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Publisher Ubisoft seems to have succumbed to the trend towards turning all big franchises over to social gaming and the current result is a Facebook-based title linked to its third-person shooter franchise, called Ghost Recon Commander.The Facebook title is clearly designed to enhance brand knowledge and promote Futu... |
25 May 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Game of Thrones is a television series produced by HBO, based upon a series of novels called A Song of Ice and Fire from R.R. Martin, and the success of both has been great enough to generate interest from the gaming world. So far Cyanide has created a strategy game called Game of Thrones: Genesis, which arrived in ... |
24 May 2012
10:34 GMT |
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While most RPG fans are currently busy with Blizzard’s Diablo 3, Runic Games has been running the beta stage of its upcoming Torchlight II title.
Promising to deliver a great dungeon crawling experience, but without some of Diablo 3’s downsides – like the mandatory online connection or the real-mon... |
23 May 2012
16:31 GMT |
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The two Max Payne games were some of best experiences of my early gaming years and I still remember how powerful and gritty the main character felt and how I never got tired of activating the time slowdown in order to clear a room of bad guys that would otherwise take me out in a few seconds.
I always had high hopes... |
18 May 2012
09:03 GMT |
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Any player worth his salt when it comes to turn-based strategy titles will take one solid look at the recently launched Warlock – Master of the Arcane from publisher Paradox Interactive and developer Ino-Co Plus and will ask himself: are the similarities to Civilization V only skin deep or do they extend to the... |
11 May 2012
18:11 GMT |
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I can’t remember the last first-person shooter title that opened up with a shoot-out involving helicopters and skyscrapers, which might be a sign that developer Yager Development and publisher 2K Games are really aiming to introduce some innovation to a genre that has become so stale that even the new Call of D... |
10 May 2012
18:21 GMT |
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A Valley Without Wind might be the most ambitious combination of genres and styles I have seen this year, combining platforming with an action element, some role-playing concepts and a setting suggesting a grander story about the rise and fall of an empire. The game uses a procedurally generated world with a large n... |
8 May 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Female pirates who land on a beach at night in the rain should really try and protect themselves from the pouring rain by buttoning up those few last buttons on the shirt and should also reveal the special magic they are using to instantly dry themselves off after their earlier swim (this is a fantasy universe after ... |
4 May 2012
18:21 GMT |
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The Fable series has had its ups and downs in recent years, as the role-playing franchise made by Lionhead brought forth an interesting story and many impressive concepts, but failed to deliver on some of them, while bugs and issues plagued recent iterations. Until it releases Fable: The Journey later this year, the... |
4 May 2012
15:31 GMT |
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After working on the popular Swords & Soldiers, Dutch developer Romino Games is back with a brand-new game, in the form of Awesomenauts.
The title is a sort of spiritual successor to the previous historical strategy game, this time taking players into the future and tasking them with guiding heroes throughout ... |
3 May 2012
10:21 GMT |
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After proving its dominance in terms of rally racing simulation with its Dirt series, Codemasters has now tasked its Racing label with taking the franchise into a whole new direction, with Dirt Showdown.
Promising to deliver a racing experience that’s more focused on action-filled competitions, including full-... |
2 May 2012
15:41 GMT |
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Within the first hour of The Walking Dead video game, my character has slipped on human blood two times, which, in my view, is a bad sign for the coming zombie-based adventures that will involve Lee Everet and Clementine.
Telltale Games has managed to get access to The Walking Dead rights, which have already spawned... |
1 May 2012
18:21 GMT |
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My only thought after seeing the opening cinematic of Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet was: What did I just see and how long does a game need to be in order to explain all of that without using any sort of real dialog?
The sleek and cartoony intro might just create expectations too high for the game itself, which is a... |
30 April 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Bloodforge is the second game in Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade Next promotion, arriving after RedLynx’s stunning Trials Evolution from last week.
The game, developed by Climax Group and published by Microsoft, delivers a hack and slash experience with a sharp visual style and extremely violent combat.
Ar... |
27 April 2012
18:41 GMT |
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We’ve been assaulted by quite a lot of artsy, retro-themed videogames in the last few years but, while most independent developers chose to bring them to the PC, due to the platform’s open nature, Capybara tackled the iOS mobile system with its Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP title.
The gamble paid of... |
26 April 2012
11:11 GMT |
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Dragon’s Dogma is an ambitious game, judging by the demo that developer and publisher Capcom has delivered to the Xbox Live service, because it aims to blend a traditional set of action role-playing mechanics with a focus on large creature battles, similar to Monster Hunter, and a new Pawn system that will add ... |
25 April 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Videogame tie-ins for movies aren’t something new, but a title made after Battleship, a movie based itself on a game, albeit a board one, is certainly something out of the ordinary.
