Tag Archive: Crytek

Jun 13

Talk of the Town: Ryse: Son of Rome (E3 2013 Demo)

Occupying an entire corner of Microsoft’s bright green Xbox booth was Crytek’s Xbox One launch title, Ryse: Son of Rome. It has been a game mired in a lengthy development cycle, reportedly being toyed with at Crytek for some seven years, during which time its only public showing was as a first-person Kinect-only game for …

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Feb 06

Breaking Down the THQ Breakup

It’s been quite a long time coming, but the slow death of long-standing publisher THQ is reaching its end. After initially attempting to sell the entirety of the company’s assets to Clearlake Capital, court orders eventually required THQ to split up its assets to individual bidders in an auction if the total amount raised exceeded …

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May 16

Dual Wielding 32: Something Borrowed

As the countdown to e3 commences, we focus on one of the big 3′s expectations this year starting with Microsoft. The company with the least known factors, but the one expected to wow us the least. What does their press event hold for the future of the Xbox and Kinect? In addition, there is a …

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Feb 14

Dual Wielding 20: No More Hero Edition

Activision is once again in the eye of the storm this week on Dual Wielding between the cancellation of the DJ Hero, Guitar Hero and Tony Hawk games, and the announcement of even more studious focused on Call of Duty, it was a big week for the 3rd party developer. However, they weren’t the only …

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Jan 31

Dual Wielding 18: N(ext) G(en) P(odcasting)

If the clever title hasn’t given it away, this week’s episode is focused on Sony’s reveal of its newest handheld, NGP (Next Gen Portable), we go over almost all the major talking points including controls schemes, look and of course the games. Then there’s talks of TimeSplitters 4 (can it finally happen? Will Daniel die …

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