Ian Davis Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Bubsy 3D Remake Nauseates, Educates

You just can’t handle the ‘tude. Mascot platformers were the muck-grey shooters of the 90’s. When publishers saw the piles of currency that ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorNovember 15, 2013

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Minecraft: The Story of Mojang Documentary Hits Youtube

The full-length movie breaks the hit game down, block by block. The art of gaming, while young, is full of stories. There’s the ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorNovember 11, 2013

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Blizzard Working On Warcraft 1, 2 Rerelease

Image Source: Blizzard Blizzard’s working on unearthing the classic RTS games from their MS-DOS prison. In this modern age of gaming, World of ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorNovember 10, 2013

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Double Fine’s Broken Age All About Context-Based Interaction, Not Verbs

Tim Schafer talks about giving players actions, not words. Double Fine’s Tim Schafer earned most of his stripes working on classic Lucusarts titles ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2013

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Dead Rising 3 Uses Your Phone as an Augmented Reality Device

Image Source: Gamasutra Smartglass integration lets you recieve calls from characters and use in-game apps on your real-life phone. While the WiiU is ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorNovember 4, 2013

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Minecraft Crafts Built-In Twitch Streaming

Twitch continues its takeover of the world, one block at a time. About the only thing harder than explaining the appeal of Minecraft ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorNovember 3, 2013

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Warhammer Online Goes Out in “One Last Big WAAAGH!”

Image Source: EA Mythic The MMO goes fully F2P for one last hurrah before closing for good. Now that games exist in electronic ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorNovember 3, 2013

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Walking Dead: Season Two Gets Lonely with New Trailer, Screenshots

Clementine’s story continues from an entirely new perspective. Telltale’s The Walking Dead is one of those high water mark games that you find ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorOctober 29, 2013

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Neverwinter Expands with Free Shadowmantle Module

The F2P MMO gets a new class, campaign, and paragon paths. Just like the sun, MMO’s are bound by laws that require constant ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorOctober 29, 2013

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Trine 2: Complete Story Coming to PS4 with 3D Support

The next-gen version will run at 1080p, use the PS4’s trackpad, and also feature a stereoscopic 3D mode. Every new console generation brings ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorOctober 28, 2013

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Why Battlefield 4‘s Controls Are Significantly Different

DICE overhauled the controls to place more emphasis on team play. If you booted up the Battlefield 4 beta, the first thing you ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorOctober 28, 2013

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X Rebirth Shows Off Its Gorgeous, Epic Space Battles

The latest trailer of the upcoming space sim demonstrates the scale of its colorful combat. Space is big. You just won’t believe how ...

By Ian Davis Legacy AuthorOctober 23, 2013

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