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6.5Hard Reset – Missing that Final Balancing

Hard Reset is a self-described old school sci-fi FPS. Set in the last human city of Bezoar, the player takes the role of a corporate soldier who must fight to keep the machines from assimilating the network which holds billions of digitized human minds. I had been expecting Hard Reset to be a twitch shooter, but was surprised to find that this is largely not the case. Most weapons in Hard Reset have very limited rates of fire, limited ranges, and cause splash damage...

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Jet Set Radio gets Priced

Jet Radio HD is coming out very soon and Sega has announced that the game will be a cool $9.99 across all platforms.  Jet Set Radio will be release on Xbox Live Arcade and PC September 19.  PlayStation users will have access on September 18 while PlayStation Plus members get the game one week early on September 11.  Last but not least, the HD classic is coming to Vita on October 16.

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Alien Spidy is Crash Landing This Fall

Kalypso Media has announced that Alien Spidy will be hitting consoles and home computers in the US this fall. The game follows and alien spider who has crash landed on earth and needs to rescue his spider girlfriend so they can escape. Using insane web slinging/jumping/ platforming mechanics Spidy will face some moderate to high level difficulty as players progress through the game. Alien Spidy will feature 3 distinct landscapes which will play host to  over 60 levels...

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Rise of the Triad Gameplay Surfaces

Gameplay footage for Rise of the Triad has come from Quakecon and players are raving about the fast paced FPS multiplayer. So far the only thing available for this game is the below trailer, an impressive display of weapons, promises for full mod-ability and the forums that have been posted on the games site.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Goes Free To Play

(Writer’s note: Sorry for this being late folks) Well, if you haven’t tried Star Wars:The Old Republic, you really have no excuse to not play now. As of this fall, the Bioware developed MMO will be free to play for up to 50 levels. You can buy the game for 15 bucks (a stark drop from the $59.99 price point mere months ago), and barring some exceptions that are monetized-such as new content and some the more advanced features-, you will be able to play the game...

Podcasts

Reflections on a Save Crystal Episode 11

Ahhh! Oh, it’s just you there. Did they see you download this? What was that noise?! Quick, let me tell you about this episode before They find us. We talked about games. We talk about review. We talk about life. And we talk about Them… the scary spookies from you nightmares. I heard somewhere that the only way to get away from Them is to give us a five star rating on iTunes. Others say that sending us an email to [email protected] will keep the shadows...