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 [...]
by johndrewmarkley on February 6, 2012
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 [...]
by johndrewmarkley on February 3, 2012
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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]