Shortly after the leaked trailer of Lost Planet 3 hit the web, Capcom confirmed that the game is indeed being developed by Spark Unlimited. Lost Planet 3 stands alongside other games in their 2013 lineup. In the next Lost Planet title, players will experience the campaign as Jim. Jim left Earth to take on the task of working as a utility rig pilot on E.N.D III. The game will bring back...
I am a big, big fan when it comes to the Alien universe. I even have a soft spot for Fincher’s work with Alien 3. That’s what made me so excited for a chance to take a look at Gearbox’s attempt at the franchise with Aliens: Colonial Marines. The Gearbox rep leading the demo explained what we’d be seeing before dimming the lights and starting the game. Colonial Marines takes place 17...
One of the games I’m officially most excited for is completely free to play. And there’s something I thought I’d never write out in a preview. Firefall is Red 5 Studios’ attempt to bring the gaming fanbase a triple-A first person open world shooter for free. When it releases, you’ll be able to register for the game, download the client and play it for absolutely nothing. The idea is...
Markus “Notch” Persson has gone and made Mojang’s next big game official with both a name and a set of brand new details. 0x10c is set in space, based in hard sci-fi and prepping for an early, alpha version launch. So, what is it? Well, it’s a little hard to explain. The backstory of the game puts forth that the space race between the world’s super powers in the mid-20th century never...
A few weeks back, I made the trek up to New York City in order to have a preview with Borderlands 2 from Gearbox. This was the first press demo for the game, and now I’ve had a chance to settle in, watch the embargo lift and jot down a few of my thoughts. First, a little background on me as a player. I played the original Borderlands, and I enjoyed it a lot. I will say, however, that I...
You can’t walk down the street without noticing at least one person wielding a smartphone, and in more busy areas such as airports or even on the bus, you’re likely to spot bipeds bouncing their fingers on a tablet. Connected devices are everywhere, and according to data released by International Data Corporation (IDC), shipments of smart connected devices, including PCs, media tables,...
Former Creative Strategist for Call of Duty Robert Bowling, who announced his resignation via his Twitter account early this week, has spoken out about Call of Duty and Activision's DLC subscription services. Just weeks before stepping down from Call of Duty and Activision, Robert Bowling was asked about bringing back throwback multiplayer maps in future DLC. Bowling had more than a...
IDC said on Wednesday that nearly 916 million smart connected devices shipped last year, totaling more than $489 billion in revenues. The research firm includes PCs, tablets, smartphones and any connected gadget under its "smart connected device" umbrella, and it says it expects the number of shipments to double by 2016. Shipments of connected devices are expected to top 1.1 billion...
Irrational Games has announced the fourth and final installment of their Heavy Hitters series. This time, BioShock enters the spiritual realm of the dead with the Siren. These ghostly goddesses are unlike any nemesis previously encountered in the franchise. Not only do you have to worry about taking down the Siren, but watch out for the resurrection of those all too familiar foes...
I bet that’s a headline you didn’t expect to see today… or ever, in fact. And it’s not just something we dreamt up to try and pull you in; it’s completely true. Commodore has today announced both a brand new Amiga gaming PC, and a C64 remake that’s still clinging on to that famous 80s design. Let’s being with the new Amiga, a PC that looks remarkably similar to Apple’s older Mac mini...