Spec Ops: The Line Impressions

I had the chance to sit through a 30 minute hands-off gameplay demo for 2K’s upcoming 3rd person shooter from German developer YAGER, Spec Ops: the Line. Prior to this demo, I had only seen the videos that were available on the net. I was intrigued going into the demo by the game’s setting…

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Rock Band 3: E3 Impressions

At first when we filed into the makeshift theater that MTV/Harmonix had set up in their booth at E3, we couldn’t help but wonder if we would be treated by some crazy surprise like Elton John and Billy Joel demoing the new keyboards for Rock Band 3. What we got, instead, was seven…

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Hands-On with Assassin's Creed Multiplayer

Well here it is – my personal ‘Best Of Show’. Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood’s multiplayer demo was the most impressive and innovative thing I saw at E3 2010 – and boy am I surprised to be saying that to you.

I thought the first Assassin’s Creed was a beautiful looking game and an interesting…

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Super Meat Boy Steals E3?

Super Meat Boy is a game where you play as a boy without any skin who bleeds everywhere he goes and his girlfriend is made of bandages and she has been kidnapped by a fetus in a jar wearing a top-hat and a monocle.”

Soak that in for a minute. Go ahead, re-read if…

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On the Move With SOCOM 4

Whenever a company at E3 purposefully shorts the number of stations running a highly-anticipated product it means one of two things: 1) they want to create buzz and think that creating a big line full of people waiting to play on one of their two screens will accomplish that or 2) they don’t…

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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Impressions

My journey into Deus Ex: Human Revolution began outside of the demo room with a 10 minute conversation with Francis Beauchamp, one of the Level Designers for the game. It was easy to tell from our talk that he had been a fan of Deus Ex for a long time and he was extremely…

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Hands-On With Killzone 3…In 3d

Right near the top of my priority list at this year’s E3 was to play several games in 3D. I’ve heard so much about the technology and various opinions betting either way about its viability, but until you get the glasses on yourself, its all academic. The other Axe Lords and I got our…

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