Saturday, July 13, 2013

News::CSM - Sid Meier's Civilization V: Brave New World Review

CSM - If you've been looking for an excuse to invest a few more hours in Sid Meier's strategy masterpiece, Brave New World is it. The game feels much the same at the start, even with the new civilizations, but things begin to change with the passage of turns.



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News::The Making Of: Hellgate London

EDGE - Emerging from Blizzard, Flagship Studios set out to make a game that broke the mould. Then other things broke, too



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News::The Free Webgame Round-Up

PC Gamer - The Steam Summer Sale has begun. Your wallet is doomed. Gaben is currently feeding off your purchases in much the same way a dementor might absorb your happiness. But if theres one thing better than ridiculously cheap games, its ridiculously free games, some of which you may actually play one day. Read on for time travel, treasure-hunting and a make-your-own-Adventure-Time that is, if you can bring yourself to Alt-Tab Steam for just one second.



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News::The Walking Dead: 400 Days Review | OXM

OXM: "400 Days is clear in its intentions to set up whats to come in Season Two both in its gameplay and in introducing us to characters who, depending on how you play it, may appear in the series down the road. While that doesnt make this 'special episode' a must-play for the merely curious, its more than enough incentive for those determined to continue the journey."



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News::The Walking Dead: 400 Days Review | NRM

NRM: "When it comes to The Walking Dead: 400 Days, following in the footsteps of greatness can be a tricky thing."



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News::DARK video review - CramG

A video and text based review of Kalypso Medias' DARK vampire stealth game where players become Eric Bane.



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News::Review of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing PC [KumaKreationsEnt]

Kuma Wrote: What would you do if you were stuck in the woods, just trying to get to the next village, but a drifter came along with a transparent companion? If your answer is to run away, it is nice knowing you. The son of Van Helsing is hunting making sure you have a safe journey to your destination, while there are many things roaming the forest to do bodily harm to you. If you are brave enough to take up arms and parade across the lands fighting off Werewolfs, demonic Nymphs and other ghoulish things that would feast on your very soul, then I say always take a trusted companion along with you, but for now please enjoy this review coming from NeocoreGames. - See more at: http://www.kumakreations.com/reviews/review-of-the-incredible-adventures-of-van-helsing-pc/#sthash.cgcO8GRu.dpuf



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News::Deadpool Review | GameGrin

Deadpool - Constant fourth-wall breaking, floods of swearing, cheesy catchphrases and so many boobs.



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News::Tiny Tina's Assault On Dragon Keep Review - XCLANN

Tiny Tinas Assault On Dragon Keep is the final DLC in the current season pass for Borderlands 2, but as we have all heard over the last few weeks it may not be the last for this game as a whole. A while back we had the chance to preview this DLC along with the character Kreig, and have been looking forward to getting into it ever since.



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News::Crash Bandicoot Returns In Crystals Wrath

Metal Arcade: Joseph Cifala writes: Activision may have tried to put Crash Bandicoot out to pasture, but two die-hard fans are bringing him back in a new adventure called Crystals Wrath. Crash Bandicoot will always be my hero. I grew up at the height of the Mario and Sonic feud and was the odd one out who preferred Crash Bandicoot, mostly because I had a PlayStation. Ive never played Super Mario 64 no, my youth was spent in the virtual outback hunting crystals and gems and guys with Ns on their heads. Being a lifelong fan, I followed Crash into the next generations (after the series went multi-platform and was out of developer Naughty Dogs hands). Im even in the minority that believes the last game (Crash: Mind Over Mutant) was pretty good. After greenlighting a reboot of the franchise, Activision up and killed the series to focus on more profitable titles like Call of Duty. So for the past four years Ive been waiting for the triumphant return of the marsupia...



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News::Magrunner: Dark Pulse video review - PCGMedia

Michael takes a look at Frogwares/3AM Games new Lovecraftian, Portal inspired puzzler.



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News::Splinter Cell Blacklist Interview - Discussing Spies vs. Mercs With Sebastien Ebacher

X360A - After Splinter Cell: Conviction, the number one feature requested by the fans was Spies vs. Mercs. So its a multiplayer mode that appeared first on Pandora Tomorrow and was not present in Conviction.



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News::Guest Post Alice:(My)Madness Returns

Guest post for Twinfinite.net exploring what Alice: Madness Returns means to a community member.



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News::Can Battlefield 4 make a dent on Call of Duty: Ghosts?

Can they see eye-to-eye, or will their differences ever end?



