About three and a half years ago (wait, has it really been that long?), Valve released unto the world The Orange Box, featuring the latest entry in the Half-Life series, Half-Life 2: Episode 2. And while I’m sure most people bought it for Half-Life and probably Team Fortress 2, it was Portal that ended up
Portal 2 is right around the corner, and the PlayStation 3 release incorporates highly-anticipated Steam features right into the game. But what exactly are those features? Well, to answer those questions Valve has released a press release with details on what Steam has to offer on the PS3. As promised, users will be able to
With less than two weeks until the release of Portal 2, it seems Valve is expanding the Portal universe with a comic. Entitled Portal 2: Lab Rat, the first part of the comic is set to launch exclusively on IGN Comics tomorrow, Friday April 8th. Lab Rat takes place between the first two games, bridging
After a recent DDoS attack on Sony in response to its lawsuit against hacker George Hotz (a.k.a GeoHot), internet hacking collective Anonymous has recently released a video listing their demands to Sony. First off, for those of you who haven’t been briefed on the whole situation, Sony is suing Hotz for hacking the PlayStation 3
Originally slated for a May 2011 release, it seems Square Enix has decided to push back Dungeon Siege III‘s release date a few weeks in order to polish and perfect the game. Now set for release on June 21, 2011, the game will be available for PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. For the full
After just over a decade, Aya Brea is once again in the video game spotlight. And while I’m sure many gamers have fond memories of her adventures on the original PlayStation, many things have changed in her absence. Enter Square Enix and HexaDrive’s The 3rd Birthday for the PlayStation Portable, the third game starring the beautiful
After 11 years of waiting, Aya Brea finally returns in Square Enix’s The 3rd Birthday, the latest installment in the Parasite Eve series. An RPG/third-person shooter hybrid set in New York, The 3rd Birthday pits Aya against a new type of enemy, seemingly more dangerous than the last. Available for Sony’s PlayStation Portable as both
The ongoing saga that is Telltale Games‘ Back to the Future: The Game continues today with the release of “Citizen Brown,” the third episode in the five-part, point-and-click adventure game. Picking up from “Get Tannen’s” jaw-dropping cliffhanger, Marty’s adventure brings him to yet another alternate 1986, which isn’t what it seems to be. Joining the
Prior to DISSIDIA FINAL FANTASY, the idea of different Final Fantasy heroes and villains squaring off against each other was usually only found in online discussions and fanfiction. Yet, despite a premise so blatantly rooted in fanservice, the RPG/fighting game hybrid was quite a treat to play, with gameplay mechanics both challenging and entertaining to master.