Well, we’re done with our Game of the Year posts. Before we do anything else, let’s just do a quick summary of this year’s posts.

Last year we had a really crappy system for our GotY posts, but this year we almost seem *gasp* professional! Which I think is really cool.

So let’s go and look at all of the posts! Read on and check all the links!
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The first game just won our award for one of the best PSP games of the year. And now a demo just came out for its sequel.

So I gave it a try… and it seems like it’s gonna be a lot better than the first!

Read and see what I liked about it! (just a short post)
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Handheld gaming is a pretty important aspect of the gaming industry as a whole. The PSP might not be as popular as the DS, sure, but it’s a nice little system with quality games.
Combined with the release of the PSP Go and not that many new interesting releases, the PSP, as always, didn’t have an incredible year. But that’s not to say it didn’t get anything good at all.

The following games are all games that should at least be checked out for Sony’s handheld.

Read and see our 5 winners this year!
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This game started out as a rumored Zelda game for some reason (because of the triforce symbol on the clock thing). It got a bit of hype because of that. What really interested me was the graphics, ad then I heard about the completely random concept. After playing the demos, I was sold.

What is it that made me fall in love with it? Read on and see!
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Today, September 10th 2009, a few demos came out on the PS3/PSP, all of which I thought might be at least mildly interesting to check out: TMNT: TITRS, Katamari Forever, Star Wars The Clone Wars: Republic Heroes and, for the PSP, Half-minute Hero.

TMNT:TITRS was one of my anticipated games this summer, yet I never checked out the 360 version, Katamari always intrigued me because of its popularity, Star Wars… well, it’s Star Wars…. and Half-Minute Hero has an interesting concept.

So, which of those fail, and which of those should we buy? Read my impressions for each of them and see! (I’ll make this short)
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Well, September is on the way, which usually signals the end of the usual summer drought. Starting now until… usually the end of November, we’ll be bombarded by games… If they weren’t delayed to next year, like it’s the popular thing to do in recent days.

So, is it really the end of the summer drought, or do we have to wait a bit more? Read on to see what’s coming out!

And don’t hesitate to comment and tell me if I missed something in my list!
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Just looking at the game’s title you can’t help but wonder what it’s all about. Why a Batman reference anyways? No one knows. But this is a pretty fun game.

Read on and see what it’s all about. And don’t forget to check the Save Factor for the game!

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Ah Ghostbusters. A good piece of my childhood, and that of many other people who were born in the 80s. After 20 years since the second film, and the video game industry not treating the franchise very well(or, well, barely treating it at all), with the only decent game coming from the series being the Genesis game, but looking so wacky it wasn’t a great representation of the movies.

So after all that waiting, a new Ghostbusters game comes for next-gen consoles. I don’t know what was the draw to make a new game for it after so long, but as a Ghostbusters fan I couldn’t be happier that some developers(and publishers, thank you Atari for picking it up after the Vivendi/Activision merger almost destroyed it) showed some love for it.

So can the Ghostbusters finally make it into a great game? Read my review!
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As of now June has been a pretty good month, with a few heavy hitters to come in the remaining days of the month.

July is the month when the gaming industry usually slows down a bit, and a lot fewer games come out.

As per usual, July is not a big month this year either. I actually had trouble getting more than 10 games on the list of “good games coming out”. Actually, I didn’t even manage that, since some are doubles that will go in the multi-platform section, and I got a good part of the releases for the list from Japan.

Needless to say, the list this month is a bit lackluster.

As always, games with (JAPAN) next to their names are japanese games, and we’ll start with the multi-platform games this time.
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Originally developed by pretty much unknown developer Ride On, Nippon Ichi America brings us Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida, which was renamed “Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman! What did I do to deserve this?”. The fun 8-bit-looking graphics and the random title reminiscent of oldschool Batman reeled me in, and the possibly fun gameplay and concept (being the bad guy trying to kill heroes) made me quite interested.

This is Ride On’s third game. The first was a Darius port on GBA, and the other was a Beat ‘em Up featuring maids with guns(from the Simple 2000 series). Their track record is short and not very inspiring, but Yuusha no Kuse ni Namaikida definitely looks interesting.

So with an english demo out (there was a demo before on the japanese PSN), we can see if it’s actually any good.

Read on!
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