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High Voltage Software is putting out a few new details regarding its shooter for the Nintendo Wii called The Conduit, which is supposed to be the first hardcore focused action game for the platform.Talking to the MTV Multiplayer blog, Eric Nofsinger, the Chief Operations Officer of High Voltage, said that they aim to... |
9 October 2008
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There's a demo of the upcoming Quantum of Solace videogame in the wild and, because of a certain interest in all things Bond and Call of Duty powered, I got it this morning and played it. It seems interesting at first sight and we could just have on our hands the beginning of another long and successful franchis... |
8 October 2008
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Man, the people at Bungie really know how to tease us gamers. A few days ago, they launched yet another of their brain bending teaser series which set to culminate later today in an announcement which most of us hope will be related to the next Halo game.It all started way back on September 19, when the Bungie site p... |
25 September 2008
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I am usually highly skeptical when it comes to videogames that tie in with big Hollywood movies. The quality of, let's say, Iron Man the game is far below that of Iron Man the movie. But Quantum of Solace, the videogame which is going to be published by Activision, kinda looks like more than a money maker ... |
24 September 2008
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Louis-Pierre Pharand, who is a producer on Far Cry 2, talked to Eurogamer and its readers and revealed that the game would have four distinct multiplayer modes. The now classic options of Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch will be in the game, with the entire 50 square kilometers of the world or just a portion of it ava... |
23 September 2008
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Recently, a new site called GamerDNA emerged and it aims to uncover the patterns in behaviors and attitudes in the case of gamers, all this through a series of tests that focus on different kinds of genres like the all too popular MMOs, shooters or strategy games. It is also meant to be a different kind of social net... |
22 September 2008
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America's Army is a videogame developed by the United States Army in order to promote their programs and training to the young people of America. Although many critics have said that it is nothing less than a propaganda meant to get young people recruited into the Army, the game really caught on, due to the fact... |
22 September 2008
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We discussed yesterday about a new Pew study which talks about how teens approach videogames and how they are affected by the experiences they get from them. The study says that both social skills and interest in the community and ethics can be boosted by playing games, both alone and with other people.According... |
18 September 2008
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LucasArts promises to release a demo of its upcoming Fracture via the Xbox Live service from Microsoft and via the PlayStation Network from Sony on September 18. The move is designed to create awareness about the title in the gaming community and help build up hype for the release which is scheduled for October 7.The... |
11 September 2008
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Monolith is sending word that it has reacquired the rights to use the F.E.A.R. name and that is has decided to rename Project Origin F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin to better show the link between the original game and the sequel which is currently in production.The original F.E.A.R. was also made by Monolith but, at the... |
10 September 2008
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, will be released worldwide on the 5th of September this year, after going gold, according to GSC World Publishing and Deep Silver. This highly anticipated prequel to the original S.T.A.L.K.E.R. was initially slated for a late August release, but we all know that game developers generally te... |
19 August 2008
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Space Trader is a really promising FPS action/trading game with eye candy visuals and a really interesting concept that lacked one major thing: a publisher. Fortunately, the problem has just been solved, since indie developers Hermitworks Entertainment have signed a distribution agreement with Meridian4 and I must sa... |
18 August 2008
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Classic first person shooter action, single- and multiplayer modes plus tons of fun: that is what CORE promises to bring exclusively on the Nintnedo DS. The game is the debut project from developer NoWay Studio and it will be released in October 2008, just before the Christmas sales.In the game, you take the role of ... |
14 August 2008
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Distributor SouthPeak Games is saying that it has commissioned developer Atomic Motion to create a new game called Raven Squad: Operation Hidden Dagger, which is set to be a combination of real time strategy and first person shooter. The game aims to offer something interesting to the fans of the two genres.Melanie M... |
4 July 2008
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Marathon: Durandal is an Xbox Live Arcade game, a re-imagination of the '95 classic Marathon 2: Durandal. It is a sci-fi first person shooter (FPS) released on the 1st of August 2007 by Bungie. The game costs 800 MS Points ($10) on Microsoft's platform.Apart from being an excellent platform on which indie g... |
4 July 2008
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Every day or so some political figure is ready to make a fool of themselves and mock the intelligence of their audience by claiming something outrageous about videogames. Most of these figures and their statements are not brought to the public's attention but sometimes someone important enough does or says somet... |
26 June 2008
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Mac owners, gamers, and players of Albert Mayer's Sauerbraten should be happy to hear that a totally new version of their favorite game is available for free download straight away. Sauerbraten CTF Edition allows gamers to play both offline and online, and to enjoy dynamic map/geometry editing. Dozens of new add... |
