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 [...]
by johndrewmarkley on January 16, 2012
Mass Effect developer BioWare has revealed that the PC version of forthcoming sci-fi RPG Mass Effect 3 will not be available on Valve Software’s popular digital distribution platform Steam. The game will be available on publisher Electronic Arts’ own online service, Origin, and some other online distributors. However, all copies of the game- both downloads [...]
by johndrewmarkley on January 13, 2012
Namco Bandai has officially announced a release date of March 20th for Armored Core 5, the newest entry in the long-running series of mecha combat games. The game will be available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. As with previous games in the Armored Core series, the player is cast in the role of a [...]
by johndrewmarkley on January 12, 2012
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 publisher Activision has announced that new downloadable content for premium subscribers to Activision’s “Call of Duty Elite” online service will begin rolling out for the Xbox 360 version of Modern Warfare 3 on January 24th. This will kick off what Activision is calling the Modern Warfare 3 Content Season, [...]
by johndrewmarkley on January 11, 2012
Konami has confirmed that a new version of Metal Gear Solid 3 will be released on the Nintendo 3DS under the title Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D. I’ve generally been skeptical of 3D games, which thus far seem more like a gimmick than anything else. To be fair, I should acknowledge that my [...]