Category: Previews
All the Martian building demolition and mech suits are back in Red Faction: Armageddon, but after two generations since the liberation of Mars, the Mason family fights a new, more terrifying foe. The hands-off demo at the THQ Booth on… Read More »
As a wrestling fan, I can appreciate the realism that goes into THQ’s Smackdown vs Raw series. If I ever want to feel like I’m actually in the WWE ring, those games will do it for me. Sometimes, though, I… Read More »
A hands-on demo with Mafia II proves it’s just as much fun to be a bad mobster errand boy as it is to be an actual mobster. To get the big picture out of the way, Mafia II is a… Read More »
Square Enix was told to build a new Final Fantasy title from the ground up on the DS, and the charmingly familiar Four Heroes of Light is the product. The graphics feel very akin to the Zelda titles of the… Read More »
The idea established in Gamecube’s Geist takes a new host on the PS3 and 360 in Square Enix’s just-announced title, MindJack. The game features a full campaign mode, though only the multiplayer was available for demo at E3 this year,… Read More »
Immersion was the name of the game when it came to the Dead Space 2 gameplay preview at E3 this year. The hands-off demo was showcased in a small, dark room illuminated only by the screen and a few stained… Read More »
Journey is one of the most difficult games to describe to someone who has never seen it with his or her own eyes. Perhaps the simplest description would be that it is an exploration of game space that does not… Read More »
The recent trend of RPGs making the shift to more action-oriented play styles doesn’t apply only to the first-person perspective. Bethesda Softworks’ and inXile’s Hunted: The Demon’s Forge is taking the unique route, as an over-the-shoulder third-person dungeon-crawler… and it’s… Read More »
2K Marin has joined the ranks of developers who are resurrecting aging franchises for the modern gaming era. XCOM is a first-person re-imagining of the classic turn-based tactics series wherein the idyllic, postwar society of the 1950s US is terrorized… Read More »
Lara Croft is ready to receive a full makeover in the upcoming Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, a downloadable title from Crystal Dynamics and Square-Enix scheduled for release later this summer. GoL uses the same engine as Tomb… Read More »
