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Heavy Update: Meet the Sandvich
Honestly, when Valve announced yesterday that the all-new gameplay mode for Team Fortress 2 was nothing more than a team deathmatch mode, I was a little disappointed. Especially given that the new mode is one-death-and-you’re-out, which is really kind of a detriment to those of us who aren’t that great at staying alive for more [...]
Continue reading...BioShock Dated for PS3
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Oh, rapturous day! Sony-based gamers who have yet to experience 2K Games’ masterpiece of undersea suspense, BioShock, are one step closer to getting their organs drilled out by a Big Daddy. 2K Games, this morning, has announced the release date for the PS3 version of BioShock, and that date is October 21, 2008 for North [...]
Continue reading...TF2 Heavy Achievements Speculation Contest: YOU’RE WINNER!!
Monday, August 18, 2008
On Friday, Valve updated the post on their Heavy Update page which listed the new achievements for everyone’s favorite minigun-wielding Team Fortress 2 class. This new update replaced all of the “Coming Soon” placeholders with actual descriptions of what the achievements would entail, thus drawing our speculation contest to a close. All told, roughly 50 [...]
Continue reading...EA Studio Showcase: Battlefield Heroes
Friday, August 15, 2008
With all the fun we’ve been having with our team-oriented FPS titles lately, we were glad to be able to try a new title which will soon be competing for our assault attentions. Thus, at yesterday’s EA Studio Showcase, we sat down to blast some cartoonish soldiers in Battlefield Heroes, the new “casual” incarnation of [...]
Continue reading...TF2 Heavy Achievements Speculation Contest
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
UPDATE 8/15: Valve has published the full list of the Heavy’s Achievements, and our contest is now closed! Look for our analysis and winner announcement soon! Valve put up a list, this morning, of the 35 new achievements that will become available in next week’s Heavy Update. The official website lists only the names of the [...]
Continue reading...E3 2008: Brothers in Arms Hell’s Highway Impressions
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
We were just about to leave the show floor at E3 2008 for a private appointment, but saw something beautiful out of the corner of our eye. Rain, thick and as realistic as we’d ever seen, was completely drenching a gritty, war-torn world just the other side of a large LCD screen. We had to [...]
Continue reading...E3 2008: 2 Hands-On with Left 4 Dead
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
GameCyte had the opportunity to stop by Valve Software’s booth at E3 2008, and escape the humid hellscape of Los Angeles long enough to enter the rotting hellscape of Left 4 Dead. We got some hands-on play experience with Valve’s upcoming co-op horror game, and spent the better part of half an hour trying desperately [...]
Continue reading...E3 2008: Valve Interview: Left 4 Dead and Team Fortress, Too
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Valve's Erik Johnson tells us all about zombies, pyros, and building multiplayer franchises in our in-depth E3 interview.
Continue reading...E3 2008: You’ll Like EA When it’s Angry
Monday, July 14, 2008
EA’s Press Conference at this year’s E3 saw demos and trailers of a number of long-announced titles, but that certainly didn’t mean there wasn’t room for breaking news and new stuff. EA’s John Riccitello spoke very briefly about the growing EA Partners program before announcing the newest studio to join the fold: FPS innovators and violence [...]
Continue reading...Prepare to Meet the Sniper and be Set on Fire
Monday, June 16, 2008
Team Fortress 2 updates, incoming! Tomorrow: The latest in the new “Meet the Team” animated shorts will arrive. “Meet the Sniper” drops at 11am Pacific Time. Thursday: TF2 gets the Pyro Update, including three new unlockable weapons and 35 achievements for everyone’s favorite unintelligible immolation enthusiast. Friday: Fire free-for-all! Literally, it’s free for all. Steam will host [...]
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008
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