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Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood

So what’s going to be included in Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood? A lot. This is another very large expansion to the game, where the players will be leaving the underground world of Moria and entering the dark forests on the other side. It is almost easier to simply “bullet point” the list of changes and additions the game will have because the game features so much content as it is, and ...

Divinity II

While Divinity II may be a sequel to Divine Divinity, players will not need to have played or be familiar with the previous title. The story is that the player is an initiate Dragon Slayer, where in the game you are given memories of past legends of the field (this is where the character skills and class come in) and sent out to do combat. The only problem is – it turns out the dragons are ...

Brink

Splash Damage, which previously did such games as the Enemy Territory titles in the Quake and Wolfenstein franchises as well as a few multiplayer maps for doom 3 and Return to Castle Wolfenstein, now has its own title in the works. Brink is currently in “pre-alpha” right now, which means it is very rough but it is easy to see where the concept is going. Even in this early stage the game looks great, so ...

Mind Twist (First Look)

Richard Garfield, who is perhaps most famously known as having created Magic: The Gathering (and with it the genre of the collectible card game), has turned his attention to other games over the last 15 years, including board games and more recently computer/console videogames. His latest venture is Project Mind Twist, a free to play turn based online strategy game inspired by the same type of games that are usually played on a tabletop. Free to ...

Islands of Wakfu

French developer Anktama may be best known for their MMORPG, Doofus. Although this was on display, they were also showing off their upcoming Islands of Wakfu. A prequel world to that of Doofus, it is tied to an animated series the company helped develop.  Fans expecting the same strategy action as Doofus, are in for a surprise.   Wakfu is an action RPG, drawing a lot of influence from the Secret of Mana series.  They have added ...

APB

Realtime Worlds created an entirely new take on sandbox games with Crackdown, and they announced that they were going to try again with APB: All Points bulliten, an MMO based around cops and robbers. One of the main selling points of APB is the customization of your character. Either criminals or enforcers are going to be able to meet up with friends and you can all create everything from matching ratios to an approximation of ...

Dungeon Fighter Online (Hands On)

Dungeon Fighter Online is getting set to open its doors, just finishing up the closed beta testing and getting set for open beta testing. Is it going to be worth your time? It depends – do you like playing games? I remember the days of the arcade, plunking quarter after quarter into the machine, simply to keep that “rush” coming. Dungeon Fighter Online brings that rush back.   Players can fight alone or create a part of ...

Torchlight (Hands On)

One of the highlights this year at the Penny Arcade Expo was a little dungeon crawler titled Torchlight. A couple of the folks on the development team worked on Diablo, so that should give some indication as to the game’s pedigree – relatively simple, fast, and like low calorie candy easy to digest in equally large or small amounts. Since players can save at any point a quick fix is certainly aimed for, as well ...

Left 4 Dead 2 (Hands On)

Ignoring the controversy around Left 4 Dead 2 is not likely going to change the fact that this game faces an uphill battle, but I really think that Valve may be working closer with the community than the press to mitigate that disaster. It makes sense really, since we're being expected to buy a new game rather than getting the updates to the original as expected, so no amount of PR can fix angry fans, only ...

Fairy Tale Fights

Once upon a time there was game that tried to be so violent it was clear on into the absurd.  Fairy Tale Fights dumps so much blood on the screen that it looks like Jackson Pollack meets Jack the Ripper.  Within moments of beginning the first stage it becomes like the Black Knight scene from Monty Python and the Holy Grail, especially when you find out you can slide along the blood. This is in fact ...

Wanted: Weapons of Fate

Universal Games is trying to look at the various intellectual properties it has – not just if there is inherent gameplay, but is it really worth it. The idea is just because you can, it doesn’t mean you should. For new films and games the Universal games group is involved in, they want to meet with the film’s director before the film is made to see if the story will work as a game.   By taking ...

First Look – Twin Skies

Meteor Games upcoming Twin Skies is a web-based MMO as well as a more “traditional” online game, where players will have the option of playing the game through the dedicated client or via a web browser. Naturally the dedicated game client will offer a significant bump in visual quality, but the same basic gameplay will be available. This is nice for those times when a certain family computer is being overtaken with homework or during ...

Mirror’s Edge (Hands On)

A warning to anyone before they sit down with Mirror’s Edge, you will get motion sickness, and you will be disoriented. Do not worry: this is all a part of the design. Putting you into the shoes of a “free-runner” means you will be climbing, jumping and flipping across the rooftops of a city. And from a first person perspective, you can't help but feel a little... queasy. The high-tech future world of Mirror’s ...

