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A Peek At Bioshock 2: Where Good Ideas Turn Monstrous
Creating a follow-up to what many consider the best game of 2007 is no easy feat. Neither is getting a sneak peek at that follow-up and then having to wait nearly four weeks to tell anyone about it. More »Buzz! Quiz World Hands On: The Further Adventures of the Comeback Kid
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Hands-On With Frank West And His Zombie Horde
Delving Into The Darkest Of Days
During PAX 09 I got a chance to play through a few levels of Darkest of Days, 8monkey Labs time-travelling first-person shooter that marries futuristic technology with great moments in history. More »Hands-On With Cataclysm's Goblins And Worgen
The Goblin and Worgen races are getting a grand introduction in the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, with starting areas that make the other races' pale in comparison. More »Hands On With Diablo III's Monk
Though the Diablo III kiosks in the BlizzCon pressroom were swamped all weekend, I did manage to squeeze in a little time with the game's newest class - the Monk. More »Left 4 Dead 2 "Swamp Fever" Hands-On Impressions
Valve brought a playable "Swamp Fever," the second announced campaign for Left 4 Dead 2, to Comic-Con. In addition to showing a new environment in which to kill zombie hordes, it helps the game feel more like a proper sequel. More »The Beatles: Rock Band Preview: Get Back In Harmony
What differentiates The Beatles: Rock Band from Rock Band games that have come before it? Harmonix and MTV Games are releasing more than an artist track pack, with this standalone Rock Band akin more to a playable band biography. More »What MotionPlus Adds to Tiger Woods Golf
I spent some time late last week messing around with Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 on the Wii to see what MotionPlus brings to the experience. Quite a lot, it turns out. More »Sin And Punishment 2 Hands-On: Up, Down, Up, Down, Shoot, Shoot, Shoot
Nintendo's best evidence that its E3 2009 showing was all "about the games" were the four kiosks dedicated to Sin And Punishment 2. Treasure's sequel to the Nintendo 64 shooter was given prominent attention at the front of Nintendo's booth. More »God Of War III Hands-On: Half-Goat, Half-Lion, Half-Snake
My hands-on demo with God of War III was a familiar journey, having seen the same stretch of the PlayStation 3 game played through three times by someone else. I knew exactly what to do. More »Glory Of Heracles Hands-On Handholding
Nintendo's Glory of Heracles feels like the company's attempt at RPG Training, a My First Role-Playing Game for the crowd fearful of stats-heavy, turn-based conventions. But then the Nintendo DS game quickly becomes that very thing. More »Left 4 Dead 2 Extended Impressions
Yes, Left 4 Dead 2's release is shockingly close to the release of the original Left 4 Dead. And yes, Left 4 Dead 2 plays very similarly to the original Left 4 Dead. But there's a reason for both of those things. More »America's Army 3 Preview: Army of One... Plus Two
America's Army first splashed onto the scene in the summer of 2002, garnering most of its attention because it was a free game aimed getting people more interested in the U.S. Army, specifically joining it. More »OnLive Makes PC Upgrades Extinct, Lets You Play Crysis On Your TV
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Novint's Falcon doesn't currently support Valve's Left 4 Dead or The Orange Box, but the curious looking controller supported both at CES. How useful is it and the pistol grip in games like these? More »Guitar Rock Tour Blows the iPhone Away
Hands on With Jenga Donkey Kong Collector's Edition
Among the game related things that found their way to my door step while I was gone was the new Donkey-Kong-themed edition of Jenga. More »Hands On With Diablo III: Everything Old Is New Again
Remember that excited feeling you got when you first killed a monster in the original Diablo? How you knew that this was going to be a game that ate a great deal of your life? And then Diablo II came out, and it was pretty much the same feeling as Diablo I, only updated for the computer systesm of the day, somehow maintaining the same level of excitement and fun as the original? Well I've just gotten a chance to play through a half hour of Diablo III, and damn if I don't have that same giddy feeling all over again. More »