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Hands-On With End of Nations

by Trevor Stamp - on Feb 29th 2012 - No Comments
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End of Nations is an MMORTS title that has been away from the public eye since last summer. The game, currently developed by Petroglyph Games and published by Trion Worlds, combines MMO elements like persistent worlds, class selection, guilds, and social features to build a strong community, along with the strategy and action elements...

Preview: Tales From Space: Mutant Blobs Attack

by Trevor Stamp - on Feb 15th 2012 - No Comments
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DrinkBox Studios broke into the downaloable scene last year with Tales From Space: About A Blob. The 2D platformer, available only for the PlayStation Network, delivered a solid experience that garnered praise from many critics. Drinkbox, which features veteran developers from some of the top name studios in the industry, announced Tales...

Preview: DiRT Showdown

by Trevor Stamp - on Jan 27th 2012 - 3 Comments

The DiRT series has seen three solid racing titles since its debut in 2007. Each installment in the series is grounded in reality with its emphasis in simulated rally and off-road racing, offering a racing experience not found in many of the other racing titles in this current generation of consoles. However, the series has been split between two elements: the more action sports focused element from DiRT 2, and the rally focused element in DiRT 3. Critics and fans have responded mostly positive to both elements, with some preferring one over the other. However, for the next installment in the series, DiRT Showdown, Codemasters is looking to make a destructive racing experience still grounded in reality. (more…)

Raiden Returns: Metal Gear Rising Revengeance QA

by William Saw - on Dec 12th 2011 - 2 Comments

On a somber Monday, we were ushered into an undisclosed location in Los Angeles to a QA session to discuss the newly rebooted Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, which saw its re-debut at the 2011 Spike Video Game Awards. (more…)

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Preview: Facing A Dragon is No Joke

by Trevor Stamp - on Nov 7th 2011 - No Comments

Bethesda recently released a 20 minute trailer that ended with an epic fight with one of the dragon’s plaguing the world of Skyrim. I was instantly fascinated with everything the trailer had to offer, but felt that the dragon encounter was an easily attainable victory. I recently had a chance to spend a few hours with Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and I found out that a fight with a dragon is nowhere near the easy fight I saw in the trailer. (more…)

MDK2 HD Preview

by Diego Escala - on Oct 3rd 2011 - No Comments

Beamdog is a new service similar to Steam, offering games digitally in exchange for your cash. The service itself is quick and easy to navigate, but I’m not a big fan of it’s home menu simply being genres of games with a sample of a few titles in each category. There also aren’t many games offered at the moment, just a couple hundred according to the list numbers but I’m sure that will go up soon. I didn’t recognize a lot of the games there (either they were way too old for me to recognize, or they were some odd game I never heard of) but some of the few I did know did have much lower prices than Steam which did make me consider buying a few. (more…)

Preview: Dragon Commander – Dragons with Fucking Jetpacks

by Craig Ballard - on Sep 13th 2011 - No Comments

I bet that title got your heads turning. The concept of Dragons with jetpacks didn’t actually hit me until after I left the Larian Booth at Gamescom. Frankly, it’s a good idea I didn’t or else other wise I would have ignored everything I was told about the game and would instead be picturing of jetpack wielding dragons. But does Dragon Commander seem as good as that idea suggests. (more…)

Preview: TERA

by Craig Ballard - on Sep 12th 2011 - 1 Comment

It’s been over a year since I last saw TERA. Since then a lot has changed in the MMO market, more and more are going free to play, some of which are going the action RPG route such as Rusty Hearts and Spiral Knights. But still no-one has come even close to knocking World of Warcraft off as king. This hasn’t stopped Bluehole Studio from doing what they can to differentiate themselves from this very crowded market. (more…)

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