Parallax scrolling. The technique is a time old tradition in gaming. Multiple background images are layered behind one another and scroll at different speeds to give the illusion of depth. In the 8 and 16-bit era of games, this was almost ubiquitous for what was arguably the most popular genre around: platforming. You don’t see this technique used much these days, at least in the truest sense. 3D graphics and gaming engines allow more detailed and interactive...
Feat. MUT10 VETS EJnfl24, DJ Mateo, Medusa, MrNICEGUY and Proxytron. Madden Ultimate Team was first available on January 7th 2010 as an update to Madden 10 which came out the previous August. Before EA [Electronic Arts] released MUT on Madden they first tested Ultimate Team on FIFA09, five months after releasing FIFA— similar to the Madden drop mid cycle. Reasoning behind this mid cycle drop was by then players had already started drifting away from the game, as...
XBOX DOWN This holiday season was a festive time for all. Colorfully lights are hung everywhere. Microsoft broke the 10 million mark. Gamers throughout the world got the game they wanted. We all had to much to eat. Games got new DLC and Easter Eggs. Lizards stopped the Gaming Net. Wait, Lizards what? While Microsoft sold half a million Xbox Ones in just one week, pushing them over 10 million total units sold, many gamers throughout the world could not even use the very...
This weeks 20 Questions will be with Dan Mitre (Community Manager Battlefield EA) @dan_mitre As I write this over 159,456 players are playing Battlefield 4 online, just about half the amount who bought the first console Battlefield back in 2005. Compare that to the 11.5 million copies of Battlefield 4 sold across the world you can see that the series has become a giant in the FPS world— if not the giant. While the Battlefield player count will always grow, is the...
A brand new trailer for Creative Assembly’s upcoming survival horror game, Alien: Isolation, gives a peek behind the scenes of this potentially terrifying experience. From the look of the new clip, this team really seems to understand what makes a solo Xenomorph so formidable. Much like in Ridley Scott’s classic film, you’ll be trapped with the titular creature in an enclosed environment with dwindling resources at hand. With encounters lasting up to 30...
Having recently completed Dark Souls my hype glands are working overtime for Dark Souls 2. From Software captured lightning in a bottle twice and seems well on their way to doing it once more. But until its release we must feed on souls, er, trailers in order to satiate our dark desires. So enjoy the Dark Souls 2 Prologue 1 trailer. Judging by the title I assume there will be another very soon. Gamers who pre-order the game will be upgraded to the Black Armor Edition which...
Ico is one of those games which is remembered fondly as a precursor to greater things. This game reminds me of others in that regard, making me think of Dark Cloud from Level 5, Metroid on NES, or any of a million firsts in a legacy. Granted, Team Ico’s catalog is much less full than either Level 5’s (a developer mostly known for their long, charming RPGs) or Samus’ titles. Nevertheless, I feel as if the two games they made have been so clearly different...
I have been crazy about fighter planes for as long as I can remember. If it wasn’t Top Gun, I was watching Wings on the Discovery Channel and consuming as much information as possible about fighter jets from all over the world. Fighter jets are maneuverable, extremely fast and blow shit up, so what’s not to like? With my affinity towards fighter jets it should come as no surprise that I’ve been a big fan of the Ace Combat series for a long time. Specifically, I adore...
Originally released as add-on DLC to Black Flag, Freedom Cry is now a digital stand-alone title available today for PS3 and PS4. You’ll play as Adéwalé a former slave now supporting a slave revolt in Port au Prince, Haiti. Here’s more on Freedom Cry from The Playstation Blog, Brutal Assassin: Beyond an exceptional sailor and pirate, Adéwalé is a melee master, wielding devastating weapons such as his signature machete and deadly blunderbuss. Unique...
The Evil Within, the new nightmare fuel from the mind of the legendary Shinji Mikami will finally be released on August 26th. The Evil Within has been teased as a “return to form” for the Survival Horror auteur and looks to be a delightful blood carnival if all the pre-release trailers are anything to go by. Originally announced in 2012 for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360, the game will also be making the jump to Playstation 4 and Xbox One. Mikami, best known for...
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