All Posts by: Dan Crabtree

By Dan Crabtree, March 9, 2011 0 GN

At the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last week, Epic Games unveiled a tech demo for the new and improved Unreal Engine 3. Titled "The Samaritan", the demo shows off some of the best rendering and lighting effects in… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, March 7, 2011 0 VG Review

In the days of the arcade, repetition was enough. Today, cumulative accomplishment is king. Bulletstorm attempts to bridge the valley separating the two, bloodying the hills on either side with delightful irreverence, the gorgeous rubble of an intergalactic resort town,… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, March 2, 2011 0 GN

What the Game Developers Conference 2011 has lacked in surprises it’s made up for in substance – this new two-and-a-half minute gameplay clip from Battlefield 3 standing as a prime example. From the looks of it, modern shooters are about… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, February 28, 2011 0 Previews

One of the most recent achievement lists to hit the Net delivers plenty of the expected and a little surprise. Given the list, Homefront looks to supply gamers with all the military action of other modern AAA shooters but only… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, February 28, 2011 0 Columns

What shooter could be complete without its pistol? OK, Metroid Prime, quit staring like that. The industry standard for shooters, especially 3D shooters, calls upon developers to craft single-chamber, clip-loaded handguns ranging from the common to the insane, from the… Read More »

Dead Space 2: Severed trailer brings back Extraction cast

By Dan Crabtree, February 23, 2011 0 GN

[flash width="540" height="334"]http:/www.youtube.com/v/XI5OirCdBTc?fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0[/flash] The first trailer for Dead Space 2‘s first DLC package, Severed, is a bit of a spoiler in itself. Those who haven’t finished Dead Space: Extraction (boxed in with the collector’s edition PlayStation 3 version of DS2… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, February 23, 2011 0 GN

The 3DS really stole the show when it was first announced at E3 back in June 2010. Zelda reboots, the return of Fox McCloud, and of course the incredible no-glasses 3D technology stunned and amazed even the stodgiest of gamers…. Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, February 19, 2011 0 VG Review

"Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit,And tediousness the limbs and outward flourishes,I will be brief."– William Shakespeare, Hamlet For a role-playing game to be worth a fifty-hour time investment, there’s got to be a giant world to explore,… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, February 18, 2011 0 GN

Despite failing to gain high critical acclaim, the series reboot Medal of Honor, developed by Danger Close Games, will be getting a sequel according to a recent announcement from the game’s executive producer. To be fair, MoH did sell over… Read More »

By Dan Crabtree, February 16, 2011 0 GN

Less than one month following its release, Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds will be receiving some costume and play-mode DLC. If that seems way too soon, then at least the first DLC characters are coming at…exactly one… Read More »