All Posts by: Anthony LaBella

By Anthony LaBella, February 15, 2012 1 GN

It’s no surprise that the next main entry in the Assassin’s Creed franchise is coming out next, but a set release date has now been revealed: October 30. During a Ubisoft financials call, company CEO Yves Guillemot talked briefly about… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, February 8, 2012 4 Interviews

Originally released as a Source engine mod in 2008, Dear Esther is an experimental first-person game in which players traverse an uninhabited island, discovering voiced-over letter fragments along the way. A few years ago, former DICE employee Robert Briscoe decided… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, February 8, 2012 0 GN, Videos

Update 3: In less than 24 hours, Double Fine Productions has raised over 1 million dollars simply by asking fans for their help. February 9, 2012: Video games have won the day. Update 2: Within 18 hours and 20 minutes… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, February 8, 2012 0 GN

Last month it was confirmed that a port of the original Killzone would be coming to the PlayStation Network for $10, but now it turns out that plan has been put on hold. According to the official Killzone franchise Twitter… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, February 6, 2012 0 GN

Plenty of speculation surrounded Naughty Dog’s upcoming project, The Last of Us, prior to its reveal at the 2011 Spike TV Video Game Awards. Well it turns out the company initially considered introducing a new entry to the Jak and… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, February 1, 2012 0 GN

A press release from indie developer New Life Interactive has revealed a release date for Cell: Emergence, an upcoming downloadable title. The game will be coming to Xbox LIVE Indie Games, GamersGate, GameStop PC Downloads, Green Man Gaming, Playism, and… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, January 30, 2012 0 GN

With a whole slew of MMOs going free-to-play in recent years, it seems that subscription models are becoming a thing of the past. But according to developer Turbine, that’s not entirely true. Adam Mersky, head of digital communications at Warner… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, January 19, 2012 1 VG Review

*Warning: This review contains spoilers* Can one aspect of a game carry the entire experience? Can accepted design principles be eschewed in an effort to expand on that one aspect? These are the kinds of key questions to consider when… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, January 16, 2012 0 GN

It has been revealed that Q.U.B.E., the first game to be released with the backing of the Indie Fund, recouped its full investment after just four days on Steam. The Indie Fund is an organization helmed by notable game designers… Read More »

By Anthony LaBella, January 16, 2012 0 GN

Remedy Entertainment, the studio behind the Max Payne series and Alan Wake, appears to be developing a brand new game for consoles. According to a job listing on the company website, Remedy is in search of a Gameplay/AI Programmer to… Read More »