Contributed by Andrew Highton Please note: This article contains spoilers for multiple games from the very beginning. Those games include the Killzone, God of War and Sly Cooper franchises, Driver 3, Mortal Kombat 9 and Dead Space. You have been warned.
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Contributed by Andrew Highton Since February 1 2007, gamers have had the chance to extract more satisfaction from a particular game by merely completing specific criteria for an in-game challenge. Games have been given a whole new depth and in many ways have become more appealing to players just by having these. That date was when Microsoft made it mandatory for developers to implement achievements into all games from then on requiring an allotted amount of achievements that would total [...]
It’s been a couple of years since we’ve been privy to the adventures of the manly men of the Gears of War franchise and testosterone levels so high and events so ridiculous I literally wouldn’t blink if the Gears stripped half-naked and showed off their glistening muscles in a volleyball match against the locust inside a riftworm during a razorhail storm. Literally none of those things will make sense to any newcomers to the series. In a move much like [...]
Contributed by Andrew Highton Halo? Call of Duty? Killzone? Battlefield? What do all of the above have in common? Well, they’re all amazing online experiences which provide much excitement, along with enough thrills and spills designed to fill any gamer with enough adrenaline to punch a hole through a wall… unsuccessfully. Nevertheless, these games have servers cluttered up with many gamers who’re either capturing a flag, killing opposing members of the other team or blowing up some munitions in a [...]
Something that has become a bigger and more pressing issue in the world of games recently is the portrayal of women. After the “dickwolves” saga Penny-Arcade went through and some of my favoured sites like GJAIF harping on and on about similar issues, I found it increasingly difficult to keep silent on the issue. With the newest ‘controversy’ arising recently, I felt that even though I’m about as qualified to talk about this as I am to pilot a submarine, [...]
Disclaimer: This post is taken verbatim from my blog over at http://jokesound.wordpress.com. To those not in the know, on top of writing for PlusXP and GamingLives, I also host a radio show at my University about videogames. This week, Garvaos (PlusXP’s creator) was my guest on the show, and as a result has let me post the summary for this weeks show as well as a downloadable version of the show for anyone who wishes to listen to it. For [...]
Recently, Nintendo held a preview event to allow people to trial the 3DS before it’s release to the general public at the end of March. I was lucky enough to be able to go along and experience it, and so I’ve been trying to cover as much as I can in as far as what I saw and what I witnessed. For the final part I’ll be looking at the First Party games that were on display; Pilotwings Resort, Nintendogs+cats, [...]
Gaming is a beautiful thing; it allows you to see the most beautiful worlds, witness stories, characters and events you couldn’t see anywhere else, and it’s still evolving, day by day. Some of the better moments when gaming have always been with the people you care about most, whether it be with your family, your friends, or someone special to you in some way. While gaming is mostly enjoyed Single Player, and I, like many others am a single player [...]
Recently, Nintendo held a preview event to allow people to trial the 3DS before it’s release to the general public at the end of March. I was lucky enough to be able to go along and experience it, and so I’ll be trying to cover as much as I can in as far as what I saw and what I witnessed. While last time I looked at the various applications that come with the console, this time I’ll be looking [...]
Recently, Nintendo held a preview event to allow people to trial the 3DS before it’s release to the general public at the end of March. I was lucky enough to be able to go along and experience it, and so I’ll be trying to cover as much as I can in as far as what I saw and what I witnessed. I thought I’d start off with some of the applications and extras that the 3DS will come with on [...]
