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How And Why I Loved The Ending Of Mass Effect 3

How And Why I Loved The Ending Of Mass Effect 3

In the final events of Mass Effect 3, Commander Shepard enters the Citadel one last time to use it as the Catalyst, the missing piece of the Crucible that focuses the device’s energy to destroy the Reapers. As he makes his way into the chamber …

Blacklight Retribution Review

Blacklight Retribution Review

I’m never been much of a hardcore shooters gamer, so I’ll state this for the record: my opinion is that of someone who hasn’t logged hours and hours of FPS gameplay. But Blacklight Retribution, the near future military shooter by Zombie Studios and Perfect World …

We Dive Into Lost Island Flashpoint In The Old Republic

We Dive Into Lost Island Flashpoint In The Old Republic

Along with the new warzone Novare Coast and operation Explosive Conflict, is the flashpoint Lost Island. The story of Lost Island continues the events of ‘Kaon Under Siege’ previously released in patch 1.1. Heaving learned the identity of the man behind the creation and spread …

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Joins The Free To Play Band Wagon

Vanguard: Saga of Heroes Joins The Free To Play Band Wagon

It has been a long time since Game Rant has had a story on Vanguard: Saga of Heroes. In fact, it’s been a pretty long time since anyone has heard a word from the long overlooked Sony Online Entertainment MMO, but after years of almost …

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings XBOX 360 Preview

Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings XBOX 360 Preview

The Witcher 2 was one of the must-have titles of early 2011 and we gave the game a glowing review as a legitimate competitor against Skyrim. One small problem with the game was that it was only available to PC gamers. This all changed during …

Things Just Go From Bad To Worst For Kaz Hirai and Sony

Things Just Go From Bad To Worst For Kaz Hirai and Sony

When Kaz Hirai was announced this February as the next President and CEO of Sony – the replacement to long-tenured boss Sir Howard Stringer – he promised to be a driver of growth. A turnaround CEO for a company that had seemingly lost its direction. …

Microsoft Thinks Halo 4 Is The Holy Grail

Microsoft Thinks Halo 4 Is The Holy Grail

Microsoft claims that no console exclusive game is bigger than Halo 4, and in this case the hubris may just be warranted. It’s been five long years since gamers (ostensibly) finished the fight in Halo 3, and though there have been other Halo games in …

Video Game Retailer GameStop Looses Law Suit

Video Game Retailer GameStop Looses Law Suit

It was only a matter of time, as publishers continued to offer free DLC and require online passes for their games, that GameStop was going to come under fire for their used game market. While most figured that this could result in the used games …

The High Lords Have Been Chosen To Create South Park: The Game

The High Lords Have Been Chosen To Create South Park: The Game

Trey Parker and Matt Stone must know that the South Park games, thus far, have been pretty bad because they clearly don’t want to screw South Park: The Game. Not only has the creative duo behind the series sought to create a South Park game …

Can You Believe This? New Xbox 720 to have a 16 Core CPU! PCs Dont even have that!

Can You Believe This? New Xbox 720 to have a 16 Core CPU! PCs Dont even have that!

When Atari released the Jaguar system in the mid-’90s, its marketing department tried hard to convince the world that the system’s (arguably) 64-bit CPU architecture made it “better” than competitors that were merely 16- or 32-bit. For the next generation of consoles it looks like …

Skylanders: Cloud Patrol Review

Skylanders: Cloud Patrol Review

In Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, the only way to unlock an additional playable character is to drive to a store and purchase a new action figure. Since retailers cannot keep these figures in stock, adding new members to your team is the most difficult challenge the …

The More Video Games Become Culturally Accepted – The More Problems Arise

The More Video Games Become Culturally Accepted – The More Problems Arise

Yesterday morning I got an email from gay rights advocacy group All Out inviting me to sign a petition in support of Electronic Arts, which has recently been targeted by a massive anti-gay letter-writing campaign. EA had actually sent a message to Gamasutra about this …

Whats old is new again, Mortal Kombat is here to stay

Whats old is new again, Mortal Kombat is here to stay

The modern connected video game landscape has been very favorable to fighting games, which benefit more than most genres from head-to-head competition, and the result has been something of a boom in title releases across many different arenas. Far from shunning its competition, Mortal Kombat …

LucasArts’ Kinect Star Wars Destroying Charts

LucasArts’ Kinect Star Wars Destroying Charts

Microsoft and LucasArts’ Kinect Star Wars saw some healthy sales in the UK over the Easter weekend, and became the first Kinect-only game to reach the top spot on the UK’s video game sales chart. Despite the game’s mixed reviews, the game was the best …

Indie Developer Arkedo Studio Ready To Take Over The World

Indie Developer Arkedo Studio Ready To Take Over The World

Arkedo Studio may be best known for Big Bang Mini and its Arkedo Series, which first launched on Xbox Live Indie Games and later PlayStation Network. Arkedo’s latest completed project, 2D platfomer Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, looks visually stunning and ready to …

Draw Somethings Growth Is Falling

Draw Somethings Growth Is Falling

Omgpop and Zynga’s Facebook app listing for Draw Something (the mobile versions hook into the social network’s API, so it shows up AppData’s rankings as an app) is still picking up users, but it’s no longer bringing in several million new players a week like …

Shoot Many Robots Review

Shoot Many Robots Review

Developer Demiurge has now released its first entirely original game called Shoot Many Robots for downloadable platforms. So has the studio that to titles like BioShock and Borderlands made something fun and exciting all on their own? It feels ridiculous to talk about narrative or …

Everything Seems To Go From Bad To Worst for THQ

Everything Seems To Go From Bad To Worst for THQ

Between layoffs, the threat of a NASDAQ delisting, and a lawsuit, it’s safe to say THQ has had its share of difficulties over the last several months. More is riding on the publisher’s current portfolio than usual, and now it’s trying to polish its tent-pole …

World of Warcraft: Noblegarden Guide

World of Warcraft: Noblegarden Guide

It’s time to gather eggs and achievements in World of Warcraft and Ten Ton Hammer has you covered with our in-depth Noblegarden Guide updated for the 2012 changes. Noblegarden is the World of Warcraft Easter themed holiday that starts usually on Easter Sunday and runs …

The Old Republic – Sith Warrior Companion Guide

The Old Republic – Sith Warrior Companion Guide

The Sith Warrior is a brutal figure in Star Wars: The Old Republic, seeking to subjugate the Republic under the iron heel of the Sith. Accomplishing that task is easier said than done, and that is where the Sith Warrior’s companions come into play. While …

We Take A Look Into Mists of Pandaria Beta UI Changes

We Take A Look Into Mists of Pandaria Beta UI Changes

While exploring the many new things that the World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria beta has to offer, I’ve had my fair share of time to experience the new U.I. changes that this expansion will bring to the game. While not as plentiful or as …

We Preview and Find Out More About The Epic Dust 514

We Preview and Find Out More About The Epic Dust 514

When journalists use phrases such as “game-changer” and “groundbreaking” you could be forgiven for wanting to slap them “upside the head.” For all of that bluster though, Dust 514 is one piece of software that might just be worthy of such highfaluting praise, and even …