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April 4th, 2012

By Nick Thompson On 4 Apr, 2012 At 09:51 PM | Categorized As News | With 0 Comments
ea-worst-company

There’s been an interesting series going on at The Consumerist for the last few weeks, in which the consumer rights blog’s readers have been voting on what they see as the worst company in America. Included are the standard environmental violators and financial services corporations, but what may be a surprise is that none of [...]


battlefront-files

Here’s an interesting piece of news for fans of the Star Wars: Battlefront series. The developers of the abysmally reviewed Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City may have once been involved in the development of a sequel to Star Wars: Battlefront 2. Thanks to some tech-savvy gamers, we’ve seen files on the RE game disc that [...]


By Nick Thompson On 4 Apr, 2012 At 09:26 PM | Categorized As News | With 0 Comments
violent-games-teachers

Is it just us, or does the ‘violent games are the devil’ line of thought seem to be popping up more often than before? From Australia’s bizarre ratings controversy to the ongoing attempts to have a lengthy selection of violent games outright banned by special interest ‘family’ groups, today’s top games can’t seem to hit [...]


By Nick Thompson On 4 Apr, 2012 At 09:33 PM | Categorized As News, PS Vita, PS3 | With 0 Comments
playstation-all-stars

It’s no secret that Sony’s been working on its own counterpart to Nintendo’s incredibly successful Super Smash Bros franchise. Given the now legendary state of the PlayStation’s biggest characters – Crash Bandicoot, Cloud Strife, and Kratos amongst them – it’s a copycat game that sounds like it could end up being every bit as good [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 4 Apr, 2012 At 07:37 PM | Categorized As Games, Naval War: Arctic Circle, News, Paradox Interactive, PC, PC Videos, Videos | With 0 Comments
Naval War Arctic Circle

Paradox Interactive released a bunch more information on their upcoming strategy title Naval War: Arctic Circle. For one, they’ve finally set a release date and once again that date comes as soon as April 10, 2012. Additionally, the PC title also got a few new trailers. The first is an ‘action’ trailer that portrays Naval [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 4 Apr, 2012 At 07:31 PM | Categorized As Games, Microsoft Flight, News, PC, Steam | With 0 Comments
Microsoft flight screenshot

There’s more than one flight simulator these days? Oddball X-Plane will not have had a long time to savor its exclusivity as a harshly priced but elaborate title. Microsoft Flight has dropped back into the flying race and has even done away with any price tag altogether. A free-to-play version of the game can now [...]


By Daav Valentaten On 4 Apr, 2012 At 06:22 PM | Categorized As Betas, Carrier Command: Gaea Mission, Games, News, PC | With 0 Comments
Gaea Mission

Carrier Command: Gaea Mission is a real-time strategy game with an open setting. The PC game by Bohemia Interactive lets players control a battlefield and explore islands, while also micromanaging resources, defenses and units. It also gives the ability to drop down into the action by controlling any unit in first person or third person. [...]


By Nick Thompson On 4 Apr, 2012 At 11:57 AM | Categorized As 0x10c, Games, Hot News, News, PC | With 0 Comments
notch-space-rpg

It’s tough to have missed the massive success that is Minecraft. The indie game, created by cult hero and independent developer Notch, has been a worldwide success, attracting tens of millions of fans, turning its creator into a very wealthy individual, and revolutionizing the way indie games are made in the process. Not bad for [...]