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Massively Mother-Approved Online: Cartoon Network’s New MMORPG
As each new generation grows more and more net-savvy, new steps are being taken to provide safe havens for our impressionable youngsters. Cartoon Network, a company that knows a thing or two about keeping kids entertained, is entering the online fray: Cartoon Network is preparing to launch Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall (appropriately) this fall. On the surface, FusionFall looks like a standard kid-safe MMORPG which leverages CN's portfolio of unique characters, but as we learned during an extended conference with the FusionFall team yesterday, it has the potential to be much more than another single-click-combat level grinder -- and, as parents will be pleased to discover, it employs some fascinatingly extensive technology in the name of child safety.
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...EA Studio Showcase: Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure
Friday, August 15, 2008
At yesterday’s EA Studio Showcase, the publishing giant had a large array of big, blockbuster games on display. Godfather II, Warhammer Online, Harry Potter — massive screens displaying the latest and greatest for the newest systems filled the room with EA’s biggest-budget titles. So, why did I instead make a beeline for two guys crowded [...]
Continue reading...Preview: Hands-on with Aion: Tower of Eternity
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Fantasy MMORPGs are a tricky thing to report one’s impressions on. Here is a genre of game whose very design is intended to be epic and time-consuming, providing players with dozens upon dozens of hours of large, suitably “massive” tasks like exploring a sprawling new game world, battling and questing your way through a rich, [...]
Continue reading...Beta Impressions: Good Old Games
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Ever since we spoke last month with CD Projekt’s Tom Ohle about the company’s new digital delivery system for recent-retro PC games, we’ve been looking forward to getting our hands on some Good Old Games. GOG.com, at present, is in the early stages of beta testing, looking to fully launch in September. GameCyte has had a [...]
Continue reading...E3 2008: Monster Lab
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Think of it. The brain of a dead man waiting to live again in a body I made with my own hands! Now I know what it feels like to be God! Okay, so, maybe Monster Lab isn’t quite so fraught with moral dilemmas as your standard mad science story. We can still have a [...]
Continue reading...E3 2008: Sonic Unleashed
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Poor Sonic. Intriguing RPGs and Smash appearances aside, the blue blur has fallen on some hard times lately; he hasn’t had a solid core game since, arguably, Sonic Adventure 2, 7 years ago. I know, I’ve been checking up on him. I played Sonic Heroes, and I played Shadow the Hedgehog. I played the demo [...]
Continue reading...E3 2008: Tomb Raider: Underworld
Monday, July 21, 2008
At last week’s E3 Summit, we stopped in to visit Eidos, and check up on what Lara Croft has been up to since her anniversary. It would seem she’s staying active, which is nice for a franchise her age. Eidos treated us to a sneak peek at Tomb Raider: Underworld, showing us a few of [...]
Continue reading...E3 2008: Rhythm Heaven Stylus-On
Friday, July 18, 2008
I believe the record will show that Rhythm Tengoku is one of my very favorite titles. The GBA cart still occupies my DS, and I’ll still break out a few quick rounds when stuck on a bus, or plane, or if someone is boring me. So, when a trek through the E3 show floor led [...]
Continue reading...E3 2008: Rock Band 2 Rock-On
Friday, July 18, 2008
I think it’s fair to say that the most impressive thing Harmonix and MTV Games did at E3 this year had nothing to do with their game. Still, I was invited to come and take a look at Rock Band 2 at a quick presentation, and I got to spend a little time with the [...]
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Thursday, August 21, 2008
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