After three months, Mass Effect 3 actually has an adequate ending. Those of you who’ve actually kept up with my articles may recall that my reaction to the original ending was less than pleased. And technically, my acceptance of the Extended Cut (perhaps we should call it the Completed Cut?) is conditional. But as many
Three months after the release of Mass Effect 3, fans will finally get to see the expansive closure that producer Casey Hudson and writer Mac Walters say the development team envisioned all along. XBox 360, North American Playstation 3, and PC customers worldwide will be able to download the 1.9-gigabyte Extended Cut on June 26th,
If you haven’t heard about the Tropes Vs Women Kickstarter, you should really read this article. Regardless of one’s opinions on Anita Sarkeesian’s gender-studies analysis of pop culture, the response to her project from far too many internet denizens (before the inspiring counter-volley from others) was appalling. Male gamers and geeks struggle to overcome generations-old
An extended video of gameplay footage is now available for Naughty Dog’s upcoming survival-title The Last of Us, showcasing a chillingly hardscrabble post-apocalyptic existence. Revealed at the Sony pre-E3 press conference, this sequence follows protagonists Joel and Ellie as they skulk through a section of long-abandoned cityscape, now overgrown with vegetation and haunted by a
Star Wars and Mature-rated cover-shooter aren’t exactly a typical association, but LucasAarts has thrown its hat into the third-person shooter ring with Star Wars 1313, a title starring a bounty hunter stalking the underworld of the vast city-world Coruscant. Comparisons with Gears of War might be drawn, but really, the trailer makes 1313 look much
Fans of the Disney Channel’s animated series Phineas and Ferb can look forward to an upcoming Disney Mobile social title, Where’s My Perry?, scheduled for release on iOS and Android platforms later in June. Where’s My Perry? continues gameplay design from prior Disney mobile game Where’s My Water?, along with several new gadgets and features.
Disney Interactive and Pixar have partnered with Imangi Studios to release an expanded version of Imangi’s hit mobile game Temple Run as Temple Run: Brave, showcased alongside an advance screening of the first 31 minutes of Pixar’s upcoming film at the Pixar campus on March 29th. Temple Run: Brave features all the core mechanics of
The Dragon has returned, and by the looks of things, he’s not happy. In the buildup to E3, Konami has released the first trailer for the sequel to 2010’s Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, and it’s a beauty. The trailer presents a very different picture of the man we once knew as Gabriel Belmont before he
Bethesda Softwork has released the first glimpse of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim‘s first official add-on, Dawnguard, scheduled for a Summer 2012 release. Dawnguard‘s trailer gives the Skyrim player looking for a bit more content plenty of intriguing hints at the add-on’s content. The narrator’s monologue indicates players will play an important role in the