Other than the monstrosities that make up the monster designs of a survival horror game, as a whole the genre is short on innovation. The Siren series though, is a genuinely fresh experience.
Siren has all the hallmarks that fans desire from the genre. It’s tense and unnerving, and has some seriously freaky monsters (which has [...]

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If you’re a core gamer looking for the next challenging game after completing the likes of Ninja Gaiden II, then Hellboy: The Science of Evil is definitely not the one for you. This is a game that doesn’t require any dedicated practice and hasn’t even got any difficulty levels to speak of, thus it is [...]

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Battlefield has always been a multiplayer focused series, though obviously with the freshest entry, Battlefield: Bad Company, effort has been spent on both the single and multiplayer components. But at least in regards to the campaign mode, it seems DICE’s old habits die hard.

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Mirror’s Edge looks like one hell of a roller coaster ride, and is now officially on the top of my most anticipated games. Below is a live gameplay demonstration from EA’s press meeting at E3 2008, containing 5 minutes of “holy shit” moments which I’m sure will make the real climaxes and other visual elements [...]

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It has been a while since a game trailer actually put forth a shock value or made the audience queezy. Perhaps it has been due to publishers trying to stay away from cinematic elements and wanting showing off more technical elements, but in this new Dead Space trailer both are shown. This trailer has not [...]

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I have got to admit that over the course of the Metal Gear Solid series I have grown fond of the recurring cast. The story has always been compelling enough to endure the long and fantastic cut-scenes, which have always been lengthy enough to bring about mixed feelings amongst gamers. Many of us will want [...]

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If you’re more of a lone wolf then the team based shooter may not be for you. If your entire team was made up of selfish people it wouldn’t be much of a team now would it? It’s all about working to the strengths of your chosen class as you struggle with the opposition for [...]

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Sony Online Entertainment of America has just awarded the first G.I.R.L gamer a $10,000 scholarship and a 10 week paid internship for her winning title in the 2008 SOE G.I.R.L. Game Design Competition.
Her game design, which has yet been revealed to the public, beat 100 other designs by other G.I.R.L gamers around the nation. She [...]

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By Chris Wigham of ConsoleOB
Those expecting a radical overhaul will likely be let down by the latest game in the money making Grand Theft Auto series. Things have been changed for the better and others for the worse, although the misleadingly titled fourth game in the series is still the equivalent of a very familiar [...]

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While most video game players would probably not care less about what gets talked about during big game publisher’s conference calls, these conference calls are actually great places to glean bits of information relating to new items that publishers currently have in the works.
Today was no different, as Take-Two held a quarterly review call for [...]

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