In December, DC Universe Online brought its beta to PlayStation+ and PC, in advance of its retail release on January 12th. I spent a few hours giving it a shake to see if it could crack my fortress of solitude.
Category: Preview
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Singleplayer Launch Trailer
As many of you may know, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood launches next week for the PS3 and Xbox 360. To help keep the hype machine rolling, Ubisoft has been kind enough to release a singleplayer launch trailer for our enjoyment. Video after the jump.
Why I’m A Bit Worried About RAGE
When I was at Eurogamer Expo, I attended a demo session hosted by Tim Willits of id Software, designer on such games as the Quake series, and Doom 3. He was giving a talk and demo of id’s new game RAGE, due out next year. And from what I saw, it leaves me a tad… Continue reading Why I’m A Bit Worried About RAGE
Hands-On: Frozen Synapse
James is at Eurogamer Expo 2010 in London, and while he’s trying to enjoy himself at his first games showcase, he’s also trying to work and get some hands-on time. This is one of several previews of games featured at this year’s event. One of the games that really surprised me at the Eurogamer Expo… Continue reading Hands-On: Frozen Synapse
Hands-On: Brink Multiplayer
James is at Eurogamer Expo 2010 in London, and while he’s trying to enjoy himself at his first games showcase, he’s also trying to work and get some hands-on time. This is one of several previews of games featured at this year’s event. Often enough we’ve seen the term “squad-based shooter” bandied around by production… Continue reading Hands-On: Brink Multiplayer
Hands-On: Gran Turismo 5
James is at Eurogamer Expo 2010 in London, and while he’s trying to enjoy himself at his first games showcase, he’s also trying to work and get some hands-on time. This is one of several previews of games featured at this year’s event. So, what’s there to be said about Gran Turismo 5 that hasn’t… Continue reading Hands-On: Gran Turismo 5
Hands-On: Need For Speed – Hot Pursuit
James is at Eurogamer Expo 2010 in London, and while he’s trying to enjoy himself at his first games showcase, he’s also trying to work and get some hands-on time. This is the first of several previews of games featured at this year’s event. Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit definitely checks all expected boxes –… Continue reading Hands-On: Need For Speed – Hot Pursuit
A Look At Gran Turismo Anywhere
Anyone that knows me, knows that while I’ve tried to get into the whole Facebook social gaming thing, I’d just play it for a few days, get a bit of the hook, then snap out of it and go cold for a few days. I still think it’s a great platform that can get a… Continue reading A Look At Gran Turismo Anywhere
Gamescom hands-on – Kinect
Right down the south entrance of the Cologne Exhibition Centre, Hall 8 featured many of the big names of the gaming industry. Wasting no time before the masses arrived, I visited the first area that crossed my line of sight, the Microsoft Kinect booth. I should say booths, actually – the company’s area included several… Continue reading Gamescom hands-on – Kinect
Minecraft Alpha Impressions
Minecraft is a curious PC game developed by the lone developer ‘Notch’. At it’s core it’s a game of building, mining and crafting. It escapes definition for any particular genre other than ‘open world’ and is very much a game of what you make of it, literally. And as I recently took the plunge in… Continue reading Minecraft Alpha Impressions
Football Manager 2011 Announced: Volley of New Features Added
Sports Interactive yesterday unveiled and announced Football Manager, the next yearly installment of their hugely successful franchise. Initially to be launched on PC, Mac and PSP, Studio Director Miles Jacobson was on YouTube to give us a quick rundown of a few new features and tweaks we con come to expect from the game, all… Continue reading Football Manager 2011 Announced: Volley of New Features Added
Friday Freeloader: Dragon Age Journeys
Before Dragon Age: Origins there was Dragon Age: Journeys. A highly polished 2D flash game from a new addition to the EA family; EA2D. Made as both an introduction to the Dragon Age lore and as a marketing tool Dragon Age: Journeys is a flash game well worth giving a shot. It has a lovely… Continue reading Friday Freeloader: Dragon Age Journeys
Elemental: War of Magic Gameplay Videos Pop up
Elemental: War of Magic is an ambitious RPG/TBS game from Stardock due 24th August. Elemental draws upon Stardocks past experience of 4X titles, like it’s cult hit Sins of a Solar Empire, and combines them with an RPG flair all hinged down with their new Impulse Reactor multiplayer service. Elemental looks to provide a very… Continue reading Elemental: War of Magic Gameplay Videos Pop up
Friday Freeloader: Warsow
Warsow is the star of this weeks Friday Freeloader. It’s a simple twitch-based online FPS with all your standard multi-player FPS game modes with a nice variety of weapons and a great visual style. If you’re burned out on your Modern Warfare’s and Battlefields and want something to spice up your shooter routine then Warsow… Continue reading Friday Freeloader: Warsow
New Xbox 360 “Slim” Revealed
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnE8VFnp_oM] The last tidbit of information coming out of the Microsoft Press event earlier this morning was a redesigned 360, as seen in the above video.