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I love almost every second spent in the multiplayer-focused beta of Company of Heroes 2, even those when I am getting defeated thoroughly by Russian jeeps with flamethrower infantry that I fail to counter appropriately.
Relic has managed to once again hit real-time strategy gold with its mix of respect for World War... |
7 June 2013
14:11 GMT |
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The Last of Us is the next big game coming from Naughty Dog, the famous developer responsible for franchises like Uncharted or Jak and Daxter. As opposed to those series, The Last of Us promises to deliver a highly realistic survival experience taking place in a post-apocalyptic America that's been infested by ... |
3 June 2013
07:27 GMT |
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Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm is a realistic first-person shooter that allows players to take part in some of the most underappreciated battles for World War II, those that took place in the Pacific Ocean between United State Marines and the forces of the Japanese Empire.
The development team at Tripwire Interactive... |
21 May 2013
09:44 GMT |
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Insomniac Games has made a name for itself by creating lots of great titles over the years, from cartoonish franchises like Ratchet & Clank, to more serious ones like the Resistance shooters.
Now, the studio has decided to create an all-new property and, for the first time in many years, release it on other platform... |
8 May 2013
10:01 GMT |
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Anomaly 2 was announced earlier this year as a sequel to the very impressive Anomaly: Warzone Earth with not only fresh mechanics and more varied gameplay but also with a multiplayer mode, for the first time in the series.
We have already posted a special preview of the game's single-player campaign and now we ... |
16 April 2013
10:21 GMT |
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After successfully reviving the Mortal Kombat franchise back in 2011, developer NetherRealm is now trying its hand within the DC Comics universe with Injustice: Gods Among Us. In the new title, some of the most famous and infamous characters from the popular comic book company are fighting it out to prove their supe... |
3 April 2013
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No major movie property is complete these days without a video game tie-in and the development team at Kabam and publisher Warner Bros. are aiming to offer a companion for The Hobbit trilogy by introducing Armies of the Third Game, a browser-based social game.
Gamers are able to select from three races initially, El... |
22 March 2013
11:44 GMT |
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Defiance is an MMO created by Trion Worlds that aims to blend the traditional mechanics of the genre with shooter elements where the skill of the player is more important than his stats and his gear.
I have played the game on the PlayStation 3 and the beta offers a solid MMO experience that currently lacks any innov... |
22 March 2013
04:50 GMT |
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Eador: Masters of the Broken World is a turn-based strategy game with fantasy influences and a very interesting core mechanic from developer Snowbird, combining hero and kingdom management with tactical battles.The nearest reference point for the game is the Heroes of Might & Magic series, but Eador: Masters of the B... |
15 March 2013
10:55 GMT |
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Neverwinter is an intriguing proposition because the Cryptic MMO aims to take all the lore of the Forgotten Realms setting and the core ideas of its genre and deliver them to gamers without asking for a monthly subscription fee in return.
The closed beta for the game suggests that the development team might have a h... |
11 March 2013
10:50 GMT |
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After many years and a lengthy wait, Double Fine Production has finally delivered Brutal Legend, its first attempt at a proper triple-A game, from the PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles onto the PC platform, by self-publishing it on Steam. We decided to try the game and see how this diamond in the rough has aged and how it f... |
28 February 2013
11:01 GMT |
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The Banner Saga: Factions is a video game developed by Stoic Games, a studio made up of former BioWare employees, which aims to deliver an easy to learn and complex turn-based tactical experience with role-playing game elements. The experience is free-to-play and allows gamers to create their own six-man force and t... |
27 February 2013
11:01 GMT |
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Game of Thrones Ascent is a new title from developer Disruptor Beam that aims to take the world that R.R. Martin has created and translate it to the realm of Facebook-powered social games while keeping the core themes and flavor of the universe.
The player needs to create his own family and then manage its lands, it... |
25 February 2013
09:58 GMT |
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Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is a video game developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo Wii U home console and the 3DS, designed to update the core mechanics and the graphics of the very popular franchise. The demo includes two possible hunts, allowing players to get acquainted with the main features and hunt t... |
22 February 2013
10:41 GMT |
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Death Inc. is a video game that is currently being developed by Ambient Studios and is currently aiming to get resources via the Kickstarter crowd-funding service. The team is now launching a demo version of the game in order to increase interest and contributions. The core concept of Death Inc. is very easy: player... |
19 February 2013
10:45 GMT |
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I still remember the first fifteen minutes of the Marine campaign in the Aliens versus Predator game launched during 1999 by Rebellion, because it made me uncomfortable at first and then segued into clear horror once the first xenomorph appeared and proceeded to kill me.
I chose to first play Aliens: Colonial Marine... |
11 February 2013
18:16 GMT |
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I died in about two seconds in my first ranked match of The Showdown Effect as another player transformed me into a knife pincushion.
I lost my second life in a katana duel, stunned by the damage dealt by my enemy and then quickly cut down.
