E3 2013 has now come and gone, yet the hype is still in the air. Nintendo had games, Sony had games and Microsoft unsuccessfully tried to kill controversy with games. It was one of the more eventful industry showings which bodes well for the transition in to the new console generation. This leads us to the same question we ask every year: what are the best games of E3? Well, here are your answers: Andres’ Game of E3: Super Smash [...]
While we would have loved to have a sneak peek at the PS4 in action (and I’m pretty sure Yami would have cut someone for the chance), we did manage to have a look at one part of the Sony empire. We spent some time with staff from Sony Online Entertainment and they showed us an MMO that they are going to be releasing shortly; Dragon’s Prophet. This game is being developed by Taiwan based Runewalker Entertainment. This is an action [...]
At Sony’s E3 Conference earlier this week, one of the low lights for many people was the trailer for Bethesda’s upcoming MMO, The Elder Scrolls Online. While it didn’t make the best impression in that context, we had the opportunity to play a bit of it and see if it was any better in practice. While the build that Bethesda showed us was missing some features (which they acknowledged), this game was actually looking pretty fun. We were treated to a gameplay [...]
The Oculus Rift is a device I’ve been looking forward to getting my grubby little hands on since E3 started, and my wish was granted. Over at the IndieCade booth, I got to have a hands-on with this device as I played…no, EXPERIENCED Soundself. Indiecade is a space for bold new gameplay ideas and concepts, and man oh man this one does not disappoint. It creates a Zen-like experience within the goggles that is managed by your voice commands and [...]
So humor me when I say this: I’ve always wanted an MMORPG to sink hours of my life into. Sadly I never had the attention span for it, but if my recent numbers showing hundreds of hours I spent on both Demon’s Souls and Dark Souls (and I’m going to just put in Dark Souls II in there for good measure preemptively) then my proclivity towards long, character building has changed. Will Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn be the [...]
The Walking Dead: 400 Days was officially announced at yesterday’s Sony press conference, but we weren’t given much in the way of details aside from an impending Vita release. Today those details are coming in full force, along with a new trailer and some screenshots. 400 Days will tell the story of five previously unconnected individuals as they cope with and survive the world in the first 400 days following the zombie apocalypse. The five stories are playable in any order and [...]
I’m sure most of the PC elite are smiling at this news. Metal Gear is finally coming back to the PC with Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (that still feels stupid to type out). With Raiden’s multiplatform release, many were probably curious if Konami was going to dip their toe in to a digital PC release. Well with all the Pre-E3 hoopla running around, its good to hear some major PC acknowledgements. When however is another question. All we’re getting out [...]
Call of Juarez is a name that’s been associated with mediocrity and, at least on my radar, has generally been overlooked. With the recent buzz, I knew I had to check out Call of Juarez: Gunslinger simply to see why this game has been recognized at all, knowing full well that the series was not necessarily top-notch. It’s fair to say that among the dime-a-dozen first person shooters, this game stands out, and is one of the more interesting Westerns that [...]
I like platformers. You can get addicted to the rhythm of a level and simply follow its natural course of action. Crafting a great platformer is always one part controls and one part level design. Platformers are about composition and flow, and without them a platformer can never feel as tuned as it should. Pretty descriptions aside, platformers should be constructed in a way that’s as seamlessly enjoyable as possible. Rush Bros is an indie platformer that relies on bright [...]
Sometimes it’s just not enough to say ‘Tanks’… Hands-down, one of my most anticipated titles of 2013 is Relic Entertainment’s Company of Heroes 2. It is the follow up to their 2006 original, which is widely considered to be one of the absolute best Real Time Strategy games ever made. The original’s mix of World War II battles and scenarios with classic RTS resource management is not only thrilling, but also incredibly accessible to newcomers, and so far the sequel [...]
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