E3 day 1 started off with a blast this year; no less than a live 64 player match of Battlefield 4. EA had a spectacular installation, players were lead onto and assembled on the gaming floor 64 players at a time while DICE employees watched and played the role of commander from raised platforms. On setups featuring 9 monitors, no less. Read More »
Straight from one conference to the next. Without a moment’s rest the DC crew swapped venues and headed on down to the EA pre-E3 2013 press conference. Half a dozen or so games were showcased, some expected, some majorly unexpected. Here’s our un-indepth wrap up with a few preliminary thoughts. Garden Warfare The conference opened… Read more » Read More »
There has been a lot of rumours surrounding Microsoft’s next foray into the console market and, as it turns out, not many of them were true. But the dust has settled and Microsoft has officially pulled the curtain back on the Xbox One. Read More »
I’m not going to blame you if you haven’t paid much attention to Insomniac’s brand spanking new multiplatform IP, Fuse. After first being revealed under the title ‘Overstrike’ way back at E3 2011, and then becoming rebranded in Augst 2012 as Fuse, the game has kept a fairly low profile. Upon its reveal, I almost immediately classed it as “another generic third person shooter I’ll never play”. Read More »
If you asked me about cars, all I could tell you is “magic steel transport box”. I’m sure this would make the racing fans out there weep at my ignorance, however you don’t need to learn code to appreciate a video game, in the same way, I don’t need to know the difference between a Corsette and a LabourGenie (or whatever you kids these days like) to appreciate a Need for Speed game. Read More »
That general feeling of growing something from nothing is echoed in the latest sequel of what is undoubtedly one of EA and Maxis’ longest running, most intensely beloved franchises. On closer inspection, however, all isn’t as it should be when you realise the city you’ve built is a crumbling house of cards built with inane AI and extremely poor mechanics and riddled with DRM. Read More »
Hooray – it’s Episode 19 of The Dusty Cartridge Podcast! For our latest romp, we’re finally joined by the Australian gaming industry’s favourite party crasher, Alex Raso. With a full podcast crew, we discuss our thoughts on Dead Space 3, Tomb Raider, SimCity launch issues and WAY too much talk about the finer processes of reviewing games! Read More »
A lot of people won’t like Citadel, Mass Effect 3’s final bit of DLC, because they’re under the impression that the DLC “adds nothing” to the conclusion of the game. Fair enough. Mass Effect 3 wrapped up back in March, after all. Why should anyone want to pay for and play an additional chapter in game that they’ve already finished? Well, sit back and give me a couple of minutes: I’ll tell you why this episode warrants a revisit of the game if you’re a fan. Read More »
