If you’re around the median age of most video game players–which the Entertainment Software Association says is about 35 years old–then chances are that you’ve got more than a few M-rated games on your shelf. Roughly equivalent to the R film rating issued by the MPAA, ‘M’ (for “Mature”) stands at the highest age bracket [...]
Video Game Awards Season is in full swing, with the games of 2010 having already been assessed in tons of Game of the Year round-ups all over the web. Now come the professional and organizational awards, where developers and other groups recognize outstanding creativity in the video game medium.
The first downloadable content for Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, Animus Project Update 1.0, will be available December 14 from the Xbox 360 and PS3 – and it’s going to be free.
Usually, big game franchises enjoy a lengthy refresh period between installments. There was a three-year gap between Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2, for example. The prevailing logic is that it takes time to brew a true upgrade to a good game. So, Ubisoft having Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood come out a year after the stellar [...]
We’re going to start taking video games and breaking down those hidden tips, Easter eggs and other random tricks that you didn’t know you wanted to know. This week our featured game is Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood. We’re assuming that some of you have gone out and bought the game and are utterly addicted to it, [...]
OnLive, the cloud-based gaming company, is gearing up for the release of its gaming console hitting stores December 2. Until now, the company basically allowed players to stream games online, including popular titles like Borderlands, Batman: Arkham Asylum, NBA 2K11 and Shaun White Skateboarding, for a set fee. The $99 console will allow users to play [...]
Welcome to the Loadout. Our philosophy is that the working week is a recurring boss battle that you’ll need the proper weapons to take down. The supplies at hand won’t always be pretty but you might just be able to hold out until the weekend. Green means add it to your arsenal, yellow leaves it [...]
We already knew that Ezio Auditore–the last historical assassin to headline in Ubisoft’s best-selling stealth action series–would be back in Assassins’ Creed Brotherhood. The sequel continues Ezio’s battle with the Templars conspiracy and adds multiplayer to the series for the first time. Check out the all-new trailer to see what the hide-and-seek gameplay of the [...]
The hugely successful Assassins’ Creed franchise has been a huge hit on game consoles, with its mix of stealth, strategy and visceral combat. Part of what work in the series has been the ability to place its fiction in a myriad of historical time period. The first game had players controlling Altair in medieval Jerusalem [...]
With another E3 in the books, Peter and I took some time to compile a list of what surprised us the most at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo. This year’s show boasted over 100 exhibitors and many more hundreds of titles to see and play, all split between the South and West halls of the [...]
