Archive for the ‘Combat’ Category

Hawken Nearly Ready For Hawking, Open Beta Opens

Posted on Dec 14, 2012 05:55:06 PM

It’s cold outside. Holiday vacation hasn’t started yet. The world might end soon. These are all equally pressing issues, but fortunately, I think I’ve got a solution that wraps them up in a nice, holiday-friendly bow: giant robots.

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Don’t Worry: Tomb Raider Also Has Explosions

Posted on Dec 13, 2012 04:36:12 PM

Survival can take on many shapes and forms. Thus far, for instance, Tomb Raider‘s demonstrated it through climbing, hunting, resting, and fleeing from deranged cultists – so, you know, the usual stuff. But this is an ultra-budget prequel to a series that once featured DINO-BATTLES. In other words, it’s not a slow-paced sink-or-swim sim.

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Classy Cuboids: Ace Of Spades

Posted on Dec 12, 2012 07:29:04 PM

Voxel team-based constructoshooter Ace of Spades is out tomorrow and I’m looking forward to seeing how it compares to my fond memories of yesterweek.

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Watch This Space. Hulk.

Posted on Dec 11, 2012 03:24:54 PM

Despite limited success in the world of video games The Games Workshop, the tabletop games they have developed and the influence that those games have had on popular culture is immense. You could be forgiven for thinking that Blizzard was a daughter company due to the similarities between Warcraft and Warhammer, and Starcraft and Warhammer 40,000.

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Canceled Streets of Rage remake footage

Posted on Dec 7, 2012 10:00:44 AM

Ruffian Games has released footage of a playable prototype of its canceled Streets of Rage remake. Studio head Gary Liddon uploaded the footage to his YouTube account today, following the video’s leak. The video is embedded below.

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Non-Lethal Nerve-Punching: Splinter Cell – Blacklist

Posted on Dec 4, 2012 06:16:25 PM

Sam Fisher of Men deviates from the assault and battery that didn’t make him famous to demonstrate some of his shadowy, stealthy takedowns. It’s not the kind of stealth that involves shooting a light, becoming one with the darkness and leaving a group of men trying to work out how many terrorists it takes to change a lightbulb.

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Magical: Deathmatch For Farming Simulator 2013

Posted on Nov 30, 2012 10:00:14 AM

So one of the most popular PC games of recent times has developed it’s own Deathmatch ‘Null Mod’. About damn time!

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Gorman-Shooter: Colonial Marines Survivor Mode

Posted on Nov 29, 2012 10:00:05 AM

Everyone’s favourite xenomorphs are back and this time they’re bringing a ‘survival mode’ with them…

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Scoping Mechanisms: Sniper – Ghost Warrior 2

Posted on Nov 27, 2012 04:24:51 PM

Is it an innovative new game about the ethereal undead? Nope. It’s another cookie cutter FPS. One where your avatar has the ability to deliver Arnie style “post-kill quips” at will!

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An Eyeful Of Far Cry 3′s Multiplayer

Posted on Nov 23, 2012 10:00:38 AM

Ubisoft are pimping Far Cry 3′s multiplayer in this new trailer, but will it be decent or just a typcial cookie cutter FPS bolt-on?

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