Author: Les Major
Neverwinter Looking Like A Great Adventure
The new free to play Neverwinter MMO let beta testers give the game a whirl a few weekends back and I was lucky enough to get to be a part of the action. Unfortunately, I haven’t tried their Star Trek MMO, but after enjoying my time in the Forgotten Realms I do plan to see […]
A Hopeful Look Toward The Future Of Doom 4
After a recent article on Kotaku that makes for good reading, I wanted to throw in my two cents about the mentioned concepts of Doom 4. As many of you by now know, Doom 3 was moreso a retelling of the story of Doom 4. Kotaku’s article mentions that Doom 4 was originally going to […]
April Fools: BioWare Spelling Correction Reveals New Branding
Update: Not that this one wasn’t obvious, but this was an April Fools joke. Fantasy worlds will eventually develop fast food franchises however. Just imagine the menus! There’s no inquisition in the new Dragon Age game. However, there are dragons that the world just has nothing to do with. So what does a medieval fantasy […]
Dragon Age 3 And Next Mass Effect Using Frostbite 3
Remember that absolutely beautiful Battlefield 4 video we saw just last week? Well the general manager for Bioware Edmonton and Montreal Aaryn Flynn has confirmed Dragon Age 3 and the next Mass Effect will use the same engine! This is definitely amazing news! The characters, details and realisim level in the Battlefield 4 video are […]
Crytek USA Looking To Buy Darksiders Rights
Fans of the Darksiders series may still have hope yet as Crytek USA looks into buying the franchises rights. Crytek USA is company made up of past employees of Vigil, the studio who created Darksiders in the first place. I definitely hope Darksiders ends up back with it’s creators so we can see the natural […]
Injustice: Gods Among Us On The Wii U GamePad
At the recent WB Interactive press event we attended to check out Injustice I was able to confirm the role the Wii U GamePad would play NetherRealm’s new fighter. Fortunately it’s quite a solid concept mainly focusing on displaying your characters special moves on the view screen. This is a great way to keep you […]
DC Comics ‘Infinite Crisis’ MOBA Announced
Warner Bros and DC have announced a multiplayer online battle arena game based on the Infinite Crisis comics. It will be a free to play title from Turbine, the developer of The Lord of the Rings Online. The Executive Producer at Turbine Jeffrey Steefel said, “We are utilizing years of experience in the online game […]
Sequel To Atelier Ayesha Coming Soon In Japan
Both Brandon here on Broken Joysticks review, and myself in Darkain Arts Gamers review found a lot to enjoy in Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk. Over in Japan, a sequel is already underway to be released on June 27th this year! The sequel is called Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky. […]
Hands On With Injustice: Gods Among Us
Today was the big day! Mandy and I visited a WB Interactive press event in Toronto to play an earlier build of Injustice: Gods Among Us and it’s awesome! I’m sure that surprises no one, so lets get into some details shall we? Our preview showed us various game modes and let us get into […]
Battlefield 4 Looks Visually Stunning
EA’s big contender in the FPS genre has released an incredible preview of the latest Battlefield installment. Playing out more as a movie than a video game (through gameplay, not cut scenes mind you) this guided in game tour is filled with so much visual candy it’s hard at times to remember this isn’t real. […]
LEGO City Undercover Released and New Launch Trailer
The Wii U title that everyone has been waiting for is finally available! Gamers take on the role of undercover detective Chase McCain as he pursues criminal mastermind Rex Fury. Combining the stud collecting adventure of previous LEGO titles and the open world concept we’ve seen developing and improving through games like LEGO Lord of […]
Survive On An Alien Moon In XenoMiner
XenoMiner is a voxel based game similar to Minecraft that I’ve been playing recently. I figured I’d continue my voxel news from my last article on the VoxelFarm engine with this article about a game I’ve grown quite fond of. Naturally it’s easy to get caught up in any voxel adventure. One creative idea leads […]
The VoxelFarm Engine Is Looking Beautiful
Miguel Cepero is creating a voxel based engine, however it definitely looks more like an open world adventure like an Elder Scrolls title rather than your usual voxel adventure. It’s quite interesting looking into the tech on all this and I highly recommend his blog for any 3D modeling nerds out there. Read on for […]
New DLC Awakened Today For Dead Space 3
Reload your plasma cutters Visceral fans, it’s time to go back into space once again to take on another haunting mission. Today’s DLC is a story based continuation that adds a new fight against familiar foes to your Dead Space 3 adventure. Where exactly? Well read on for those details since they do contain spoilers.
First U.S. Trailer For Pandora’s Tower
The folks at Xseed are bringing Pandora’s Tower states side and it’s sounding good! Personally I like the voice acting in this first U.S. version trailer. The story focuses on A young ex-mercenary named Aeron trying to break the curse on Elena, a singer his heart has been pledged to. She will turn into a […]