Nearly fifteen years ago the gaming gods over at Rareware (now known simply as Rare) graced us with a masterpiece of a title: Banjo-Tooie. A sequel to 1998’s Banjo-Kazooie, Tooie took everything up to eleven. Featuring a humongous overworld littered with equally as expansive underworlds, Banjo-Tooie kept gamers playing for hours and hours. Tooie was also, believe it or not, my first ever console video game. Early on Christmas of 2000 Old Saint Nick blessed me with the...
Microsoft has just announced that anyone who plays the upcoming Gears of War Ultimate Edition for Xbox One prior to December 31, 2015 will receive digital copies of the original four games for the Xbox 360 free of charge. On top of that, all four 360 games will also be on the initial public rollout of backwards compatible games this fall, so they will all be playable on Xbox One. Additionally, it has also been announced that the original Gears of War has been added to the...
I’m a pretty big Just Cause fan, and every time another trailer for Just Cause 3 shows up, I only get more excited for the game. Today, The folks over at Square Enix released an interactive demonstration of the game’s freedom of movement, driving, and destruction with a choose-your-own-adventure style YouTube video. I’ve watched the sequence three times so far choosing different options, and every tool at Rico Rodriguez’s disposal looks more fun than...
Adding to the growing number of fancy collector’s packages that will be assaulting my bank account this year comes what may be the most thoughtful, if not expensive, collectors’s edition yet. EA and DICE have revealed their plans for Mirror’s Edge Catalyst’s collector’s content. Aside from the typical steelbook and artwork content these collector’s packages have, the edition also includes an interesting statue that features the main...
The folks over at Square Enix have detailed some of the extra goodies coming in the collector’s edition of Just Cause 3 coming out this holiday season. Like many other collector’s editions, Just Cause 3 offers fans a replica item taken straight from the game. Of course that means a replica of the grappling hook will adorn gamer’s shelves, but that’s not all it comes with. The 15-inch replica grapple is accompanied by a large map of Medici, the 400...
In more consumer-friendly fashion for the budget conscious, Microsoft, via Major Nelson has announced the “Xbox Ultimate Game Sale” for both Xbox One and Xbox 360 Gold members. The list of items up for grabs range from Destiny DLC to getting Dragon Age Inquisition for 50% off. And while this appears to be geared more to appeal to the Xbox One owners,especially in terms of more recently released titles, 360 users also get a few newer games they can add to their...
It appears the Xbox Live Games for Gold train is rolling down the 2015 track full speed ahead reaching a couple of milestone stations along the way. First, July marks the two year anniversary of Games for Gold since it was first launch. Second, July marks the first month of Xbox One now receiving two games per month alongside the two games that get released every month for the 360. Here are the dates, games and systems that are on the July docket. Xbox One Assassin’s...
One of the most interesting announcements at Microsoft’s E3 press briefing last week was the start of their game preview program. When simplified to its core: the program is Microsoft’s own go at early access gaming, something Valve has had for some time now. If you’re so inclined, you can download a limited trial of an unfinished game that is participating in the program, and opt to buy it at a discount if you wish to keep it as it is worked on. Unlike...
Calling all digital pack rats! Good Old Games is currently finishing up their summer sale with a 48 hour sale frenzy encompassing a catalog of over 700 DRM-free games that you can download at discounted rates. Some of the titles include 10% off of The Witcher 3, 50% off of Tales from Borderlands and if you are one of the few people who have yet to experience Telltale’s excellent “The Walking Dead”, then you can have it for 75% off. Along with buying...
Game of Thrones has just finished its darkest season to date. The show is known for its unrelenting depictions of murder, torture, and sadism, and this year added a brutal rape scene and the burning of a child, stirring up controversy and debate about the necessity of including such content. One cannot deny that Game of Thrones possesses a knack for delivering genuinely surprising twists and subverting fantasy tropes, and this season’s finale “Mother’s...
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