Some people know Deep Silver from their oft-controversial Dead Island series, but with the dissolution of THQ and Deep Silver/Koch Media’s acquisition both the Metro 2033 franchise and the beloved Saints Row franchise, a whole bunch of people sat up and said, “Koch Media who?”.
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In the mid-80s, Steve Jackson released an adventure book series titled Sorcery!. It was basically Choose Your Own Adventure, but with a focus on exploration and combat over ridiculous death scenarios (I’m looking at you, Daredevil Park). Now, UK studio inkle has brought this series to iOS devices. Guess what? It’s a perfect fit.
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In Metro games, there have always been two endings. One ending where you cover the walls of the Russian wastelands with the blood of your enemies, while the other is the quieter, stealthier and generally passive approach. Metro 2033′s dual endings were much more difficult to achieve, involving having to see specific dialogues between …
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As part of an extension to our review of em>Metro: Last Light , we wanted to show some of the issues, bugs, and beauty that the game offers. While it was mentioned in our review, the PC requirements for the game can be extremely demanding or crippling if you don’t meet them as shown …
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For those of you that might still be on the fence about picking up Metro: Last Light this week, we’ve put together a video featuring the first 30 minutes of the game to get you interested. Metro: Last Light offers some incredible storytelling in a first person shooter. If this look into the mythos …
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After some troubling Wii U news over the week, Nintendo’s still going strong with their Nintendo Direct streaming events. With a pre-E3 Nintendo Direct already being planned, expectations for this installment aren’t exactly sky high. Even with those expectations, it wasn’t a heavy-hitter this time around. E3 is only a few short weeks away, …
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Five weeks of this “ELO Hell” League of Legends nonsense and sixty Bronze ranked matches later, I’m running into as many jackasses as I’ve had good solid matches. When the jackass isn’t on my side, the other team is howling about reporting someone on their team…but of course, more likely …
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There must be an hour of every day where the public relations team over at Epic Games hands out silver markers and has the entire team sign posters, copies of games and swag for their devoted Gears of War fans. This is the third such donation of signed copies of games and posters that Epic Games has sent us since Operation Supply Drop started working with them, and each time, they are a sight to behold!
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Dust 514 is officially out and free-to-play, so Tony and Curtis take it for a spin to see if this EVE Online ground warfare “replicator” is worth your non-dollars. With micro-transactions galore and a history and depth to it that rivals most MMOs, Dust 514 might be a bit advanced for some, …
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Editor’s Note: Congratulations to 7-year old Billy Wilson from Milwaukee, WI for winning Front Towards Gamer’s “Write FTGR’s Intro Page” contest from last week! Below, you can see his rambling and poorly worded entry! Notice, he even writes it as if Quinn “Soulibon” Sullivan were the one writing it! So adorable!
Happy Wednesday Rebels! …
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