Crusader Kings II demo is now available

by johndrewmarkley on February 8, 2012

Paradox Interactive has released a demo for its upcoming game Crusader Kings II, sequel to the strategy cult classic released in 2004. I haven’t had a chance to play it myself yet, butĀ  you can download it and try it out at this link. The original Crusader Kings was a game of grand strategy in [...]

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Quite a few big-name games coming out this week. Some of note include: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)- Action/RPG developed by 38 Studios and Big Huge Games, published by Electronic Arts. It’s a Western-style RPG allowing the player to choose from four different playable races and decide how their character develops [...]

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We now have a new gameplay video and some new screenshots from Capcom for the upcoming port of PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 fighting game Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 to the PlayStation Vita portable system. I’ve seen a great deal of the console version of Marvel vs Capcom 3 in action- occupational hazard of having two [...]

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EverQuest is going free to play

by johndrewmarkley on February 1, 2012

Sony has announced that massively multiplayer online RPG EverQuest will be switching to a new free-to-play format this March. I have to admit I didn’t see this coming, mostly because I had no idea that EverQuest was actually still going in the first place. But indeed it is! Despite being nearly 13 years old, the [...]

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Mass Effect 3 multiplayer trailer

by johndrewmarkley on January 30, 2012

Bioware has put out a new trailer giving us our first look at Mass Effect 3′s new online multiplayer mode, a first for the series. I like the Mass Effect series but am not generally much of a multiplayer fan and greeted the original announcement that Mass Effect 3 would have multiplayer with a shrug, [...]

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New screenshots for Carrier Command: Gaea Mission

by johndrewmarkley on January 27, 2012

Bohemia Interactive has put out some new screenshots for their upcoming game Carrier Command: Gaea Mission. The game is a remake of the 1988 computer game Carrier Command, which was quite a noteworthy title in its day for having what at the time were very impressive 3D graphics. Carrier Command: Gaea Mission is scheduled for [...]

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Napoleon’s Campaigns II coming to PCs this year

by johndrewmarkley on January 25, 2012

Swedish PC publisher and strategy game developer Paradox Interactive just held their yearly convention, showing games planned for release by the company this year. They also revealed three two new games, and A Game of Dwarves and Napoleon“s Campaigns II, and a new expansion for the popular game Magicka entitled Magicka: The Other Side of [...]

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More screenshots of Street Fighter X Tekken released

by johndrewmarkley on January 23, 2012

Capcom recently put out some new screenshots for upcoming crossover fighting game Street Fighter X Tekken, which will pit characters from the two long-running franchises against each other for the first time. They look quite nice; I was was struck by how colorful they were, and they seem to do a good job of taking [...]

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New video for Uncharted: Golden Abyss

by johndrewmarkley on January 20, 2012

Sony has released a new video for Uncharted: Golden Abyss, the upcoming game in the Uncharted series for the PlayStation Vita, that provides information on how motion capture is used to help create the characters in the game. It’s quite interesting, and even if you’re not an Uncharted fan it’s still worth watching for anyone [...]

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Demos coming to the Nintendo 3DS

by johndrewmarkley on January 18, 2012

Nintendo 3DS users will now be able to download free demos of some games for the system through the Nintendo eShop. The first demos, available tomorrow (January 18th) , will be for Resident Evil Revelations and Cooking Mama 4. Other games with planned demos include Konami’s Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D, something called Rhythm [...]

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