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The Reticule’s Guide To Soul Calibur V
Soul Calibur V releases in Europe today, having been available in North America and Japan for most of this week. It came away with a headshot in Tuesday’s Soul Calibur V review, and if you’re thinking of joining the fight you’ll need to do some catching up to the rest of the world, especially as my main criticism was of how the game doesn’t do quite enough to get you up to speed on its new systems and massive move list. The info is all out there if you’re willing to spend time researching it though, so here’s some of the fundamentals of the new game:
Read More »The Old Republic Does Well For Origin
EA’s MMO monster Star Wars: The Old Republic has been performing quite well according to Eurogamer with over two million copies sold and 1.7 million active subscribers. Most striking though is that 40% of sales were directly through EA’s download service Origin.
Read More »Ubisoft DRM ‘Always On’. Their games – less so.
Ubisoft’s ‘Always-On’ DRM has been a contentious subject since its first introduction. But in a recent stroke of genius picked up by Eurogamer, Ubisoft have announced that next week a number of their titles which require an always-on internet connection will be completely unavailable to their paying customers.
Read More »Rift On A Diet: ‘Lite’ Version Offers Levels 1-20 For Free
Trion Worlds has opted to hop on the bandwagon in an attempt to attract new players to Rift, and is now offering players the chance to play up to level twenty absolutely free.
Read More »Soul Calibur V – The Verdict
Don’t let the dashing, hooded Italian on Soul Calibur V‘s boxart fool you. Namco and their rivals aren’t in the business of trying to squeeze a big release out every single year. They understand the value of leaving land fallow. It has been nearly three years since the last Tekken, dead on three years since we entered the fourth Street Fighter era. And Soul Calibur IV? Nearly four years old. The Soul series’ sixth instalment arrives this week, and it’s a game that reaffirms the series’ position as a major fighting game franchise whilst reacting to the less-than sweeping changes that have been wrought by its alternatives.
Read More »UFC Undisputed 3 – Demo Impressions
My MMA knowledge is limited to an occasional work out on UFC: Personal Trainer and what I hear my workmates talk about. Despite my limited understanding of this sport, I decided to check out the demo for the upcoming UFC: Undisputed 3, the third title in the series from THQ.
Read More »Kingdoms Of Amalur – DLC Or Online Pass?
It emerged at the end of last week that 38 Studios’ upcoming RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was going to include an “online pass” which was required to gain access to the House of Valor quest line. This revelation caused a wave of fury and consternation amongst those who had taken an interest in the title. “An online pass, for a singleplayer game? How hideous!” they cried, but all is not as it seems.
Read More »Construction Simulator – Video And Release Date
Construction Simulator is coming on the 17th February to UK retail thanks to the ever loveable Excalibur Publishing. This new video shows off some of the vehicles you will be able to use to construct houses and swimming pools. A gravel pit is also promised as a place to play around with big machines. Sounds fun, any wannabe builders out there looking forward to this?
Bejeweled 3 – The Verdict
By now, you’re more than likely acutely aware of Popcap’s Bejeweled series – the gem matching game is arguably the yardstick as to which all modern puzzle games are compared to and aspire to match the success of. There’s countless versions of the game with the most recent – Bejeweled 3 – getting a release on Xbox a couple of months ago.
Read More »Nice To See FIFA 12 On The PC, Now Where Are The Rest?
I must say that playing FIFA 12 on the PC is a very enjoyable experience. The reason is simple, this version of the chart topping franchise has been granted a full, feature complete PC version. For the past several years, the PC versions of FIFA games have been lacking the majority of the features found in the console cousins. Last year saw an improvement, with a graphics engine close to par with what the console-toys were delivering, but a lot of the gameplay changes had failed to make the transfer.
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