Rockstar Games has put out another trailer for Max Payne 3, this time focusing on the game’s multiplayer mode. One of the issues addressed is how multiplayer will deal with the game’s “bullet-time” slow-motion mechanic, which allows the player to temporarily slow down time to evade enemy fire or aim more precisely. Reproducing the mechanics [...]
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Paradox Interactive, the Swedish developer best known for historical strategy games like the Europa Universalis series and the recently released Crusader Kings II, has announced that they will be present at PAX East for the first time this year. The yearly gaming festival/convention, which is the East Coast offshoot of the original Penny Arcade Exposition [...]
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Online game distributor Steam is holding a sale on all Square Enix PC games available through their service. All games and downloadable content will be 50% off until this coming Monday. In addition, there will also be additional discounts on a new set of items on each day of the sale. Due to its acquisition [...]
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Ninja Gaiden 3(Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)- The third game (not counting the half-dozen or so remakes of the first two) in the popular, punishingly difficult 3D action series inspired by the original, punishingly difficult 2D action-platformer series on the NES. It add some new gameplay mechanics, such as stealth kills and special attacks that can [...]
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It’s now possible to download the classic first-person shooter Marathon and its sequel Marathon 2: Durandal on the Apple iPad and iPhone. Originally created by Bungie for the Macintosh and released in 1994 and adapted for iOS by Infinity Lane, the game and its two sequels won a devoted fanbase due to its gameplay, rich [...]
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There’s a new trailer for upcoming third-person shooter Max Payne 3, entitled “Visual Effects and Cinematics.” This one is meant to show off some of the game’s visual style and environments. It looks pretty cool. I like the fact that they’re working to make the visual transitions from cutscenes to gameplay as smooth as possible. [...]
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There’s now a new trailer available for MechWarrior Online, the upcoming online game from Piranha Games. Like previous MechWarrior games, MechWarrior Online is set in the BattleTech universe, the setting for the venerable mecha-based tabletop war game of the same name. MechWarrior Online will be an action/simulator game in which players pilot BattleMechs, the colossal [...]
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Nintendo has announced that several games from the Game gGar, Sega’s long-dead attempt to break into the handheld market, will be available next week for download on the Nintendo 3DS through the Nintendo eShop. The Game Gear games coming out are platformer Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble, side-scrolling action game Shinobi, and dungeon-crawler RPG Dragon [...]
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We’re finally getting some in-game screenshots of upcoming Xbox 360 shooter Halo 4. Unfortunately, there’s only two of them, and they don’t really give all that much insight into the contents of the game itself aside from the fact that- you may want to stop reading here if you’re worried about spoilers- Master Chief is [...]
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