So apparently, it’s the hit fighting game Tekken’s 20^th Anniversary.  Doesn’t really seem that long, does it?  I still remember when I first saw it in arcades, and thought it was just a fancier, prettier Virtua Fighter.  Anyway, so how do you suppose Bandai Namco Games is celebrating this momentous event?  Are they going to release a new Tekken game, or maybe a collection of old classic ones?  Nope, they’re just combining Tekken characters with…Galaga?!?  Galaga: Tekken 20^th Anniversary Edition is a downloadable game for iOS, Android, and Google Play, and best of all, it’s free!  So how exactly does this game work?  Oh, you’ll definitely want to read on to find out!

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Right now at McDonald’s, you can get Happy Meals with toys based on the newest Skylanders entry: Trap Team.  Click here to check out what they look like.

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Tony Stark has just created a super powerful robot computer named Ultron, but it goes haywire and turns evil so now it’s up to Iron Man and the rest of the Avengers to stop him!  That’s the plot of the new hit summer movie Avengers: Age of Ultron and it’s also the same as Zen Studios new pinball table for its Pinball FX2 and Zen Pinball platforms (reviewed on 360 here).

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A medieval kingdom is having a festival with a great big cake.  But when the greedy Krinkles catch a whiff of the cake, they want it all for themselves.  So these little creatures, which look like little walking balls with sharp teeth, come invading the castle looking for goodies.  Now it’s up to a wizard and his living, talking glove to protect the kingdom in this cartoony tower defense style game.  It’s downloadable for Sony’s current consoles, but reviewed on PS3 here.

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Help a little pig pop colored bubbles and free rubber duckies during his bath time with Bubble Bath Blast, a free-to-play puzzle game for iOS (reviewed on iPad here).  The game plays similarly to the classic puzzler Puzzle Bobble (or Bust-A-Move, depending on where you live in the world).

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Nintendo just released some new Mario Kart 8 tracks, and it made me think about other fun Nintendo themed DLC and bonuses in games.  So I wrote a blog about it.  Enjoy!

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Young girl Sari and her robot friend Swank are trapped in an underground cavern and must find a way out!  The robot finds a machine with two mechanical arms, and uses it to help the girl and all of the other trapped robots escape from the catacombs.  Underground is an action puzzle game, downloadable on the Wii U eShop.

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Choo Parr is a free-to-play mobile game for iOS and Android devices (reviewed on iPad here).  In the game you play as a flying dragon, hovering above the skies of random locations like a castle, Wild West town, arctic iceberg, beach, and more.  Your job is to collect equally random objects falling from the sky for points.  But watch out for dangerous items cascading to the ground like bombs, grenades, and swords.  Get hit twice by one of those and it’s Game Over!

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Steven Universe is a popular new animated series on Cartoon Network.  And now you can go on an RPG adventure with Steven and the three Gem Warriors in Attack the Light, a new game you can download on the App Store, Google Play, and Amazon (reviewed on iPad here).  The Gem Warriors Garnet, Amethyst, and Pearl find a mysterious Prism, but when Steven touches it, a Light Monster escapes.  When Garnet punches it, the monster splits into the different colors of the rainbow and scatters all over the place.  Now it’s up to Steven and the others to battle light creatures and capture the monsters to save the day.  They’ll need your help, too, but don’t forget your Cheeseburger Backpack!

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When gamers think of HAL Laboratory, titles like Kirby and the Smash Bros. series come to mind.  But they’re also no stranger to puzzlers, too.  In fact, back before Kirby was even around, HAL made a series of block pushing puzzle games on the NES called Adventures of Lolo (I used to play the heck out of those when I was a kid).  In fact, Lolo and Lala can be seen in some Kirby games, too!  Anyway, HAL is going back to their puzzling roots with Box Boy!  It’s a downloadable eShop game for the Nintendo 3DS, and it’ll make you think outside the box!

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