BioShock Infinite Rundown

BioShock Infinite was original announced back in 2008 under the name ‘Project Icarus’ and is a FPS being developed by Irrational Games. This will actually be the third instalment in the BioShock series but only the second by the legendary Ken Levine, creator of the original premise, he also directly involved in this new addition to the series. Due for release at the end of 2012 on all major platforms (Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC) but without...

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Passing of the Future

More than ever games are taking great strides towards adding post-release content like new skins, songs, avatar awakes and missions to their ever expanding arsenal. This has now branched off into an attempt from developers to reduce the second-hand market by placing extras into their factory sealed versions of the games. The main area I’m referring to is the ever expanding Online Pass system that grant those of us who picked up the game new a...

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The Mass Effect 3 Demo Review

The concluding chapter of the Mass Effect trilogy is coming very shortly to systems everywhere and will be the first game in the series to be released simultaneously on all major HD platforms. The demo released this week completed the same feat with BioWare releasing Xbox 360, PS3 and PC demos all on the same day. Feedback received from various sites suggested that the PS3 versions fails to match its Xbox 360 counterpart as it suffers from major...

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Ideas for the Skyrim DLC

Many of you are still busy working through the insane amount of content included in Skyrim. Maybe you’re not one of them. Maybe you’ve unlocked and spent every perk point, cleared every dungeon and killed every chicken. Either way you are probably wondering what sort of content Bethesda will be creating to keep us entertained for the next 6 months. Ok they haven’t released anything concrete but a few more ideas have cropped up in the various conversations...

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All You Need To Know About Halo 4

Halo 4 is scheduled for release at the end of this year and I’m happy to say that the eight Halo game is getting be as excited as any of the others if not slightly more so. The sixth game in the Halo universe to hit the Xbox 360 will be the start of a brand new trilogy of games called ‘The Recalaimer Trilogy’. Most fans will recall that Guilty Spark, the AI presence from the original Halo game (and namesake of 343i) often referred to the Master...

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Microsoft France Speak About Next-Gen

Following on from my Article yesterday new information has emerged about Microsoft’s next generation plan; they have now gone on the record confirming the next console will definitely not launch in 2012. Cedrick Delmas, the marketing director of Microsoft France, was asked by Lepoint.fr in a new interview, posted translated by Eurogamer: "Rumours indicate the presentation of a new Microsoft machine at E3 in June..." He responded by saying that...

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Xbox 360 - The Next Generation

The NextBox, Xbox 720, Xbox 360-2 or whatever the hell it’s going to be call has received an expansive amount of attention of the past few weeks. Rumours are hitting the internet thick and fast as the next generation of home consoles are starting to be confirmed. I’m going to go with Xbox 720 for this report and will be assessing the rumour mill as it constantly turns. Discworld One reporting reaching out computers last week was the information...

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Skyrim DLC Options

So Skyrim has been in full force for a few months now and we are finally hearing the first tit-bits of possible ways to introduce DLC. During the DICE 2012 convention in Las Vegas this week Bethesda’s creative director Todd Howard showed a quick list of what ideas his team have put forward. The ideas have been brought together from a company-wide creativity session called Game Jam. He explained that the ideas were experiments and that they still...

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The Flaws of Skyrim

I’m sure that a lot of you have probably given many an hour exploring the wonderful world of Skyrim over the last few months and while it is a beautiful and involving game it’s still a long way from being perfect. OK Bethesda have created the best RPG ever but the actual narrative is a little bit forced and our hero’s don’t affect the game world nearly enough. Consequences It’s really difficult to feel guilty about being evil in Skyrim. You can...

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Have I Done Mass Effect Right?

We all know that the finale of the Mass Effect trilogy is just a few months away and many millions of people worldwide are speculating on what will happen over the course of the battle to save the galaxy. Bioware have of course forced you to choose your own path over the course of the previous two games as Commander Shepherd has been put in some rather hairy situations. In Mass Effect 3 we will finally see the results of these decisions in their...

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