It was somewhere around my visit to Eidos' booth at last week's E3 that I started to realize just how many games are using the naming scheme "Something: Something Else." This didn't detract, thankfully, from my hands-on demo of Battlestations: Pacific, the sequel to 2007 WW2 RTS/action combat title Battlestations: Midway. I had a chance to [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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 [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Backbone's David Sirlin discusses some of his philosophies on game balance with GameCyte.
Continue reading...Thursday, April 17, 2008
While we in the gaming community often bemoan the proliferation of sequels and franchises from companies seeking to make a quick, uncreative buck, there is something to be said for the finely tuned game experience that can emerge from a sequel to a beloved game. If you would dispute this point, you could look toward [...]
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
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