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Hands On With The Wrath Of The Lich King Beta

I would be what you would call a casual World of Warcraft player. I have one level 70 character – an Alliance female mage – and a few alts that I really could give two shits about. After I hit 70 I screwed around with the PvP Battlegrounds stuff for quite a while, but stopped questing, and I wasn’t going to do raid after raid after raid to have a chance in hell to get one piece of good gear. Especially when once Blizzard drops their next expansion for World of Warcraft – Wrath of the Lich King – all your top gear is going to be crap compared to what you’ll be able to get when you progress past level 70. Read the rest of this entry »

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Of Mechs And Men, Bangai-O Spirits

D3 Publisher’s latest release, Bangai-O Spirits, has more facets than you would expect for a typical DS game. Product manager Sam Guilloud showed off some of the features that separate Bangai-O from a lot of games on the market, including the ones that come on discs instead of carts.

First off the game is steeped in its own history. The original Bangai-O, which is Japanese for “outlaw king,” hit the N64 and the Dreamcast in 1999. Developed by Treasure, a development studio founded by a crew of ex-Konami devs, has put out fanboy favorites like Ikaruga and Gunstar Heroes. D3 basically managed a localized version of the game and let Treasure do their thing. Read the rest of this entry »

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E3 2008 | Mirror's Edge

Das Gamer Gets Some Hands On Time With Mirror’s Edge

When you think DICE, you think Battlefield, an award eating warfare based shooter franchise for the PC. DICE has recently seen some success with their latest console venture (and some would say first successful console title) Battlefield: Bad Company. Sure, blasting away at soldiers and vehicular mayhem seems to be almost second nature to DICE, but what about Parkour? Really? An odd concept on paper has seemingly turned into one of the most exciting titles I got my hands on at E3. Even though there is combat, just as in the art of Parkour, the main goal of Mirror’s Edge is to get from point A to point B in the safest and most efficient way possible. Read the rest of this entry »

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Hands On Time With Too Human

With a botched initial E3 showing to going more or less underground this past March, Silicon Knights has finally released a preview build of their upcoming action/RPG Too Human. Getting to play a quick demo version of the game during GDC isn’t always the easiest way to tackle a deep experience such as Too Human, so I put the preview version through its paces in both single player and cooperatively to see how well Silicon Knights has progressed. Read the rest of this entry »

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