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Interview: Creat Studios
“After a busy period of announcements and game reveals, we sit down with Scott Hyman, Director of Business Development at Creat Studios, to discuss all the activity that’s taking place behind closed doors. With new titles spewing out of every conceivable orifice, we get the low-down from Creat’s experienced honcho….” Read more »
Fight Night Round 4
“Back when this gen was next-gen, Fight Night Round 3 shocked and awed everyone with its graphical prowess. It was the first game to truly show what the current batch of consoles were capable of, and anyone with a HDTV lapped it up just to flaunt to their friends (and…” Read more »
Zeno Clash
“A livid humanoid bird charges towards Ghat. He absorbs a few attacks, then retaliates with a one-two punch-kick combination of his own. His enemy stunned, he uses this brief window to take stock. Picking up a five-foot bone club, he approaches the aggressor from behind, draws back his newly acquired…” Read more »
PDC World Championship Darts 2009
“Pub sports have always struck me as sharing numerous links with motor sports. Don’t giggle, the two have more in common than you might imagine. At face value they are almost polar opposites: one a hyper-inflated exercise in excess at breakneck speeds, the other a slovenly test of pin-point accuracy….” Read more »
Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram
“Mech titles are oft regarded as an acquired taste amongst the videogame world. They garner a rabid fanbase of devout followers, all hungry for the taste of metal and MECHANICAL WARFARE. There are many classic mech games, but arguably the most fondly remembered is Virtual-On: Oratorio Tangram. Recently re-released on…” Read more »
Fallout 3: Point Lookout
“After the release of Broken Steel it looked like the end of the line for Fallout 3’s downloadable adventures. Luckily for us, however, Bethesda’s commitment to this sprawling open-world RPG is still in full swing as we have two new pieces of DLC to look forward to over the next…” Read more »
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
“Have you ever played Diablo 2? Of course you have. And if you haven’t, you should. Blizzard’s classic isometric action-RPG set a standard that many, many PC developers have followed throughout the past few years. Much like Grand Theft Auto, Diablo clones range from bargain bin trash to near-classic status….” Read more »
Ghostbusters
“Twenty five years ago one film sent both children and adults into hysterics. It had scares, laughs, memorable characters and a gigantic Stay Puft Marshmallow Man; it was everything anyone could ever want from an epic comedy, fully cementing itself as one of the all-time classics of modern cinema. Developers…” Read more »
Knights in the Nightmare
“King Wilmgard is dead. The cause was conspiracy, and his castle was rotten with it. It’s kind of ironic, in a way; the most beneficent and beloved ruler in centuries, undone by the corrupt ambitions of his most trusted peers. But the tragedy didn’t just end with him. The country’s…” Read more »
Bejeweled 2
“If you were to use one word to describe Bejeweled 2, ‘addictive’ would probably be the best possible fit. It’s such a simple concept, but executed with such panache, and wears the old adage of ‘just one more go’ on its sleeve, to better effect than just about any other…” Read more »
Ghostbusters
“A familiar melody. A New York skyline. A flashlight in the dark. A scream. Cue bombastic theme song. For anyone who grew up in the eighties, the atmosphere and music of the Ghostbusters franchise is deeply engraved upon our souls, whether we like it or not. From the moment that…” Read more »
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
“There were times when I was playing F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin where I would become incredibly wrapped up in the experience and truly felt dread and panic as I approached impending scares or battles. These moments were incredibly gripping and offered fantastic gameplay, but beyond these few times, the rest…” Read more »
Banjo-Kazooie
“Juxtaposed against the bright and cheerful hillside of Spiral Mountain is an expansive lair, violently contrasting a local which is otherwise brimming with joy. Plotted amongst the lower-lying fields of flowers and stretches of grass is the colorful home of our protagonist. Meet Banjo, a heroic bear who comes to…” Read more »
Hands-on: Uncharted 2 Beta
“Many people were surprised when Naughty Dog unveiled Uncharted 2’s all new multiplayer component, and frankly, I was one of them. The first Uncharted was a story driven action game that had a fair amount of replayability, and didn’t necessarily feel in need of a multiplayer component. It’s no secret…” Read more »
Prototype
“First things first: Prototype and InFamous are completely different games. On the surface they look similar, and sure they both came out around the same time leading to many, many arguments on forum boards over which one is better; but I’m here to preach the truth and tell you that…” Read more »
The Legendary Starfy
“Nintendo’s presence this year at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) might not have knocked people’s socks off, but surely it was a step up from their sleeper appearance at last year’s show. However, some folks are still crying foul at Nintendo for not showing off any new properties, even though…” Read more »
Elven Legacy
“As one of the key bedrocks of Personal Computer gaming since about 1843, the humble strategy title can appear in a surprising multiplicity of forms. Though the dominant and iconic jewel-in-the-crown of Starcraft has its inestimably vast pantheon of imitators, its satisfying base-building to action ratio and real time template…” Read more »