Fuse is a major change in direction and strategy for its developer, Insomniac, and with every change in direction comes risk. It’s the first time the development team has been exposed to the Xbox 360 platform, and it’s the first major IP that the studio is retaining ownership of. Aside…
Read MoreOpinion by Nick H. I really enjoyed the original Dead Space a great deal. The graphics were excellent, the sound design was appropriately creepy, it told an excellent story and gave you a reason to care about what happened to the lead character, Isaac. I am a huge fan of…
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, EA has found itself as a finalist in the “worst companies in America” list. Last year it, in fact, won the award. To be perfectly blunt, for the second year in a row I have been rendered speechless (but not without the ability…
Read MoreEditor’s note: For reasons that the entire games industry is aware of, SimCity has had a controversial and very poorly executed launch. While we understand the frustration behind that launch and certainly agree that it was unacceptable on EA’s part, we also believe that as people might be reading this…
Read MoreThe existence of Battlefield 4 will surprise no one. It was as inevitable as a new Call of Duty announcement. But I think people will enjoy this anyway. So I’ll let the trailer do the talking – 17 minutes of FPS bliss. Enjoy!…
Read MoreDriving back onto the fairway after last year’s shot in the rough. With each year’s new Tiger Woods release, we usually get minor updates to the previous year’s outing. Last year, EA Tiburon rocked the boat by completely overhauling the swing mechanics that fans had grown so accustomed to over…
Read MoreI have never really been a fan of always-on online DRM. When I heard rumors that it was going to be used on the next generation of PlayStation and Xbox, I groaned. To me, this was a bigger concern than if the consoles would play used games. I disliked it…
Read MoreThe games industry’s newest controversy: EA said that it has big plans for its games to all feature microtransations. The response to that announcement is of course predictable; a panic about games becoming pay-to-win, gloating over statistics that suggest that Dead Space 3 – the first game to adopt this…
Read MoreAs Australia’s most prominent developer, and one of the largest working on the Apple iOS platforms, all eyes have been on Firemonkeys as it has geared up for the hotly-anticipated Real Racing 3. And it has largely succeeded. Some issues with the microtranastion model aside, Real Racing 3 is a…
Read MoreYes, Mass Effect 3 has been out for a while, but the real final sendoff for the game’s single player experience is about to arrive right alongside the last of the multiplayer offerings. Reckoning is the last of the multiplayer downloads that’ll be coming for EA and BioWare’s smash hit…
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