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Assassins Creed 3 is Underway!

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Now that all the Assassin’s Creed Revelations violence has died down we are ready to look forward to the actual official sequel title to Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed III. And it seems like the investors in Ubisoft were asking the same questions as CEO Yves Guillemot officially confirmed Assassin’s Creed III with a scheduled release date of October 30th 2012 in a conference call with investors this afternoon. He said: “Assassin’s Creed 3 is the true next generation of both the Assassin’s Creed brand and interactive entertainment/storytelling in general.” [...]

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Kinect Star Wars Available Spring 2012

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At last years E3, Microsoft announced a special Kinect Star Wars game completely build around the Xbox 360 Kinect device that would allow you to become a real-life jedi fighter in your own living room. It took them a while after postponing the initial release date set for December 2011, but finally they confirmed the official release of the game on April 3rd. Together with the game, Microsoft also launches the awesome looking limited edition ‘R2-D2′ Xbox 360 set. Features in the new Star Wars game like Jedi, Podracing and [...]

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Trials Evolution “Crazy” Gameplay Reveal Trailer

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Explosions, people flying through the air, jumping into a cliff with three friends… It seems like they’ve gone crazy at the office of Finnish developer Redlynx. After 2009′s successor of Trials HD a new Trials game has been announced called: “Trials Evolution” and will be released on Xbox Live somewhere during spring of this year. This time they decided to raise the bar to a complete new level which seems to get really near Little Big Planets bar. Just like little big planet this game will allow the users to [...]

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The Invisible Wall – An Author’s Response

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Every three or four years, I’ll mark a special day in my calendar. It’s not the leap year or the Summer Olympics. Actually I should put those in there. But the day to which I was originally referring is the release date of a new Zelda. The Legend of Zelda is my “desert island” franchise (“if you were stranded on a deserted island and could only bring one game…”). Most of us have at least one. That series of games that plays so familiar yet innovative and manages to engross [...]

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The New FPS Genre – First Person Snooters

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At some point in the past 5 years, the FPS genre became home to some of the snootiest players around fueled by exponential growth in the cry-baby demographic. Some professionals point to an abundance of titles, but the question remains: how do you get back on track when you never lost your way? In defending a genre with so many great games, we reluctantly name names for fear of leaving out a worthy franchise. Battlefield, Call of Duty, Half Life, Doom, Quake, Arma, Gears of War, Halo etc. Separately they [...]

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The Trading Floor – A Rare Rant in Skyrim

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As I finished up my latest stint of looting and pillaging outside Whiterun, I became encumbered and found it difficult to flee the scene of my latest crime. I turned to Jenessa, my faithful servant in hopes that she could lighten my load by carrying some items from me only to find out that she too was at her maximum carrying capacity. Suddenly, I’ve been thrust into a difficult decision that can really only end in a loss for me – do I drop some heavy but powerful weaponry, or [...]

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Licensed Games: Reinforcing the Stereotype

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Sipping my morning coffee around 2 p.m. and watching t.v. shows on an actual television for the first time in months, I had an epiphany. Actually, Victor Lucas and the team at Reviews on the Run should be credited for the findings, but since they’re not here you’ll just have to give me the kudos. What for you ask? The realization that licensed games are among the worst that were produced this year and are a step backwards for the industry we love so much. It’s very rare that reviewers [...]

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Ask A-Rod: 2011 Year-End Review

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This week we wrap up some loose ends along with presents as we prepare for the holiday season and then a brand-spanking-new year of gaming.

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The Best New Features of the Xbox Dashboard Update

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Whether you were anticipating its release or not, the Xbox Dashboard Update was (somewhat-sloppily) rolled out over the past two days. Unlike last year’s facelift which was mostly aesthetic, this new Dashboard is a world of difference. Let’s take a look at some of the coolest features you’ll find when you update. To The Cloud! For the first time ever, your Xbox profile and save data can be accessible from multiple consoles and locations without the need of `porting your hard drive or bringing a USB. The integration is beautiful [...]

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Graphics vs. Gameplay – A Look Across Genres

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This week we take a look at some questions centered around the different genres of video games What is more important to a game’s success: good graphics or gameplay mechanics? They work together, not against each other. I doubt you even have the same development teams working on these two components to say which is prioritized during game creation. In my experience however, there have been great games that have had bad graphics but rarely have I found a gorgeous game you would call “great” with shitty controls – doesn’t [...]

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November 15: The Most Crowded Day in Gaming

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If you go by calendars, the biggest day for receiving presents is December 25th. For gamers however, you’d be hard-pressed to find a day more celebrated than November 15th. Here’s why. Every autumn is peppered with the biggest releases from franchises like Call of Duty and the various EA sports titles. But 2011 has redefined the term “blockbuster” and no better example exists than the middle of November. Today, over 26 games come out. Twenty-six. While some of them belong in the bargain bin by year’s end, a good amount [...]

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GTA V Trailer Impressions

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As we’re sure many of you know, the GTA V premiere trailer just went live. So let’s take a closer look at what it showed us and what we can speculate based on the first 85 seconds of footage.

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Grand Theft Auto V Confirmed

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We’ve waited and waited, and now they’ve announced that we can OFFICIALLY wait. And by gosh, we’re going to wait. so. hard.

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Ask A-Rod: When do you consider a game to be complete?

Great job, you found and slaughtered 100 pigeons in GTA IV. Hope you can sleep at night.

They say it ain’t over `til the fat lady sings, but if you’re playing Rock Band that could be fairly early in the game. Here are some other ways to decide when to call it quits.

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Rumour Mill: Creed’s Ezio to Join the Cast of Soul Calibur 5

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An anonymous tip was given to Joystiq that the main character of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, Ezio Auditore would join the cast of Soul Calibur V.

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