Joystiq has reported that Metro: Last Light now has an official release date of May 14th for North America and May 17th for Europe. While the title being pushed back to May more than likely has to do with the recent THQ troubles, the three day delay for European gamers is a bit of a mystery. I’ll be the first to claim this is due racism because I’m not willing to accept more reasonable excuses. Even though I had luke [...]
Trying to get classic PC games to play on modern hardware has gotten easier thanks to rereleases on digital stores, but that doesn’t mean every game has made the leap. Thankfully we can scratch one more off only-playable-by-hackers list as Night Dive Studios fought through the red tape to give the world a fresh release of System Shock 2. Rock, Paper, Shotgun has an interview with GOG.com on how this release negotiating the licensing nightmare to make this cult-hit available [...]
It’s no secret that BioShock Infinite is one of the most anticipated games of 2013, and continues to tease us with trailers to hopefully dilute our feelings of disappointment that have grown with every release date push. I have a love/hate relationship with these trailers. I know I’m excited about this game. I know I’m going to play it the day it comes out. I don’t want to ruin it by seeing half of the game through the eyes of [...]
While I enjoyed the first two entires in the Far Cry series, they had little in common outside of their love for jungle environments, so I didn’t know what to expect from Far Cry 3. The trailer knocked my socks off, but I wasn’t sure whether its beauty or intensity could transition into an actual playable game. That question has been answered in an explosively direct way. That Escalated Quickly Far Cry 3 tells the tale of a bunch of dudes [...]
Most people probably won’t remember the original Half-Life mod Natural Selection. Forgivable since it came out in ’02. Don’t let that stop you from checking out Unknown Worlds’ Natural Selection 2. This is a multiplayer FPS/RTS hybrid with a familiar humans vs. aliens aesthetic. For fans of the original, you’ll be right at home with NS2. Natural Selection 2 is currently a shoe-in for Best First Person Alien Mouth of 2012. For more Game Curious and video content from Horrible Night: [...]
The original Painkiller was the Doom 3 we all wanted. Unfortunately, we couldn’t know that at the time of its release. Yet that didn’t stop me from enjoying its refreshingly old school shooter sensibilities. Wave after wave of demonic and supernatural foes. Giant bosses. Amazing weapon designs. A f******* stake gun. You either love Painkiller or you don’t. It’s simple. The problem if you loved Painkiller is that the follow-ups haven’t felt all that satisfying. Painkiller: Hell & Damnation may [...]
It’s official, Planetside 2 will be launching on November 20th of this year. Hurray! While this is certainly great news for fans of the series, I can feel a collective groan coming on from the kinfolk of aforementioned gamers as the glorious celebration of Thanksgiving will now most likely turn into a very rushed affair. No dilly-dallying this year folks; the meal will only last as long as it takes for the prospective interstellar soldiers among you to shovel in enough turkey [...]
In a bit of news that should be quite a bit more common than it is, 4A Games has decided to stop work on the multiplayer portion of Metro: Last Light and put all of their effort into the single player. Apparently some E3 fan response was all it took to make the developer rethink including what would more than likely be an inferior component that would take away from what the Metro franchise is known for. You can wipe the [...]
The original Half-Life held a very special place in my gaming heart, a place that I’d forgotten about after a decade full of brandishing weapons and then using aforementioned weapons from a first person perspective. In addition to that, I wasn’t a huge fan of the sequel (though I did like the improvements in terms of mechanics) and could never count myself amongst the large group of people praying to their preferred deity in hopes of continuing the exploits of [...]
Founder and former CEO of Monolith Jace Hall has sought the guidance of a very wise group of individuals as to whether or not bringing back the mid-nineties ultra gory horror FPS Blood is something that people could get behind. Posting on the definitive Blood fan site, The Postmortem, Hall asked what forum members thought about him releasing the original Blood with additional “functionality alterations/enhancements.” Additionally, he requested a “dream list” from fans as to what they’d like to see in the game, which [...]