19 June 2008
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City Interactive is planning to bring us the sequel to its first game in the Code of Honor series - this time, we'll leave together with the Foreign Legion and head straight to Conspiracy Island, somewhere in Guiana, in order to annihilate a group of terrorists who threaten the world (as always). The first perso... |
19 June 2008
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You have probably watched a dozen of times the first trailer released for the upcoming High Voltage FPS title, The Conduit and we are sure that if you did and you found out that the game is a Nintendo Wii exclusive, you were amazed. It is also very possible you kept repeating to yourself "It can't be true," and ... |
11 June 2008
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Guerrilla Games, the developers of the highly anticipated first person shooter Killzone 2, believe that their title is ready to take on high class games like Call of Duty 4 and win all the battles. And, even though we totally love Call of Duty 4, just like everybody else, we would enjoy receiving a better and greater... |
10 June 2008
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Developed by Monolith Productions, Condemned: Criminal Origins allows players to experience an unnatural level of psychological tension as they use their instincts and forensic tools to track down serial killers and bring them to justice. Players will take on the role of Ethan Thomas, an FBI agent in the Serial Crime... |
5 June 2008
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Back in January this year, Aspyr Media was proudly announcing that Activision's immensely-popular first-person shooter (FPS), Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, would launch for Mac in the summer of 2008. A recent note on the publisher's website, however, reveals that Call of Duty 4 for Mac has been delayed."A... |
5 June 2008
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Fracture, coming from publisher LucasArts, is getting its website and community portal, and LucasArts is talking a bit about the sci-fi shooter that Day 1 Studio is developing. The year is 2161 and climate change is not a distant prospect anymore, but rather a grim reality. Its most catastrophic (and dare I say, unli... |
2 June 2008
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Everybody is against Hitler - even the peaceful, family friendly Nintendo Wii. And starting this summer, you will get the chance to wreck havoc against his troops and eventually put an end to his suffering, thanks to Ubersoldier 2: The End of Hitler, a game coming to PC systems only. Developed by Burut Creative Team ... |
28 May 2008
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Blacksite: Area 51, the first person shooter published by Midway was, in many critics' eyes, a great disappointment. The game was highly anticipated, because it was meant to have a special political message: the first person shooter was supposed to bring a satirical look at the war in Iraq, at how war veterans a... |
28 May 2008
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To be honest, it is just now that I've found out about this exciting online first person shooter (FPS) game and I can say that I am already impressed. Developed by Nexon America, the shooter is called Combat Arms and it will soon begin its closed beta stage, with the full release coming, hopefully, later this su... |
27 May 2008
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One of the biggest hits of last year, and certainly one that many did not see coming, was Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare. The game continues to sell well to this day, has received a number of Game of the Year awards and has made Activision a boatload of money. Developers Infinity Ward must be pleased with themselves.... |
26 May 2008
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Polish developers NoWay Studio have decided to bring the first person shooting action to the Nintendo DS, so they have started to work on CORE, which promises to become instantly familiar to all those who love classic FPS games - single player and team based. At the moment, we only have some really good looking conce... |
23 May 2008
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Whenever a newly formed developer announces a big project, you tend to take the news with a grain of salt, while praying to God to let the devs do their job as they should - flawlessly. But until we really get the chance to test the product, let's learn more about the facts: Gingerbread Studios, a new Polish dev... |
19 May 2008
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What is probably the best looking and playing free game of its kind, Nexuiz for Mac OS X, has recently been updated to version 2.4.2, adding the much awaited Onslaught game mode, new sound effects and announcer voice, and a fresh new map to frag out on. As I'm sure Nexuiz players don't need an update on wha... |
14 May 2008
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A whole lot can happen in a Liberty City minute (which is much longer than the little known New York minute). As I stroll down the road in my Macana, looking for a better ride and maybe some isolated guy I can deprive of his money, a police car rolls alongside me and parks abruptly as cops go after a hooded figure. T... |
9 May 2008
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Just out of the blue, id Software has announced having started to work on another Doom title and used the occasion to post some job ads, too. Not the most exciting way to announce a sequel for one of the most important and beloved games in history, but somewhat understandable, having in mind the quality and overall r... |
8 May 2008
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If you wanted to explore the space and you were unhappy that neither NASA gives you the job, nor other game developers offer you viable solutions, you should be very happy to find out that Strategy First is preparing Exodus from the Earth and it is going to put you in charge! Of course, this is not exactly what you c... |
30 April 2008
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The Unreal 3 engine, created by Epic Games, has already spawned one huge success for the Xbox 360 gaming console from Microsoft in the form of Gears of War and is already powering the game that's set to again establish records on the console, Gears of War 2. But the main Unreal 3 powered offering, Unreal Tournam... |