Third time around, I switched to the machine gun I was carrying and dropped... |
8 February 2013
05:50 GMT |
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March of the Eagles is a video game developed and published by Paradox, aiming to recreate one of the most turbulent periods in the history of Europe, that of the Napoleonic Wars that raged at the start of the XIX century. This is not the same type of grand strategy that Paradox has created with Europa Universalis o... |
6 February 2013
08:51 GMT |
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Expeditions Conquistador is a turn-based mix of role playing and tactics created by Logic Artists, using funding obtained via Kickstarter. The game might just be the biggest surprise of 2013 for me, a delightful experience that illuminates an obscure slice of history and mixes traditional role playing, exploration, ... |
5 February 2013
09:20 GMT |
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The Cave is a mix between platforming and adventure that’s created by the Double Fine team, with Ron Gilbert and Tim Schafer serving as directors, designed to show off the best elements of both genres. I chuckled for the first time less than one minute after starting the game, as the main storyteller revealed ... |
24 January 2013
07:39 GMT |
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Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance is one of the most intriguing games set to appear at the beginning of the year, with Konami handing its successful Metal Gear series to studio Platinum Games and tasking it with delivering a novel experience that abandons the stealth roots and focuses on action-filled hack and slash gam... |
23 January 2013
07:43 GMT |
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Dead Space 1 and 2 delivered some great experiences over the years, managing to keep the old survival action genre alive by delivering atmospheric gameplay, impressive visuals, and a pretty decent story that focused on space engineer Isaac Clarke and his fight against the deadly Necromorphs. Now, with Dead Space 3, ... |
16 January 2013
07:43 GMT |
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Quite a lot of puzzle platformers have appeared in recent years as apparently the genre is witnessing the same kind of renaissance as old-school role-playing games, for example. Besides the triple-A examples of the genre, like New Super Mario Bros. U or Rayman Legends, there have also been a lot of independent puzzl... |
17 December 2012
09:31 GMT |
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The development studio at Sony Santa Monica is ready to show off the multiplayer aspect of God of War: Ascension to the public and a select number of players are now able to enjoy the beta stage for the mode, which includes both team-based and solo experience.
The deathmatch involves four players and places them in ... |
14 December 2012
10:45 GMT |
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Rayman Origins impressed lots of platformer fans earlier this year after it appeared across many different platforms, from the PS3 or Xbox 360 to the PC, 3DS or PS Vita. Now, for the Nintendo Wii U, Ubisoft is preparing a special kind of sequel, in the form of Rayman Legends, which takes all the characters from Orig... |
14 December 2012
05:32 GMT |
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The feelings that I had when starting up the Wii U in order to play my first game on it were decidedly mixed.
On one hand, this was a brand new home console, the first of a generation, designed to appeal to a large audience and introducing a touch screen enabled controller for the first time in the industry.
On the... |
13 December 2012
08:05 GMT |
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Santa Claus came early to Softpedia this year and brought us our own Nintendo Wii U, not to mention a variety of games, including ZombiU, the brand new first-person shooter from Ubisoft made specifically for the new home console. With high-definition graphics comparable to shooters on the PS3 or Xbox 360, not to men... |
12 December 2012
10:25 GMT |
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Gemini Wars is the first mainstream game from Camel 101 and they have really tried to do something different with a space-based strategy game where patience and solid plans are more important than huge fleet build-ups or quick reflexes.
The presentation of the game and some of the mechanics are similar to those seen... |
3 December 2012
18:41 GMT |
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One of the last big shooters of the year is Far Cry 3, the latest installment in Ubisoft's stunning series that relies both on gorgeous graphics but also on novel new mechanics and stories filled with philosophical aspects. Far Cry 3 sticks close to these core principles, putting players in the shoes of Jason, ... |
29 November 2012
10:20 GMT |
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The first and second Baldur’s Gate titles have been two of the most important titles in my evolution as a gamer, so the fact that Overhaul Games and Beamdog are aiming to remake them for current PCs and tablets was a great piece of news. One of the new elements included in the game is The Black Pits, pretty mu... |
28 November 2012
03:27 GMT |
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HAWKEN is a mech-powered multiplayer first-person shooter created by Adhesive Games and published by Meteor Entertainment and we have been lucky enough to get into the beta phase of the game and take a look at the gameplay it offers before the official early December launch date.
The game is seen as a sort of spirit... |
23 November 2012
07:41 GMT |
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Little Inferno has a pedigree, as the next game from the team that delivered the physics and cuteness heavy World of Goo. But those expecting another puzzle-like experience will get something entirely different, a game where everything burns and it’s not clear what compulsion drives players to keep giving items... |
21 November 2012
10:36 GMT |
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Devil May Cry games delivered some great hack and slash experiences over the years, earning Capcom’s franchise a loyal following among fans of the genre. These fans, however, were shocked to see the upcoming reimagining of the series, DmC Devil May Cry, from developer Ninja Theory, which brings a gri... |
20 November 2012
10:33 GMT |
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Hitman games gained a loyal cult following due to their distinct emphasis on stealth and improvisation as the main character, Agent 47, had all sorts of methods to deal with his assigned targets. With Hitman: Absolution, IO Interactive is trying to get the franchise back to its former glory with a new engine, fresh ... |
20 November 2012
09:39 GMT |
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Steam’s new Greenlight system has already helped quite a few independent games appear on the popular digital distribution service, including Fly’N, a puzzle platformer from Ankama.
