Scarygirl Creeps Her Way Onto XBL and PSN
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Scarygirl for XBL, PSN, PC (www.scarygirlgame.com), Square Enix
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When something straight-up awesome-looking comes floating across a game PR person’s desk, that’s when our jobs become even more fun than they already are. And for anyone who has seen even a teensy bit of Nathan Jurevicius’ award-winning graphic novel Scarygirl, they already know that awesome-looking doesn’t begin to describe the eye-patched, tentacled, stitch-mouthed cute girl with a hook…
MMO & RPG Sites Dive Deeper Into New FINAL FANTASY XIV Roadmap
Square Enix and the Final Fantasy XIV team recently pulled back the curtains on some pretty major development plans for the future, including huge changes, updates and upgrades that will take Final Fantasy XIV into the future. If you missed the announcement, you can check it out via the Lodestone at http://lodestone.finalfantasyxiv.com/pl/teaser/
This is an exciting time for the game and its fans, as the Company shows off its commitment to quality and the franchise by sharing the rather impressive roadmap for future improvements and content changes while, at the same time, highlighting all of the hard work and quality upgrades that have gone into the game to date. read more
Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection Gets High Marks!
- Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection is Now Available for Sony’s PSP… Go Find It!
We’ve had the distinct pleasure of working with Square Enix on TWO amazing titles for PSP this year, Tactics Ogre which shipped earlier this Spring, and now Final Fantasy IV: The Complete Collection which is now available and is being received by top gaming media with great review scores! read more
GamerFitNation Profiles MavPR’s Resident P90Xer
- Matt mugs his best “STANDARD INTERNET DORK POSE” A Camera Angle Which Other MavPR Partners Find Decidedly LESS Funny Than Matt Does. Shame, Really. :-p
“I don’t mind dying, but I’ll be damned if I die early and miss out on time with my son simply because I couldn’t stop eating crappy food or because I was too lazy to get my ass off the couch.”
- MavPR Partner Matt Frary in GamerFitNation’s True Gamer of the Week Profile
One of your favorite young video game sites, GamerFitNation, has selected Maverick PR Partner Matt Frary as their “True Gamer of the Week” this week. This is a totally fitting title and the perfect site to profile Matt, because his nearly obsessive man-love of P90X has kept him neatly trim for more than 7 months now. We’d post a picture of his rock-hard abs here, but it would be far too overpowering for teh Internets to handle.
Have You Bought Tomb Raider Trilogy Yet?
Tomb Raider Trilogy released a couple of weeks ago and we here at Maverick PR were a bit excited to jump into the fray and do a little bit of work with one of the most iconic video game characters of all time.
Tomb Raider Trilogy combines three awesome Tomb Raider games into one amazing package for PlayStation 3. And if that’s not enough for you, all of the games have been re-mastered in HD to make them look even better than before. Still not enough? Well, don’t pick up that phone because the package also includes some PS3-exclusive items like avatar rewards and a special theme.
It’s an amazing deal — so if you missed the games on PS2, go get this now. If you played them on PS2 and love Tomb Raider, go get this package now. Don’t believe us – and really – why would you? Just read some of the reviews!
Bust-A-Move Universe Heads On Tour for 3DS Launch!
I don’t know, you might’ve heard that some Japanese company is about to release some new version of some video game platform that everyone seems to love… errr… or something, like, I think it has 3d??
Square Enix’s Mindjack Lifts The Curtain For GameSpot
GameSpot's Exclusive Look Hits on the X360 Page
GameSpot - along with a handful of other outlets – nabbed a private demo with us last week and had a chance to delve deeper into Square Enix’s upcoming action game, Mindjack. All of this during a first look preview tour Maverick put together in San Francisco.
While all of the outlets we visited will be posting their thoughts on the game shortly, including 1UP, Gamepro, GamesRadar, Worthplaying, and many more, GameSpot is first out of the gate with their exclusive first break, along with a new video and exclusive video interview with Square Enix’s Johnny Fournier.
If you’re not familiar with Mindjack, it is an unusual game that combines single and multi-player action in to a unifying, intense and always different experience. The way I try to explain this is imagine that you fire up your single player campaign as normal but at any time, you might discover the enemies your are battling and squad mates fighting by your side are controlled by other gamers somewhere in the world through Xbox Live and Playstation Network. Now THAT’s good AI. 