18 April 2008
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I am sure that when people hear things like "be the zombie", they start thinking about Stubbs, the world's most famous one. Well, he (or it) might be in trouble now, since a new brain-eater has appeared as playable character. His name is Robert and he's searching for his missing wife. That is the Cry of the... |
10 April 2008
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Denis Dyack is the boss of studio Silicon Knights and the main man behind their upcoming FPS named Too Human. And he doesn't like the way movies and games are exploited as trilogies, when initially the producers just thought of one game and then added another two to exploit the intellectual properties. Denis too... |
7 April 2008
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While Quake 3 for iPod Touch / iPhone looks much more believable than the iPhone version of Mortal Kombat, it doesn't seem that the game is going to work as expected on either of the two platforms, should it see a public release. Hermitworks' Scott was able to port id Software's FPS in no time, using A... |
7 April 2008
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We finally have a release date for the somewhat anticipated S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky title: the 29th of August 2008 and we do hope that the last Summer days will bring us a really worthy title to play. The game will be released worldwide by the game labels Deep Silver and GSC World Publishing. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear ... |
28 March 2008
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Damnation is billed as a shooter-gone-vertical game, in which the action is fought not only on the ground but also on vertical surfaces. Players will get a chance to climb up and take advantage of a good snipping position and a greater field of view, or stay low and enjoy the cover of vegetation and structures. After... |
19 March 2008
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I am rarely impressed when I hear about a game project from an unknown game developer, backed up by a publisher like Codemasters, which is not exactly a high scorer. But this time I am put under the spell of Damnation, the title that promises to revolutionize the shooter genre - the first game coming from Blue Omega.... |
7 March 2008
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When STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl came out last year is was seen as an ambitious project, with a very long development time (somewhere around 7 years), that delivered a deep and interesting world but lacked several of the features the team had talked about prior to release.GSC, the studio behind the game, always main... |
5 March 2008
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Section 8 is part of the regulation of the US Military dealing with cases of a soldier being declared unfit for duty. The special part about section 8 is that it deals with insane soldiers. Getting a section 8 was one of the best ways to get to go home from Korea or Vietnam and movies like "Armageddon Now" or "M.A.S.... |
4 March 2008
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Games are becoming more and more engrossing experiences. Think of the first Pong or Pacman. They did nothing to bring you over to their world. They were simple games. Now, think of Call of Duty 4 or Armed Assault. They do everything to make you a part of their world. Sights, sounds, movement, all of them are simulat... |
29 February 2008
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The sci-fi action shooter that you have probably experienced already on the Xbox 360 console or PC system is now available in game shops all over the North America for the PlayStation 3 and it comes with a suggested retail price of $39.99. As expected, the PS3 version of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition comes with some... |
27 February 2008
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This year's GDC is, as always, a place where exciting new game prospects are announced. It is the same situation with Aliens: Colonial Marines, a squad-based, tactical first person shooter (FPS) that will bring back to our screens the feared, but beloved Aliens - inspired from the Hollywood franchise with the sa... |
22 February 2008
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There are many franchises out there on the market that have reached the number 3 or 4 in the series and you won't see nothing wrong in that. Take Call of Duty 4 as an example - sold better than the land on the Moon, got prizes and a ton of fans. On the other hand, we have games that come as a total surprise: "Oh... |
13 February 2008
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Legendary is called "a first person shooter of mythical proportions" and the developers might be right, since you will have to fight against all the creatures you can think of, from griffins to werewolves and minotaurs. Dubbed Atari's best shooter, the game will be available for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 co... |
8 February 2008
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The first game in the series was a real hit since most of the gamers loved to play the Mars-based first person shooter (FPS). The sequel was launched nearly 5 years ago but it did not manage to be as successful as its little brother was. Now it is time for us to get ready to give it a go with Red Faction III, which h... |
6 February 2008
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The Orange Box's hit Team Fortress 2 is about to receive some major and rather unexpected changes, such as unlockable weapons, an all-new game mode and even class changes. Valve's game is a sequel to the original Quake mod and it was first announced 10 years ago (yes, you can call it Duke Nukem Forever'... |
24 January 2008
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Think "Bonnie and Clyde". Think "Great Depression". Think "dark" and completely loose your minds. Now, you're ready: "Faith and a .45" is an extremely promising title in development for the next-gen consoles, coming from some really crazy dudes, called Deadline Games. If you have ever played the great 'n fu... |
23 January 2008
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