Resistance Burning Skies’ Multiplayer Feels Like a Small Version of Traditional FPS Shooter Gameplay
Religion and civilization have gone hand-in-hand throughout human history, with gods and their mouthpieces alternately hindering and inspiring humanity every step of the way. That’s why Civilization V felt a bit off when it hit us about a year and a half ago and was missing a few things we’d come to take for granted [...]
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Battlefield Getting a Call of Duty Elite-Style Service Makes Perfect Sense
Downloadable content has been one of the most popular trends this generation. Last year Activision tried to find out if a market exists for a subscription service for a non-MMO with Call of Duty Elite. As the latest numbers peg Elite subscriptions — which cost $ 50 a year, or were free with Modern Warfare [...]
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Max Payne 3 Review: Death Transformed into an Art Form
Imagine you’re surrounded by the enemy in a game of Capture the Flag. A stream of rockets slowly chips away at the walls protecting the flag, and it’s only a matter of time before the walls crumble and reveal a path straight through your base. Yet, by some miracle, the walls continue to hold — [...]
Capcom Pins Its Hopes on Dragon’s Dogma
After Bethesda’s open-world fantasy RPG Skyrim sold 10 million units, no one could blame Capcom for hoping there’s room for more than just one fantasy RPG title about slaying dragons and saving the world. Dragon’s Dogma represents a three year development cycle for the Japanese studio, with more than 150 developers plugging away at its [...]
Why I’m Supporting the Republique Kickstarter
Religion and civilization have gone hand-in-hand throughout human history, with gods and their mouthpieces alternately hindering and inspiring humanity every step of the way. That’s why Civilization V felt a bit off when it hit us about a year and a half ago and was missing a few things we’d come to take for granted [...]
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Battlefield 3 Relying on its Community to Pay for Servers, Much to Players’ Chagrin
The ability to rent dedicated Battlefield 3 servers for use in the console versions of the game was a welcome addition back in March. Unfortunately, playing on these servers appears to have become the only option for playing online multiplayer, a development which understandably has fans of the game frustrated with Electronic Arts and DICE. [...]
Wolfenstein 3D Celebrates Its 20th Anniversary in Style
With Wolfenstein 3D celebrating its 20th anniversary this month, it’s fitting — if unexpected — to see a nearly 30-minute developer commentary track from industry legend John Carmack exploring his memories and recollections from the early days of id Software. Despite the march of time and technology since the game’s 1992 release, you can’t help [...]
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The Old Republic Still Going Strong, Even With a 400k Subscriber Drop
Three months ago, Electronic Arts boasted its new MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, had amassed 1.7 million subscribers. That number is a far cry from what World of Warcraft has, though it is a very strong showing for a subscription-based MMO in a market that is becoming much more free-to-play-centric. The publisher updated investors [...]
