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Title: Audition Portable
Price: $48.90
System(s): PSP
Release Date: June 4, 2007
Publisher (Developer): T3 Entertainment (T3 Entertainment)
ESRB Rating: N/A
Pros: Spiritual successor to Bust a Groove, fun puzzle/dancing game, cute characters, ad hoc multiplayer and 67 songs.
Cons: Not a lot of track variety, can get old quickly
Overall Score: 7.5/10

Once upon a time, a long time ago, the Playstation had a wonderful, dance/puzzle game called Bust a Groove. It was similar to Parappa the Rapper, and it had players pushing buttons to make characters dance. It became a cult classic, but was possibly ahead of its time.

Cue Audition Online the spiritual successor to Bust a Groove. The campy feel of the original game was gone, but the button-pressing dance goodness lived on. In Korea, Audition Online’s birthplace, the game became so popular that it spawned a PSP version - Audition Portable. Audition Portable is essentially a pint-sized version of Audition Online and is a lighthearted PSP game rhythm fans will enjoy…

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The hype machine behind the PS3 exclusive title LittleBigPlanet continues to pick up steam as we near closer to its October 2008 release date. We know of several truly unique gameplay features such as the ability to capture images using the PlayStation Eye and placing them into the game, YouTube upload support and, of course, Trophies.

As if creating unique stages from scratch with friends online wasn’t enough to warrant a purchase, SCEA’s Marketing Manager, Mark Valledor, posted on the PlayStation Blog telling of goodies that will accompany LBP pre-orders…

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If you’ve been searching for a good game to put on your brand new iPhone 3G or iPod Touch, Capybara Games has quite a deal in store for you. August 1-8, 2008, the winner of IGF Mobile’s Best Game of 2008, Critter Crunch, will be on sale for a promotional price of $6.99. Critter Crunch is usually sold for $9.99 on the App Store.

Critter Crunch puts you in the body of Biggs who may look harmless but actually has quite a long tongue to defend himself. Creatures fall from the top of the screen as Biggs desperately tries to…

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The Simple Series is a staple in Japan and are a line of budget-priced games released by D3 Publisher for the Dreamcast, Game Boy Advance, DS, Wii, PSP, PS1 and PS2. The games are typically by smaller developers and all of the DS titles are bargain priced at ¥2800.

This makes them a great way for people who normally don’t import video games to give them a try (especially since the PSP and DS are region-free.) Simple DS Series Volume games for the DS usually start at $28 and older entries can be as cheap as $19. For people who have never imported before, this can be a way for people to test and see if they could play a game filled with…

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The peg popping game that has racked up thousands of hours of playtime from people all over the globe will attempt to do it all over again. Peggle has found a home on PC, Mac, iPod, and Xbox Live and now its set its sights on the DS.

PopCap enlisted the help of Q Entertainment to bring Peggle DS to the United States. There are talks of bringing Peggle to European territories as well but as of now nothing has been confirmed.

Details are…

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Maybe the idea of of having a slimy Nintendo DS isn’t your idea of a fun time but perhaps playing as a ball of slime is. Southpeak Games announced today (July 23, 2008) that Mr. Slime is officially on store shelves all across North America. Mister Slime is an adventure game with puzzle elements and some nifty elements that make the overall experience even more unique.

Using the DS’s touchscreen, you command Slimey to use his four arms to latch on to certain anchor points to navigate around the level. You can also blow into the microphone to send Slimey flying on gust of virtual wind. Your character may be made of slime but he can’t…

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There is no shortage of games coming down the pipeline for Apple’s brand of handheld devices. One of the latest games to hit the App Store is from LemonQuest called Circulate Prologue. That “prologue” at the end of the title is meant to indicate that the game is not yet complete. It’s more of a beta version that gives just a taste of what the complete game will offer. Still it’s not a bad purchase for only .99 cents.

Circulate Prologue takes advantage of the…

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Reports last month of additional content to paradigm-busting, platitude-eliciting puzzler Portal were heart-stopping revelations for die-hards Valve fans.

But, according to GameSetWatch, Valve’s Doug Lombardi said the new levels for Portal will be culled from the Portal: The Flash Game map pack. While there’s still plenty of reasons for console players to be happy, there are now a few to get riled up about, too…

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PopCap has released another casual game for people with a sharp eye. SpinTop‘s Amazing Adventures Around the World is another “hidden object” kind of puzzle game, like those ones you used to see in Highlights magazine. This is the second game in the Amazing Adventures series, the first was Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb, released November 21, 2007. It’s available on the two sites above in a demo version and a $19.95 retail version.

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Majesco’s been revealing lots of solid information on its forthcoming games, and Marker Man isn’t being left out. The DS game is a physics based, drawing, puzzle game for the Nintendo DS that is scheduled to be released in time for the 2008 winter holidays. Don’t let the simplistic title and story fool you, Marker Man sounds challenging.

Marker Man follows the adventures of, you guessed it, Marker Man. His pet, Doodle Dog, has disappeared. So now players have to help Marker Man manage his way through 150 puzzles to find his lost dog. This is accomplished by drawing geometric shapes on the touch screen to help Marker Man reach the end of each level.

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