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PAX East 2011: Mysterious Narrator Propels Bastion to Action-RPG Glory

You’d be surprised at how much essence an ongoing, deep-voiced narration can bring to a game. Out of everything I played at PAX ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 15, 2011

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PAX East 2011: Polytron’s Fez Trixelates 2D Platformers

Fez is a promising 2D indie platformer that finally lets you get behind flat background objects. 2D platformers typically leave a lot about ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 14, 2011

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PAX East 2011: Halo Goes 2D (Sort Of) With Fallen Frontier

A team partially composed of ex-Bungie veterans brings its expertise to sidescrolling shooter Fallen Frontier. Moonshot Games is using all of the techniques ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 14, 2011

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PAX East 2011: El Shaddai Introduces God’s Blue Jean Ninja

Don’t let El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron‘s odd name turn you off if you like third-person brawlers. There’s nothing better than trying ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 13, 2011

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PAX East 2011: Activision Doesn’t Run Internal Studios With Iron Fist

A PAX East 2011 panel of former independent studio employees revealed how working with Activision has largely been like a dream. Activision and ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 12, 2011

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PAX East 2011: L.A. Noire Brings Unparalleled Realism to Virtual Characters

L.A. Noire puts you face to face with virtual suspects that you’ll believe are real. Rockstar brought a brand new demo of L.A. ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 12, 2011

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Irrational: BioShock in the Sky Would Be “F**king Boring”

Irrational Games didn’t develop BioShock Infinite with the intention of making BioShock in the sky, because it thinks that’d be boring. Many first ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 12, 2011

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PAX East 2011: Kingdoms of Amalur Plays Like God of Warcraft

The public gameplay debut of Kingdoms of Amalur wowed a crowd of hundreds at PAX East 2011. Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning has gotten ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 12, 2011

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Fan Effort to Revive Firefly Could be Dead

Joss Whedon apparently couldn’t get behind the fan-supported revival of Firefly, so the idea might be off the table. Nathan Fillion, the actor ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2011

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Double Fine’s Trenched: Tower Defense With “War Barbies”

Trenched isn’t a mech battling game, it’s a tower defense game with mechs and loot. Double Fine has revealed more specific details about ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2011

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UK Atheists Hope to Eliminate Jedi Population

The non-religious in the UK hope to pull a Darth Vader and get rid of anyone claiming to be a Jedi. 2011 is ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2011

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URL Hunter Brings Browser Gaming to the Address Bar

You’ve played plenty of videogames in your web browser, but what about in your browser’s address bar? In the current age, gaming in ...

By Tom Goldman Legacy AuthorMarch 9, 2011

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