Charles Battersby

Posted by Charles Battersby

Charles is a proud contributor to Explosion, as well as the Xbox/ PC Department Lead at Player Affinity, a weekly columnist for Default Prime, a reviewer at The Indie Game Magazine, and a Special Agent at the U.S. Department of Electronic Entertainment.

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Hybrid
What? Another post-apocalyptic cover-based shooter? And it’s multiplayer-only? Haven’t we seen enough of these? Xbox gamers would be right in showing a little skeptitude towards...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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Hybrid – Preview
Gamers can be forgiven for looking at the upcoming XBLA shooter Hybrid and dismissing it as just another third person shooter. Because… it IS another...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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Deadlight
Deadlight for Xbox Live Arcade is one part Shadow Complex and one part I Am Alive, a combination of sidescrolling action, and a platforming survival...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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Ghost Recon Online – Hands On Preview
All the big shooter franchises are going free-to-play. Team Fortress, Battlefield, Tribes, there is even free-to-play version of Call of Duty announced for China. Even...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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Mad Dog McCree
Last year Twisted Pixel released the cowboy game The Gunstringer which had a DLC add-on called The Wavy Tubeman Chronicles. Tubeman was a parody of...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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The Walking Dead Episode 2: Starved For Help
The first episode of Telltale’sThe Walking Dead was a gamble that paid off. It mixed survival horror with the point and click adventure format to...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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Guild Wars 2: Hands On Preview
The release date for Guild Wars 2 was just announced, the server “Stress Test” was held earlier this week, and this eagerly anticipated sequel to...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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Virtua Fighter V: Final Showdown
The Virtua Fighter franchise started back in the early 90’s when anything with 3D was billed as “Virtual Reality”. The first Virtua Fighter allowed players...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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Guncraft Beta Preview
When Red Faction came out in 2001, the developers bragged about its cutting edge “Geomod” technology that would allow players to blast holes through the...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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The Secrets of The Secret World
Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games have typically been set in fantasy worlds, with the occasional developer trying to work in science-fiction settings, or the...
by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago
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Max Payne 3
Max Payne is simultaneously a super-human killing machine, and an underdog. He can do amazing things like slow down time, dive headfirst down a flight...
by Charles Battersby 13 years ago12 years ago
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Explore the Heart of Darkness In Spec Ops: The Line
The Spec Ops franchise is in a tough field for little guys. As a modern military shooter, it will find itself being defined as “Not...
by Charles Battersby 13 years ago12 years ago
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Alpha
Tom Clancy’s brand of storytelling is suited to many genres, and long before games like Splinter Cell, Rainbow Six and Ghost Recon, his works were...
by Charles Battersby 13 years ago12 years ago
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Botanicula
The point and click adventure genre is the subject of endless discussion. Is it dying? Is it experiencing a resurgence? Is it a triumph of...
by Charles Battersby 13 years ago12 years ago
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Dragon’s Dogma: Shadow of the Colossus Meets Dark Souls?
Shadow of the Colossus is a classic game known mostly for its non-verbal story-telling, and moral complexities. However it also had great core gameplay mechanics,...
by Charles Battersby 13 years ago12 years ago
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The Dark Meadow
Infinity Blade is among the best games on the iPhone, succeeding as a fantasy action game on a platform best known for the likes of...
by Charles Battersby 13 years ago12 years ago