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Tomb Raider star Lara Croft has never been one to spend Friday night—or any night—at home. Having the good fortune of being both active and rich (not to mention fictional) has granted her the freedom to travel around the world several times over. Although the locations of Ms. Croft’s adventures have always thrilled and entertained…
The first time I played Warframe, it was, quite frankly, terrible. The gameplay was boring, there wasn’t even a semblance of a story, the visual design was strange, the tutorials were nonexistent, the UI was among the worst I’d ever seen, and it was pay to win rather than free to play. All in all,…
Delayed, delayed, delayed. This is it, folks; the most disappointing time after E3- when all the good games we have been looking forward to are delayed either “until next year” or simply “indefinitely”. Promises of better and brighter games are made as gamers wait for their $500 console to actually have new games to play….
Ready your Camera (Obscura)! The popular survival horror series Fatal Frame (or Project Zero, as it is known in Japan) is back with a new ghost in its machine. That’s ghost’s name? Project Zero: Nuregarasu no Miku, the subtitle of which translates into something along the lines of The Black-Haired Shrine Maiden. Fatal Frame: Nuregarasu no Miku This entry follows Japan-exclusive…
Bethesda Softworks, a ZeniMax company, has announced that it is planning to release The Evil Within, a survival horror game developed under the direction of none other than Shinji Mikami. Designed By The Master of Horror Survival Games For those who don’t know, Mikami is the father of the survival horror genre and creator of…
The slow-to-rise Playstation 3 found a spring board to stardom in part thanks to 2007’s PS3 exclusive, Uncharted. The game, which followed wise-cracking sort-of hero Nate Drake as he sought the legendary El Dorado via a map sealed in the watery tomb of his ancestor Sir Francis Drake, won enough critical and financial success to…
With downloadable content and the ability to track player information, open betas have allowed developers to fully test games publicly before their official launch. A company who have made use of this ability in the past is Bungie, launching betas for Halo 3 and Halo: Reach. With the company’s time with Halo over, Bungie has…
The Civilization series take a leap into the future with the October 24th releasing Civilization: Beyond Earth. With a price tag of $49.99, it’s significantly cheaper than most Fall releasing AAA video games but up till now has seen no discounts have popped up, and even more curiously no incentive DLC or extra digital goodies…
The Long Dark survival game is as beautiful as it is dark. An independent game studio based on Vancouver Island, called Hinterland Games, wants to know: are you a survivor? If the world were to suddenly lose all light and technology, would you be able to survive what Mother Nature can throw at you? This…
More Information About Hoenn Remakes Nintendo has released another trailer for the upcoming Pokemon remakes Alpha Sapphire and Omega Red! This time showing off the gym leaders, Elite Four members as well as all kinds of new features. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfJqaQJjh2Q] There are clearly emphasis on the Gym Leaders and some of the Elite Four. The Gyms themselves definitely are…
Amazonian princess Maya will be returning to Killer Instinct, Microsoft developers and Iron Galaxy announced this news during the Evolution Championship Series 2014 panel in Las Vegas. They explained that Maya’s fighting style will be a high reward and high risk around a pair of daggers, temperance and vengeance, which she uses as projectiles. Maya’s…
Now is the perfect time to vacation to Rapture! Tourism is in its prime in this utopian city. The weather has never been better. I hear it’s lovely under the sea this time of year! Or Columbia! Columbia’s, by pure coincidence, looking equally lovely! And depending on its location in the atmosphere (come on, with…
Creative Director Alex Hutchinson talked Far Cry 4 for a podcast on Game Informer. Far Cry 4 enthusiasts can finally be at peace after this post. Thanks to Neogaf user dbjay1994 for a succinct summary of the podcast! Maps, Creatures, and Game Mods Have no fear! The map size is dense because of mountainous regions,…
Ending Season One with a Bang! My reaction after playing this episode was just pure awe and shock, what a way to finish the first season of the Wolf Among Us! All the facts we didn’t know we answered, every choice felt like it had weight and consequences and finally the case of the Crooked…
There is no use denying that diversity is a big part of modern video games. Many progressive developers have begun striving for a diverse amount of representation for different races, ethnicities, genders, sexualities and even religions. With such a huge push for representing the diversity of the gamer communities within games, the issues that Blizzard has…