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Insomniac Games’ Fuse: Hands-On Preview

September 16, 2012 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

I don’t officially know whether Ted Price, founder and president of Insomniac Games, is a member of the NRA. I've never actually asked him, nor have I inquired with anyone else at Insomniac. But for as much as Insomniac has focused on guns, I wouldn't be surprised if there's a relationship there. Whether you're talking about Ratchet and Clank or Resistance, Insomniac’s gameplay lives and dies by guns and their various modes of fire. But if you think you've seen the epitome of gun-focused gameplay from Insomniac, think again. Insomniac's …
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Filed Under: Features, PS3 Previews, Xbox 360 Previews Tagged With: Co-Op, EA, Fuse, Insomniac Games, shooter

Splinter Cell Blacklist: An Amalgam of Tom Clancy Titles

June 6, 2012 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

E3 is notorious for the grand return of beloved franchises, but one return that surprised us the most is Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist. The newest Sam Fisher game was announced before E3 2012 ever began, but spending some time with it in person has reminded us just how special the franchise is. Ironically, some of the elements that make the game "fresh" are actually long-standing features from other Ubisoft games, making Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Blacklist somewhat of an amalgam of all previous Tom Clancy games before it. That's not …
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Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends Preview

April 16, 2012 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

I've had a lot of fun playing the Test Drive series, from the franchise's days in the arcades to its appearances on the current-gen consoles. The twists and turns on its digitized streets have been met by similar changes in gameplay and tone, with the latest evolution coming in the form of vehicles from a single manufacturer: Ferrari. True to form, Test Drive: Ferrari Racing Legends lives up to its name by providing "test drives" of some of the world's most storied and exotic cars, including decades-old racers. It's important to note, though, …
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Filed Under: Features, Xbox 360 Previews Tagged With: Atari, Ferarri, Racing

Darksiders 2 Hands-on Preview

March 22, 2012 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

In this era of excessive gore, you’d think a game with one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse would be rife with blood, guts and violence. The original Darksiders game proved that hypothesis wrong, with a mature tone but decidedly more adventure- than action-oriented experience. For Darksiders 2, THQ and Vigil Games hope to up the ante in every possible way, a goal made possible in part by switching from the protagonist War to his brother, Death. The change means much more than a new veneer and name; after spending some significant …
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Mass Effect 3 Voice Commands: Kinect “Hands-On” Preview

February 13, 2012 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

Mass Effect 3 is one of the most-anticipated games on most gamers’ 2012 radar, the thrilling conclusion to one of the most epic trilogies in the industry. This Tuesday (Feb. 14), Xbox 360 and PS3 owners will finally have a chance to get their hands on Mass Effect 3 via a new demo, with Xbox 360 owners getting a particularly special treat if they have the Kinect hardware. The Mass Effect 3 Xbox 360 demo includes voice-command features, much like the full Xbox 360 version will have when it ships March 6 (the PS3 version does not support voice …
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Kinect Star Wars in 3D: Pod Racing Hands-On Preview

February 10, 2012 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

There are a few parallels between Kinect Star Wars and Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which opens today in 3D. The most obvious is the connection to Episode I content and characters, which so far have driven all of the Kinect Star Wars game demos. The most surprising parallel, though, relates specifically to the 3D release of The Phantom Menace: a poor first impression. The 3D film's first 10 to 15 minutes are frankly a visual disappointment. Sitting through the opening scenes of the Episode I 3D midnight showing, I couldn't get over how …
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Filed Under: Features, Xbox 360 Previews Tagged With: 3D, Kinect, LucasArts, Microsoft, Star Wars

Alan Wake Hands-On Preview

April 27, 2010 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

Alan Wake is finally just a few weeks away from release, a psychological thriller more than three years in the making. Xbox 360 owners -- ourselves included -- have been looking forward to getting their hands on Remedy's new game since first hearing what Max Payne's creators had up their sleeves. Well, that day has finally come. We got our hands on a final build of Alan Wake. What follows isn't a review; it's merely a taste of what awaits Xbox 360 gamers when they fire up Alan Wake for the first time and walk, stumble and scare themselves silly …
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Guitar Hero: World Tour Preview (PS3, Xbox 360)

September 16, 2008 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

Guitar Hero: World Tour is coming October 27 to all three major consoles (Xbox 360, PS3 and Wii), and you probably know by now that "Guitar Hero" now focuses on guitars in name alone. World Tour is a full-band affair that adds bass, drums and vocals to the mix, much like that other game from EA. What, did you think Activision was just going to ignore it? We recently traveled to Los Angeles to get some hands-on time with Guitar Hero: World Tour, and appropriately enough, the event took place at an actual recording studio. Much like the new …
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Pure Preview

August 21, 2008 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

Although today's highest-profile racing games focus on cars -- Gran Turismo, Forza Motorsport, DiRT and MotorStorm -- some of the most beloved and original racing games actually had a more blue-collar feel. For years, dirt bikes and ATVs ruled the racing roost, but as consoles began to direct gamers' focus to shiny graphics, shiny cars -- not muddy ones -- naturally followed. Rally games kept some of a focus on dirt, but the once-king ATVs were largely fringe. When Sony shipped MotorStorm, ATVs crept back into mainstream gamers' awareness, but …
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Ghostbusters: The Video Game Preview

August 19, 2008 By Jonas Allen Leave a Comment

Long before Activision picked up the rights to Ghostbusters: The Video Game, a video circulated online showing what amounted to a tech demo of the world's favorite ghost hunters walking around with their Proton Packs. The fact that people got excited about that simple video showed just how strongly we all wanted to re-visit the Ghostbusters universe, DailyGame included. That enthusiasm, though, also laid the groundwork for the Internet-wide cursing when news spread that Activision Blizzard had dropped the game from its 2009 lineup. Well rest …
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