There’s no overstating things: the odds were stacked against Assassin’s Creed Rogue practically out of the starting blocks. Destined to be overshadowed by its next-gen counterpart, Unity, the latter game’s shift to the identical launch date only presented a grander challenge for the team at Ubisoft Sofia. Events since then have given Rogue an opportunity to become master of its own fate - if the experience itself is up to the task....
Since that incredible E3 2011 demo, Irrational Games has had a hard time making BioShock Infinite a reality — or at least that’s the impression they’re giving off. While, at first, it appeared that Irrational Games was poised to deliver another Game of the Year candidate — the title did, after all, win a tremendous amount of Best of E3 awards — a delay into 2013, followed by some troubling reports from inside the development team, suggested that not only was the game far from finished, but that Irrational may have lost their direction along the way....
Now that Sony and Microsoft have detailed the PS4 and Xbox One to gamers around the world at E3 2013, the next generation of console gaming is officially set to kickoff. Pre-order pages for both systems are now live on popular retail sites - as hard core fans anticipate the new gameplay experiences awaiting them in the coming years. However, for fans of the first-person action shooter genre, the Call of Duty series is giving current-gen players a sneak peek at the ground-breaking ideas and out-of-the-box thinking that will define gaming going forward - specifically playable military dogs....
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve’s latest foray into the ever-popular shooter series, has just received a release date and price point. The game will release during the Summer. PC/Mac, PS3 and Xbox 360 owners will able to experience Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on August 21st, 2012. The game will cost $14.99 on all platforms, which is five dollars less than what Counter-Strike: Source currently goes for on Steam. Global Offensive will bring new maps, weapons and characters in addition to content available in previous games....
It’s proven hard to predict whether fans of Dragon Age: Origins will have any desire to be won back by BioWare - after the disappointing reception of Dragon Age 2. In the time since, the developers have maintained that complaints and criticisms were heard, and would be helping to shape the future of the series. Now those most loyal fans can decide for themselves if their words have been taken to heart, as the first details on possible plot, concept artwork, character information and companions for Dragon Age 3 have been leaked thanks to an online survey....
Welcome to our regular gameplay impressions and video post where we record our first 10-30 minutes with a new game, and provide some general impressions on that early playthrough. Today’s game is: Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends: Complete Edition from developer Omega Force. Although most have heard of the long-running Dynasty Warriors franchise, finding members of its devoted fan base is easier said than done. They are certainly out there - there is no doubt about that - but being familiar with and being devoted to Dynasty Warriors are not one in the same....
Far Cry 4 rode into E3 2014 this year in the back of a bus, a trailer that showed off the first five minutes of the game and introduced protagonist Ajay Ghale and his newfound enemy: despotic self-appointed ruler Pagan Min. Far Cry 4 is set in the fictional nation of Kyrat in the Himalayas, where the air is thin and the potential to kill or be killed lies around every corner....
The genre known as the side-scrolling shooter is pretty much synonymous with the term ‘retro,’ immediately conjuring up images of a lone spaceship moving in one direction, shooting at anything that pops up, and power-ups aplenty. Whether it be Gradius, R-Type, or any other, this genre defines ‘old school.’ And with that comes old school difficulty, which many newer titles in the genre try to emulate. The latest in the PixelJunk series, PixelJunk Sidescroller, looks to be no different....
There are many ways to fund video game development. Some ambitious indie developers pay for games out of their own pocket, sometimes taking second mortgages out on their homes to see their vision through. Many studios still use the tried-and-true method of seeking out a publisher to help fund and distribute their game to retailers. Kickstarter has given consumers the chance to vote with their wallet before development even starts, with millions of dollars donated to video game crowdfunding campaigns....
It’s the end of an era. As gamers usher in the next generation of consoles they must also say goodbye to some of the mainstays that permeated previous console life cycles, both new and old. Among the casualties we have witnessed thus far include Nintendo Power and G4 (which is soon to be come the Esquire channel), and now there is a new one to add to the list: Rock Band DLC....
