fantastic artwork, which delights with cute

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Epic Games and its development studio, ChAIR Entertainment, said the original game, launched December 2010, has hauled in $23m and that Infinity Blade II has grossed more than $5 million since release on December 1st 2011.
The rest of the cash came from franchise extensions such as the Infinity Blade: Awakening digital novella and Infinity Blade: Original Soundtrack.
“The success of the Infinity Blade franchise is testament to our talented team who is devoted to making games we want

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Originally Posted by wraggster

Box.net, an online cloud storage service, has made a few facelifts to the latest version of its Android app to help you get the most out of that 50GB storage limit it offered last month. The newest update offers a front page widget that shows you the progress of any files currently undergoing modifications or uploads; it also includes the ability to upload email attachments or other downloaded files

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