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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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by Dave Walsh 12 years ago12 years ago

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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by Dave Walsh 12 years ago12 years ago

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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Theo’s Thoughts #35: Dailies Done Right
It has been almost an ongoing joke within the WoW community. Daily quests have been implemented in every patch thus far and some players, either...

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by Ted Racicot 12 years ago12 years ago

It has been almost an ongoing joke within the WoW community. Daily quests have been implemented in every patch thus far and some players, either jokingly or complainingly say that World of Warcraft has become nothing but dailies. Though this is not true, it is true that dailies have had a huge impact on the...

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Will SimCity’s Launch Change Anything?
I was there at 12:01AM on March 5th for the launch of SimCity. I excitedly waited at my computer to receive an email from EA...

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by Josh Hinke 12 years ago12 years ago

I was there at 12:01AM on March 5th for the launch of SimCity. I excitedly waited at my computer to receive an email from EA Origin to confirm my purchase code and start my download. To kill time, I scanned the SimCity forums to see if other people were waiting like myself. There was a...

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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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by Josh Hinke 12 years ago12 years ago

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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Assassin’s Creed IV Could Be The Salvation That The Series Needs
Assassin’s Creed IV has recently been unveiled and there has already been a lot of hype and speculation about the upcoming title. We already know...

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by Dave Walsh 12 years ago12 years ago

Assassin’s Creed IV has recently been unveiled and there has already been a lot of hype and speculation about the upcoming title. We already know some details, like that the game will be a prequel, of sorts, to Assassin’s Creed III. There was a bit of a gap between Ezio and Haythem, so the protagonist...

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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...

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by Damon 12 years ago12 years ago

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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Drakengard 3: 3 Reasons To Be Excited
The recent release of Famitsu over in Japan has dropped a new title in development from Japanese developers Access Games. That game is Drakengard 3....

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by Damon 12 years ago12 years ago

The recent release of Famitsu over in Japan has dropped a new title in development from Japanese developers Access Games. That game is Drakengard 3. It’s been a long while since the last Drakengard game was released, so it’s highly likely the game won’t be a direct sequel to the Drakengard games, although having said...

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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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by Dave Walsh 12 years ago12 years ago

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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Final Fantasy Versus XIII: Top 5 Rumours So Far
After Square-Enix’s disappointing presentation at the Sony PS4 revel conference, many rumours have started to swirl about the infamous game in development obscurity, Final Fantasy...

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by Damon 12 years ago12 years ago

After Square-Enix’s disappointing presentation at the Sony PS4 revel conference, many rumours have started to swirl about the infamous game in development obscurity, Final Fantasy Versus XIII (FFvsXIII). A game shown at E3 2006 (yes, nearly 7 years ago) has not yet been showcased extensively, let alone given a release date. Yet still, many gamers...

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