Take a look at the video interview on GameSpot below – some pretty cool stuff happening in the world of Mindjack. And be sure to visit the game on it’s Facebook Page and “Like” away!
NIER Rolls On, Continuing to Surprise & Please Reviewers
NY Times, NY Post, G4TV, Tech-Gaming, Kotaku All Agree The Experience of NIER is Unique and A Trip Worth Taking
Seth Schiesel's NIER Review in NY Times Dove Deep Into Story and Mature Content
NIER continues to surprise and delight reviewers across all levels and genres of media from the New York Times to Kotaku to GamePro to G4TV. We’re really excited to see all of the great coverage coming out and also to see that reviewers are taking the time to evaluate the game on its entire experience, rather than getting hung up on individual points of contention.
Let’s face it, this is just a highlight reel of some cool reviews, so let’s get to it…
The New York Times, as seen above, said: “…if you reduce Nier to its constituent parts, there are plenty of games that surpass it in each area. But Nier never feels disjointed and it stands as an achievement in using many different styles of gaming in the service of a coherent, compelling whole.”
The NY Post weighed in with a B+, saying: “On its surface, Nier is just an action RPG. Below that, however, is a wonderfully complex tale with characters you’ll root for.”
G4TV came through with a 4/5 in their review that went on X-Play. Is this because of someone’s dashing face appearing on that show earlier this year? Decidedly yes, in my humble opinion… but it could just be the game too…
GamePro joined the fray, judging the game to be a “…fun title in its own right, creatively melding hack-n-slash gameplay with traditional RPG elements, and topped off with a bizarre, yet engrossing story.” 3.5/5 stars
Kotaku, which doesn’t assign scores, agreed, saying in their very positive review: “As I played, I was pleasantly surprised to find a complex action role-playing game with some big ideas, a daring storyline, flashy combat, and enough extra content to satisfy even the most obsessive compulsive role-playing fan.”
Tech-Gaming agreed, awarding NIER with a B and saying: “While the title does have a few niggling faults, it is also delightfully compelling as hours evaporate with each subsequent dungeon.”
This is all great news for NIER. Have you tried the game yet? You should. Learn more at www.NIERGame.com or go ahead and find out more right where you spend your day hiding from work responsibilities at www.facebook.com/NIERgame.
As always, you can also follow MavPR on Facebook; come see what we’re up to! EAVB_OEOOMRNSTT
NIER Emerges As A Sleeper
Square Enix’s Latest Action-RPG Surprises Reviewers With Story and Depth
We’ve been really excited for the past few months as we continued to work on NIER with Square Enix. The game had so many spoilers and so much content to hide it presented quite a challenge when it came time to demo and show it off. It was so fun to take it on tour twice and never mention key plot points like the Shadowlord, multiple books and critical story arcs. The goal? To leave people wanting more and create some suspense during review playthroughs.
And we couldn’t be happier to see that the reviewers have enjoyed it as well. While some express consternation over not being fully briefed prior to review, others have embraced what the game has to offer – namely an engaging story, multiple endings (one of which is truly epic), and unique characters.
As with any game, it has its strong points and weak points, but the overall experience has proven to be more than the sum of its parts for most reviewers. As a result, it’s fair to say that NIER is rolling into “sleeper” territory. Just check out some of the reviews: Strategy Informer, GamingUnion, Bitbag, and PSXExtreme all weigh in with 8/10 scores. Other outlets like Zeitgeist apply no score but talk about the amazing story and characters.
If you haven’t checked out NIER, you really should!
Taking the wraps off Blacklight: Tango Down
We Pwn Media and Show Off DLC FPS Awesomeness in San Francisco…
We just completed a nice preview event in San Francisco with our partners at Ignition Entertainment for their upcoming FPS Blacklight: Tango Down. It’s always fun doing hands-on with competitive shooters – me loves to pwn media.
So, what’s BLTD, you ask? The short of it is this — a multiplayer-focused, Unreal Engine 3-powered, near-future FPS that will available only through digital download for an expected price of $15.
Yes – Unreal tech, tons of modes and maps PLUS co-op, for a quick $15. My nephew is pretty stoked about this one already. And rightfully so.
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