Month: October 2012
Prepare For Operation: Overdrive In Mass Effect 3 This Weekend!
Another weekend, another Mass Effect 3 operation weekend. Announced on the Bioware blog, here are the details of Operation: Overdrive: Based on intel recovered during Operation PATRIOT, we are anticipating a massive strike from the Reapers on multiple fronts. Our information officers and special-ops teams stationed behind enemy lines require immediate extraction. Squad Goal: Full […]
Release Date For The Unfinished Swan Is Announced
To refesh your memory, The Unfinished Swan was an indie game which was briefly mentioned in a few different game conferences from developers Giant Sparrow. You control a boy named Monroe in a entirely white space environment and he is chasing after a swan that escaped a painting his missing mom left him. Equipped with […]
Mass Effect 3 Gets A Massive Multiplayer Expansion
Just when you thought the universe couldn’t get any bigger in Mass Effect 3, Bioware/EA comes out of nowhere and announces a new multiplayer expansion (called Mass Effect 3: Retaliation) that lands on October 9th. But what is included in this, the biggest multiplayer expansion yet, you may ask? Well, there are 6 new maps, […]
Nintendo Announces 3DS Digital Releases for 2012
Nintendo fans in America might not have gotten the fancy broadcast and official Nintendo Direct that their European breathren received but NoA outlined their 3DS digital release for the rest of the year this afternoon. The biggest surprise came in a sequel to the eShop’s best game Pushmo in the form of Crashmo, coming November 22. The sequel […]
Medal of Honor Warfighter Open Beta This Weekend
Still sitting on the fence about EA’s Medal of Honor Warfighter? An open Beta for Xbox Live gold members will go live tomorrow morning and last until Sunday. For Canadians, like me, this means a Thanksgiving filled with bullets, kills and certainly swearing teenagers over Xbox Live headsets. The beta features a territories style gameplay […]
Hitman: Absolution | Introducing The Kill
IO Interactive, developers of Hitman: Absolution, have released another “INTRODUCING” video, this time showing all of us the multifarious ways in which we can dispatch our targets. True to the assassin’s code, killing is very easy, but the rub is getting away without being found or accused. Some people might like going in guns-blazing and […]
ClaDun x2 | Review
ClaDun x2 is a fun and portable (if you’re playing the PSP version) adventure in the latest action RPG system from NIS. Much like the PS3 release of Legasista on PSN, ClaDun x2 lets you explore random dungeons, enjoy an unfolding classic NIS storyline and get to know a complex but enjoyable system.
Cliff Bleszinski Is Saying Goodbye To Epic Games
The co-founder of Epic Games, the company behind the Gears of War and Unreal Tournament franchises, Cliff Bleszinski, is finally leaving his comfy office seat. It seems that, like Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka of BioWare, Bleszinski is deciding to write a new chapter in his life story. Founder of Epic Games Tim Sweeney states, “In […]
Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Will Live Up To Its Name
While Capcom’s Monster Hunter games have always been praised more for their gameplay, rather than their graphics, it seems as though that’ll change for the upcoming Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. MH3U will apparently be running in 1080p and supporting 5.1 channel sound, which is actually revolutionary for the series. Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate is set to release […]
Details On The Upcoming Mass Effect 3 Patch
I haven’t seen a list this long of patches since Obsidian Ent. patched up Fallout: New Vegas. While there is no official release date on this, Bioware has stated that its tentative date is this Thursday. So I guess we will know when we pop in Mass Effect 3 and see the update huh? The […]
Trailer For Episode 4 of The Walking Dead Stumbles In
While Telltale announced a short while ago that all five of The Walking Dead episodes would be hitting retail, for those of you who can’t wait for that…episode four is coming soon. To tide you over until it releases, here is the new trailer for The Walking Dead: Episode 4. [youtube id=”FeNUyOJVpxM” width=”600″ height=”350″] For […]
Tomb Raider | FINAL HOURS EPISODE 2: Origins of a Story
Square Enix and Crystal Dynamics have released the second FINAL HOURS Episode, titled Origins of a Story, today. This video series focuses on Tomb Raider and it gives a behind-the-curtain look at the different game development processes and procedures as they get closer and closer to retail release. This episode specifically focuses on character design […]
Dead or Alive 5 | Review
Version tested: PlayStation 3 Dead or Alive 5 (hereafter DOA5) is now available on consoles, almost seven years after the previous installment, and it doubles as the series’ debut on PlayStation 3. You have to go all the way back to the year 2000 when Dead or Alive 2: Hardcore graced the PlayStation 2 for the […]
We Will See a Vita Price Drop Next Year
I think almost everyone can tell that the PlayStation Vita needs a bit of a boost in terms of recognition and sales performance. When your previous handheld outsells its’ successor months after launch, there is clearly a problem. Sony is aware of the marketing problems plaguing their handheld and they promise to address them, next […]
Star Wars: First Assault Heading To XBLA?
While not officially announced, the evidence is clear that there is indeed a game called Star Wars: First Assault and that it may be heading to Xbox Live Arcade. The above image has leaked its way onto the internet, but LucasArts still has nothing to say about it. IGN reached out to LucasArts and they […]