On the surface, Spec Ops: The Line is nothing more than a run-of-the-mill military shooter set in the Middle East. This skirmish in Dubai features third person, cover-based gunplay and a linear campaign reminiscent of today's top war titles. Forget the surface. Spec Ops: The Line represents a strong shot at great storytelling in an over-used genre. Military shooters as of late have...
With devices like Amazon's Kindle Fire and the upcoming Surface by Microsoft freeing would-be tablet buyers not interested in the iPad from the tyranny of Apple's ecosystem, there's something in the tablet space for everyone, regardless of platform affinity (webOS notwithstanding). What that's going to do over the course of the next several years is propel demand for tablet PCs past...
Quantum Conundrum is a brand new entry in what might now officially be considered the genre of first-person, omnipotent narrator, physics-based puzzle games. This title, developed by Air Tight games and published by Square Enix, is currently available on the Steam marketplace for PC. It will launch for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 as a downloadable title later this summer. Players...
Tiny and Big are brothers. Their grandfather is dead. Grandpa owned a special pair of underpants that, once donned on an individual's head, granted unlimited power and a cult following. Tiny deserved his Grandpa's leftover underpants, Big stole them. Tiny & Big: Grandpa's Leftovers is the first episode in a new series from a small team in Germany named Black Pants Game Studio. I...
Much like EA did with Syndicate earlier this year, 2K thought reviving the classic strategy series XCOM as a third-person shooter would be the best route for the series to take. Many long time fans cried "FOUL!" after the reveal at E3 2010 and made their wishes for a strategy game closer in tune with the roots of the series loud and clear. Well, 2K games obviously isn't deaf to the...
Assassin's Creed III was one of the many Ubisoft games to turn a few heads at E3 this year. Skeptics weary of annual releases finally had their worries put to rest with the series getting a long overdue makeover after three years of prouncing around through Renaissance Italy with the starry-eyed Assassin Ezio. The series jumps forward several hundred years to the front lines of the...
Fans of the classic platformer Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee will once again be able to dive into the dark and twisted fantasy world created by Oddworld Inhabitants with a brand new remake. Announced from their Facebook page, game developer Just Add Water will be remaking the game from scratch with a new 3D physics engine, promising to keep the 2D blueprints of the original game intact and...
Call of Duty: Black Ops II was offered in eyes-on fashion. Us media folks were ushered into a dark room equipped with a few chairs and a humongous television. The biggest complaint running for fans of the military shooter genre is that Call of Duty is the same game, year after year. I consider myself a member of that camp. It's no surprise, then, that the unveiling of Treyarch's...
Here's some inside baseball style chat for you if you've ever been interested in how the gaming industry works. There are a few types of previews when it comes to conventions. Players have hands-on kiosks to wait in line for (that stuff you've probably seen at fan conventions like New York Comic Con), then behind-closed doors previews and then after parties. After parties are great....
Dishonored is an interesting property. This open world, steam punk, stealth, action, power-based game claims it gives players choice and relentless strength. In a way, that much is correct. The brief demo I was able to experience placed me in a small section of the city. I had one objective, to secure a target. Once the representative from Bethesda showed me the basic controls, he...