Kenny Rioux

E3 2015 • News • PC • PS4 • Xbox One

E3 2015 Doom Reveal: What we know

Going into Bethesda’s press conference, it was both extremely easy and yet difficult to really gauge what the company’s vision of Doom was going to look like. On the one hand we did get a teaser trailer back in May giving a 10 second blink of what to expect. On the other hand, what was Doom going to be? Was it going to try and compete with the other FPS’s out there? Was it going to stick to the basics of what made Doom a cultural landmark in 1993? Well we...

E3 2015 • News

Bethesda announces Battlecry

Bethesda showed a little bit of Battlecry Studios’ free to play multiplayer combat game named “Battlecry”. It is a game that will feature 32 player battles that feature melee and ranged weapons. Here is a link to their trailer The game is scheduled to come out in 2015, with beta signups available.    

E3 2014 • News • PS4

Dead Island 2 is coming to PS4

Deep Silver was able to announce that Dead Island 2 is coming to PS4 ,with a Beta and exclusive content coming down the pike. Dead Island 2 brings the zombie apocalypse to the Sunshine state, where a massive outbreak (is there any other kind?) of the zombie persuasion has occurred. This results in a complete fencing off of California, with its denizens trapped with a whole lot of brain feasters. According to a blog post by Deep Silver’s Creative Director...

PC • PS4 • Xbox 360 • Xbox One

Review: Trials Fusion

*Note: The game in question was reviewed with an Xbox 360 copy, other platforms including Xbox One, PC or PS4 may have varying distinctions related to the content provided, significant or not. Consider this a template of what to expect in all versions and use your best judgement. There comes a point in any video game franchise where the benchmark of what a game is capable has reached its game play denouement. It is a point where one entertains the thought, “This game...

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Jack Tretton Steps Down as President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment America UPDATED:Replacement Named

UPDATE: It has been announced that Executive VP and COO of Sony Computer Entertainment International (SCEI) Shawn Laydon will be replacing Jack Tretton as CEO of  SCEA. Laydon has been with SCE for 14 years, working most recently as assistant to President of SNEI, John Kodera. Original Story below Jack Tretton, CEO and President of Sony Computer Entertainment America has announced that on March 31st 2014, he will be stepping down from his position with in SCEA. Posting a...

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Batman Arkham Knight Is Coming, Rocksteady to Develop

Welcome back Rocksteady, tis indeed been a long while. With the next generation of consoles in full swing, Warner Brothers announced today that Batman:Arkham Knight is currently in development, with developer Rocksteady returning to deliver the Dark Knight to the screens of PS4, Xbox One and PC owners. Here’s a press release via the Playstation Blog. “Today, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and DC Entertainment are announcing Batman: Arkham Knight...

Video

Honest Video Game Trailers (in stereo!)

*Movie Trailer Guy* Next spring, enjoy the event that will be like you going to a restaurant, only to pay money up front for an appetizer just so you can wait months before you get the privilege to pay up again later for the main course you wanted to get in the first place.  Feast your eyes as you get to ride the back of a truck-IN.HIGH.DEFINITION! Use the latest satellite mapping technologies to infiltrate a base so you can track down and retrieve…a cassette tape...

Features • Into the Fray

Nintendo: What Now?

I have had the headline burning in my brain for a while now. Reading article after article of Nintendo’s Wii-U console sales being rather slow off the gate and falling behind not only in terms of numbers, but falling out of the minds of the gaming community at large. Consider the success of the Wii, which had sold a mind-boggling 100 million units. In December 2009, thanks to a price cut and New Super Mario Bros Wii coming out, it sold over three million in one month...

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Valve Brings SteamOS To Your Living Room

In the first of three announcements that Valve is trotting out this week,”SteamOS’, a Linux based operating system was made public today, being touted as the answer to deliver Steam content to your home television. Valve,on their Steam website, declared that SteamOS, would “stream those games over your home network straight to your TV”. This OS will also be free, and will still include the bevy of features that Steam has made public over recent...

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Diablo 3 is out now for PS3 and Xbox 360

Hi kids, remember reading this? Well, guess what. The time to get Diablo 3 is now, chop chop! Oh, you can also get it for 360. And you can play over PSN and Live. Aaand if you want to get it on Games on Demand, that will be available on October 4th, but you can get it one PSN now. AAAAAAAAAND…eh, that’s about it…OH! You can also get it in exotic markets like North America, Latin America, Europe, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast...