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In Syndicate‘s Corrupt Corporate Future, Roving Bands of Game Critics Fight a War of Opinion
It’s not like the original Syndicate. We’ve accepted that. Moved beyond it. This is not Bullfrog’s beloved tactical shooting game from 1993. This is something altogether different, and not every game reviewer likes it. The future changes with each passing moment, ladies and gentlemen, so the future Bullfrog painted in the original Syndicate could easily…
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Pouring Like an Avalanche Down SSX’s First Mountain
The SSX demo landed yesterday, with the full title arriving, at last, on Tuesday, rebooting EA Sports’ much-loved snowboarding series. The last SSX release was the Wii-only Blur in 2007; before that, SSX on Tour in 2005. It’s long enough that even some old hats may feel like newcomers in the seven-year layoff this game…
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Huge FIFA Roster Update Kicks Off Tomorrow
News and notes from around the world of sports video gaming: • Managing the player population for more than 30 professional leagues means that when FIFA drops a post-release roster update, it’s usually a whopper. That will arrive tomorrow, per Romily Broad, the game’s community manager. The title update will address the changes that took…
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From Tebow Time to the “Tecmo Bowl MMO”
Whatever you think of him, Tim Tebow has made a contribution—if indirect—to video games development. Last fall, as the quarterback was leading the Denver Broncos to an improbable six-game winning streak, David Murray got an idea to create a “Tecmo Tebow” image—Tebow, as an 8-bit Tecmo Super Bowl player, kneeling in the end zone. The…
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American Game Developer on Death Row in Iran Receives Family Visit
The fate of American game developer Amir Hekmati, currently on death row in Iran, remains in question weeks after the original deadline for appeal has passed. As we’ve previously reported, Hekmati was arrested in Iran late last summer under allegations of being a CIA spy. In December he issued a public “confession,” the validity and…
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How Does the Razer Blade Handle Guild Wars 2? See for Yourself
When I asked you folks to suggest games for me to test out the Razer Blade, Guild Wars 2‘s name came up an awful lot. At the time I replied that I wouldn’t have the Blade when the press beta rolled around. Well, turns out I lied. I managed to hold onto the system for…
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Watch This Amazing 16-Bit Legend of Zelda PC Case Come to Life Block-By-Block
You’ve seen his classic Final Fantasy-inspired PC cases. Now Richard “8-Bit Builder” Clinton upgrades to 16-bit with his amazing PC case rendition of Link from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. How does he do it? Watch the video and find out. Not only did Dr. Clinton (probably not a doctor) spend…
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Tera Asks Guild Leaders: Are You an MMO-FO?
Tera is an upcoming massively multiplayer online role-playing game that emphasizes action-packed combat mechanics over traditional MMO click battles. Bas Rutten is a legendary mixed martial arts fighter with a penchant for kicking his opponents in the liver until they fall down. Put them together and you get a room full of mildly terrified guild…
By Mike Fahey
