The new Trailer for CryENGINE 3 shows off lens flare, plant and cloth simulation, and unique looking toads! Sometimes I wonder what audience do trailers for video games have in mind. First there was the trailer showing off explosions and photorealistic faces in a shooter coming out later this year; and another trailer that uses live-action scenes to somehow advertise the game. The trailer here kin...
Read More »Journey with friends to tackle some huge beasts in RaiderZ – or die alone. Okay kids, time for a history lesson: Back in the stone age of the previous console generation, Capcom had an idea for a multi-player game on the PS-2. Monster Hunter was an action-RPG where people with obscenely huge swords and spiky armor take on big monsters to get big loot. Supposedly the game got really popular with Ja...
Read More »New Allods (Instanced dungeons), ‘quick start’ client, and player referral bonuses appear in the expansion Allods Online: New Horizons. Fans of gPotato’s free-to-play MMORPG Allods Online were in for a treat this year, if they attended Gamescom. They could hang out with the staff that works on the game, get their questions answered and see new content that will be released for th...
Read More »Carry around your own chest-high walls or drive your own bipedal tank in the multiplayer portion of Call of Duty: Black Ops 2. Activision keeps dropping small pieces of kernel for us writers to fight over in the pond so we can get it to you as fast as possible. The first piece of bread gave us hints on how the main protagonist in the first game, Mason, is doing now that he is an old man and who th...
Read More »If gamers have been looking for an action packed, Conan the Barbarian inspired love letter to retro classics like Golden Axe and modern gems like Castle Crashers then it is probably time you met the all new hack and slash side scroller, Sacred Citadel. Sacred Citadel and its developers Southend Interactive hope to bring the blast from the past 2D coop adventure back into the palms of the fans that...
Read More »Zen United wish to welcome Arcana Heart 3 developed by Examu (formerly Yuki Enterprise), available to download now on Xbox Live Arcade via Games On Demand. It is available for £14.99 (19.99 euros). The game was first seen on the Arcade platform back in December 22, 2009, and was also released on disc in a full retail release in Japan only. Only now has it surfaced on Xbox Live over here, and has b...
Read More »Aliens have come 17.3 billion lights years to kick human’s rear, but you can tell them to go back in 2022 Space Invasion! The top-down shooter or “bullet-hell” games are a rare breed with the hardcore, console gamers. These games started on consoles with games like R-Type or the classic Space Invaders. But when you bring up nightmares like Silver Surfer and you might get some old...
Read More »Welcome Doom fans! To celebrate QuakeCon 2012, a new trailer for Doom 3 BFG has been released, ‘The Lost Mission’, an extra portion of Doom 3. Lets just call it an extended cut. Before you press play, we should advise it contains content that may not be suitable to a younger audience, as the game has been awarded an 18 certificate by PEGI. If you have seen any horror film, you will kno...
Read More »Come with Master Chief if you want to live in Halo 4. I’m sure fans are a bit hesitant with the announcement of the new Halo game in the series. With Bungie signing up to work for Activision, Microsoft only has 343 Industries to work on Halo 4. So far 343 Industries made an mobile app with the Halo franchise, Halo: Waypoint; a map-pack for Halo: Reach; and another remake for the original Hal...
Read More »Apogee Software, the folks that brought us Duke Nukem™ and Wolfenstein 3-D™, and Interceptor Entertainment stunned everyone with their announcement about the remake of their classic FPS Rise of the Triad. Not only will Rise of Triad include a full single-player campaign and multiplayer experience, but it will also feature some improvements in gameplay which will make it better and more enjoyable t...
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