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E3 2013: Takedown: Red Sabre aims for realism and tactical thinking

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Takedown: Red Sabre is all about tactics. You don’t have regenerating health or skin that’s thick enough to withstand a barrage of bullets. This is the kind of game that takes finesse, strategy and intense cooperation with your team. A few bullets are enough to put you down. If you’re looking to play a cooperative/competitive more »

E3 2013: Respawn Entertainment shocks us with Titanfall

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Vince Zampella and Jason West showed us they haven’t lost their touch at E3 2013. After a less than amicable split with Activision and Infinity Ward, the pair formed Respawn Entertainment. Providing the funding is Electronic Arts, who has been trying to slay Call of Duty for years now. Can West and Zampella stop the more »

E3 2013: Warframe for PS4 hands-on

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Warframe is going to be a PlayStation 4 launch title. It’s also free-to-play, so anyone with a PS4 and an internet connection will be able to play it immediately without any additional charge. Warframe has been available for many months on PC, and the PS4 version will be the first time it’s available on a more »

E3 2013: Taking down ‘deados’ in RIPD: The Game

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RIPD is a supernatural action-adventure flick coming July 19 from Universal. It stars Ryan Reynolds as Detective Nick Cruz, a hotshot cop who gets killed in the line of duty. As it turns out, death is only the beginning of his adventures. In the afterlife, his character learns about the Rest in Peace Department, supernatural cops more »

Halo Xbox One screenshots and trailer, in case you missed them

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In case you missed Microsoft’s recent E3 2013 conference and didn’t catch the “Halo Xbox One” news, the trailer can be seen above and the four officially released screenshots can be found throughout this post. Microsoft’s E3 2013 conference wasn’t the company’s strongest effort. Overlooked DRM policies, poorly worded jokes and a general detachment from their more »

E3 2013: Busting open bank vaults with Payday 2

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Criminals aren’t nice people, but their stories are sometimes compelling. We love the Danny Oceans of the world in spite of their illegal ways. Overkill Software’s Payday: The Heist challenged gamers to pull off the perfect caper, bringing up to three friends along for the big job. This gang is getting back together, adding the more »

Microsoft detail Xbox One games, four confirmed launch titles

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Moments after Microsoft’s E3 2013 press conference the company has sent out press releases detailing each game confirmed to be appearing on he Xbox One, including four launch titles. Xbox One Launch Titles Check out this list of the four Xbox One games available to buy ta the console’s launch this November: · Dead Rising 3 more »

PlayStation Plus gets XCOM, Uncharted 3 and LittleBigPlanet Karting next week

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Three more games are being added to the PlayStation Plus Instant Game Collection on June 11. They are XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception and LittleBigPlanet Karting. The multiplayer portion of Uncharted 3 is already available to download for free, but the PlayStation Plus version includes the single-player campaign and the free-to-play multiplayer component.

E3 2013: Square Enix has a 9 game lineup

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The E3 2013 game lineups are flowing in, and now we’re finally allowed to talk about them! Our latest announcement comes from Square Enix. Like usual, the company has a massive lineup planned for us, with tons of games. There are at least going to be nine at the booth this year, which means plenty more »

Halo: Spartan Assault brings the fight to Windows Phone and Windows 8

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Halo faithful have been waiting for the next installment in the hit first-person shooter series. Microsoft’s next step is one I doubt any of us saw coming. The next game is Halo: Spartan Assault, a top-down, twin-stick shooter for Windows 8 devices. The games, after all, are about shooting as many alien attackers as you more »

Oh God Yes! Warframe is a PS4 launch title

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Digital Extremes delivered a shocker this week by announcing Warframe is coming to the PlayStation 4 at launch. Warframe is a free-to-play cooperative third-person action game. It’s currently available to play on PC through a standalone client or Steam. We first covered Warframe when it was in closed beta in December. We compared it to more »

Preview: The Bureau: XCOM Declassified

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown is dear to my heart. When I heard 2K Marin was doing a shooter based in this universe, I had a whole lot of skepticism. This seemed a genre swap too far.  The first attempt at this, XCOM Enforcer, is not to be spoken of. Now as more details about The Bureau: more »