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Crysis 2 Multiplayer Demo Hits Xbox 360 on Jan. 25
Starting Jan. 25 Xbox 360 gold members will be able to check out a Crysis 2 muttiplayer demo. The demo will include the Skyline map and two game modes: Team Instant Action and Crash Site. The first is essentially team death match, the second has you fighting for control of alien drop pods. No word…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2011 -
Pretty Little Pictures
Trey Ratcliff sees the world with a gamer’s eye When he looks at Beijing through the lens of his camera he sees Tron. When he finds a secluded bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand he thinks Hobbits. When people ask the famed HDR photographer how he edits his colorful, evocative images, he compares himself to a…
By Brian Crecente Published January 21, 2011 -
My Office Away From My Office
You know what the worst part of selling your house is? Never being able to be in it. There are days when we have to clear out for six hours at a time. That especially awesome when you have three dogs, a child and work from home. FUN TIMES!!! What you missed Short Cords, Long…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2011 -
Did The Creators of Call of Duty Delay A Map Pack To Help Out The Competition?
After months of finger-pointing and allegations, the company behind the massively popular Call of Duty series may have proof to support claims that one of their video games was sabotaged by its creators at the urging of a rival. An internal email from a rival Electronic Arts executive, released today as part of a court…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2011 -
Three Things To Love About Red Faction Armageddon
I was a huge fan of Red Faction: Guerrilla and the freedom of destruction it delivered gamers at the blunt end of a hammer. But Red Faction Armageddon sounds like it’s made reversing chaos just as much fun Here’s three things I loved seeing in the game. Sure we’ve had computers that talk in our…
By Brian Crecente Published January 20, 2011 -
Robot Staring Contest
What robots do you have on your desk? I had two for about five minutes. Now they’re tucked away in a closet, scared, lonely. What you missed Nintendo’s 3DS Hits the U.S. On March 27 for $249.99 A Metric Ton of 3DS News, Games and Interviews Science Fiction Heroes And Villains Converge In Red Faction:…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
2010 Game of the Year Finalist Debate: Call of Duty: Black Ops (Xbox 360)
What makes a game a game of the year? Not innovation. Not graphics. Not gameplay. Not even a combination of all three. What makes a game of the year is the experience it delivers. The way it leaves you feeling when you’re done, if you’re every really done with the game. In 2010, the question…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
Hands-On With Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Capcom’s Seth “S-Kill” Killian walks us through the controls for 3DS’ upcoming Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition. The game will have the same stages, costumes and moves found in the console version. The game will have two different control modes: Pro and light. Light mode enables you to set up macros, essentially, into the…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
Hands-On With the 3DS’ Picture-Morphing, Monster-Seeing Freebies
Nintendo walks us through all of the many apps built into the 3DS. This is what you get out of the box for free the day you buy the system. We already knew about the ability to take amazing, 3D photos and look at them live. But that’s not all you get when you pick…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
The 23 3DS Games You Can Play By June
By this summer, three months after the Nintendo 3DS hits the U.S., there will be more than 30 games to play on the system, according to Nintendo. Here’s 23 of them. Reggie Fils-Aime today defined the 3DS’ launch window as between March 27 and June 7, when E3 kicks off, and said that more than…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
It’s Official: You Can Transfer Your Purchases From DSi to 3DS
YES! Tucked away on the official page for the Nintendo 3DS ( and yes, in the press release) is confirmation that Nintendo has finally come to their senses in regards to digital purchases. “System Transfer is a feature that enables you to transfer downloadable software already purchased on a Nintendo 3DS system to another Nintendo…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
Hands-On With Pilotwings Resort
Pilotwings Resort will have at least three modes of flight when it hits for the 3DS soon after the portable’s launch in March. Totilo walks us through some of the gameplay and controls of upcoming Pilotwings Resort. Totilo says that he’s not entirely happy with the game’s 3D effect, a first so far for a…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
Hands-On With Steel Diver on the 3DS
Totilo dives in to Nintendo’s submariner Steel Diver on the 3DS today in New York. This new hands-on with the game also includes a look at the game’s periscope mode. In the video above you can see the basic mechanics of gameplay, mostly the side-scrolling gameplay you’ll find in Steel Diver. But in the video…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
Nintendo Finally Makes Online Play Easy With 3DS
The Friend Code, the bane of every modern Nintendo gamer’s existence, is getting a major overhaul with the release of the 3DS, allowing friends to find friends with little to none of the hair-pulling frustration that is currently involved. Gamers who try to play online with others using the DS or the Nintendo Wii currently…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
Hands-On With The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Take a look at how Nintendo classic The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D will look on Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS. This top, first video, has Stephen Totilo walking us through some of the neat new features coming to the game when it hits the 3DS. That includes things like a gyroscope-enabled first-person mode and…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
Ubisoft 3DS Games
Splinter Cell 3D Splinter Cell 3D Splinter Cell 3D Splinter Cell 3D Rayman 3D Rayman 3D Rayman 3D Rayman 3D Rabbids 3D Rabbids 3D Rabbids 3D James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes James Noir’s Hollywood Crimes Driver Renegade Driver Renegade Driver Renegade Asphalt 3D Asphalt 3D Asphalt 3D Asphalt 3D Asphalt 3D Asphalt…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011 -
Capcom 3DS Games
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Super Street Fighter IV 3D Super Street Fighter IV 3D Super Street Fighter IV 3D Super Street Fighter IV 3D Super Street Fighter IV 3D Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D…
By Brian Crecente Published January 19, 2011
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