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Heading back underground Metro: Last Light is a story-driven FPS taking place after Metro 2033, in the nuclear-ridden wasteland of Moscow and the nightmare-fueled tunnels of the subway metro system under the city. Artyom, the protagonist, is given a mission to make contact with a creature seen on the surface that is not of their [...]
Taking sandbox through undead hordes State of Decay is a third-person shooter/survival title which leads players through the post-apocalyptic zombie uprising behind the eyes of different characters in a sandbox game filled with fear and consequences. With less than stellar graphics, you challenge zombie masses as you scurry into the world to acquire supplies from [...]
Prepare To Be BioShock-ed… Again. The first BioShock made a massive impact on the video game industry, raising debate about the power and art of interactive storytelling. Now the latest game in the franchise, BioShock Infinite, is raising the bar yet again. Irrational Games and the mind behind BioShock, Ken Levine, have crafted an incredibly compelling [...]
Co-op is king Once upon a time Insomniac Games’ first multiplatform title was called Overstrike, but before its May 2013 release the developers changed the title to Fuse, which happens to be an alien resource at the center of this game’s plot. Fuse is set in the not-so-distant future and features a squad of four [...]
Raiden the lightning If you’re an avid Metal Gear fan, chances are you were disappointed by the shift in tone that accompanied the handing off of Metal Gear Rising to Platinum Games, leading to its updated sub-title, Revengeance. Kojima fans like myself tend to get very protective of the series, and news of the game’s changes sparked an [...]
Yet again, we’re faced with a franchise reboot derided by seemingly overprotective fans. DmC marks a new beginning for Capcom’s Devil May Cry franchise- not only is it a completely new, non-numbered title, but it’s also been developed by an entirely new studio. Ninja Theory, the UK studio of Heavenly Sword and Enslaved fame, set [...]
The very concept of the Hitman franchise is one that capitalizes on the perceived dark side that we all like to entertain from time to time. Professional assassins aren’t necessarily the most likeable of people, but somehow, IO Interactive has had players coming back for more of Agent 47 since he debuted in 2000′s Hitman: [...]
If there is one thing the self-proclaimed “master race” (aka PC gamers) still has over console gamers, it is the beloved genre known as MOBA (multiplayer online battle arena). Games like the popular League of Legends still remain woefully out of reach of we console plebes, which is why it was exciting when Warner Bros. [...]
The Far Cry series has always had that of a devout yet cult following, perhaps both because the first installment was PC-exclusive and because each game features a unique location and story. That is to say there is no common, uniting element beyond that of you needing to kill your way out of a difficult [...]
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Nintendo should be absolutely giddy at the moment. Between Sony’s PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale and SEGA’s Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed, some of Nintendo’s most iconic franchises have seen their basic formulas utilized to create new yet familiar experiences that prove just how ingenious and enduring the original [...]
Attention Spartan! Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to watch an approximately five minute long cut scene before barreling through five missions every week. It’s all for the greater good… and easy experience points. I’m talking about Spartan Ops, 343 Industries’ episodic co-op series for Halo 4. On Monday, we reached the [...]
The last Borderlands 2 DLC, “Captain Scarlett and her Pirate’s Booty,” was a fun pirate-y jaunt with a rather lackluster cast. The eponymous Capt. S was too shallow a character to really hold the player’s interest, which was disappointing after the strength of the characters you run into and the writing supporting them in the [...]
Say what you want about Call of Duty, but considering its continued popularity, it’s definitely doing something right. The market-dominating series is now entering its ninth iteration, with Treyarch at the helm once again. Call of Duty: Black Ops II has been said to be the great shift in momentum that fans and gamers across the world [...]