With the promise of delightful cartoonish graphics, lush environments, and an emphasis on speed, skill, and precision, Fly&r... |
19 November 2012
10:35 GMT |
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I haven’t played a game of basketball since I was in my first year of high school and, at the time, my lack of fitness and my inability to jump made me a rather limited player, although I could sometimes play enforcer on the court because of my size.
But I sometimes watch late night (for Europe) big matches fr... |
16 November 2012
10:35 GMT |
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Codemasters is best known for its solid racing titles, like DiRT, Grid and F1, so its newest launch will be a surprise to many because F1 Race Stars is a game that uses the official license of the biggest racing competition in the world, but opts to approach it in a casual and cartoon-driven manner.
F1 Race Stars is... |
15 November 2012
09:22 GMT |
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Without a doubt one of the most anticipated games of the year is Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 as the franchise’s millions of fans want to see how developer Treyarch will handle the jump into the near future with the game’s story and its multiplayer mode. Black Ops 1 took place in the Cold War and now Black ... |
13 November 2012
04:14 GMT |
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It’s hard to believe that the whole Angry Birds phenomenon started with an addictive mobile game and quickly took the world by storm, spawning sequels, tie-ins, merchandising, and quite a lot of money for developer Rovio. After the recent Angry Birds Space, the studio continued exploring the universe and has n... |
9 November 2012
09:24 GMT |
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Halo 4 is instantly familiar to anyone who has previously spent time with a game in the series, which has been created by Bungie and is now being handled by 343 Industries, and that’s a good thing, considering that the main aim of the current launch is to bring it all back to the roots of the franchise.
Master... |
7 November 2012
05:39 GMT |
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Madden NFL is one of the most successful series of sports-based video games that Electronic Arts launches annually and the team behind it at EA Sports has decided to increase the appeal of the original experience by launching a socially oriented version of the game on Facebook. Basically, the new Madden title allows... |
6 November 2012
05:45 GMT |
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I remember falling in love with the Need for Speed series way back in 2000 when it launched its Porsche title, based only on cars manufactured during the long history of the German company and since then the franchise has had its ups and downs. Last year’s The Run was a mild disappointment and, for some time, ... |
31 October 2012
07:51 GMT |
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IP-holder WhitServe has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court in Connecticut which alleges that Apple's Quick Look feature in OS X violates Patent No. 7,921,139, which describes a system for “sequentially opening and displaying files in a directory.”
Quick Look is a key function in OS X that ... |
26 October 2012
10:52 GMT |
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Fallen Enchantress is a turn-based strategy game from Stardock, the company that also published Sins of a Solar Empire and developed Galactic Civilizations, and the main aim of the release is to wash away the bad feelings created by the launch of Elemental: War of Magic, the first game set in this universe.
Elementa... |
26 October 2012
07:59 GMT |
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2010’s Medal of Honor tried to reboot the franchise by going into full-on realistic mode, basing its gameplay on the strategies used by actual special forces. This year’s Medal of Honor: Warfighter once again uses this recipe, while adding some stunning graphics, powered by the Frostbite 2 engine, and a ... |
25 October 2012
09:28 GMT |
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There haven’t been a lot of stealth games released in the last few years, as apparently plenty of developers decided to abandon the genre altogether and focus on other types of experiences, like shooters or RPGs. Fortunately, in these past few months, plenty of impressive stealth-based titles have appeared, ra... |
18 October 2012
09:19 GMT |
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Doom 3 was the original “gotcha!” horror experience, as its gameplay was paced around terrifying surprises and monsters that came out of all sorts of locations in order to get the jump on the player.Now, id Software and Bethesda are bringing back the experience with Doom 3: BFG Edition, a remastered versi... |
17 October 2012
08:25 GMT |
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Their Finest Hour is the third full expansion for Hearts of Iron III, the grand strategy game from Paradox Interactive, and the package aims to update some of the game mechanics, fundamentally change at least one core game mechanic and add a couple of new scenarios.People rarely play the self-contained scenarios that... |
1 October 2012
08:59 GMT |
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FIFA 13 is a huge game that offers a wealth of content for any football lover who can hold a controller (or get by with a keyboard and mouse setup), but for this Quick Look at the most recent installment I plan to focus on the Career Mode of the game.As always, it offers a choice between Management or just being a pl... |
28 September 2012
08:47 GMT |
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Tryst is a real-time strategy game created by BlueGiant Interactive, which aims to use the core mechanics of the genre and add a layer of unit customization and choice above it. The first thing I thought of when launching the game was how similar to the original Starcraft this new release was, from the core design o... |
27 September 2012
17:21 GMT |
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