Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! After a few weeks off as the holidays more or less killed releases, we are starting to see a few new games.

The three big games this week are Jagged Alliance – Back in Action and … oh yeah, that Playstation Vita thing. This week brings the special early adopters bundle, and a bunch of games are hitting stores as well. Early looks are no surprise – great hardware, extremely locked down transfer options, and pretty crappy PSP game compatibility.

Jagged Alliance is one of the great franchises, and although it is also getting a re-make as a shooter, strategy fans are more excited for this great looking strategy game reboot. We might not be getting a true turn-based game – this is the classic ‘Real-Time with Pause’, but it is still a fun addition to the franchise and much better than many feared.

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Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! After a few weeks off as the holidays more or less killed releases, we are starting to see a few new games.

The three big games this week are The Darkness II , Jagged Alliance – Back in Action and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning . The original Darkness game was a bit of a sleeper, getting solid reviews but not immediately gaining the commercial success it deserved. Since then it has become a definite fave for many gamers, making the arrival of the sequel even more exciting.

Jagged Alliance is one of the great franchises, and although it is also getting a re-make as a shooter, strategy fans are more excited for this great looking strategy game reboot.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the highly anticipated first title from 38 Studios, headed by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. The demo met with decidedly mixed reviews, with fairly negative feedback particularly from PC gamers. Schilling has been on the forums touting the changes and advances from the demo to the release (and spouting off on just about everything, apparently), so hopefully the troubles with the demo will be rectified.

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This morning my inbox tells me that the pre-Valentine’s Day onslaught has started! EVERYTHING makes the perfect gift, from laptops to HDTVs to iPads to … the Nintendo 3DS? That is how Nintendo is positioning it – using the shared functionality and wireless communication to push ‘togetherness’.

Here is some of the press release:

Nintendo of America has a perfectly pink new option for consumers looking to win over their loved ones this Valentine’s Day. Starting Feb. 10, a Pearl Pink edition of the Nintendo 3DS™ hand-held system – previously available only as part of a limited-edition bundle – will be available as a stand-alone item at retailers nationwide, offered at a

Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! After a few weeks off as the holidays more or less killed releases, we are starting to see a few new games.

The two big games this week are Final Fantasy XIII-2 and Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning . The original Final Fantasy XIII was initially met with high review scores, but there was plenty of criticism from a mediocre story to extreme linearity to too many protracted cutscenes and more. Overall it is thought of as one of the weaker franchise games. The sequel is getting early looks that say it definitely addresses the criticism.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the highly anticipated first title from 38 Studios, headed by former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling. The demo met with decidedly mixed reviews, with fairly negative feedback particularly from PC gamers. Schilling has been on the forums touting the changes and advances from the demo to the release (and spouting off on just about everything, apparently), so hopefully the troubles with the demo will be rectified.

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Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! After a few weeks off as the holidays more or less killed releases, we are starting to see a few new games.

The only big game this week is King Arthur II: The Role-playing Wargame. The original game had loads of content and did a great job combining role-playing and strategy, and the expansions added even more great stuff, making this game highly anticipated by RPG and strategy fans alike!

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Despite a rather slow start, the Nintendo 3DS has emerged as quite a success over the last few months. While much of that is due to the massive price cut, the 3DS features a great library. Mike Siebenaler has done a great job covering the 3DS, including recent looks at the Ambassador program and the recent Super Mario 3D Land game. Today Nintendo is celebrating more than 4 million 3DS systems sold in the United States alone! Here is the full press release:

REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Whether they were on the go or at home, whether they played in 2D on the TV or in glasses-free 3D in their hands, gamers of all

Link encounters great new adventures utilizing the MotionPlus controls for unique swordplay and puzzles while his relationship with Princess Zelda focuses more romantic elements. Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Wow … this is really cool – and just at the right time of year! If you or your kids own a Nintendo 3DS, you can now connect to the internet for free at hundreds of spots across the country thanks to Nintendo and Boingo! You can read the full press release here, but here is a snip:

“With the holiday season approaching, more leisure travelers and families with children will fill our airports and have access to our hotspots,” Colby Goff, senior vice president of strategy and business development for Boingo Wireless. “Our state-of-the-art networks will provide Nintendo 3DS users with seamless connectivity and fast, reliable service to

Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! The contrast between the hundred plus releases last week and the couple of dozen this week shows that we are now in the slide into the holidays and the big releases are done. Well, almost – we have The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Wii this week, which had been listed for last week on some sites.

Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Saint’s Row: The Third, and Need for Speed: The Run! And those are just the ‘blockbusters’!

There are a few other big games, such as Serious Sam 3: BFE, which is a prequel to the classic pure-fun shooter series. I loved the first two, but felt they stumbled with Serious Sam 2 by trying to be …well, too serious.

There are other interesting releases like The King of Fighters XIII, as well as WWE ’12, as well as some others. Every platform has something worth checking this week – read on to find out!… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

This holiday season Nintendo DS games bring big fun to the compact, yet powerful console with several new games incorporating camera functions as well as other unique capabilities on the new Nintendo 3DS and existing XL, DSi, DS Lite and regular DS handheld consoles. Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! This week we have ‘oh-no-it-is-almost-thanksgiving-and-call-of-duty-is-out-so-we-better-release-our-stuff-FAST’ week! This week we get The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary, Assassin’s Creed Revelations, Saint’s Row: The Third, and Need for Speed: The Run! And those are just the ‘blockbusters’!

There are plenty of other big games, such as the cool looking Jurassic Park – The Game, which comes from Telltale Games, who has brought us Sam & Max, Monkey Island, and Back to the Future in recent years.

There are other interesting releases like Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3, as well as Rayman Origins, as well as some others. Every platform has something worth checking this week – read on to find out!… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! This week we have two massive releases that will each result in millions of copies sold, with one already gaining an estimate of more than a billion dollars in revenue! Those games are Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

While Modern Warfare 3 will be the larger game in terms of sales, Skyrim is more anticipated for a few reasons: first, it has been five years since the last entry, the highly over-rated but still amazing and successful Oblivion. Since Call of Duty has basically become ‘Madden with guns’, there isn’t much to anticipate… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! So … once again we have a single game that dominates everything else. That game is Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception, the latest entry in the PS3-exclusive action-adventure franchise.

There are some other big games, such as the strategy sequel GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, which is a reboot of the Nintendo 64 game widely regarded as the game that showed that the FPS genre could work on consoles.

There are other interesting releases like The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, as well as Sonic Generations, as well as some others. Every platform has something worth checking this week… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Welcome back to the GearGames weekly video game release feature here at Gear Diary! So … there are far fewer games out this week than last week. And the reason is simple – we get one of those releases big enough that others schedule around it. That game is Battlefield 3, the latest entry in the multiplayer-focused shooter franchise.

There are some other games, such as the strategy sequel Stronghold 3, which is a genre favorite for PC gamers and has been highly anticipated.

There are other interesting releases like Disney Universe, as well as Kirby’s Return to Dreamland, as well as some others. Every platform has something worth checking this week -… Continue reading on Gear Diary ...

Nintendo hasn’t had a great year – the Wii, which spent a few years atop the sales charts is now lagging badly behind. And the Nintendo 3DS launch was lackluster to be kind, and it took an unprecedented price drop to bolster sales. Now as the holiday season fast approaches, Nintendo has teamed up with Hulu to bring the Hulu Plus service to the Wii and 3DS – which means viewing by as many as 100 million systems worldwide.

Here are the major updates from Nintendo:

Hulu Plus: With Hulu Plus, Wii and Nintendo 3DS users will be able to instantly stream thousands of TV episodes – including the entire current season of