Despite Double Fine’s repeated delays and increased need for funding in developing their Kickstarter-powered point-and-click adventure game Broken Age, the crowdfunding movement is as strong as ever in the video game industry and the best example of this is with Chris Roberts’ Star Citizen. Two weeks ago, Cloud Imperium Games reached the $10 million milestone as Star Citizen became the most successful crowdfunded project ever, promising a new website to maintain the momentum....
After a week of torturing fans with a teaser website that slowly revealed letters, Square Enix has given in and officially announced Star Ocean: Integrity and Faithlessness. The surprise was rushed out due to a leak by Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, but Square Enix is rolling with the punches and moving forward with the earlier than planned announcement. Although Square Enix was slightly caught off guard, the company seemed to be ready for the Star Ocean 5 reveal anyway and kicked things off with a retrospective reveal trailer....
At the end of last week, Valve detailed the final reveal of their three part announcement. Instead of a new installment in a game franchise the developer revealed their Steam controller - with a very curious design. Part of their push to get Steam into the living room, Valve is planning on releasing a controller that has no thumb sticks but still promises to bring the precision of a mouse and keyboard....
On paper, Lionsgate’s summer action movie franchise The Expendables has all of the ingredients to potentially translate into a decent video game. With franchise traits like an ensemble hyper-masculine-hero cast, tongue-in-cheek one-liners and enough explosions to make even the most ardent pyromaniac take pause, one might think they were reading about the next Gears of War installment rather than another movie tie-in. Unfortunately, in practice, The Expendables 2: The Video Game squanders any hopes it had at breaking the movie-game curse....
There’s no understating just how important the success of Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead was to the company’s future. Emphasizing story and gameplay truly shaped by the player’s decisions, the point-and-click adventure game was a hit with fans and critics alike, catapulting both the adventure game genre and Telltale into the mainstream. So when the studio announced their next project, The Wolf Among Us - an adaptation of Bill Willingham’s “Fables” comic series - the industry wondered if TWD was a one-time phenomenon, or if Telltale’s unique style of storytelling was here to stay....
Telltale Games seems to have decided that making fans of The Walking Dead wait for the company’s next comic book adaptation isn’t in their best interest. Surprising many by announcing that The Wolf Among Us - the studio’s adaptation of the “Fables” comic series - will be releasing this Friday, October 11, the launch trailer has arrived to help set the mood. Dropping players into the shoes of Bigby Wolf, a simple case of murder proves to be just the first piece of a much larger mystery; one that will take Bigby down some truly treacherous rabbit holes, and face-to-face with some of the “Fables” universe’s most iconic - and terrifying - characters....
A big thing that separates Legends Of Runeterra from other games in the same genre like Hearthstone and Magic The Gathering: Arena is the use of League of Legends champions as special cards that players can build their decks around. These champions are usually absolute game-changers but, just like with every game, some of them are just better or more useful than others. 10 Teemo Teemo manages to be the bane of most players’ existence in two games now....
With one console generation drawing to a close and the next still in its infancy, resurrecting last-gen games with modern technology has become a popular and lasting trend. Game remakes (or remasters as they are known this generation) are certainly nothing new, but the introduction of new consoles that lack backwards capability has given players the excuse to re-experience classic games with a high-definition facelift. Sometimes that just means improved graphics or performance; other times HD remasters will actually incorporate new features, such as Grand Theft Auto 5’s first-person mode on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One....
The Assassin’s Creed franchise has been running smoothly since its inception in 2007. After a tonal shift in 2017 with Assassin’s Creed: Origins, the titles have been massive open-world adventures longer than most gamers can even finish. The latest release, Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla, pushes the envelope even further in terms of scope. According to howlongtobeat.com, simply going through the main story takes over fifty hours, and that’s before getting into the side content....
Doom Eternal, the sequel to 2016’s Doom, is the latest game in the long-running franchise from Id Software. Much like its predecessor, Doom Eternal cements itself as a heart-pounding and adrenaline-pumping thrill ride. In the Doom Slayer’s latest outing, the player treks through demonic dimensions, other worlds, and literal hell on earth. However, through all the guts and gore, it can be hard to spot these hidden items. For gamers willing to look a little bit harder, they can satisfy their appetite for destruction with these hidden goodies....
