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Friday, March 29, 2013

This past weekend, Konami quietly released a mobile version of its long-running Power Pros franchise onto iTunes.

Priced at $4.99, Power Pros 2013 World Baseball Classic features two game modes: exhibition and championship. Championship mode replicates the World Baseball Classic tournament, beginning with round-robin pool play and ending in ... Read More
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Earlier this afternoon, the owners of spiritstranslation.com launched a new sister site, powerprotranslation.com, which offers screen-by-screen translations for Konami's Japanese Power Pros baseball games. English-speaking baseball gamers will now be able to navigate through Power Pros' menus and change key gameplay settings without difficulty, as 95% of the series' text is written in Japanese text and Kanji characters.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Posted on March 20, 2013 at 11:53 PM.

Pro Yakyū Spirits 2013, the latest outing in Konami's long-running Professional Baseball Spirits series, had its opening day today for the PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita.

Despite being a Japan-only release, Konami has not included any region protection, so American baseball fans can freely import the game and play it on North American PlayStation systems without any issues.

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Saturday, March 16, 2013
Posted on March 16, 2013 at 12:40 AM.
Earlier today, independent developer Mode 7 announced its plans to bring turn-based gameplay to a futuristic gridiron project named Frozen Endzone.


Gameplay consists of two robot teams pre-planning their movement across randomly generated terrain, with the red defensive forces trying to prevent the blue offensive side from reaching the end zone. ... Read More
Saturday, March 9, 2013

This week, hackers discovered that the entire F-Zero AX arcade game is not only hidden, but actually playable on the Nintendo GameCube's F-Zero GX disc. To access the secret content, players must enter a region-specific Action Replay code before booting up the game:

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Action Replay code to access F-Zero AX [NTSC-U]

61TA-AXPK-UAV9E
EHJV-6U30-2DTVE
NBCW-U1NV-0JDJG
HK7K-0RFW-FNQ8Y
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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Publisher Ubisoft has begun awarding early beta access to anyone who pre-purchases Trials Evolution: Gold Edition through STEAM between now and the game's March 21 release date. A beta key will be instantly emailed to early buyers as soon as the $20 down payment is received. For preordering, gamers will also receive a gold-plated bike and three special rider outfits (pictured above).

Trials Evolution: Gold Edition ... Read More

The excellent PC port of SEGA's latest kart racer, Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, can now be downloaded for $15 thanks to a weekend-long SEGA publisher sale at Getgamego.com.

American gamers may be unfamiliar with the website, as Getgamego.com is the digital webstore for longstanding British gaming publication, Eurogamer. Purchases are region-free, as the website will email its customers a STEAM activation ... Read More
Friday, February 22, 2013
Posted on February 22, 2013 at 12:19 PM.
3. MLB Bobblehead Pros (Xbox Live Arcade)



Known for its big-headed players and fast-paced gameplay, Konami's Power Pros series began in 1994 on Nintendo's Super Famicon console. To date, Konami has released over 15 different versions of Power Pros across 13 different game systems. Few people outside of Japan are familiar with the veteran baseball franchise, as it visited North America for the first time when MLB ... Read More
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Posted on January 31, 2013 at 11:03 PM.
To celebrate Super Bowl week, Xbox 360 Indie game, Avatar Football, will cost only $1 from now through February 5. On February 6, the game will return to its normal $3 price.

Check out Operation Sports' full written review for a detailed breakdown of Barkers Crest Studio's latest Indie release.


To view Avatar Football in action, simply ... Read More
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Posted on January 30, 2013 at 12:21 PM.

Yesterday, EA Sports launched a week-long publisher sale that Xbox Live Gold members can take advantage of from now until February 4.
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Friday, January 25, 2013
Posted on January 25, 2013 at 12:45 PM.
Microsoft's Larry Hryb, better known to gamers as Major Nelson, recently posted his year-end tally of the 20 most-played Xbox 360 games from 2012.

The following list includes both Xbox 360 retail games and Games On Demand, with the rankings averaging the number of unique users per day who were connected to Xbox Live from January through December of 2012:

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles (based on average unique users per ... Read More
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Posted on January 9, 2013 at 09:00 AM.

Xbox 360 baseball fans just took another foul tip to the nads with yesterday's revelation that Konami's MLB Bobblehead Pros -- along with all of its downloadable content -- has been permanently removed from Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade service.

If you've already purchased MLB Bobblehead Pros but don't currently have the game installed to your hard drive, you can still redownload it without issue by scrolling through ... Read More
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Posted on April 19, 2012 at 01:46 PM.

RedLynx's Trials Evolution hit Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday for 1200 Microsoft Points. Over 1 million people downloaded RedLynx's last game, Trials HD, making it the fifth best-selling title of all time on the Xbox Live Arcade platform.

Want to know what's new for this third entry in the Trials series? Here's a quick rundown before Operation Sports' full review drops in later this week:

Supercross
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Posted on March 8, 2012 at 01:40 PM.
A few guys from tecmobowl.org have gotten together to make a MMO based on the Tecmo Super Bowl engine:


When it's released, the game will be free to play. But you can get in the April Beta by donating $15 or more.

You will have the ability to fully edit teams and players among other features.

The project is currently ... Read More
Monday, January 30, 2012
Posted on January 30, 2012 at 01:03 PM.
Ever since Microsoft introduced a new dashboard update at the end of 2011, NBA Jam: On Fire Edition has been locking up many gamers' Xbox 360s.


The opening "press start" screen is committing the foul. On Fire Edition starts up fine until gamers hit the initial loading screen, but when activated, it sends the Xbox 360 into a permanent freeze.

Once you experience this freeze for the first ... Read More

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