Monthly Archives: August 2011

GamesCom Trailer: Fifa 12

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

You know what people on Planet Earth like? Soccer, or football, as most of the the rest of the world calls it.

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GamesCom Trailer: Soulcalibur V

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

The recipe for Namco Bandai’s Soulcalibur franchise has at least three ingredients: 1. Sword fighting. 2. Female characters with large, uh, attributes. 3. Cheesy narration. Mix those three together, and you get this:

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This may be the closest we get to a real-life Bioshock

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

“Is a man not entitled to the sweat of his brow?” Readers who have played Bioshock will remember Rapture, the underwater city built as a Randian utopia where its fictional residents sought freedom from society’s constraints against such things as … Continue reading →

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BF3 MP Trailer from Gamescom

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Gamescom, Europe’s version of E3 over in Germany, is having its pre-convention presser avalanche before Wednesday’s official opening. EA had theirs and one of the things that came out from it was this trailer showing off “64-player vehicle warfare” including … Continue reading →

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Big deal: Google buys Motorola

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Andrew Edwards

Google, generally described in news articles as a search engine giant, will become a cell phone manufacturer following news that it will purchase cell phone makers Motorola for $12.5 billion. From the San Jose Mercury News: The deal, by far … Continue reading →

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Amazon debuts Kindle Cloud Reader

Posted on August 10, 2011 by John Plessel

Amazon has launched a cloud version of its Kindle software, designed to skirt Apple’s iTunes purchase fees. The new cloud player launches in the iPad’s Safari browser, rather than as a standalone app. Apple balked at Amazon’s inclusion of a … Continue reading →

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Review: Shadows of the Damned (X360)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Suda 51 is not your normal game designer. Just looking at his history, from Killer 7 to No More Heroes, should tell you that he doesn’t go in for formulaic looks, cliched settings, or stories that take themselves too seriously. … Continue reading →

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Review: F.3.A.R. (X360)

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

I remember scrambling through the terror-laden corridors and rooms of the first F.E.A.R. years ago. Monolith had crafted a place that not only fed the blazing barrels of my arsenal but struck the chords of my spine with every twitching … Continue reading →

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Evo2K11 – Always in search of the next fight

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Reggie Carolipio

Two competitors, one from Japan and another from the United States, face off against each other for the final matchup of the world championships at Las Vegas. Both have brought their own weapons to the stage; fighting sticks set in … Continue reading →

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