I wonder how difficult it was for 343 Industries to take over Halo with Halo 4. The new “Reclaimer Trilogy” may have originated in a flat refusal to let those sweet, sweet Halo dollars slip through Microsoft’s fingers, but it’s pretty obvious that the folks working at 343 love their Halo. Not just the multiplayer,
Like its rogue’s gallery of shambling horrors, Resident Evil 6’s single-player campaign alternates between roaring charge and lurching stagger. You can’t fault the game for a lack of ambition or content. RE6’s single-player is something around thirty hours long, featuring four interweaving campaigns that try to offer something for everyone. Want more classic Resident Evil
After seventeen years at the helm of the company they founded, founders Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk announced their retirement from BioWare today. “This has been an incredibly difficult decision to make,” Muzyka said in his blog post; “after thinking about it for many months, I made the decision to retire from videogames back in
People called the original Darksiders “derivative,” presumably because the solid gameplay beneath the cartoonish bombast of “Grimdark Zelda” was too openly reminiscent of other good games. Not that design inertia is an uncommon sin – just because an idea is original doesn’t necessarily make it good. But though Vigil Games’ first entry was certainly a
Mass Effect fans were blessed with a windfall of new information today courtesy of BioWare. Chief among the announcements: players hungry for another chapter in Commander Shepard’s adventures should keep their eyes peeled for Mass Effect 3: Leviathan, an upcoming single-player story-driven DLC announced today by Bioware. But that’s not all- there were also details
Eight months after its December 2011 release, Bioware announced today that Star Wars: The Old Republic will be going free-to-play in the fall. The Old Republic joins a growing trend in the MMO genre by moving to free-to-play. Alongside this announcement was a promise of more frequent game updates, including group content, a new Legendary
THQ and Vigil Games had a promising hands-on demo of upcoming title Darksiders II available for play on the Comic-Con 2012 exhibition hall floor. The original Darksiders was the bombastic saga of the Horseman of War’s journey through the charred and crumbling ruins of an Earth conquered and swept clear of all human life. An
On July 4th, Sega released a suspicious teaser image highly reminiscent of NiGHTS into DREAMS, and yesterday, they confirmed the upcoming release of an HD version of the classic title for XBox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and the PC. Information’s currently limited, but the trailer promises all the original levels of the original NiGHTS, a
Perfect World Entertainment has released its free-to-play multiplayer shooter Blacklight:Retribution for Steam today. Retribution is now freely available for download over Steam. Players unfamiliar with the free-to-play multiplayer shooter can consult the new trailer showcasing the game’s Hero lineup, included after the break. New Oceanic servers have also been launched to service players in and