Dragon Age 2: Demo and rewards
The demo for Dragon Age 2 dropped today much to the joy of RPG fans everywhere. Check out this mini review.
Is social gaming really the future?
Say what you will about games like Farmville, Cityville and Heroinville, but they’ve become increasingly popular in recent years, and have even eclipsed massive AAA titles in terms of raw number of active players.
Assassin’s Creed: Jade Raymond on The Industry
Assassin’s creed producer Jade Raymond recently gave an excellent speech at DICE that G4TV was cool enough to share. If you’re curious at all about game development, marketing, or Canadian girls that look like the Baroness. Check out this video.
Dead Space 2: Review
The game is great. I have very few complaints and the ones I do have are rather petty, so rather than just talk about how good this game is let’s take a look at how it differs from (and improves upon) the first.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3: Final Justice Review
Eleven Years. Eleven Years ago I was playing Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 on arcade cabinet deep within the recesses of the USF student union. Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 was largely to blame for me failing out of college that semester (that extreme laziness). Why on earth did they have to put that game so damn close to my stupid Urban Geography class?
Gamers: A World Divided
There has been a disturbance in The Force. I am unsure whether the “mainstreaming” of gaming is simply people becoming accepting or a fault line opening up within the industry. Is gaming culture becoming accepted, or have game developers learned how to craft their games and market them in a way so they aren’t perceived is such a negative light?
Dragon Age II: live chat with lead designer Mike Laidlaw
Dragon Age II has officially gone gold! Check out an hour’s worth of game-play from Dragon Age II with commentary by lead designer Mike Laidlaw.
The death knell of the music game: Guitar Hero cancelled.
Much to the dismay of rhythm game fans everywhere, Activision has gone and cancelled Guitar Hero. We’re not talking a single game, we’re talking the entire damn franchise. Guitar hero, is walking up that long and lonely stairway to heaven… So where did Activision go wrong?
Champions Online: Free For All – it’s good!
I heard a rumor that it was about to go free to play. After a few clicks, I discovered that not only was it free to play, it was also 100% free to download. You can experience the entire MMO with zero monetary investment. Check out my review.
SWTOR: Pushed until September
Sources on the inside (Bioware custodial staff) delivered me an encrpted message that indicated that Star Wars: The Old Republic would not be coming out during Q1 2011 as previously announced.
PlayStation Store coming to Android devices
At PlayStation Meeting 2011, Sony made a number of announcements including a cross-platform initiative named PlayStation Suite, which will deliver the PlayStation Store and content to the Android platform. As many Android users are already woefully aware, not all Android hardware is created equal. To that end, Sony also announced the PlayStation Certified program, which will support development with the Android platform.