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Interview: Rob Smith and Rogue Leaders — The Story of Lucasarts

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

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Interview: Rob Smith and Rogue Leaders — The Story of Lucasarts

GameCyte interviews Rob Smith, author of Rogue Leaders: The Story of LucasArts. Read on for an insightful analysis of the company's storied history, including the good, the bad, and the Masters of Teras Kasi.

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Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part Four)

Friday, December 5, 2008

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Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part Four)

In our final installment, we take a look at what the future holds for the American arcade -- and hear the story of the remaining holdouts who will take us there.

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Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part Three)

Thursday, December 4, 2008

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Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part Three)

I swear, if you hit all the buttons at once, you could make these tanks appear in NBA Jam.

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Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part Two)

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

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Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part Two)

You will never find a more wretched hive of grease and cigarettes.

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Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part One)

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

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Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part One)

It's been a while since we at GameCyte felt the need to wax nostalgic and share our memories in a retrospective article. However, as another year draws to a close, and the gaming world takes a look back at some of the more memorable titles of 2008, there are those of us who take a [...]

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Empire: Total War Announces Story-Driven Campaign Mode

Thursday, November 13, 2008

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Empire: Total War Announces Story-Driven Campaign Mode

Last month's live preview of Empire: Total War involved quite a number of new features, not including the live sailing lessons -- as cool as they were, the final release of Empire will not allow you to sail around the San Franciso Bay with a bunch of game journalists. You'll have to wait for the [...]

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Empire: Total War Preview and Naval Combat

Monday, October 27, 2008

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Empire: Total War Preview and Naval Combat

Three months ago, we met the gentlemen from The Creative Assembly and Sega at E3, a group of folks who happened to be working on a game called Empire: Total War. As the latest game in the Total War series, Empire takes the franchise's mix of turn-based army management and real-time strategy, and washes it [...]

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Exclusive New Mount & Blade Screens

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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Exclusive New Mount & Blade Screens

The pleasant folks over at Paradox Interactive have supplied GameCyte with a handful of new screenshots from their upcoming horse & sword game, Mount & Blade. These new screens show off both mounts and blades, so they cover every aspect of the game. Some of the screens even have mounts and blades together in the [...]

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Preview: Mount & Blade

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

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Preview: Mount & Blade

Going into a game like Mount & Blade, you can be fairly sure of at least two things: The game will feature a blade, and someone will likely have a mount. For more information on this unique title, however, we were given a helpful tour by TaleWorlds and Paradox Interactive, the game's developer and publisher, [...]

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E3 2008: Empire: Total War

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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E3 2008: Empire: Total War

The British are coming! Also, the French, Russians, and possibly the Ottomans are coming, to Empire: Total War for the PC, the 18th Century addition to the Total War franchise. Until they get here, however, we'll have to settle for preview coverage, like the demonstration we got last week at the E3 Summit while visiting [...]

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