By Ron Duwell |
Final Fantasy X and X-2 are not the only Final Fantasy games getting an HD overhaul. Famitsu is reporting that Square Enix is also giving the hotly debated dark horse of the series, Final Fantasy VIII, a long overdue makeover on PCs. Don’t get your…
By Ron Duwell |
Embattled creative lead at Precursor Games Denis Dyack has taken to YouTube in a 30 minute video to answer many questions about himself, his controversial background and business decisions, and the quality of his most recent game X-Men Destiny. Denis Dyack was the CEO of…
By Joey Davidson |
The good news? We have a brand new pre-rendered trailer for Batman: Arkham Origins. It clocks in at more than five minutes in length, and it looks interesting. The bad news? Confirmation has come from Wired that Kevin Conroy, who has played Batman since the debut of the…
By Joey Davidson |
For most fans of the Batman storylines set in motion, Kevin Conroy is Batman. The voice actor has spoken the words of the Caped Crusader since 1992. Calculators down, Conroy’s been doing Bats for more than 20 years. Kevin Conroy even played Batman in the stupendously terrific Batman: Arkham…
By Ron Duwell |
Ubisoft is not as confident in the success of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag as one would think after predicting it would come up short of Assassin Creed III‘s runaway sales figures. CEO Yves Guillemot stated in a post-earnings call that they are not expecting annual…
By Joey Davidson |
Today, Ubisoft released a brand new gameplay trailer for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. This one’s called “Under the Black Flag.” Since its announcement, this is probably the most substantial gameplay trailer that we’ve seen for Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. Call me cynical, but…
By Joey Davidson |
The recently announced Batman: Arkham Origins has a brand new, short teaser trailer. The full trailer will drop next week. All in all, this is a super quick, pre-rendered trailer that shows nothing more than snow, an angry Batman, some combat and, of course, Deathstroke. Not…
By Ron Duwell |
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow was a big surprise back in 2010. Western reboots of Japanese series have not always gone over well with the core fans of the franchises, but developer Mercury Steam nailed the paper thin margin of pleasing newcomers and oldtimers alike. The result wasn’t…
By Joey Davidson |
Today, we’ve got a fresh batch of screenshots and artwork for the upcoming Wolfenstein: The New Order. The assets also come with some light story details about this new shooter. Here’s the bit about the story: Europe, 1960. The Nazis turned the tide of the…
By Joey Davidson |
As of yesterday, Metro: Last Light has officially launched. The brand new trailer above is the fresh piece of media from 4A Games and Deep Silver. It’s awesome that we’re even seeing this game, folks, because it’s one of the first titles to release from the…
By Joey Davidson |
Late last month, it was rumored that Scribblenauts was about to see a collaboration with the DC Comics universe. That rumor has officially become reality, as WB Games has announced Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure. This brand new adventure from 5th Cell will feature…
By Ron Duwell |
Precursor Games has its Kickstarter campaign for Shadow of the Eternals officially up and running. The team of mostly former Silicon Knights developers is looking for $1.35M to create the spiritual successor to their GameCube hit Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem. The $1.35M is not a…
By Joey Davidson |
Don’t get too excited, friends, this is not a gameplay trailer. Instead, Ubisoft elected to get a narrator to talk over art splashes surrounding the age of pirates that’s the central theme in Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag. It’s an interesting trailer that gives a little…
By Joey Davidson |
NVIDIA’s Project SHIELD has moved from idea and prototype into official product form. Simply known as “SHIELD,” this new Android powered gaming device is set to launch next month. It will sell for $349. Starting May 20th, 2013, interested gamers will be able to pre-order…
By Joey Davidson |
Over the weekend, one of the more interesting gaming Kickstarter projects finally closed its funding window. C-Wars, a title being pitched and developed by the Beijing, China-based Onipunks, vaulted over its meager $32,000 goal in the early goings of its Kickstarter. After that, the developers…
By Joey Davidson |
Shadow of the Eternals is a game that’s currently in pitch and money raising form. Precursor Games, a new developer formed from veterans in the industry, are independently crowdfunding this spiritual successor to Silicon Knights’ Eternal Darkness: Sanity’s Requiem. Hot off the presses from Precursor’s…
By Joey Davidson |
What was originally a full-on XCOM relaunch in FPS form has now become a third-person origin story in the established XCOM universe. The Bureau: XCOM Declassified is a tactical, over-the-shoulder shooter with influence from and mechanics surrounding XCOM: Enemy Unknown. When this project was originally unveiled as a rebirth of…
By Maximum PC |
The 700-series graphics cards share the same cooling solution. The rumored Nvidia GeForce GTX 780 and GTX 770 graphics cards, which were said to be arriving in late May as of last week, have allegedly had their pictures leaked to the Web. The said pictures were posted on…
By Ron Duwell |
Irrational Games groundbreaking first-person shooter, System Shock 2, has finally made its way to Steam. Hopes were high when it was first released for GOG.com back in February, so those waiting to get it through their preferred digital distribution channel can finally get a chance to play…
By Joey Davidson |
Gaijin Games Bit.Trip titles from 2012 have been stacked in a single pile, alongside their soundtracks, and slashed by 75% on Steam from now until May 20th, 2013. What would normally cost you $47.94 currently stands at $11.98. Just shy of 12 bucks will get you…
By Ron Duwell |
Resident Evil 6 wasn’t our cup of tea, and the rest of the gaming crowd seems to agree. However, 2012 wasn’t a total loss for the iconic zombie series. The Nintendo 3DS saw the release of Resident Evil: Revelations, which was warmly welcomed by critics…
By Joey Davidson |
It seems that Ubisoft recently held a special preview event for its upcoming open world hacking title Watch_Dogs. Gaming sites and blogs around the Internet have posted big previews of the title, and they’ve each dished out select bits of information for the game. PlayStation Blog…
By Joey Davidson |
So this is exactly how far a game can get on brand recognition. It’s also how far a game can get when it shows demo footage and screenshots that are pretty much made up in the months leading up to launch. Aliens: Colonial Marines felt…
By Ron Duwell |
A massive Star Wars fan is out to recreate Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope in its entirety using Minecraft. In fact, user ParadiseDecay already has has the first five minutes of the film up and available on YouTube. Five minutes is a stretch…
