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New Medal of Honor: Warfighter Trailer Shows Off Multiplayer Shooting
Here’s a new multi-player trailer for Medal of Honor: Warfighter, shown off at EA’s Gamescom press conference today. It’s got a brief look at co-op mode. Warfighter is out October 23 for PC and consoles.
By Jason Schreier Published August 14, 2012 -
The Simpsons iOS Game Comes Back This Week
Springfield is going mobile once more. You’ll be able to get your hands on The Simpsions: Tapped Out, which Electronic Arts pulled earlier this year after overwhelming demand, later this week. “Quite honestly, we bit off a bit more than we could chew to start with,” EA’s Peter Moore said on stage at Gamescom while…
By Jason Schreier Published August 14, 2012 -
Looks Like The Final Fantasy VII Re-Release Is Out Today In Europe [UPDATE: And The U.S. Too]
Final Fantasy VII, once released on PC in the 90s, then accidentally re-released a few weeks ago, has been re-re-released today. At least in Europe. Update: It’s also out in the U.S. today. Here’s Square Enix’s press release: In celebration of the Final Fantasy franchise’s 25th anniversary, Square Enix is offering Members exclusive access to…
By Jason Schreier Published August 14, 2012 -
Sadly, Rock Band Blitz Does Not Feature Call Me Maybe
No matter how many times I ask the fine people at Harmonix to put Carly Rae Jepsen’s masterpiece “Call Me Maybe” into Rock Band, they just don’t listen. But hey, the actual setlist for Rock Band Blitz—which Harmonix will release on August 28 for Xbox Live and PlayStation Network—is looking pretty groovy. Here’s the full…
By Jason Schreier Published August 13, 2012 -
Steam Will Expand ‘Community,’ Add Individual Game Hubs For Screenshots, News, Mods
Steam is changing. Soon, every game on Valve’s massive network will have its own “Game Hub” that features user-submitted screenshots, videos, and mods. It will also feature news articles and updates. You can see a preview of the new player-curated content on Steam, where Valve promises to reveal more information in the next few days.…
By Jason Schreier Published August 13, 2012 -
Sony’s mascot fighting game PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale has been bumped back to November 20
By Jason Schreier Published August 13, 2012 -
The Next Game From The Makers Of Professor Layton Could Be Coming To U.S. Shores
Us lucky Americans could be getting our hands on Guild 01, the next game from Japanese developer Level-5 (Professor Layton, Dragon Quest IX). Guild 01, a compilation of four games for 3DS that includes titles from Sim Tower creator Yoot Saito and Vagrant Story designer Yasumi Matsuno, was released in Japan earlier this year. So…
By Jason Schreier Published August 13, 2012 -
Five Reasons I Can’t Stop Playing This New Strategy-RPG
I play a lot of role-playing games. You know this already. You read Random Encounters every week. You understand my fascination with this strange and quirky genre. So hopefully you won’t be too angry when I tell you that my shelves are overflowing with the cartridges of RPGs that I’ve opened, launched, and immediately given…
By Jason Schreier Published August 10, 2012 -
Assassin’s Creed III PC Delayed To November 20, Surprising Nobody
Ubisoft has delayed the PC version of Assassin’s Creed III to November 20. This delay should not come as a surprise to PC gamers who have followed Ubisoft’s stealth-action series. There have been four Assassin’s Creed games on consoles so far, and every single one has been slow to make it to computers. But today…
By Jason Schreier Published August 10, 2012 -
New Diablo III Patch Will Bring Significant Changes To Endgame
The next patch for Diablo III will tweak classes, stat formulas, drop rates, and other significant parts of the action-RPG’s endgame content. Developer Blizzard outlined the patch in a post on their blog today. Here are some of the highlights, courtesy Blizzard: The change we made back in 1.0.3 to remove the bonus monster damage…
By Jason Schreier Published August 10, 2012 -
Sony ‘Abandoned’ The Trademark For The Last Guardian. Here’s Why That Means Nothing [UPDATE]
The Internet exploded today following news that Sony had “abandoned” the trademark for their much-anticipated PlayStation 3 game The Last Guardian (as first reported by PlayStation Lifestyle). And indeed, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has filed a “Notice of Abandonment” to inform Sony that the trademark is reverting to public domain. But despite rampant…
By Jason Schreier Published August 9, 2012 -
They Were Laid Off From Their Game Company. Now They Want To Change The Way We Play.
Jason Fader and his team were sitting in a bar, drinking. Commiserating. Earlier that day they’d all been laid off from their jobs at Obsidian Entertainment, where they helped work on games like Fallout: New Vegas and an unannounced project called North Carolina. When North Carolina was axed, Obsidian had no choice but to let…
By Jason Schreier Published August 9, 2012 -
There Are Lots Of Cool-Looking Indie Games Coming Out This September
Here’s the latest trailer from the Indie Games Uprising, a program designed to promote indie games on the Xbox Live Marketplace. This year it’s running from September 10 to September 20. One game a day. Some of these indies look pretty damn cool. Any of them catch your eye?
By Jason Schreier Published August 8, 2012 -
This Unconfirmed Campaign Breakdown of Black Ops II Is Making the Rounds
This is going to sound like one of those stories in which a friend of a friend heard something from a janitor’s mother-in-law. This isn’t like last year, when we had the story of Modern Warfare 3 dead to rights in May, six months before the game’s release, thanks to some chatty sources. But we’d…
By Jason Schreier Published August 8, 2012
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