Tagged: shooter
Time slows, and the precision of bullet-time gunplay reflects alcoholic, pill-addicted Max Payne’s focused determination in a narrative of personal redemption, and an existence he perceives as out of control – thrown to the wind, yet gripped like a vise…. Read More »
During THQ’s annual investor call earlier this afternoon, two big announcements were made regarding the company’s future lineup. The release of South Park: The Stick of Truth will be moved to 2013, and Devil’s Third will no longer be published… Read More »
Rockstar Games has released the final trailer before Max Payne 3 launches next Tuesday, May 15. The launch trailer harks back to Max’s tragic past as he reflects on the events that brought him from the remains of his life… Read More »
At first glance, 2K Game’s upcoming war odyssey Spec Ops: The Line looks like what you’d expect from a third-person military shooter, marked by desperation, betrayal, dark humor, and loads of guns. But there’s something hidden beneath the mountains of sand; something insidious… Read More »
Transcripted is entrancing. At PAX East, we played the game for roughly 20 minutes, but it set its hooks deep. The game was originally created by French developer Alkemi, who is now working with TopWare Interactive for the release. During… Read More »
GamerNode Senior Editor Mike Murphy got a chance to go hands-on with 2K Games’ Borderlands 2 at this year’s PAX East convention – check out his preview here. During his demo, Dan Crabtree and I joined him for some commentary… Read More »
New vault hunters, new villain, new classes, new monsters to kill, and a whole hell of a lot of new guns: this is what Borderlands 2 aims to bring to the table by expanding upon its highly successful predecessor, and I’ll… Read More »
Nintendo’s Kid Icarus hearkens back to an ancient Greek tale of ambition’s deathly consequences. Daedalus, a master craftsman, fashions a pair of wings for his son Icarus, but when the boy flies too close to the sun the wax wings… Read More »
Capcom has been trying to shoehorn multiplayer into the Resident Evil franchise for a decade. It started with the overly ambitious Outbreak games, which had tech demands beyond what the PlayStation 2 could muster. Resident Evil 5 shackled players with… Read More »
In 1999’s “The Boondock Saints,” Irish Catholic brothers Connor and Murphy Macmanus experience and act upon a religious vision after a deadly tussle with Russian mobsters that instructs the duo to end the corruption and sin of organized crime in… Read More »