As such, we now get to admire Battleship, a game made by Double Helix studios and published by Activision for the PlayStation 3 a... |
24 April 2012
10:51 GMT |
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I have never had and hope to never have an actual experience of war during my lifetime but, as a male of the human species, I will always be fascinated by conflict, by its causes, by the way countries arm themselves in order to get an advantage, and by the complex way various variables interact in order to lead to an... |
24 April 2012
10:27 GMT |
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I was smiling all the way through my first couple of hours of Legend of Grimrock, even though they involved repeatedly bumping into walls, missing a ton of attacks against slugs and being unceremoniously killed by a mushroom that was half my size.
This game does not excel when it comes to graphics, the story is most... |
18 April 2012
18:51 GMT |
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After delighting lots of Xbox 360 owners back in 2009 with Trials HD, developer RedLynx is back with Trials Evolution, which aims at improving basically every single aspect of the original game, while allowing players to create their own tracks, riders, bikes and even gameplay modes, thanks to an array of built-in to... |
18 April 2012
10:16 GMT |
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I start my first-ever match of Tribes: Ascend, ready to get a feel of the new multiplayer first-person shooter controls with a science fiction setting and to fire off some shots before being inevitably taken out by much more experienced enemies. I only manage to take one good look around at the playing field before ... |
17 April 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Fez has been a long time coming, as independent developer Polytron spent quite a few years working on the quirky puzzle platformer, missing some deadlines along the way.
Now, the title has finally been released onto the Xbox Live Arcade on the Xbox 360, so it’s time to see if this indie darling can actually de... |
13 April 2012
10:29 GMT |
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The Kilrathi are back and humanity is on its backfoot once again, in dire need of new pilots and new carriers to hold the line against the advancing felines in space and maybe even extract a little bit of payback against the aggressors.
Wing Commander Saga – The Darkest Dawn is created by a group of fans of th... |
10 April 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Much was said about Sine Mora before its actual release this week, as the game, coming from Hungarian developer Digital Reality under the guidance of Japanese studio Grasshopper Manufacture, promised to deliver a top notch side scrolling shooter experience with a unique story with many philosophical aspects. Unfortu... |
21 March 2012
13:41 GMT |
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Yakuza: Dead Souls is, unfortunately, filled to the brim with Loading Now screens and, for the first 15 to 20 minutes of the game, they separate cutscene after cutscene, with the game never allowing me to take actual control over the main character and shoot some zombies.
I understand that Yakuza needs some time to ... |
20 March 2012
19:41 GMT |
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Fall of the Samurai is the next strategy game from developer The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA and the team behind it has launched a multiplayer beta stage for it ahead of the March 23 launch date for the PC.
The Avatar system is pretty similar to that found in the core Shogun 2: Total War, with more options ... |
17 March 2012
19:21 GMT |
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Diablo III has been in development for so long that I was jumping to see what it had to offer during its beta stage even though I have been rather disappointed with what the second game in the series had to offer.The beta stage of the game has seen some pretty major changes during the last few months and, after spend... |
5 March 2012
18:31 GMT |
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I spent more time trying to download, install and run Microsoft Flight than with any other free-to-play video game and I suspect it is all the fault of Microsoft’s incredibly annoying Game for Windows Live client.
When I accessed the official site of the game, I was prompted to download the game and play it im... |
2 March 2012
10:25 GMT |
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FIFA Street is in a strange position: it needs to keep its mechanics as close as possible to the core FIFA series from EA Sports in order to gain an interested and familiar fan base, while also delivering enough differences in order to persuade customers to pay for football for the second time in less than one year.
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29 February 2012
05:52 GMT |
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Command & Conquer is one of the franchises I liked best when I was younger and played them almost obsessively, but the series managed to almost kill itself with the fourth full installment, only to now be set for a revival under the guidance of the new Victory studio of BioWare.
More quietly and under the radar publ... |
22 February 2012
18:31 GMT |
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Electronic Arts is finally getting ready to release the all-new SSX title later this month so, in order to get people excited about the snowboarding simulator, it has launched a demo for it on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 platforms. We’ve decided to try out the game and see if it can deliver the same classic... |
22 February 2012
13:11 GMT |
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I ruled Denmark and, for a long time, it was all well, with banquets during the summer and hunts in the autumn, cities that grew and sons that married well.
Then I decided to enjoy life a little more in my quickly advancing age, and I become somewhat of a party animal, which lead to a few one night stands with the l... |
16 February 2012
18:41 GMT |
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The Mass Effect 3 demo was released earlier this week and we were quite impressed with the two single-player missions included in the free trial. Sadly, unless you previously bought and activated the online pass from Battlefield 3, you weren’t able to access the multiplayer portion of the demo.
Luckily for you... |
16 February 2012
10:21 GMT |
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After an extremely long wait, Mass Effect 3 is finally gearing up for its release next month. Until then, fans need to make do with the demo that’s just been released across the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 today.
