by Rainier on Feb. 13, 2012 @ 5:45 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Krater is a lush post-apocalyptic top down RPG and the base pillars are crafting, exploration and consequence. Consequence brings not only the ability for the characters to level up and improve themselves, but also permanent injuries and death.
by Rainier on Feb. 13, 2012 @ 5:37 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Alan Wake, the game's protagonist, is a bestselling horror writer, who writes a novel about his darkest nightmares. In the game, those nightmares come true.
by Rainier on Feb. 13, 2012 @ 3:17 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Lollipop Chainsaw is an all-new third person action game, the ‘un-deadly’ story of sweet and killer zombie hunter Juliet Starling and her quest to uncover the root of a colossal zombie outbreak.
by Rainier on Feb. 13, 2012 @ 3:10 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Firefall is a team-based action shooter that thrusts hundreds of players together into a lush, dynamic open world combining intense competitive multiplayer and large-scale cooperative gameplay.
by Rainier on Feb. 13, 2012 @ 3:06 a.m. PST | Filed under
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With all new character classes, an expansive overworld, new quests, monsters, and lots of new dungeons, Torchlight II finally lets you play with your friends in the world of Torchlight with an expansive co-op multiplayer experience.
by Rainier on Feb. 13, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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We watched a little bit of the Grammys last night, with the big winners being Adele and the Foo Fighters, each going home with multiple awards. Adele's 21 album won top honor, but I was shocked to hear that the album name signified her age at the time of the recording. She sure does NOT look anywhere near 21 — more like double that number.
What was really worth watching was the return of The Walking Dead. There was more exciting stuff happening in last night's episode than the first seven installments of the second season. Now let's hope that the writers can keep this going. Maybe we'll be able to forgive them for the weak sauce earlier in the second season.
by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2012 @ 10:56 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Max Payne 3 tells the story of a retired police detective embroiled in a world of corruption, turmoil and intense violence.
by Jason Grant on Feb. 12, 2012 @ 12:30 a.m. PST | Filed under
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More than 20 years ago, The Great Giana Sisters made jump-and-run gaming available for home computer users all over the world.
by Rainier on Feb. 12, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Whitney Houston, eh? Can't say it comes as a big surprise, but it's still a loss. Like a lot of people, I stopped caring about her antics many years ago. She had some great hits, and I even liked "
The Bodyguard" movie with Kevin Costner. Maybe she'll finally find some peace.
Yesterday we saw
Safe House, starring
Denzel Washington and
Ryan Reynolds. It could be described as a mix between
Jason Bourne and
Alias. The movie is not going to break any records, but it was fun to watch and made for an entertaining couple of hours.
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2012 @ 12:59 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Star Trek, which continues the adventure that director and producer J.J. Abrams envisioned with Star Trek (2009), boasts a stand alone story filled with action-packed combat as Kirk and Spock must work together to stop a legendary enemy race bent on conquering the galaxy.
by Rainier on Feb. 11, 2012 @ 12:47 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Indie Royale has launched its sixth iteration with the Valentine’s Bundle, a set of five games including IGF-nominated titles Zeno Clash and Lume, as well as the first ever PC version of Soulcaster.
by Adam Pavlacka on Feb. 11, 2012 @ 12:30 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Teenager Sean Anderson receives a coded distress signal from a mysterious island where no island should exist. Unable to stop him from tracking the signal to its source, Sean's stepfather joins the quest that will take them to a place few people have ever seen ... or lived to tell about.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2012 @ 6:45 p.m. PST | Filed under
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From the depths of Space flies J.U.L.I.A., a logical video game built upon the story of Rachel Manners, a 35 year old astrobiologist, who was among a close group of scientists chosen to embark upon one of the most critical mission ever conceived on Earth.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2012 @ 3:16 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Syndicate delivers a unique and brutal sci-fi FPS experience set in a not too distant future, where business is war. Players take on the role of Miles Kilo, Eurocorp's latest prototype agent, and embark on an epic action adventure full of corruption and revenge.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2012 @ 2:06 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Hit the course as everybody's favorite golf series comes to the fore on PS Vita.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2012 @ 1:40 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Conducted for the new Guinness World Records 2012 Gamer’s Edition book, Guinness World Records announced the Top 50 Videogame Endings of All Time as voted for by 13,519 online fans.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2012 @ 11:12 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Featuring an 83-song set list and access to far more music than ever before, as well as innovative new gameplay modes and instruments, Rock Band 3 will change the way fans think about and play music games.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2012 @ 1:39 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Uncover the dark secret behind the 400-year-old massacre of a Spanish expedition as Nathan Drake follows the murderous trail of an ancient and secret Spanish sect in Uncharted: Golden Abyss.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2012 @ 1:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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In an adventure-filled tour across Europe with a traveling circus, players can take on the role of Alex the Lion, Marty the Zebra, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the Hippo in a journey to escape the evil clutches of crazed animal control officer Captain Chantal Dubois and return home to New York City.
by Rainier on Feb. 10, 2012 @ 12:00 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Check out the
first trailer for The Bourne Legacy! Matt Damon may not be in it, but
Jeremy Renner looks like he might be able to pull it off.
This weekend we'll probably watch
Safe House, but next week is what it's all about. My prayers have been answered: We got an invite to an early press screening of
Act of Valor.
There is an uproar in Stronghold Kingsdoms as Firefly released an update that makes the game run like molasses. They also, without prior notification, doubled the price of some of the most popular in-game items.
Last but not least, congrats to Double Fine for crossing the $1.2 million mark — triple the amount they needed for developing
their latest point & click adventure.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2012 @ 6:31 p.m. PST | Filed under
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UFC Undisputed 3 is poised to take players inside the virtual Octagon with extensive focus on intense toe-to-toe combat, impressive visual presentation and significantly increased accessibility, including the introduction of PRIDE Mode, two new weight classes and an impressive playable roster of more than 150 UFC fighters.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2012 @ 5:55 p.m. PST | Filed under
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The Last of Us is a genre-defining experience that blends survival and action elements to tell a character driven story about a population decimated by a modern plague.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2012 @ 5:34 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Diablo III is an action RPG where you create a hero from one of five distinct classes, such as barbarian or witch doctor, each equipped with an array of spells and abilities, and adventure through rich and varied settings, unraveling an epic storyline and engaging in combat with hordes of monsters and challenging bosses.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2012 @ 5:31 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Tales from Space: Mutant Blobs Attack is a side-scrolling puzzle platformer about an ornery mutant blob that, after being held captive in a lab that can only be described as something out of a retro sci-fi movie from the early '50s, escapes into the world and sets out on a path to destroy and consume everything!
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2012 @ 4:16 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Online is a new multi-player, third-person, cover-based tactical shooter that will be offered free-to-play online, featuring all the best qualities of the Ghost Recon franchise in a downloadable, dynamic, PC-based online game.