• The New Infinity Ward’s Chance to Shine With Call of Duty: Ghosts

    Infinity Ward have had a bit of a storied past, as the original team that introduced the world to Call of Duty and who have...

    Infinity Ward have had a bit of a storied past, as the original team that introduced the world to Call of Duty and who have created a bunch of games in the series since then. Call of Duty really took the world of gaming by storm by bringing a fast-paced style of gameplay to the...
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  • Bioshock Infinite: 5 Reasons It Will Be Great

    Releasing in just a few days time, Bioshock Infinite will be one of 2013’s biggest releases in the gaming world. Many gamers have been eagerly...

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    Releasing in just a few days time, Bioshock Infinite will be one of 2013’s biggest releases in the gaming world. Many gamers have been eagerly awaiting the game ever since it was announced. Some speculated that it was going to release last year, but for good or bad, we’ve had to wait until the end...
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  • Dead Space 3: 5 Ways To Improve The Sequel

    Dead Space 3 has been a bit of hit and miss with gamers. While it does maintain some identity in relation to the old games,...

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    Dead Space 3 has been a bit of hit and miss with gamers. While it does maintain some identity in relation to the old games, steadily the Dead Space series has been moving away from its initial survival horror roots. The games have tended to become more action oriented and this has spawned backlash over...
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  • Road Rash: 5 Reasons It Should Return

    A recent article on Eurogamer featured a piece with Dan Geisler, creator of the Road Rash series all those years ago. In it he talks...

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    A recent article on Eurogamer featured a piece with Dan Geisler, creator of the Road Rash series all those years ago. In it he talks about utilising Kickstarter to fund another Road Rash game, or at least, a spiritual successor. That’s because the Road Rash IP is stuck in the hand of EA without much...
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  • Series Like Tomb Raider, God of War and Call of Duty Need to Die

    Sequels are like flies, they seem to only show up when you least want them to be around and when one shows up you can...

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    Sequels are like flies, they seem to only show up when you least want them to be around and when one shows up you can expect many more to follow. That isn’t to say that all sequels are bad, because they aren’t all bad. Sometimes games were made to be stretched out over multiple games...
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  • Battlefield 4 Could Accelerate Call of Duty’s Demise

    There has been a battle raging over the last few years between the first person shooter games with two names sticking out as the leaders...

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    There has been a battle raging over the last few years between the first person shooter games with two names sticking out as the leaders of the pack; Call of Duty and Battlefield. Both series are from big publishers and pull in the big numbers with every release; both in sales and in review scores....
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  • The Many Possible Settings of Assassin’s Creed

    With a lore that spans from the Third Crusade to the American Revolution, one of Assassin’s Creed’s best traits is its ability to transport players...

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    With a lore that spans from the Third Crusade to the American Revolution, one of Assassin’s Creed’s best traits is its ability to transport players to creative time periods and engaging locales.  With the announcement of each new game, people seem to hungrily desire the knowledge of the game’s setting rather than knowing the name...
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  • Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: 5 Reasons The Story Sucks

    Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (MGRR) was Hideo Kojima’s, famed director behind the Metal Gear series, first foray into the hack and slash territory with a...

    Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance (MGRR) was Hideo Kojima’s, famed director behind the Metal Gear series, first foray into the hack and slash territory with a Metal Gear game. It follows the exploits of Raiden as he worked as a bodyguard in Africa a few years after the events of Metal Gear Solid 4. This jarring...
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  • Tomb Raider Continues to Prove That Sex Sells in Gaming

    The team at Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have worked hard to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise and to present Lara Croft in a new...

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    The team at Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix have worked hard to reboot the Tomb Raider franchise and to present Lara Croft in a new light, beyond what the character was in the past. In the past the character was a kickass wonderchick with huge breasts and oozing with sex appeal. It sold a lot...
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  • Tomb Raider 2013: 5 Ways To Improve The Sequel

    The recent release of Tomb Raider has been met with good critical and fan reception. Our own team here at Explosion has also given the...

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    The recent release of Tomb Raider has been met with good critical and fan reception. Our own team here at Explosion has also given the game a favourable review here. With this in mind, and considering sales have been decent too, there’s a very high chance of seeing a sequel to this game. It is...
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