Feb 06
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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Sep 27
When you think of your typical iOS game, several words come to mind: casual, gimmicky, shallow, and cheap. When you think of an iOS installment of a “traditional” gaming series, several others also come to mind: cash-in, marketing, throwaway, and aggravating virtual buttons/sticks. So when Ubisoft announced that it was bringing its limbless mascot, Rayman, …
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Jun 05
In its eighth year at the annual tradeshow extravaganza, this generation of consoles is quite alive and kicking. Day 1′s string of press conferences brought along a lot of exciting new footage, confirmation and expansion of known quantities, a few boring duds, and just as many if not more genuine surprises, including what was likely …
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Feb 23
Ahh yes, Assassin’s Creed, one of this generation’s darling new blockbuster franchises and quite likely the preeminent historical fiction video game series. We’ve already played as Altair, an assassin from the Holy Land during the Third Crusade. We’ve also played as Ezio during the approximate period of the Italian Rennaissance, though his console adventures have …
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Oct 16
The Adventures of TinTin wasn’t a game I intended to check out at New York Comic Con, to be honest with you the game wasn’t on my radar at all. While the movie looks good, we all kind of know the reputation licensed games have. But there was a lovely young lady (okay she was …
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Jun 04
We’re just two days away from the start of the best time of the year for a gamer, e3. and we decided to have some fun with it. Listen to our craziest, though plausible predictions for the show, and what we most anticipate. And since we can’t help but butting heads from time to time, …
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May 09
Its been two and a half weeks since PSN went down, and still hasn’t come back up so of course its the first thing on the gang’s mind, but we do move on to talk about the most shocking delay of Mass Effect 3 (Everyone saw it coming). On the bright side, Ubi Soft’s already …
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