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Video Games Need to Affect People If They Want to Be Art, Spec Ops Writer Says

The video game industry needs to understand that, in order for its creations to be considered art, they need to affect people both with their stories and their nature, whether it’s violent or not, at least according to Spec Ops: The Line writer Walt Williams. Violence and video games is a touchy subject, as me...

2 March 2012
18:31 GMT

Spec Ops: The Line Out in June, Pre-Order Bonuses Available

2K Games and Yager have finally pinned a release date on their Spec Ops: The Line shooter, which is set to appear on June 26, in North America, and June 29, in the rest of the world, for the PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.Spec Ops: The Line was announced back in 2009 and, since then, the game has seemingly went through several...

22 February 2012
14:21 GMT

Spec Ops Gets M for Mature Rating

Spec Ops: The Line, the new shooter from developer Yager Software and publisher 2K Games, has been given an M for Mature rating by the main ratings body in the United States, which might mean lower than expected sales for the game that seeks to revive the fortunes of the series. The description from the Entertainmen...

13 February 2012
17:41 GMT

EndWeekGame: November 11

Andrei Dumitrescu: I plan to sleep about 8 hours for the days of Saturday and Sunday taken together (I really cannot drop my 10 hours Friday night sleep routine) because I want to get as much out of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim this weekend.I always loved the idea of a three dimensional, full freedom role playing game...

11 November 2011
16:31 GMT

Kerrigan Will Be Central to Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm Single Player

The developers at Blizzard have not said exactly when they planned to launch the second installment in the Starcraft II saga, called Heart of the Swarm, but they are now ready to talk about the structure of the new game, including the central role that Kerrigan, former Terran Ghost and now Queen of Blades, would play...

1 June 2011
17:21 GMT

Analysts: GTA V Could Arrive Before April 2012

Video game publisher Take Two has put out its latest positive financial results, showing an increase in profit in a year which did not feature a GTA game, and talked about plans for the rest of 2011 and it did all that without officially mentioning anything about the much-awaited Grand Theft Auto V.Take Two only ment...

11 February 2011
03:00 GMT

Next Irrational Games Project Will Be Announced After GDC

BioShock 2 is close to its release date but Ken Levine, the man behind the first iteration in the series, is not talking about it, claiming he was not involved in any way in the development process. The well known game creator is more interested in talking about how his team has taken back its original Irrational Gam...

22 January 2010
03:06 GMT

New Spec Ops: The Line Goes to Dubai

2K has been rumored for a few weeks to be working on a new title in the old Spec Ops franchise and the Spike Video Games Awards offered it the perfect opportunity to show off the first trailer for the game, which is apparently casting the player in the role of United States Special Forces operatives sent to battle te...

15 December 2009
14:51 GMT

Not X-Com, but a New Spec Ops Seems to Be in Production by 2K Boston

2K Boston has been suspected of developing a new X-Com since 2007, when it launched BioShock. In March, further evidence was brought in the form of additional rumors when Ken Levine, the studio's creative chief, said that he was “probably the world's biggest X-Com [fan].” In more recent developm...

26 November 2009
13:01 GMT

Modern Warfare 2

Modern Warfare 2 does not live up to the hype that surrounded it before the release date and to the standard set by its predecessor, which was released in late 2007. It ticks all the points on the list: there are better graphics, there's a bigger “What the Hell?” moment, there are tougher characters,...

20 November 2009
08:00 GMT

Full Co Op for Modern Warfare 2 Broke the Immersion

Modern Warfare 2 is slowly creeping towards its release date of November 10 and with the substance of the game pretty much known at the moment, the developers are taking some time to actually explain why some of the choices related to the upcoming experience have turned out this way.In a day and age when most shooter...

16 October 2009
04:47 GMT

Analyze That: All Shooters Embark at Gate 2, Destination - Middle East

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
19:21 GMT


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