GrimGrimoire

GrimGrimoire, it almost sounds like one of those knockoff Harry Potter toys you'd find in your local supermarket's children section. Here, you'll play as a new student in a magic academy that's got a bunch of devious students and creepy teachers and is run by "Gammel Dore." However, once you get past those Hogwart-like nods, you'll find a real-time strategy game so engaging that you won't mind some of the upper-tier battles taking 90 minutes to best. Once the Archmage of Fear is released, you'll keep reliving the same five days as you use the skills you've learned -- such as the ability to breed dragons, command the dead, and use fairies effectively -- to engage in massive sprite battles on a 2D plane representing the halls of your school. Our bet is that somewhere between managing your mana and ordering your massive chimera into battle you'll forget that this isn't a current-gen game, that there are no Trophies and that there are no HD visuals. This is one of those games that just consumes your life.Get it here

God Eater First Look

It's easy to see the similarities between Capcom's massively popular Monster Hunter and Namco Bandai's latest third-person action role-playing game God Eater. Both feature protagonists sent on quests to hunt down huge creatures, with oversized weaponry, real-time combat, and an experience clearly geared towards playing with friends cooperatively. Despite this, God Eater introduces a number of features that set it apart from Monster Hunter, such as a postapocalyptic setting, lock-on targeting, and multiple weapon modes. Is it enough to turn it from a mere clone to a true competitor? We took a first look at the game to find out. Get it here

Phantasy Star Portable 2 coming to North America, Europe

Sega's long-running series Phantasy Star might be flickering of late, but the sci-fi role-playing game franchise still has life left in it yet. Sega provided the latest example of that today, as it announced North American and European releases for Phantasy Star Portable 2 for the PSP.Get it here

Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands Hands-On

Like the other Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands games across various consoles, the PlayStation Portable version takes place during the seven-year gap between the previous Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Warrior Within. What makes this one unique is that it's a side scrolling 2.5D platformer where you're essentially on rails as you navigate through a 3D world. Even though your path is pretty obvious, some puzzle-solving is required to get to where you need to go and there are some tricky platforming sections that will take time to master. It's a change of pace from exploring vast 3D environments, and the stages are broken up in such a way that you can easily replay them to perfect your score.Get it here

Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess! Hands-on

Monsters (Probably) Stole My Princess! is a humourous Minis game developed by London-based studio MediaTonic. We had the opportunity to see what those no good monsters are up to when we got some hands-on time with the PlayStation 3 and PSP platforming game. Get it here