A Brief Look At Upcoming Indie Co-Op RPG ‘Legends Of Aethereus’

Three Gates, the Swedish studio behind upcoming co-op RPG Legends of Aethereus, has had a successful Kickstarter drive, topping their $25,000 goal by just over $10,000 this past July. Before that, the team worked without pay, volunteering their time for a year until the game was close enough to justify a Kickstarter drive. The crowd-funding […]

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In Defense Of BioWare

Should three strikes at bat be enough to write off BioWare, or does the developer deserve our hopes as well as our criticism? [Please read my update to this post here.] BioWare has faced the wrath of angry and upset fans lately for a triumvirate of reasons. First, Dragon Age 2 was largely seen as a […]

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On ‘Ice Age 4′ And The Magic Of The Movies

Why one writer enjoyed a movie he might not have otherwise liked thanks to the Silver Screen. Ice Age 4 isn’t exactly a critical darling. Scoring just 38% on Rotten Tomatoes, the fourth in the animated prehistoric kids franchise is hardly charming film critics. You wouldn’t have been able to tell this when I took my […]

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Guardians Of Middle-Earth: One Console MOBA To Rule Them All?

Is a MOBA-style combat game really in keeping with the spirit of ‘The Lord of the Rings?’ Does it really matter? Guardians of Middle-Earth is a multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) in the vein of League of Legends. Five-on-five matches pit players against one another in fast, frenetic battles the likes of which have never before […]

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2D Stealth Returns In ‘Mark Of The Ninja’

Upcoming ninja stealth game ‘Mark of the Ninja’ sneaks its way toward Xbox Live Arcade. 2D side-scrollers aren’t particularly common these days. 2D stealth games are especially rare. That’s where Klei Entertainment’s upcoming Mark of the Ninja comes into play. The game is all about stealth, and achieves this through lovely, stylized 2D sidescrolling (watch the trailer […]

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In The Forge Lands – Darksiders 2 Mini-Preview

I’ve been playing THQ’s Darksiders 2 for the past couple of days in anticipation of the game’s August 14th release on Xbox 360. And I’m having a blast. I won’t say too much until the game’s launch outside of some initial musings on the first world – The Forge Lands. First off, if you could combine […]

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