Prototype is a perfect example of why we all got into gaming in the first place: to escape. Any hobby serves to entertain us, to provide an avenue where we can forget the daily routine and just enjoy what we’re doing. If you find pleasure in wreaking havoc, and by that I mean throwing cars, [...]
Blizzard has released new images of Diablo 3, showcasing the game’s inventory screens. Let’s take it apart, shall we? The left panel looks like the skill tree, displaying tabs at the top instead of on the side. We could be looking at 7 tiers per tree. The right panel is the inventory and paper doll [...]
Those of you who have been waiting—and probably dreading—to hear about the gameplay in the upcoming Batman: Arkham Asylum should note that it was playable at the GDC. Here’s a summary of how the game’s combat feels like: The combat is cinematic without making you feel weighed down by the animations. Finishing moves and brief [...]
Bioware dropped a few details about Mass Effect 2, courtesy of executives Greg Zeschuk and Ray Muzyka. Here’s what we know so far: DLC is already being planned and there are indications that it will have the same stuff that made the original controversial. In case you don’t know what that was, it was sex. [...]
“In the cloud” is going to be one of the phrases that you’ll be hearing a lot of in the coming months, if you haven’t run into it already. The cloud is the Internet. The phrase itself refers to online services, so if your mail server is in the cloud, then your e-mail is hosted [...]
Battle.net has long been the stomping ground, combat zone and epic playing field of Blizzard, its games and its players. It has hosted StarCraft matches that put Korea on the gaming map. It has seen ears torn off as rewards for players in Diablo 2. It still bears the scars on the land where battle [...]
Rockstar has announced that it is working on Max Payne 3. Development for the game is already underway and is expected to come out later this year. “We’re starting a new chapter of Max’s life with this game,” Rockstar’s Sam Houser said. “This is Max as we’ve never seen him before, a few years older, [...]
Gas Powered Games is working on a new title called Demigod and according to the preview, it’s shaping up to be similar to the popular WarCraft III map Defense of the Ancients. You control a demigod, form an army of minions and then try to wrest control from the other demigods that stand in your [...]
What’s better than Lara Croft? The latest DLC for Tomb Raider: Underworld answers that: two Laras! The formidable explorer is taking the back seat to make way for her doppelganger in Lara’s Shadow. In the game, you play as Lara’s “mysterious” shadow, which is basically our heroine gone melee. You’ll find yourself punching and kicking [...]
The sequel to one of the most popular RPGs in recent memory has been announced. Electronic Arts and Bioware have made Mass Effect 2 official, though you shouldn’t get too excited because the release date is still far off, set for early 2010. In Mass Effect 2, the second game in what will become a [...]
