E3 Hands-On: Resistance 3 Multiplayer

E3 Hands-On: Resistance 3 Multiplayer

Of all of the assorted kiosks that were available to play after the Sony E3 press briefing, there was just something about the Resistance 3 multiplayer preview that seemed to be calling out to me.  This was particularly odd to me, especially considering how middling my opinions have been about prior...

Review: Conduit 2 (Wii)

Review: Conduit 2 (Wii)

It is finally time to bury the term “for a Wii game.” The overused review qualifier that was imagined as a means to quell the fervent and insistent Nintendo fanbase has become a liability that has lead to the creation of a bias towards an underpowered system with ambitions far beyond its scope. The...

PlatinumGames Returns, Anarchy Reigns

PlatinumGames Returns, Anarchy Reigns

Fans of Bayonetta and Vanquish will be happy; SEGA has just announced the latest title from the creative, manic minds at PlatinumGames. Anarchy Reigns is described as a “multiplayer brawler set in a world where anarchy is king”. SEGA claim it “challenges the boundaries of the conventional...

Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops (360)

Review: Call of Duty: Black Ops (360)

If one were to look back through Treyarch’s storied resume of game development, there would be one trend that emerges almost immediately: sequels. Whether it was an off brand port to lesser platforms like Dreamcast, or building off of Activision’s established stable of franchises, original...

You Don’t Know Jack Returning Early Next Year

You Don’t Know Jack Returning Early Next Year

In the early days of CD-ROM based interactive entertainment, You Don’t Know Jack was unique for providing an experience that wasn’t reliant on full-motion video and CG sequences. Instead, it presented an excellent adult trivia experience, complete with a host which regularly poked fun at the...

Gamer’s Manifesto: Multiplayer Gaming Needs to Grow Up

Gamer’s Manifesto: Multiplayer Gaming Needs to Grow Up

Remember your first Deathmatch experience? I do. It was playing Quake with friends in 1996. Guess what!? Not much has changed in multiplayer gaming since those days. Now, before you cram a bunch of facts and opinions down my throat about how X game changed X issue, hear me out. The basic gist of...

Halo: Reach Multiplayer trailer springs out of Bungie

Halo: Reach Multiplayer trailer springs out of Bungie

When you are talking about a franchise like Halo, it is hard not to get excited.  Fresh of the the successful release of Halo 3: ODST, the brilliant minds over and Bungie decided to go back to the drawing board and make one final entry into the “Halosphere”, before moving on to bigger and...

Bad Company 2 Expanding Post-Release

Bad Company 2 Expanding Post-Release

Downloadable content is becoming about as prevalent in gaming as violated alter boys in the the Catholic church. Hardly a title sees release nowadays without falling victim to the cold, unwelcome and unrelenting grip of cut content, quietly sneaking its way in through the backdoor of a game. Much to the...

BioShock 2 MultiPlayer Review

BioShock 2 MultiPlayer Review

“Welcome to Rapture…Again.” It all started out kindly- I had finished my second sojourn through Rapture with a smidgen of optimism and left the single player experience pleasantly, if not complacently, aplomb with enthusiasm. There is no need to review what is already a gluttonous monster...

DoubleJump Volume 2, Episode 1.0 beta: Down The Rabbit Hole

DoubleJump Volume 2, Episode 1.0 beta: Down The Rabbit Hole

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