A Valley Without Wind Review
Posted by IGN on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
As someone who cut his gaming teeth on 2D platformers like Manic Miner and Adventure Island in the 1980s, I was looking forward to losing myself in A Valley Without Wind. On paper, at least, there’s a lot to love here. Nostalgia-laden platformer mechanics rub shoulders with “procedurally generated worlds” in Arcen Games’ new creation, and a dizzying array of craftable spells trade nervous glances with playable characters that permanently die. It’s a fantastic concept...
First Elder Scrolls Online Screen is Underwhelming
Posted by GameSpy on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
You only get one first impression, and I’m sad to say that from where I’m sitting, The Elder Scrolls Online has blown it. After this morning’s Elder Scrolls Online teaser trailer that showed exactly nothing, Game Informer
posted a single screenshot that reveals the look of the long-in-the-works MMORPG. Gotta say: it’s a huge letdown. If you’d shown me this screenshot and asked me to guess what it came from, I would never have guessed it was an Elder Scrolls game.
Yup,...
What Makes a Game Worth Buying at Launch?
Posted by 1UP on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Gaming can be an expensive hobby, particularly if you’re keen on picking up games as they are released. With your typical console game going for $60 at launch and there being no shortage of quality titles to play, those costs can quickly add up, making it difficult to keep up with the latest releases. But there are more factors than merely price which can make gamers hesitant to buy games when they first come out including a perceived lack of value, eventual complete/Game of the Year edition...
Company of Heroes 2 Official Reveal on May 7
Posted by GameSpy on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Somebody needs to get Relic Studios a decoder ring or something. They can’t seem to keep secrets to themselves. We found out through a leaked image of PC Gamer’s upcoming issue that Company of Heroes 2 is officially coming soon. Today, Relic sent out word that they will do a more official reveal on May 7.
The announcement was mailed out with a print of the front page of The New York Times, dated June 22, 1941. The headline reads “Hitler Begins War on Russia.” Perhaps a hint...
Review: Toy Soldiers
Posted by GameSpy on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
When you think about it, the Western Front of World War I was nothing but an enormous, awful tower-defense game where both sides built bigger and better defenses with which to exterminate the poor soldiers whose only role was to make doomed massed attacks against intricately engineered death traps. Toy Soldiers takes that grim setting, chemical weapons and all, and transplants it to an old-fashioned toy box in a child’s playroom. It’s an incredible conceit, and maybe the best thing about...
Hundreds of League of Legends Cheaters Banned
Posted by GameSpy on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Let me be among the first to direct a hearty guffaw at those who got banned for using a Mastery exploit in League of Legends. Then I’d like to extend a congratulatory handshake to the fine folks at Riot Games for taking those suckers out. Good job, friends.
In a League of Legends forum post, community manager Andrew Beegle called the exploit, which allows players to use more Mastery skill points than they’re supposed to, “bull****” and promised that Riot has closed it. Beegle...
GOG.com Now Selling Thief: Deadly Shadows
Posted by GameSpy on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
GOG.com continues its campaign to become everyone’s favorite digital distribution service by picking up some downright amazing older games and selling them DRM-free. As of yesterday, the platform formerly known as Good Old Games tossed up a pair of stealth classics in Thief: Deadly Shadows and the first Splinter Cell, plus modern tower defense great Anomaly: Warzone Earth.
In my opinion, Thief: Deadly Shadows holds up way better than Splinter Cell, but they’re both certainly worth picking...
Dead Island: Game of the Year Edition Outed?
Posted by GameSpy on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Ah, ratings boards. Will you never stop outing games before they’re announced? This time around, it’s the British Board of Film Classification that revealed a possible release of Dead Island: Game of the Year edition.
As reported by Siliconera, the ratings board slapped an 18 on Dead Island GOTY. As for what will be included in the new release, there aren’t any details, but it’s safe to assume that both the Bloodbath Arena and Ryder White DLC add-ons will be included.
Dead...
Orion: Dino Beatdown Launches on Steam Today
Posted by GameSpy on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
When I hear the name Dino Beatdown, I envision a 2D fighter where a large character with carnival-side-show-short arms pummels a shocked foe into submission. The victory triggers an overly excited onlooker to inform the woozy loser, “You just got dino beatdown!” Thankfully, Orion: Dino Beatdown is nothing like my warped imagination. It’s a class-based co-op FPS where players must put sci-fi weapons to good use to hold back the dinosaur horde. Funky, right? I bring all this up because...
S2 Games Announces Heroes of Newerth Mid Wars
Posted by GameSpy on May 04, 2012 | Leave a Comment
“All-Mid” is a term you see all over the custom games list in Heroes of Newerth, so much so that developer S2 Games finally said, “Hey, we should do something with that.” The result is Mid Wars, a new mode on a new map that puts the focus squarely on intense team battles.
A direct result of the community created All-Mid custom game mode, Mid Wars expands the team-fight-focused premise with an official rule set, its own matchmaking system, and a trimmed down version of HoN’s...
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