Impressions: 1 v 100 Canadian Beta
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Mvern78
Posted May 8th, 2009 at 11:01 pm
Think your smart enough to take on an entire country? How about starting with 100 people instead. Tonight marks the launch of the official 1 V. 100 Canadian Beta and let me tell you it was a lot of fun. The topics covered ranged from games release in the last year, high school science and recent celebrity deaths. An easy to understand interface and higher points for answering quickly and getting multiple consecutive answers make you want to stick around - even during the commercials, yes real in...
2K Games partners with Digital Extremes for BioShock 2
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Mvern78
Posted May 8th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Today 2K Games announced a partnership with Digital Extremes to develop the multiplayer experience for BioShock 2.BioShock 2 takes places you in a time leading up to and during the fall of Rapture. Please as a Plasmid test subject in the underwater city of Rapture, the same city from the original BioShock.2K has released this list of 'Key' features coming to BioShock 2:• Evolution of the genetically enhanced shooter – Earn experience points during gameplay to earn access to new Weapons, Pla...
Impressions – X-Men Origins: Wolverine Demo
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Mvern78
Posted May 7th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
Everyone's favourite bad ass hero is here and he is on Fire! Bringing in a massive $87 million at the box offices in the first weekend. To top it off it seems like every action movie these days has a video game to go along with it. Well X-Men Origins: Wolverine is no different, except for the fact that the game tie-in didn't suck.I'd relate the feel of the controls to the God Of War franchise. Pressing the proper button combinations, combined with the use of fury, heavy and lunge attacks cause ...
Guild Wars Celebrates 4 year Anniversary with a free Gift
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Mvern78
Posted May 7th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
NCSoft announced today that in honour of the 4 year anniversary of the Guild Wars series they are giving players a free gift, but act fast this is a limited time offer.Along with this Gift your going to see some other major improvements to the Guild Wars world. - The Zaishen Order can now help you unlock any pet in the Zaishen Menagerie collection ($9.99), and tame it quickly on a whim.- Completely redesign characters without having to start over by paying a visit to the Stylist. Providing two n...
Ubisoft’s E3 lineup announced
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Mvern78
Posted May 7th, 2009 at 3:06 pm
Today Ubisoft announced the details for their upcoming E3 press conference on June 1st. For those of us not attending E3 this year (I'm not bitter) the press conference will be broadcast online for the public on June 2 the day after the actual event.During the press conference expect to see:- A new instalment in the Raving Rabbids series titled "Rabbids Go Home"- Exclusive reveals of Red Steel 2 and Assassin’s Creed III'm also expecting a chance of Meatball showers (September release) and more...
Review: Fallout 3: Broken Steel
May 5th, Bethesda released the 3rd and probably not final expansion to the Fallout 3 universe in the form of Broken Steel but not without some minor challenges. As of the writing of this article, the DRM issue which plagued Games for Windows Live! has finally been corrected and is back up online while reports run rampant of buggy AI and a variety of other glitches. I’m not here to discuss that. Having just finished the latest chapter I need I will say that this is an extremely ambitious releas...
Microsoft Aquires a Big Park
Hot off the presses, Microsoft Game Studios has aquired a British Columbia based studio by the name of BigPark Inc.BigPark was founded in 2007 by a group of industry veterans who led the creation and growth of two hugely successful software companies, Distinctive Software Inc. and Electronic Arts Canada. BigPark's founding team is composed of business leaders with over 80 years of collective experience in the video game industry, having produced or overseen blockbuster franchises including "Need...
Fallout 3: Broken Steel Back Online for you PC Users
Just got this info from Bethesda. For all those who had issues with the latest DLC installment for Fallout 3, your time has finally come. After 2+ long days, it's finally back up online. Enjoy folks.Get it here....
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