2 Mar

Dear Activision, Have You Lost Your Minds?

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If you’ve been keeping track of the rapidly developing news, you’ll know that Activision has systematically forced their way into Infinity Ward offices, dismissed two of it’s bosses (Jason West and Vince Zampella) and locked down the offices altogether. Oh, and they apparently haven’t paid IW any money from the nearly $1 Billion USD in [...]

27 Feb

Drop in PS3/360 Sales After May Till September 2010 Likely

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By Ravi Sinha

This year has already been hugely beneficial for both Sony and Microsoft, though it currently tilts more towards the Playstation 3. Nonetheless, by the second week of May, each console will have three AAA exclusives to each call it’s own. Which is all well and good, but what next after that?

26 Feb

Assassin’s Creed 2 DLC Review: Battle of Forli & Bonfire of Vanities

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By gSathe

Assassin’s Creed 2 offered a far superior experience than the original game, and Ubisoft Montreal improved the fundamental aspects in lots of subtle ways. However, one of the biggest changes, and in my opinion, one of the biggest improvements, was in the change of protagonist and setting.

26 Feb

New Star Ocean Coming After Resonance of Fate?

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Tri-Ace and Square-Enix have always been tight, with the latter publishing many of the former’s RPGs like Star Ocean like Radiate Stories and the Star Ocean and Valkyrie Profile games. Apparently, when Tri-Ace director Takayushi Suguro was clarifying their relationship with SE, he let slip of a possibly new Star Ocean game.

23 Feb

Are God of War 3’s Cutscenes Pre-rendered? (And no, We Don’t Mean “CG”) – UPDATE

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By Ravi Sinha

Sony Computer Entertainment recently revealed that God of War 3 will occupy 35 GB of Blu-ray bliss. They then stated that it features no CG cut-scenes so obviously that’s not the question here. No, it’s every bit as possible that the cut-scenes are pre-rendered.

22 Feb

Why Heavy Rain Beats Mass Effect 2 in Emotional Payoffs

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By Ravi Sinha

Having completed Mass Effect 2 for the PC, passing the suicide mission with only one casualty (that too of some one who mistakenly threw away their loyalty for me), I sat through the game’s admittedly short ending and let it all sink in. Every thing I had worked for – the upgrades, the [...]

28 Dec

Review: Avatar The Game (PC)

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By Ravi Sinha

With great power comes great responsibility, goes the old Spiderman axiom. But Peter Parker was permitted his douche-bag excesses every and now then, sans movie lore. So while Ubisoft Montreal, developer of Assassin’s Creed 2 with Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands and Splinter Cell Conviction to follow, delivers something a little bit [...]

15 Dec

Review: Assassin’s Creed 2

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by gSathe

Assassin’s Creed II has been described by many now as the perfect sequel, and while that’s clearly hyperbole, the game tries very hard. It stays true to its predecessor but improves upon it in a number of ways, making the entire experience far more enjoyable. There’s a wider variety of missions, smarter guards who [...]

13 Dec

How Halo: Reach Graphics Are Real-Time (And Borrow from Killzone 2)

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By Ravi Sinha

If you haven’t seen the world premiere of Halo: Reach at the Spike TV Video Game Awards 2009, then, well, it doesn’t make much difference. It wasn’t the lackluster “That’s it?” of the E3 2K9 reveal but it wasn’t the awesome testosterone fest of Halo 2’s (ultimately watered down) New Mombasa gameplay reveal [...]

10 Dec

Bayonetta is Bizarre and Intuitive, But Not Perfect

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by gSathe

Bayonetta is not for me. It’s just too… much. I’m overwhelmed by it every time I play the game, and the music, and imagery all confuse me even now. Looking at the review scores from Famitsu and Edge, I think the game is supposed to be the second coming (which is quite appropriate considering [...]