Preview: Confrontation
Fans of fantasy board games will surely recognize Rackham’s “Confrontation,” and now Cyanide Studios has brought the world of “the Rag’narok” to life in Confrontation, a new tactical RPG due to hit the...
View ArticleHands-on preview: Cappin’ fools in ‘Borderlands 2′
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Claptrap and the violent, bullet-ridden world of Pandora is making a return in Borderlands 2. Since its announcement last August, there’s only been...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 2
It’s no secret that most fans were disappointed with Sonic the Hedgehog 4: Episode 1. It’s also no secret that SEGA and Sonic Team have promised to listen to all fan complaints and respond accordingly...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Max Payne 3
By this point, everyone has tried to kill Max Payne. From Russian Mobsters to Mark Wahlberg, nobody has been successful. Rockstar is set to give another group a shot at him, as Max Payne 3 sees the...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Sleeping Dogs
It’s been quite a journey for Sleeping Dogs. What started as a brand new IP, was soon turned into True Crime: Hong Kong by Activision. Then, in February 2011, Activision canceled the project, along...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Mortal Kombat Vita
2011′s Mortal Kombat served as a reboot of the classic franchise in every sense of the word. From a back-to-basics approach, to a retelling of the story from the first two games, the title gave players...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Quantum Conundrum
If there was one word Quantum Conundrum‘s designer, Kim Swift, is tired of hearing, it has to be “Portal.” That’s the price you pay when you not only pioneer a genre as the lead designer of one of the...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Antichamber
Antichamber just might’ve been one of the most impressive games to come out of “Indie Alley,” the section of PAX East loaded with booths full of indie developers and their games. The small, unassuming...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Far Cry 3
PAX East 2012 brought a lot of surprises; new game announcements, hands-on time with anticipated titles, and first-time viewings of early ‘Game of the Year’ candidates. Console gamers understand that...
View ArticlePreview: Blizzard tightening the screws ahead of ‘Diablo 3′ release
As the hype mega-train rolls toward Diablo 3’s release, final tweaks are being made to the game through the beta test program. But while damage numbers are being adjusted and ability costs cut or...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Remember Ghost Recon: Future Solider? Many gamers have found it hard to keep it in the forefront of their minds, as its development history has run rampant with delays and disappearances. Well, it’s...
View ArticleHands-On Preview: Orcs Must Die 2
History is written by the victor. That’s why in Orcs Must Die, released by Robot Entertainment last October, the Warmage is labeled a hero and not a villain who is the cause of mass genocide. But the...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Aliens: Colonial Marines
Standing in a crowded booth, Randy Pitchford, CEO of Gearbox, is narrating a brief walkthrough of a single player level for Aliens: Colonial Marines. It’s clear he’s very excited, and he should be....
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Rock Band Blitz
With the music game genre in a holding pattern, fans aren’t seeing much new content outside of the weekly DLC that the Rock Band franchise has released every week since 2007. Ever since the Guitar Hero...
View ArticleE3 Hands-on Impressions: Rocksmith for Bass
Last year, Rocksmith was certainly an underdog when it launched amidst a swarm of AAA blockbusters, and roughly a year after the “collapse” of the music gaming genre. We gushed over the intuitive...
View ArticleBest of E3 2012 mobile games: GREE and WeMade
I have to admit that mobile gaming does little for me. Outside of gems like Infinity Blade, I rarely find myself impressed or compelled by mobile gaming, much less find myself excited for future...
View ArticleE3 Hands-on Preview: ‘Far Cry 3′ Single Player and Co-op
From its debut to our hands-on single player and co-op playthroughs at E3 2012, the messaging from Ubisoft about Far Cry 3 has been crystal clear: This is an insane, psychedelic, ultra-mature,...
View ArticleE3 Hands-on Preview: You need to play ‘Hawken’
With well-known developers like Crytek (Far Cry, Crysis 2) moving into the Free To Play (F2P) arena, and companies like Riot rolling in cash from League of Legends, F2P titles are starting to shed the...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: God of War: Ascension (multiplayer)
We got to kill this dude in the middle of a multiplayer match. I think few people were surprised to hear Sony planned to release another God of War game. God of War: Ascension will serve as a prequel...
View ArticleHands-on Preview: Gears of War: Judgment “Overrun” mode
Epic Games and People Can Fly were on hand at E3 to showcase the new “Overrun” mode in their upcoming prequel, Gears of War: Judgment. The story will follow Lt. Baird’s trial, 14 years before the...
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