Author Archives: Mark Limburg

The NPD Group has released their October US retail report, with yet another and rather significant Year-On-Year decline in overall sales.

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There’s little doubt about just how good the CryEngine can look, so when a lone modder starts bringing the paranoia inducing setting into that engine, it’s best you sit up and take notice.

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According to Capcom, Monster Hunting is a serious business and these latest screenshots go to show just how “hot” things are going to get.

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From the rarely heard from “Hat DLC That Isn’t From Team Fortress” Department, comes details for up coming addons for Namco Bandai’s Tales of Xillia 2.

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Making the conceptual shift from console action games to the social casual scene isn’t as easy as many think. Insomniac talks about their growing pains as they further refine their online title Outernauts.

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In yet further proof that the Mac is ready and able to get its game well and truly on, Gearbox and Aspyr have teamed up to bring the skragalistic lootfest that is Borderlands 2 to the land of Apples.

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The development team on The Elder Scrolls Online have released a documentary-style introduction to their upcoming MMO, and it looks as excellent as we were both hoping and expecting. You have have already seen the video, but let’s take a closer look and give it some analysis.

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Graeme Lennon has announced some rather interesting details planned for the first raid to be implemented into the (somewhat awesome) MMO, The Secret World.

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I can see the elevator pitch now, “The game is akin to trying to knock other players ice-cream cones to the ground, whilst protecting your own ice-cream cone, all to classical music that sped up and slowed down!”. Sounds crazy, but not only does it work, it’s been beloved by many who have played it and proves that game play is about the game, not the graphics. Along with Johann Sebastian Joust, three other games are packaged with it to produce the Sportsfriends bundle.

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Released back in 1998, Thief: The Dark Project defined itself as a definitive first person stealther. Today, old fans and those new to the scene can enjoy that excellence thanks to GOG.com.

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Genius Sonority, the makers of very popular Pokémon Colosseum, is returning to the RPG scene with a fresh new take utilising the handheld’s augmented reality features.

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Aimed for release within the second week of February, the latest communication from Naoki Yoshida indicates a further two week delay. Considering the sheer amount of content to be added, combined with the game’s history, this isn’t exactly surprising.

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Back in September, this cyberpunk styled shooter took many of us by surprise on release. Whilst it did have the odd issue, like a short campaign length and limited visual style, these screenshots certainly show some promise.

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Once again, the mainstream media is banging on about how Gaming Is A Threat To The Youth Of Today, complete with fabricated quotes and comparisons to zombism.

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The ambitious new MMO from Bioware has seen many successes in its first days, and quite a few issues as well. John ‘Totalbiscuit’ sits down with Gabe Amantangelo, the lead developer of operations, flashpoints and PvP, to address some of the core points.

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With elite maps being tied to a specific profile, rather than to the game itself, many owners of Modern Warfare 3 are calling foul. A sign of DLC things to come?

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Taking the leap from ‘backyard game’ and jumping into game stores, Terraria teams up with Merge Games to produce an physical product, complete with goodies both inside the game and to put on your desk.

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The zombie/survival genre is tried and true, and is being carefully fashioned by the small team at Tequila Works. Slated for an exclusive release on the XBLA platform this Summer, details are now starting to emerge on this story-driven game.

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Aside from being the creative director behind the Darksiders games, Joe Madureira is also quite the established comic book writer/artist – and unsurprisingly, rather enjoys Nintendo’s Legend of Zelda.

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A new Xbox Live promotion for Windows Phone will provide a range of five self-titled Must Have Games, geared for a staggered release across February.

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