JC Fletcher
Managing Editor - jc@joystiq.com
JC is Joystiq's new Managing Editor, having previously served as Features Editor and Contributing Editor, and as a blogger for satellite sites DS Fanboy and Wii Fanboy.
In his spare time, he helps run Tiny Cartridge, a DS/3DS/retro oddities blog.
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Batman: Arkham City is a board game now
Batman: Arkham City Escape is a board game based on the game sequel to the game based on the comics, due in the UK this June (and elsewhere in "Q2") from Cryptozoic Games. In the two-player game, one player controls Batman's villains, using their special abilities to escape from Arkham City with ...
Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery is an Unreal puzzle game for Vita
Jacob Jones and the Bigfoot Mystery is an unexpected use of Unreal Engine 3: it's a Professor Layton-style puzzle game, for one thing, instead of any variety of shooter. It stars a group of kid campers, designed to resemble vinyl toys, instead of tree trunk-sized men. And it's for Vita! Basically, ...
Lego Batman brings the DC Super Heroes to iOS
Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes continues its campaign to occupy every single platform, with the release of an iOS version. That joins the existing PC, Mac, PS3, Vita, 3DS, DS, Wii, Wii U, and Xbox 360 versions in a sort of Justice League of near-identical games. The iOS release costs $4.99 and ...
Metal Gear Rising's Blade Wolf DLC out in Japan May 9
Metal Gear Rising Revengeance's upcoming DLC stars Blade Wolf, who is sure to be recognized as this year's best chainsaw-tailed robodog character. It's due in Japan on May 9, Konami announced today, which suggests it won't make the April date originally given for the North American release. The ...
Get Deoxys for Pokemon Black 2 and White 2 next month
The creepy-looking Pokémon Deoxys will be available in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 starting May 8, through a special character distribution online. If you're still playing the trading card game, it's also being released for that in a new "Plasma Freeze" expansion. Are people still ...
Nintendo details its new E3 plans
Nintendo isn't doing the full E3 press conference this year, as revealed last night. In a statement, Nintendo of America explained what its revised plans are, offering details of the two closed events it will host in lieu of a Ravi Drums-enhanced conference. "Beyond the news that will be ...
Neo Geo X hits $100 at Best Buy
The Neo Geo X Gold console has reached its lowest price yet, with Best Buy putting the handheld (with Neo Geo-shaped dock, full-size joystick, and Ninja Master's cartridge) on sale for $99.99, $100 cheaper than its original price. If you'd like an extra arcade stick, it's also half-price, on sale ...
Sony talks up DualShock 4 features
Sony still isn't willing to show more than the controller for the PS4, but it's getting all the mileage it can from that. Here, Sony devs go over each feature of the DualShock 4. Well, mostly the new ones – the share button, the light bar, the speaker. There's not too much discussion of, ...
New Nintendo eShop releases: Rayman Legends Challenges, Mega Man 4
The free Rayman Legends Challenges app launches today on the Wii U eShop. Half demo and half conciliatory gesture, this exclusive app was promised after Ubisoft delayed the Wii U version to prepare a multiplatform release. The full game is due September 3. On 3DS, the collection of NES Mega Man ...
Nintendo not doing E3 press conference, holding smaller closed events instead
In an investor presentation, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata announced that Nintendo will skip the usual large-scale E3 press conference this year in favor of "a few smaller events that are specifically focused on our software lineup for the U.S. market." One of these events will be for American ...
