Activision had a lot of expectations to live up to due to their previous Call of Duty release, Modern Warfare 2. The first person shooter received a 94 percent on Metacritic and has sold over 20 million copies to date. Now that the next installment, Call of Duty: Black Ops, is upon us, the wait is finally over.
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Blizzard’s New Diablo III Trailer: The Feisty Demon Hunter
Demons beware, the demon hunter is here.
The latest and greatest trailer for Blizzard’s much-anticipated Diablo III was just released featuring a new class: the Demon Hunter.
In the cinematic trailer/gameplay demo she dual-wields crossbows while slaying an endless horde of undead zombies and abominations.
That’s right, I said …
Exclusive: First Look at Clone Wars Adventures Mini-game Attack Cruiser
Sony Online Entertainment’s Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures is tentatively scheduled to launch on September 15 for the PC with a public beta sometime before that. That’s two days ahead of the premiere of Season 3 of Star Wars: The Clone Wars on the Cartoon Network.
We tried the game out at E3 earlier this year and then again at …
Age of Empires, Microsoft Flight Coming to PC
Microsoft’s Gamescom announcements aren’t just limited to Windows Phone 7. Oh no. The PC crowd will be getting Age of Empires Online and Microsoft Flight, along with Fable III, which was previously announced.
Robot Entertainment continues their run on Age of Empires with Online and will feature:
• A persistent online capital …
Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventures Coming to the PC this Fall
Fact: the Star Wars franchise is a cash cow.
Fans of the Star Wars: The Clone Wars TV series will be delighted to hear that Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts will be collaborating on the forthcoming Clone Wars Adventures that launches on the PC this fall alongside the release of Star Wars: The Clone Wars season three.
The …
The Techland Interview: Cliff Bleszinski, Part 2
Here’s the second half of the interview with Cliff Bleszinski in audio form (Check out Part I here). Over the last half of the hour we talked, Cliff mentions the comics he’s reading and his love of alcoholic superheroes, the process of how Bulletstorm came about and what he thinks of Playstation Move’s chances vs.
2K’s XCOM Reboot Made Official
Just after midnight, 2K announced that the folks behind BioShock 2, 2K Marin, are currently developing a “re-imagining” of the storied XCOM franchise. For those that don’t remember, the XCOM franchise was a hit in the mid to late 90s and 2K acquired the rights from Atari in 2005. When it was announced that Ken Levine and the crew …
The Techland Interview: Cliff Bleszinski, Part 1
It was a long weekend for one Mr. Cliff Bleszinski. When the planned reveal of two major video games got bumped by the shifting sands of late night talk show booking, the design director for Epic Games found himself with a whole weekend in Manhattan. Over the weekend, he caught a Broadway show with his girlfriend Lauren, went to Morimoto …
Don’t F.E.A.R. The Threequel: Horror FPS Gets New Installment
FPS fanatics should get ready to get freaked out all over again when another dose of F.E.A.R. hits consoles and PCs later this year. Warner Bros. Games announced the threequel to the scare-centric first-person shooting franchise with the trailer on the game’s official site. The F.E.A.R. series originated with the Monolith development …
“I Want to Be a Part of It…”: Crysis 2 Comes to Consoles
Every gamer or tech enthusiast knows Crysis. Owning a PC that could run the futuristic military sci-fi first-person-shooter became one of those mythical achievements that separated mere mortals from would-be gaming gods. The game’s sizzling visuals and technical brilliance served as a double-edged sword, though, one that saw Crysis …
Two More Members of Infinity Ward Go AWOL
According to Kotaku last night, the development studio responsible for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has apparently seen the exodus of two more members. Lead Designer Todd Alderman and Lead Software Engineer Francesco Gigliotti appear to be no longer working at Infinity Ward, if the screen caps from LinkedIn are accurate. Alderman’s …
Could the HP Slate Trump the iPad?
HP sure is putting an emphasis on what features it has over the iPad in the latest video for the Slate. SD card slot? Check. USB port? Check. Camera? Check. Video conferencing? Check.
Thoughts?
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