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News::GTA:V Is Red Dead Redemption 2.0

CGUK: "Throughout the past few years a single abbreviation has been plaguing gamers' minds like an intrusive fly, I am of course speaking of GTA: V - Rockstar Games' upcoming action adventure, open-world marvel. Since the game's unexpected reveal in the latter quart of 2011, gamers have insistently Rockstar for information on the game - even resorting to boycotting - throughout the cold, information-starved two-year period."



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News::Batman Arkham Origins Collectors Edition revealed?

Arkhamverse.com have a summary and image of the Batman Arkham Origins Collector's Edition.



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News::Flashback Fact Sheet Issued

The continuing stream of new content related to the forthcoming Flashback lands here at Electronic Theatre once again, with a new fact sheet detailing some of the modernisations developer VectorCell are bringing to the videogame. Flashback is currently in development for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and is expected to launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network late in 2013.



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News::End of Nations has been turned into a MOBA

Remember End of Nations? It was that awesome looking free-to-play real time strategy game from Trion and it was something I was really looking forward to. The huge sense of scale and battles looked actually exciting.


The game sort of went into hiding in recent months, but has now resurfaced as a MOBA.


Goddammit.


"End of Nations is a tactical MOBA where your success on the battlefield depends on the heroes and units you command and quick decision making in the heat of combat," The newly updated End of Nations website reads. "Dominate during team based matches and catapult your commander to the top of the ranks."


So yeah, that's happening now. The website also shows off the hero characters you'll be controlling, consisting of vehicles such as land, air and mech units.


End of Nations has been turned into a MOBA screenshot






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News::Gamereactor Denmark- The Walking Dead:400 Days Review

GR:The Walking Dead has a very special place in my gamer heart. Not only because Telltale Games' episodic zombie series was filled with great moments, but also because it managed to serve an exciting blend of storytelling, action, puzzles and combat.



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News::Atomic Gamer - Saints Row IV Preview

Atomic Gamer - Publisher THQ didn't survive to see Volition's sequel Saints Row IV actually get released, but the big auction of IP they had earlier this year put both Volition and the Saints Row IP into the caring (but also mildly insane) hands of publisher Deep Silver. Now, Saints Row IV is nearing release, and I'm happy to report that despite all this turmoil with THQ and the game's reformation from DLC packs into a full-fledged sequel, the game seems to be turning out just fine.



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News::411mania - Jagged Alliance Online Preview

411mania - Jagged Alliance Online is such a nutty game to write about because it's a "freemium" game within a genre that had been more or less abandoned in the past few years. We see plenty of runners, jumpers, climbers, shooters, tower defense, MOBAs, MMOs, action-RPGs but a revival of a turn-based strategy franchise? Stranger things have happened in the free-to-play realm (like that browser-based Universal Monsters MOBA that's been in open beta for a while now), so I booted up the title with a relatively open mind.



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News::Man puts son's face on goombas in Super Mario 64

I don't have any kids of my own, so I can't claim to know what they would or would not like. That said, I wouldn't imagine that being relegated to existence as an army of heads with stubby feet only to be squished by a plump Italian would be high on the list. I would be wrong.


In a showing of love that only a parent could know, one industrious man took to the textures of Super Mario 64, and replaced the goombas with a photo of his seven-year-old son's face. It may creep me out, but apparently the kid got a kick out of it, stomping on his own face and laughing maniacally for ten minutes. There is a brief explanation for how to do this over on Reddit, in case you too want to terrorize your offspring.


Man puts son's face on goombas in Super Mario 64 screenshot


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News::Pop Facts - Mirror's Edge: Rodent Problem

GameTrailers: "Is it possible for Faith to have a run-in with a large and furry critter?"



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News::DotA, You've Grown Up: A Look Back

USgamer: "With Dota 2 released, Cassandra spends some time reminiscing about how far this community-made mod has come."



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News::Play Pikmin 3 at GameStop July 20-21, get it a day early


How long has it been since the last time we've been able to control inch-high spacefarer Captain Olimar and his army of sentient plants? Almost ten years? It's almost surreal that the third game in the Pikmin series is finally almost upon us. If you simply cannot wait any iota of time longer than necessary, you may want to get to a GameStop (or EB Games in Canada) on July 20th or 21st, where demos for Pikmin 3 will be made available to the public.


Then, if you truly cannot contain your anticipation, you can pre-order the digital version from GameStop and start playing it on August 3rd, while your friends and neighbors will have to wait a full day before the official release on August 4th. How much do you love Pikmin? How much do you want Pikmin? How much do you crave Pikmin?


Of course, the answers to those questions are irrelevant if you don't live in the United States or Canada. Sorry Europe! As consolation, you get the game before us anyway.


Play Pikmin 3 at GameStop July 20-21, get it a day early screenshot






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