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Tim Smith
May 8, 2013
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Saints Row IV Turns Political Power Into Super Power in New Trailer

As far as over the top games are considered, the Saints Row series continues to not only set the bar, but break it over the closest living things head in spectacular style. The franchise can basically do what ever it wants and this trailer titled Meet the President delivers this message quite clearly. The gameplay looks like that of Crackdown infused with a WWE flavor and, of course, Saints Row’s patented humor. It seems to be coming along nicely and is set for [...]

Posted by:
Tim Smith
May 8, 2013
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The Humble Indie Bundle Gets Double Fine

The very popular gaming package for charity, The Humble Bundle, is the gift that keeps giving. This month’s selection only further proves that with a lineup featuring games from Double Fine. It works like the previous ones in that you select an amount you’d like to pay and breaking the average gets you one or more bonus items. You can then allocate your payment to charity, the developer, or Humble Bundle, INC which runs the promotion each month. The titles up [...]

Wolfenstein: The New Order Announced, Scott Hall and Kevin Nash Probably Not Involved

Announced earlier today, Bethesda is bringing us a new reason to walk another mile in B.J. Blazcowikz’s blood-soaked boots – Wolfenstein: The New Order. Set in alternate 1960′s where the Germans have won, there’s sure to be no shortage of Nazi blood to be shed. Wolfenstein has always been a personal favorite franchise of mine and I’m thrilled it’s coming back. Wolfenstein 3D is an undisputed classic. Return to Castle Wolfenstein was at the time one of, if not the, best shooters for both single and multiplayer. Even Raven’s current-gen [...]

The Sims 4 Announced for PC and Mac

Simmers rejoice, you’re getting another game! EA announced earlier today that The Sims 4 is currently in development and planned for a 2014 release on both PC and Mac. According to EA, “The Sims 4 celebrates the heart and soul of the Sims themselves, giving players a deeper connection with the most expressive, surprising and charming Sims ever in this single-player offline experience.” The announcement hints at letting players further explore their creativity and become more involved with the worlds of their Sims [...]

Star Wars Chained to EA, New Games Coming Soon

In news that single-handedly defines the phrase “bittersweet,” EA has announced exclusive rights to games in the Star Wars franchise. They’ve also announced that Battlefield creators and arguable combat geniuses, DICE, would be working on new games in the franchise. Visceral will also be joining in the festivities. They’re both mentioned as “joining Bioware, which continues to develop for the Star Wars franchise.” Hopefully this means that Bioware is hard at work at something new besides more Old Republic content. A guy can hope, can’t he?

Fishing Hero – Free-to-Play Fishing MMO to enter Closed Beta Testing

If you were the kind of person who could spend hours fishing in any given MMO/Harvest Moon/Zelda game, then you’re in luck! G4Box recently announced that their new PC MMO, Fishing Hero, is going into Closed Beta Testing between May 9-16. The idea behind Fishing Hero is to provide players with a legitimate offshore fishing experience, MMO style. The game will feature around 800 different species of fish, along with real world locations and a variety of customization options for your boats and gear. [...]

Posted by:
Mike Eaton
May 6, 2013
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Happy 10th Birthday EVE Online – Griefing Keeps You Looking Young

May 6th is a day of celebrations. Not only is it my wedding anniversary, but today is also the 10th anniversary of the launch of EVE Online. EVE is a game that not a ton of people play due to its incredibly complex mechanics, but it is easily one of the most fascinating MMOs out there. It runs on a single server cluster, which means everybody in-game is playing in one persistent sandbox and fighting over the same resources. What [...]

“Spiritual Successor” to Eternal Darkness Announced

Fans of Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem (2002), the critically acclaimed survival horror classic on the GameCube, have reason to celebrate. After ten years of waiting, and numerous failed attempts at making a sequel, it seemed that Eternal Darkness was in some sort of development limbo. Many lost hope. Yet, on May 3rd, the original team of developers announced that they are launching a crowdfunding campaign (which begins Monday, May 6th, at 12:00 PM) for a “spiritual successor,” tentatively titled Shadow [...]

Science Fiction meets Cthulhu in new Magrunner: Dark Pulse Trailer

Need more sci-fi puzzlers in your life? Don’t worry, Magrunner: Dark Pulse has you covered. The game follows Dax, one of seven young geniuses enrolled in the Magtech deep space exploration training program. The kicker? You’ve got a glove that magnetically charges objects. By assigning colors, and thus polarities, to various objects, players must move through test chambers that promise to test both their minds and their reflexes. The trailer released by Focus Interactive today briefly lets us see this game mechanic in [...]

“The Stinky Footboard” PC Controller Funded, Slated for June Release

A recent Kickstarted campaign featured an interesting idea – a controller for your feet. “The Stinky Footboard” allows players to map keys to four points on the footboard, and along with the control, shift, and alt keys, you are able to map 16 different strokes to your foot. Using Kickstarter, they garnered nearly $80,000 in funds, surpassing their $75,000 goal. Advertising it as giving an advantage to eSports players, mapping moves for MMO players, and simplifying controls for beginners, this [...]