I’d guess I got halfway through Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag, and I still couldn’t give you a succinct plot summary. It’s not that Black Flag is lacking in interesting characters or topics. If anything, the game is crammed over-full with features and potential plot arcs, many maddeningly under-explored. Black Flag is overflowing with things that would,
Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2 is still quite a ways away from its February 25, 2014 release date. Hungry for some tidbits to tide you over? Producer Dave Cox has supplied ten bits of production trivia about the series. We’ve also included the most recent trailer, released on October 31st.
Blue Isles Studios’ Slender: The Arrival, based on the Something Awful character the Slender Man, is coming to Steam courtesy of Majesco Studios’ Midnight City label just in time for Halloween. Written by the creative team behind Marble Hornets, Slender: The Arrival is the official video game adaptation of the Slender Man mythos. It stars Laura,
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag is a flashy departure from the rest of the series, and the latest trailer is no exception. The “Pirate Heist” trailer frames the latest entry in Ubisoft’s history-spanning saga of Assasins, Templars, and the historically-significant bystanders caught in their struggle as a straightforward heist-flick. Of course, the time and place
Criticizing any Suda51 game for not making sense is a dangerous business. Surrealist, deliberately bizarre narratives are the eccentric developer’s stock in trade. And Killer is Dead’s jumbled mishmash of vague globe-trotting assassination narrative, well-worn eclectic gameplay, and decidedly jarring neon aesthetic is too deliberately incoherent – studiously so, even – for mere accident. Making
With their Starcraft Universe Kickstarted headed into its final days, Upheaval Arts has an enticement for prospective donors: its first, entirely free multiplayer content released to the public. Starcraft Universe: Final Testament is a “complex boss raid, tailored towards hardcore fans of MMO raiding.” This boss encounter is the first multiplayer content released for Starcraft
Today the Bioware creative team for Dragon Age: Inquisition released their latest behind-the-scenes production video: “A World Unveiled.” “A World Unveiled” has few surprises. Most of it confirms information we already know or have reason to expect from BioWare – the new Dragon Age will be open-world, will incorporate moral choice systems with action and consequence,
Readers hungry for more one-on-one information about the upcoming XBox One have an answer in IGN’s “Ask Microsoft Anything About XBox One” feature, updated most recently on Monday, August 12. Most of the currently-posted information is tidbits fleshing out what we already knew. A few noteworthy bits worth mentioning are: confirmation that XBox One will
On July 31 independent studio Giant Spacekat launched the Kickstarter for upcoming iPad title Revolution 60. Described as “Heavy Rain meets Mass Effect,” and “a complex cinematic experience, where story and choice are paramount,” Revolution 60 is an unusual title on the mobile market. This narrative title topped the list of best games at PAX