Now, I know most websites do a post like this in the beginning of the year, but this post on Reddit made me think about it a bit today. I’ll give you a list here of some of the more notable games coming out in the next year that I’m really looking forward to. It’s shaping up to be a great 365 days. (Note: Some of these might just have a “2011″ release date, but I’ll count them in anyway.) Portal 2 (X360 / PS3 /... Read→
The Scout can be a hard class in Team Fortress 2 to get used to, but it’s incredibly rewarding when you do. The Scout is my favourite class, by far, and as such, I’ve decided to write a little guide to help out anyone looking to get a jump-start with the class. I’ll go through things with as much detail as I feel necessary to give you a general idea of how things work. General Tips Before I get into anything too deep, I feel it’s... Read→
Red Dead Redemption was a widely-anticipated Rockstar game that hit shelves May 18th this year. Rockstar are the same guys that brought us the hugely popular Grand Theft Auto series, as well as Max Payne, the Midnight Club series, and others. Although it is a spiritual successor to 2004′s Red Dead Revolver, not much relates back to it, other than the western setting. You play as John Marston, an ex-gangster in the early 1900′s who is... Read→
With the 20th of July as the release date for the online racing multiplayer game: Need for Speed World, EA, has gone all out and made the beta version open to all. With only three weeks to spare EA intends to iron out the kinks, quirks and bugs using the feedback, and data from all who will be playing the beta version. Since today the massive multiplayer game’s beta version has be open to all, and many players have since been behind the wheel... Read→
_ The rhythm gaming industry (in which Guitar Hero and Rock Band are the most prominent contenders) has been getting more and more complicated since its introduction. The genre that originally started as just a plastic guitar and a few buttons has now expanded to include drums, a bass guitar, and a microphone. The drums themselves have even garnered recent complexity with the introduction of additional pads that sit higher than the others, acting... Read→
The original Kane & Lynch game, entitled “Dead Men,” came out late 2007 to much critical insult and generally negative reviews, both among popular outlets and individual reviewers. It was praised for its cinematic stylings and fun multiplayer game types, but bashed on a constant basis for outdated gameplay and lack of depth/polish. Many reviewers agreed: It would have been a decent game if it had been worked on a bit longer. It had... Read→
I may be a tad late to the party, but I just picked up Rockstar’s wild wild west take on sandbox third-person action games, Red Dead Redemption, today. While you can clearly see the influence that Grand Theft Auto had on this game, it also has many of its own factors that make it a title completely separate from any previous Rockstar work. Now, this won’t be a full-blown review. As I said, I just got the game today — I haven’t... Read→
On their blog, Sony announced that they are planning on introducing 3D capabilities to the PS3 before the end of 2010, by releasing an update of the PS3 firmware. This new 3D technology has been illustrated best in the popular Avatar game, as was released by Ubisoft. Now Sony has announced the use of the technology to be introduced first in one of their most successful game series: Kill zone 3. Besides announcing the 3D functionality for both; the... Read→
“Skate” is the skateboarding series that overtook the subgenre of sports games, knocking Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater out of the public eye. (They also helped to do that themselves with their latest failure of a rebuttal, Tony Hawk: Ride.) With its very advanced and refined Flick-It control scheme, it eliminates the button-mashing trickgasm that once was skateboarding video games. Precision and skill overtaking randomness and luck, it... Read→
One month ago, it looked like composer Christopher Leary confirmed the fact that the developer of Little Big Planet was gearing up towards creating a sequel to Sony’s most successful franchise for the Play station 3. This confirmation was contradicted by the immediate statements from an Media Molecule official, stating that creating a sequel to the game would be one of the most counterproductive actions one could take. It seems the developer... Read→
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