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  • BattleBlock Theater Preview

    The Behemoth is far from the lumbering monstrosity that the name implies.  The Behemoth is actually the indie developer of the cult hit Alien Hominid,...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    The Behemoth is far from the lumbering monstrosity that the name implies.  The Behemoth is actually the indie developer of the cult hit Alien Hominid, and the wildly popular downloadable multiplayer beat ‘em up Castle Crashers. Both were sleeper hits, created by a small and ironically-named team.  Their next game, Battle Block Theater uses the...
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  • Orc Attack Preview – Now We’re Cookin’ With Gas

    Those pesky humans just can’t leave the poor Orcs alone!  The human-centric fantasy world is a thing of the past.  For quite a while, games...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Those pesky humans just can’t leave the poor Orcs alone!  The human-centric fantasy world is a thing of the past.  For quite a while, games like Warcraft have tried to offer a more rounded view of what it’s like to live a world filled with multiple intelligent species, and in the upcoming game Orc Attack...
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  • Hands-On With Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

    “Revengenace” isn’t a word, but that didn’t stop Konami from using it as a subtitle for the latest installment in the Metal Gear franchise.  Having...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    “Revengenace” isn’t a word, but that didn’t stop Konami from using it as a subtitle for the latest installment in the Metal Gear franchise.  Having been a long-time fan of the series, I had still lost track of the increasingly incomprehensible story.  I was vaguely aware that somewhere along the line, Raiden, the prettyboy who...
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  • Hands-On With “Aliens: Colonial Marines” Escape Mode

    “Take Off And Nuke The Site From Orbit”, that’s the only way to be sure that you’ve dealt with your Xenomorph infestation, and that’s the...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    “Take Off And Nuke The Site From Orbit”, that’s the only way to be sure that you’ve dealt with your Xenomorph infestation, and that’s the idea behind the recently-revealed “Escape Mode” for Sega’s upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines.  In it, one team controls an endless swarm of respawing aliens who relentlessly harrow an opposing team of...
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  • Dieselpunk Dovakiin – Hands on With Dishonored

    When Fallout 3 arrived, many of Bethesda’s fans called it “Oblivion with guns”. Even though one was set in a fantasy world while the other...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    When Fallout 3 arrived, many of Bethesda’s fans called it “Oblivion with guns”. Even though one was set in a fantasy world while the other was post-apocalyptic, the two games ran on the same engine, had similar mechanics and each let players craft a custom character to explore a vast free-roam world. With Bethesda’s latest...
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  • Day Z: Is It Still Survival Horror When Death Is Inevitable?

    Fighting monsters isn’t quite as scary when you know that you’re supposed to win.   This is the case with the zombies in many video games;...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Fighting monsters isn’t quite as scary when you know that you’re supposed to win.   This is the case with the zombies in many video games; no matter how great the odds were against Chris, Jill and the rest of the gang in Resident Evil, the Player knew that the humans would eventually escape the tide...
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  • Dark Souls Prepare To Die Edition Preview

    Demon’s Souls was a Playstation 3 exclusive so hardcore that it made Xbox 360 owners demand a version for their console.  That never happened, but...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Demon’s Souls was a Playstation 3 exclusive so hardcore that it made Xbox 360 owners demand a version for their console.  That never happened, but the spiritual successor Dark Souls did come out for both PS3 and Xbox, and this time PC gamers were the ones who felt shafted.  Well, as of this week, PC...
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  • Hybrid – Preview

    Gamers can be forgiven for looking at the upcoming XBLA shooter Hybrid and dismissing it as just another third person shooter.  Because… it IS another...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    Gamers can be forgiven for looking at the upcoming XBLA shooter Hybrid and dismissing it as just another third person shooter.  Because… it IS another cover-based, multiplayer-only shooter for Xbox Live Arcade.  Yet Hybrid has a gimmick to set it apart from the multitudes of other shooting games, and it’s a pretty good gimmick too....
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  • Guild Wars 2: Hands On Preview

    The release date for Guild Wars 2 was just announced, the server “Stress Test” was held earlier this week, and this eagerly anticipated sequel to...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    The release date for Guild Wars 2 was just announced, the server “Stress Test” was held earlier this week, and this eagerly anticipated sequel to ArenaNet’s subscription-free MMO is almost here.  The many fans of the first game are dying to get their hands on it, but what about the rest of the gaming community? ...
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  • Explore the Heart of Darkness In Spec Ops: The Line

    The Spec Ops franchise is in a tough field for little guys.  As a modern military shooter, it will find itself being defined as “Not...

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    Charles Battersby
    by Charles Battersby
    The Spec Ops franchise is in a tough field for little guys.  As a modern military shooter, it will find itself being defined as “Not Call of Duty” by many gamers. Even though the series has been around since the days of the original Playstation, it hasn’t appeared in this console generation or the even...
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