It’s the holiday season, and you know what that means: a new installment in the Call of Duty series. Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 was released today worldwide. The gaming juggernaut is here to ruin the week of every other publisher and developer and probably break world records for game sales, total number of players, and total number of injuries sustained by GameStop employees due to overenthusiasti...
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Square Enix showed a new trailer for Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn, which promises that “…every end marks a new beginning.” That sounds ominous. In typical Square Enix style, the trailer for the game is very very pretty. It’s also quite long, to the point that I feel like I played the entire game. One of these days, someone is going to spend their entire budget on a trailer for their gam...
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A trailer debuted for Wars Online: Defend Your Kingdom, giving players the chance to see the combat and playstyle options available for the title. Wars Online: Defend Your Kingdom allows players to engage in classic tower defense gameplay on iOS, the Amazon App store, and the Google Play store. It has a bright and Farmville-ish look to it, which is a little disconcerting when you see these soldier...
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The folks at Raptr and Trion are giving gamers in-game rewards for the Rift expansion launch. The expansion, Storm Legion, is coming out on November 13th. Raptr members will be eligible for a variety of items and rewards. Check out the details below: Reward 1-Newbie or Above 5,000 codes Requirement: Players who play RIFT Lite (demo) Earn: Dwarven goggles (in-game item) Reward 2 – Amateur or Above ...
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Zenimax Online gave players a glimpse of what’s to come in The Elder Scrolls Online. The development team behind the series’ foray into uncharted MMO territory shows players new details for the franchise. The video shows how The Elder Scrolls Online will fit into the lore of the world overall, which is quite a task when considering how complex the backstory is. This game has got lore up the wazoo....
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Does anyone remember 2009 when a trailer for an adorable and heartbreaking game that everyone really wanted to play debuted at E3? There was a cat/dog/bird creature and a little boy, and it was called The Last Guardian. Here’s the trailer to refresh your memory. Well, it looks like it is being delayed. I should say it looks like it is being delayed again. According to Jeux Video, via VideoGamer.co...
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Unity partnered with Passion Pictures to show the realtime rendering capabilities in The Butterfly Effect. It is a little bit amazing. There’s a butterfly involved, as well as some hijinks. The trailer has everything the modern game needs in terms of graphics: dust particles, wrinkles on human beings, and realistic fabric textures. As someone who grew up with gaming, it looks like a lot has change...
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Bethesda released a new trailer for the latest DLC addition to Skyrim, Dragonborn. The DLC will be available on December 4th for the Xbox 360. Can you believe Skyrim was released a year ago? I feel like I just shook off my addiction to it a few weeks ago, and now they want to suck me back in. Well played Bethesda. No word on when it will be available for PS3 or PC players. Sorry PS3 and PC owners....
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Q-games, the developer behind the PixelJunk series, revealed on their developer diary plans for a PixelJunk 1-6 PC release. The new project’s codename is 1-6, which is sort of boring as far as codenames go. Why not Ratchet Alpha or Hawk Cannon? Cool names that could be used for secret weapons or experiments. Nobody is going to look at 1-6 and think it could be a name for a president, and that’s wh...
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Lone Wolf, a popular series of gamebooks from the 1980’s, is being used as source material for an upcoming mobile game. “Joe Dever is a world-class fantasy author. His ‘Lone Wolf’ series of gamebooks have long been an international success and have earned him a rightful place as one of Britain’s most imaginative fiction writers,” said Baccalario. “But he is also a wonderful game design...
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