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Fighting Fantasy Follow-Up Preview: Fear My Stylus
2:20AM AJ Glasser | It’s been a little more than two months since I last saw Fighting Fantasy – the DS action/adventure RPG based on a choose-your-own-adventure book series of the same name. Here’s what’s changed since then. More »
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Fighting Fantasy DS Preview: Choose Your Own Adventure Makes A Comeback
10:00AM AJ Glasser | Fighting Fantasy: The Warlock of Firetop Mountain was a 1982 choose-your-own-adventure book written by now-game developers Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone. Now it’s a 2009 DS action role-playing game. More »
News
Aspyr Confirms Layoffs, Sources Say As Much As A Third
6:00AM Brian Crecente | Aspyr today confirmed to Kotaku that yesterday’s rumours of layoffs at their Austin-based studios are true. More »
Rumours
Rumour: Aspyr Hit With Layoffs?
3:00AM Brian Crecente | Austin-based developer Aspyr, best known for their work porting PC titles like Call of Duty 4 and Sims 2 to the Mac, were hit with layoffs this week, according to sources in the industry. More »
Treasure Troves – Augmented Reality DS WiFi Game
10:20AM Stuart Houghton | Gamasutra had a pleasant chat with Aspyr Software’s Justin Leingang in which the publisher/developer revealed some details about their new game Treasure Troves, which uses local wifi signals to generate in-game objects. More »
The Ultimate DS Stocking Stuffer – FutureU SAT Prep
1:20AM Mike Fahey | Parents take heed! Does your teen want a Nintendo DS for Christmas, but you worry about it distracting them from their schoolwork? Aspyr Media and the test prep wizards at Kaplan have your solution with futureU SAT Prep for the DS. First announced back in April, the ‘game’ is now hitting stores, just in time for Christmas. It might not be the console edutainment Crecente craves, but it’ll do in a pinch. More »
