Tom Clancy's aluminum birds have had a long, turbulent flight from Ubisoft Budapest, but the wait is nearly over. Today, Ubisoft North America confirmed that "H.A.W.X." is slated for simultaneous release on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC on March 5 -- and that tomorrow, Xbox 360 owners will be able to take three of the [...]
Continue reading...Monday, February 9, 2009
Capcom today confirmed that "Dead Rising 2" -- the sequel to the 2006 action-horror title set in a shopping mall filled with zombies -- is currently in development for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Real-Time Strategy (RTS) games have come a long way towards challenging today's armchair generals, transforming the genre into various contests of resource control, environmental tactics, and intricate unit management. "Space War Commander," a new RTS from Dreamspike Studios, is a game which cuts out the complexity and takes a retro approach, looking and playing like [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 27, 2009
"I was totally convinced that game needed to be third-person and not first-person, because I wanted to see Faith," said John Riccitiello, CEO of Electronic Arts, in an Gamasutra interview earlier this year. “I was really wrong about the third-person thing.” But now, you don't have to take Riccitiello's word for it. If you have the PC [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, January 27, 2009
An official "Eve Online" developer blog has revealed more details about the planned free expansion "Apocrypha" which aims to bring back the wondrous feeling of exploring uncharted space. Wormholes is the name of the game, as a vast amount -- thousands in fact -- of new solar systems, which may contain extra characters to interact [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 26, 2009
The Windows 7 Beta is here -- and through February 10th, you too can install and give it a test drive to how well the new Windows might play your games when it arrives next year. Or maybe you can just have a look at a new performance preview published today at FiringSquad, which pits [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 26, 2009
Indie developer extraordinaire Joakim Sandberg aka Konjak, mostly known for his "Noitu Love" freeware and its commercial sequel -- which has been available for just $10 -- has just released another free gem of a game. Fans of his past work, fans of one of Nintendo's most beloved franchises, or fans of all around quality [...]
Continue reading...Monday, January 26, 2009
Rockstar Games has launched another patch for the troubled PC release of "Grand Theft Auto IV". This brings it up to version 1.0.2.0 and mostly allows gamers to further adjust visual options, via the new and handy "water quality", "shadow quality" and "reflection resolution" sliders. Other notable improvements are fixes for Nvidia 7000 series' visual glitches, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 23, 2009
In 2005, "F.E.A.R." rocked the FPS gaming world by introducing sophisticated horror and smart A.I. into a genre that had long relied on stop-and-pop combat. Enemies would team to flank you, spectacular, booming bullet ballets would ensue, and just when you thought things were safe, your enemies all dead, a horrific little girl with a [...]
Continue reading...Friday, January 23, 2009
Some strategy games derive their challenge from their broad features, allowing one to craft a master plan involving dozens of different units and unique abilities. Others take the opposite approach, like Inventive Dingo's "Mayhem Intergalactic," a game which has only two possible moves yet dozens of potential strategies.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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