"This game is about dolls," asserts Tim Schafer, head of Double Fine Productions, creator of Brutal Legend and industry legend for his contribution to--or creation of--such classics as Monkey Island and Grim Fandango. While that simple sales job might... Continue »
Earlier this year at QuakeCon 2010, rocket man John Carmack humbly revealed a “side project” he had been working on. It was RAGE’s id Tech 5 engine running on an iPhone. Maybe you recall the popping sound as the... Continue »
embedded by Embedded Video Developer: Junction Point / Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios / ESRB: E Meet Creative Director Warren Spector, and enjoy a guided tour of Epic Mickey and Disneyland…and note, this is not the Disney game for your... Continue »
embedded by Embedded Video Developer: Eidos Montreal / Publisher: Square-Enix / ESRB: RP MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN One way for a species to begin the jump to the ‘next level’ is to suddenly find itself transplanted to some entirely... Continue »
embedded by Embedded Video Developer: Ubisoft Montreal / Publisher: Ubisoft / ESRB: M Rome is big. Even from the back of a horse, even as a fledgling medieval city, Rome is big. If you want to make it your... Continue »
embedded by Embedded Video Developer: Haemimont Games / Publisher: Kalypso Media / ESRB: RP Hey, let’s raise a hearty Grail to Not Doing the Expected Thing for Once, shall we? First off: developer Haemimont Games, instead of retreading familiar... Continue »
Developer: KAOS Studios / Publisher: THQ / ESRB: RP embedded by Embedded Video When THQ opened the New York-based KAOS Studios in 2006 staffed by former members of the now-defunct Trauma Studios, it added an integral piece to their... Continue »
Developer: Game Republic / Publisher: Namco Bandai / ESRB: RP embedded by Embedded Video If you haven’t heard of Knights Contract, you probably aren’t alone. The upcoming dark fantasy, hack-and-slash action game from Namco Bandai has remained relatively under... Continue »
Developer: Namco Bandai / Publisher: Namco Bandai / ESRB: RP embedded by Embedded Video The first Splatterhouse game in 1988 pushed the boundaries of what was acceptable in videogames. In fact, its violent nature and grotesque enemies landed it a “parental... Continue »
embedded by Embedded Video Dungeons Developer: Realmforge Studios / Publisher: Kalypso Media / ESRB: RP There really isn’t a proper way to talk about Kalypso Media’s forthcoming PC title, Dungeons, without at least a considerable mention of Bullfrog’s 1997... Continue »
TRON Evolution Hands-On Developer: Propaganda Games / Publisher: Disney Interactive Studios / ESRB: RP It’s only fairly recently that Disney Interactive has truly become a game-publishing force; time was, a ‘Disney game’ likely meant something exclusively aimed at your... Continue »
In a creepy bit of fortune telling, the first I ever heard of Kim Jong-un was in the debut teaser trailer for Homefront at E3. In the game, Jong-un takes over North Korea and ends up uniting Korea and... Continue »
In addition to trying out Fighters Uncaged, I got the chance to play quite a bit of another of Ubisoft’s Kinect launch titles, Motionsports. It’s a collection of sports minigames for both individual and competitive play. There’s a lot... Continue »
With the upcoming launch of the Kinect for the Xbox 360, we’re now getting a chance to spend some good time with some of the upcoming games. Ubisoft gave me a chance to play a couple of their upcoming... Continue »
This year marks the 75th anniversary of Monopoly and there is little doubt that the brand is starting to show its age. The last few attempts to adopt the classic board game to the modern video game era have... Continue »
embedded by Embedded Video Activision threw a party to celebrate DJ Hero 2 the other day and I was lucky enough to attend. Once there, I got a chance to get my hands on both the new game and... Continue »
MySims Sky Heroes is the franchise’s first visit to the land of HD consoles. Previously exclusive to the Nintendo platforms, the team at EA Redwood Shores is looking to bring a more mature audience to this game. This doesn’t... Continue »
The Gameplay: Knights in the Nightmare is a PSP port of the crazy original DS game, which makes it a bitch to explain to anyone that hasn’t played the original. In the game you take the role of a... Continue »
By Lawrence Sonntag | 20 September 2010 | 0 Comments
Yakuza: Of The End / Sega / PS3 I’m almost ashamed I didn’t think of it first: Take the bright, energetic, exacting environmental detail of Tokyo’s red-light Kabukicho district as presented in Sega’s Yakuza games—they gave the district a different identify... Continue »
Disgaea 4 / Nippon Ichi Software / PS3 Nippon Ichi Software’s Disgaea series is a very odd and yet oddly-popular beastie, catering simultaneously to the serious, deep-core strategy gaming nerd and to the Japanese pop-culture otaku, (whatever his/her actual... Continue »
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