Defense Grdi: The Awakening (Hands On)

The controls in Defense Grid are rather simple, which really helps the newcomer to the tower defense genre. Thankfully, it also doesn’t dumb things down for the veteran either, allowing for a wide range of players to enjoy what is to come. Naturally zooming in and out will be available. “F” shows the properties of the towers that are in place, be they standard gun, laser, or incendiary as well as showing an overlay of ...

Penny Arcade Adventures Episode 2

Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade are the elite of gaming fandom, eschewing both the industry and the media in favor of the people who have to actually pay for these things. When they finally made their own game, it was both eagerly anticipated and disdained. However, I think these two are the precipice of hilarity, so I downloaded On the Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode 1 the ...

Starcraft II – Hands On

Starcraft is one of those games that so radically swept the gaming world that a sequel was almost bound to suffer from some sort of development anxiety. Of course no one thought it would take over a decade for Blizzard to release even a demo of the sequel. We aren't going to get our hands on the full title until next year, but did get to play through a simple skirmish against ...

Dragon Age: Origin – Part 2

While Dragon Age: Origins has a single layer narrative and a fixed story, BioWare has promised that the final boxed product isn’t going to be the final product. There will be plenty of content to keep players busy after the campaign is finished. We are told that there will be some downloadable campaigns available, possibly right after the game launches. Additionally, there will be a very robust toolset for players to create their own ...

Dragon Age: Origin – Part 1

Dan Touch, the Executive Producer on Dragon Age: Origin mentioned that BioWare is hoping to turn this single role-playing game into a new franchise. One of the great properties that the developer has worked on in the past was Baldur’s Gate, and since BioWare doesn’t own the rights, Dragon Age can be seen as a “spiritual successor” to what the company has worked on before. Of course this new game is informed and ...

Velvet Assassin

Fans of Metal Gear Solid and Assassin’s Creed are going to get another hero to vie for their attention. Velvet Assassin eschewes the tough as nails lead character for a sultry English spy, Violette Summer. There are some unique story telling methods employed, some tweaks to the formula, and the stealth action genre gives WWII a different spin than the thousands of first person shooter games that have drained the war of any excitement. ...

Legendary: Hands On

What would happen if all the creatures of myth exploded into the streets of modern cities? The upcoming game Legendary gives us just such a concept when a professional thief stumbles upon Pandora's box, unleashing all sorts of nasties into the world. Fortunately, the thief is granted a power that allows him to combat the enemies using their own powers against them. It is an intriguing story involving secret societies at war, and the ...

Jumpgate: Evolution Hands On

As far as MMO's go there are a fair amount of fantasy games that allow you to dawn your guise of Tolkien lore and go on endless quests to slay every member of a cryptozoology text. Heck, there's even one based on Tolkien's lore directly! There are those of us who aren't really keen on chasing dragons, and would rather stare into the void of space, fingers touching the triggers of blasters searching for ...

Left 4 Dead Hands On

The premise of a zombie movie is usually pretty standard, a small band of survivors have to do anything they can do to survive. The problem is that most survival horror games have players outrunning the horde of zombies solo. However Valve has come to the rescue with a game that truly recreates that Dawn of the Dead vibe that Resident Evil only toyed with. With four player online co-op, or the posibility for ...

Fallout 3 Hands On Part 2

Fallout is one of the most beloved series in all of gaming. The tales of post-apocalyptic America were unrivaled in both depth and freedom. A classic RPG character system gave a lot of skill customizations. At the demise of developer Black Isle, fans lamented the death of the franchise. When they heard that Bethesda was going to pick up the series, well let's just say the phrase: “Oblivion with guns” was tossed out far ...

Fallout 3: Hands On Part 3

It is very clear that Fallout 3 is not in the same vein as the original games. That's not a bad thing, I am glad that Bethesda has redesigned the franchise to fit their design style. Besides, technical advances in gameplay and storytelling have taken place in the 10 years since we've seen the last proper Fallout game. Before you fire up your Fanboy E-Mail Client, remember that developer Black Isle Studios is long dead ...

Fallout 3: Hands On Part 1

Vault 101 has not been opened up since the day fire rained from the sky. It is appropriate then that the game opens with the song “I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire” (just one of 20 licensed songs from the era) - from the very beginning Fallout 3’s twisted sense of ironic humor is driven home. It is possible to think of the game as perhaps a sequel to the film Dr. ...

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