Despite tremendous hype -- or rather, because of it -- first-person free running adventure Mirror's Edge didn't quite live up to gamer's lofty expectations. But as we noted in our review, the "play it our way or else" story mode is partially made up for by the game's excellent Time Trials. This fact has not been [...]
Continue reading...Monday, November 24, 2008
Hours ago, Microsoft revealed (via Reuters) that they have signed an exclusivity deal with the popular online sitcom, The Guild. An episodic Internet comedy, The Guild is the entertaining (and often hilarious) tale of WoW guildmates, focusing mainly on their healer Codex (played by Guild creator and writer -– and Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog female [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, November 20, 2008
It's official: on February 17th, 2009, the first episode of the $50 million Grand Theft Auto IV downloadable content will be available on Xbox 360. Titled "The Lost and Damned," the episode will reportedly feature Johnny Klebitz, a member of the titular Lost biker gang from the original game, as protagonist; Niko Bellic will play a [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Update: Why EA would promise both PS3 and Xbox 360 owners fresh DLC, when everybody knows that Mirror's Edge PS3 is getting the exclusive? We asked our friendly neighborhood EA representative. "It's downloadable content for both platforms," a spokesperson told GameCyte. While PS3 might well have some token exclusive DLC (just look at how EA is [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
1.) Own a PS3. 2.) Do not own an Xbox 360 and/or powerful gaming PC. That's it. Activision has informed PSU that due to increased server and connectivity data -- whatever that means -- the multiplayer beta for Call of Duty: World at War will only take place on Xbox 360 and PC. Since the Call of Duty series [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Even though we knew full well that PS3 is the lead development platform for dystopian parkour adventure Mirror's Edge, and that only on PS3 would we be able to utilize SIXAXIS motion control to keep protagonist Faith balanced, it only took a few minutes for the PC version's superior control scheme (and surprisingly low system [...]
Continue reading...Friday, May 2, 2008
GameCyte speaks with Lisa Cosmas Hanson, founder of research firm Niko Partners, about the Chinese gaming market -- and the gamers who occupy it.
Continue reading...Monday, April 14, 2008
Join GameCyte for part two of our exclusive interview with the co-founders of Electronic Entertainment Design and Research (EEDAR).
Continue reading...Monday, April 14, 2008
Double Fusion's Julie Shumaker tells GameCyte about the currency of advertising in our video interview.
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
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