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Always On DRM Could Sink Microsoft’s Xbox 720 Quickly
Fans around the world are waiting for the unveiling from Microsoft of their upcoming console, known as the Xbox 720 or the Durango, with not...

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by Dave Walsh 12 years ago12 years ago

Fans around the world are waiting for the unveiling from Microsoft of their upcoming console, known as the Xbox 720 or the Durango, with not as much as a peep coming out of them yet. In a way, it is a brilliant marketing strategy as everyone is talking about the Xbox 720 and anxiously awaiting...

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Top Ten Games From LucasArts
It’s quite the sad day as we pour out a little blue milk for the studio that has been delivering video games from far,far,away for...

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by Josh Hinke 12 years ago12 years ago

It’s quite the sad day as we pour out a little blue milk for the studio that has been delivering video games from far,far,away for the past 30-plus years. For a studio/publisher that spent the majority of their lifetime tied to a single franchise, LucasArts has produced some great games. In this list, we will...

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Metal Gear Solid: Top 5 Boss Battles
The recent announcement and trailers for Metal Gear Solid 5 has brought many fond memories back to gamers. Fans of the series will not only...

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by Damon 12 years ago12 years ago

The recent announcement and trailers for Metal Gear Solid 5 has brought many fond memories back to gamers. Fans of the series will not only have their favourite entries, but also their favourite boss encounters. The new trailer for Metal Gear Solid 5 shows quite a few battle moments that seems even more over-the-top than...

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OUYA: Doomed From The Outset
The fever behind the Kickstarter project OUYA has been a strange sight to behold. Developed with an Android based operating system, for some reason, a...

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by Damon 12 years ago12 years ago

The fever behind the Kickstarter project OUYA has been a strange sight to behold. Developed with an Android based operating system, for some reason, a lot of people seem to think the console will become a major hit. You can’t deny this, a Kickstarter relies on others to fund projects. It still seems massively weird...

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The Golden Arrow
Some game genres are so refined that there is little call for innovation. JRPG’s, online FPS, Visual novels have swarms of near identical games that...

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by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago

Some game genres are so refined that there is little call for innovation. JRPG’s, online FPS, Visual novels have swarms of near identical games that keep their fans happy. Autorunners are a new breed of such game that rose up with touchscreen mobile devices. The characters run along the levels automatically, building momentum and the...

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AAA Games No Longer Sustainable?
The AAA model for games in the gaming industry tends to stand for games that are given a lot of financial backing in the industry....

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by Damon 12 years ago12 years ago

The AAA model for games in the gaming industry tends to stand for games that are given a lot of financial backing in the industry. Many developers and publishers have come to use this term to imply that a game should be hyped up as more money should equal more quality. The problem is, gamers...

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Bioshock Infinite: Top 5 Reasons It’s Awesome
Alright, so the first part of this top 5 section regarding Bioshock Infinite is up here. That’s talking about some of the lower points of...

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by Damon 12 years ago12 years ago

Alright, so the first part of this top 5 section regarding Bioshock Infinite is up here. That’s talking about some of the lower points of the game. This article will focus on the positives and why Bioshock Infinite is still a game that gamers should go out and play and experience. This article will cover...

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Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller Episode 2 – The Wise Monkey
Last year a new franchise entered the adventure game arena. Cognition combines a gritty police drama with the supernatural by putting players in control of...

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by Charles Battersby 12 years ago12 years ago

Last year a new franchise entered the adventure game arena. Cognition combines a gritty police drama with the supernatural by putting players in control of a psychic detective named Erica Reed. Erica’s first outing in Cognition Episode 1: The Hangman was a promising debut for the project, and now that Episode 2: The Wise Monkey...

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Sex, Violence the Talk of GDC
If you have been following the Game Developer’s Conference this weekend there are a couple talks which really stole the show. Two that have been...

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by Josh Hinke 12 years ago12 years ago

If you have been following the Game Developer’s Conference this weekend there are a couple talks which really stole the show. Two that have been making headlines is the “Sex in Video Games” talk given by David Gaider, lead writer for Dragon Age and the “We Are Not Heroes: Contextualizing Violence Through Narrative,” talk given...

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BioShock: Infinite Pushes Fact That Killing Does Get Old
Ken Levine and the crew at Irrational Games do a lot of things extremely well, but that doesn’t mean that they do everything up to...

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by Dave Walsh 12 years ago12 years ago

Ken Levine and the crew at Irrational Games do a lot of things extremely well, but that doesn’t mean that they do everything up to that standard. There are some parts of the BioShock games that have been some of the best in the industry, while other times things feel ho-hum and like a bit...

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