We’ve played through the first level of the demo to see just how it manages to introduce player... |
14 February 2012
10:47 GMT |
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I have very fond memories of Jagged Alliance 2 from back in the day and I always considered it one of the most underrated tactical shooter experiences that also had role-playing experiences and a modern narrative treat.Back in Action is a remake created by bitComposer which takes the very courageous decision of elimi... |
10 February 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Shank 2 was just released earlier this week and we’ve already taken a quick look at its single-player campaign, which now features refined combat and less annoying boss fights.
Now, it’s time we checked out the all-new cooperative Survival mode, which replaces the story-based co-op experience we have see... |
9 February 2012
10:31 GMT |
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After Shank 1 impressed gamers with its sharp 2D side scrolling brawler mechanics, Klei Entertainment and Electronic Arts have returned with Shank 2.
Promising to tweak the gameplay for a more fluid combat experience and to tone down the difficulty of end-level bosses, the new game is definitely looking like an impr... |
8 February 2012
10:11 GMT |
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The central premise for the existence of A House Divided, the expansion for Victoria II that has been recently launched by Paradox Interactive, acting as both publisher and developer, is that players (especially those on the North American continent) really want to play leader of the Confederate States of America and... |
6 February 2012
09:02 GMT |
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AVSEQ is a video game about making music and my sneaky suspicion is that it is, at least in part, the product of an aspiring musician because the entire experience can easily be perceived as a gaming representation of what it actually takes to create a piece of serious music.
The basic mechanics are pretty simple: d... |
2 February 2012
17:41 GMT |
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The original King Arthur strategy game from Neocore Games was one of the surprises of year when it comes to late 2009, and the follow-up seems to be another solid game that will occupy many gaming hours for those looking for some strategy and role playing to give into during the early months of 2012. I have played a... |
1 February 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Twisted Metal is the latest game in the prestigious combat racing series, this time arriving from Eat, Sleep, Play, with famous designer David Jaffe masterminding the whole experience.
As opposed to the more recent games in the series, the new title takes a gritty and violent approach to gameplay, allowing gamers to... |
1 February 2012
10:21 GMT |
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After quite a few twin stick shooters, like Ballistic or Inferno+, Radian Games has delivered a new title, called Fireball, which may be similar to its predecessors, but doesn’t actually feature any shooting.
Instead, players are tasked with avoiding swarms of enemies, while triggering mines that can eliminate... |
31 January 2012
10:11 GMT |
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Inferno+ is a twin-stick shooter with a top down perspective, one of the newest titles made by Radian Games, which tasks players with guiding a ship through a variety of levels filled with obstacles, enemies and all sorts of dangers.
We decided to try out Inferno+ and see if it’s worth your time or if it just ... |
30 January 2012
08:51 GMT |
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Radian Games has decided to follow up on its highly successful Super Crossfire arcade shooter with quite a few new games. Among them, there is Ballistic, a gorgeous twin-stick shooter that tasks players with surviving wave upon wave of different types of enemies. We decided to give Ballistic a try and see if it&rsqu... |
27 January 2012
17:21 GMT |
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The tower defense genre has become very big during the last year and the basic mechanics it is built upon are so ingrained that the only good way to a newcomer to get ahead of the pack is to surprise with the theme or the overall presentation. Unstoppable Gorg tries to do that by incorporating the aesthetics and the... |
27 January 2012
08:55 GMT |
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The first Darkness impressed only through its unique story, which was based on the popular comic book series. Now, with The Darkness II, the team at Digital Extremes is trying to live up to the franchise and deliver a violent experience that really makes players feel like they are in control of the supernatural Darkn... |
25 January 2012
10:31 GMT |
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Dustforce pretty much came out of nowhere recently and impressed quite a few PC owners with its special blend of precise side scrolling platforming gameplay with a unique premise of helping an acrobatic janitor sweep anything from dust to leaves and all sorts of other debris.We decided to give the game, made by Hitbo... |
19 January 2012
10:41 GMT |
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning wasn’t on the radar of a lot of gamers up until recently but, considering it’s coming from the minds of visionaries like Ken Rolston (designer of Elder Scrolls III and IV), R.A. Salvatore (writer of DemonWars saga or Star Wars: The New Jedi Order), or Seth McFarlane (creator ... |
18 January 2012
08:11 GMT |
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RISK is one of the classic boardgames but it had failed to get a solid video game treatment until the launch of RISK: Factions, which was first launched on the Xbox Live Arcade service from Microsoft and is now arriving on Facebook with a number of changes.Publisher Electronic Arts has managed the impressive feat of ... |
16 January 2012
18:21 GMT |
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Warhammer: Wrath of Heroes is Electronic Arts’ newest attempt at capitalizing on the growing free-to-play market, this time offering a sort of MMORPG experience without actually forcing players to commit to certain characters and slowly level up their abilities.
Instead of letting players go on complicated que... |
16 January 2012
13:21 GMT |
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