Lara Croft is not Tomb Raider
Posted on | March 20, 2010 | No Comments
Crystal Dynamics’ entry into the downloadable games market, Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, should not be regarded as the next Tomb Raider game. In fact, the game doesn’t take place in any time line familiar from the long-running franchise, it…
Bungie trademark ‘Marathon’ and ‘Bungie Aerospace’
Posted on | March 19, 2010 | No Comments
Trademarks are boring. Games are fun! This is what happens when those two worlds collide. Bungie have filed a couple of trademarks, that could point to the Halo creators’ next direction. See? Fun and boring, all at the same time.
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More RPG features, less planet mining in Mass Effect 3
Posted on | March 18, 2010 | No Comments
At the Game Developers Conference last week, speaking at a panel devoted solely to “Refining Gameplay in Mass Effect 2,” Christina Norman, the game’s lead gameplay designer, dived into the internal workings and discussed the major changes made to the sci-fi…
The Conduit 2 hiding in plain sight at GDC?
Posted on | March 18, 2010 | No Comments
Proper communication, according to Albert Mehrabian, relies on more than words alone; body language and tonality play a major role. A visit with High Voltage at this year’s Game Developers Conference is a perfect example of this fact. While no one…
Crackdown 2 dated, gets video documentary
Posted on | March 17, 2010 | No Comments
The sequel to Realtime Worlds’ excellent open-world action game, Crackdown, has been confirmed for a July release by Microsoft.
While Crackdown 2 is being developed by Ruffian Games, fans of the original should rest easy knowing that a lot of the team…
Mass Effect 2 connected to Mass Effect in more ways than you think
Posted on | March 15, 2010 | No Comments
The Mass Effect franchise has been made famous by allowing players to make decisions that affect the plot in both major and subtle ways. When the original game was released, it was way more interactive than your typical RPG. What’s been…
Final Fantasy XIII-2?
Posted on | March 15, 2010 | No Comments
Yes, it hasn’t even been a week since Final Fantasy XIII’s western release date. But who doesn’t love rabid, fan-inspired, forward-looking speculation? In a recent interview, FFXIII producer Yoshinori Kitase spoke of many aspects of the game, including its global response, early…
Dragon Age 2 release date, already?
Posted on | March 12, 2010 | No Comments
Retail copies of Dragon Age: Origins‘ Awakening expansion have apparently already dated the full-blown sequel to the dark fantasy RPG.
A placard picturing a bloody dragon familiar from the game’s marketing, slipped in the game box, reveals a date that fits right in…
Ubisoft considered re-branding Red Steel sequel
Posted on | March 6, 2010 | No Comments
Ubisoft’s soon-to-be-released Red Steel 2 could have been sent to the presses with a different name on the box, a recent interview reveals.
According to creative director Jason VandenBerghe, the thought of re-branding the cel-shaded Wii launch title follow-up did cross the developers’…
Updated / Portal 2 official, coming this holiday
Posted on | March 6, 2010 | No Comments
Update: According to a GameStop listing, the game will offer a separate two-player cooperative campaign. Some details on the single-player campaign were revealed as well.
The full listing reads: “Coming this holiday. Portal 2 is the sequel to 2007’s Game of the Year and…
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