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Get Informed With The Latest Nintendo Direct

It’s that time again, last Friday the Big N put out their latest Direct message detailing what Nintendo gamers can expect in the coming months and also moderately detailing their plans for E3.  Overall, not a terribly exciting Direct but … Continue reading

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New Remember Me Video Taps Into A Different Human Element: Emotion

Remember Me, the upcoming action platformer from dontnod and Capcom, has shown us a  lot of elements so far.  We’ve gotten a look at lead character Nilin in her efforts to regain her lost memories in the beautiful city of … Continue reading

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EA Hopping On The Free-To-Play MOBA Train With Dawngate

It’s certainly been a busy week for Electronic Arts between announcing a new DICE studio in LA and also promising to dump Online Passes for future titles.  We’re not quite done with this EA journey as the last piece of … Continue reading

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Say Goodbye To EA’s Online Pass

Well here’s something I never expected to write.  In an age where companies are looking to increase security and find ways to retain more control over their products, EA has surprisingly moved in the opposite direction with regards to its controversial … Continue reading

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EA’s Frostbite Engine Gets A Bite Sized Version

Here’s a bit of odd news out of the EA camp.  The wildly popular Frostbite Engine created by DICE and made famous by the Battlefield series is going to be heading to mobile platforms. Dubbed “Frostbite Go”, the first mention … Continue reading

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New Details Revealed for Destiny

Bungie is slowly pulling back the many layers of their ambitious upcoming online shooter, Destiny.  The former Halo studio has updated the main Destiny site to include more tidbits of information from specific classes, enemy descriptions, and even information on … Continue reading

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7 Minutes of Awesome (and Insanity): Saints Row IV PAX East Gameplay

Deep Silver had a pretty big booth at this year’s PAX East event in Boston, Massachusetts and one of the bigger games in their booth was the private screening for the upcoming open world crazy simulator, Saints Row IV.  I … Continue reading

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Hands On: Splinter Cell Blacklist Spies Vs Mercs Multiplayer

Lets get this out of the way first: I missed the boat on the original Spies vs Mercs craze that Pandora Tomorrow kicked off.  You see, I had a Gamecube which meant no online connectivity for me.  When Double Agent came … Continue reading

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Hands On: Splinter Cell Blacklist Co-op

If you’ve been following me lately you may have seen me casually hinting at my location the past few days.  You may have guessed off of my not-so-subtle hints that I was at the amazing Ubisoft Toronto studio and yes, I … Continue reading

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Martin Kevan aka Dr. Earnhardt Passes Away At 66

Small update today since I’m back in the US and putting together my thoughts on an amazing day up at the Ubisoft Toronto studio getting hands on time with Splinter Cell Blacklist.  But, that is for tomorrow, so you’ll have … Continue reading

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Gearbox Reveals Fourth Campaign DLC For Borderlands 2

It’s been a little while since we’ve gotten a significant update for Borderlands 2 from Gearbox.  That all changed yesterday after lead writer Anthony Burch tweeted out a picture which (accidentally?) had a poster with the DLC name in the … Continue reading

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Infinity Ward Presses The Reset Button With Call of Duty: Ghosts

Just as the sun rises each morning, so to does a new Call of Duty at the end of every year.  Activision confirmed yesterday that 2013 will be no different to no one’s surprise. Before you write off this new game from … Continue reading

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Now Arriving: The Games Of May

The stead march towards the annual summer drought begins this month as the releases really begin to slow down.  Double that when you consider that developers have started turning towards the future with the next generation consoles and we could be … Continue reading

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An Extended Look At Next Gen? Microsoft’s IllumiRoom

We’re less than a month away from Microsoft’s big next generation console reveal and suddenly a video featuring a longer look at the IllumiRoom peripheral pops up on Microsoft Research’s YouTube account.  Coincidence?  I get the feeling that it may … Continue reading

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2K Marin’s XCOM Shooter Revived As “The Bureau: XCOM Declassified”

I wouldn’t blame you if you completely forgot about the first person shooter XCOM that BioShock 2 developer, 2K Marin had been working on and first showed off back in 2011.  I also would blame you if you thought that game had turned into … Continue reading

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