Joe was born in a time of war. A console war. Two electronic titans were locked in a heated battle for the living rooms of America. Which titans, you ask? Well, the Fairchild Channel F and the Atari 2600 of course. You see, Joe is old. So many of his favorite games tend to be on the older side as well. But that hasn’t stopped him from developing unhealthy obsessions with such modern franchises as Halo and Mass Effect. Just don’t tell him how long it’s been since the original Metroid was released. His aging heart can’t take the shock.
When Volition studios released Saints Row: The Third last November, they promised to follow up the launch with an unprecedented amount of downloadable content. So far, I think they’ve done a pretty good job of living up to that promise. The latest round of DLC, however, is a bit… well, limited. Read on for the details.
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The EA hype machine is really getting into gear, now that the release of SSX is nearly upon us. The upcoming title will be a first for the series on XBOX360 and PS3, and the folks at EA want everyone to know it’s coming. To that end, they’ve released a new trailer, hot on the heals of last week’s nostalgia-fueled Tricky tribute. But where that trailer harkened back to the good old days of Gamecube and PS2, this week’s trailer is all about the future. So what new info does the trailer contain? Read on for the details, and to […]
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Our shared dream has finally come true. At long last, developers have begun paying us to play their games. OK, not quite. But what EA announced this morning was pretty darned close. When the demos for Mass Effect 3 and Kingdoms of Amular: Reckoning launch later this month, they will come loaded with unique (and totally awesome) downloadable content for each title. We’re talking guns, we’re talking daggers, we’re talking armor. We’re talking free. Read on for the details.
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Warning: reading the following sentence may cause hyperventilation and/or seizures in some extreme cases. The release of Mass Effect 3 is less than two months away. Casy Hudson, executive producer of the Mass Effect series at Bioware, recently sat down with Game Informer for a wide ranging interview that touched on many of the topics fans are most curious about. Among them: how they’re making combat more unpredictable, why multiplayer matters, and what the heck “story” and “action” modes are.
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Good news for those of you playing Skyrim on PS3, and experiencing less than optimal performance. The lagging epidemic that has doggedly plagued many of you since the game’s November launch will apparently soon be coming to an end.
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Larry Hryb, Director of Programming for XBOX Live, better known to XBOX users as Major Nelson, has released his annual list of the most played games on the service. To no one’s surprise, the overall winner was Call of Duty: Black Ops. The title has been a juggernaut since its release a little over a year ago. What is surprising, however, is that Call of Duty titles took all three of the top spots on the list.
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It’s hard to believe, but there has never been an SSX title on PS3 or XBOX360. The series has been languishing since its glory days on the previous generation of consoles. That is about to change, however, with the arrival of a new title, simply titled SSX, in a little under two months. To gets fans excited, EA has released a new trailer that shows off some amazing new gameplay, while at the same time triggering serious nostalgia for long time fans.
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Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past couple of years (and since you’ve found your way to this article I’m going to assume that you haven’t) you’re probably aware of how hot the mobile gaming market is right now. I believe the phrase “blowin up” would be an apt way to describe it. But this huge explosion in mobile gaming has led to some problems. Most notably, deciding what games to spend your hard earned money on. One such game I would highly recommend you picking up is a quirky little nugget of fun called Superbrothers: Sword […]
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I sprinted across the desolate valley, my feet falling heavy in the freshly fallen snow. An alarm rang incessantly in my ear, reminding me that my shields were almost gone. Behind me, I could hear the whine of a banshee driving towards me, getting closer and closer. The pilot was peppering me with his plasma cannons, and my health was going to run out any second. But just ahead of me, laid my salvation. Another plasma shot hit me from behind. It was now or never. I strafed left, strafed right, and finally, I was on top of it. In […]
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In the second of our thoughts and experiences with Jupiter’s Folly feature, Joe gives us his opinion on the game. What did he like? What did he find frustrating? Read on to find out.
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