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Free Stuff Alert! Zentia goodies giveaway on N4G

Cat — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:01:27 +0000

Want some free stuff? Want some free Zentia-themed stuff? N4G has two sets of goodies from the folks at ChangYou and their new MMO, Zentia. Each bundle contains a swag bag, t-shirt, Beta code, fox plushie key chain, fox or sheep plushie and Dragon Oath and Blade Wars mouse pads. For all the info on [...]

BlazBlue: Continuum Shift Makoto Comic-Con Gameplay

Cat — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:10:12 +0000

Hey BlazBlue fans!! Here’s some Comic-Con gameplay my N4G pal Satanas dug up showing DLC character Makoto Nanaya’s Distortion Drives and Astral Heat. The character is confirmed to be available in Japan on August 5th. Makoto Gameplay Makoto Astral Finish

Young Thor Review

Cat — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:50:43 +0000

Thor is a manly god. He has a hammer. He crushes stuff with it. He calls down lightning and wields it with his manly, crushing hammer. In Young Thor you play as the childlike version of this masculinity, with a character that has more in common with Link than a Norse deity. Why? Because cel-shaded [...]

LIMBO Review

Cat — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:41:11 +0000

Nihilism has a game! Not sure what it is about video games, but we like to play as little boys. From Link to ICO to this nameless little guy, the boyish avatars have met with successively darker struggles. Limbo places you in a fuzzy, black and white nightmare with little explanation and no instruction other [...]

Visit me at PAX: I’m on a Panel!

Cat — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:52:26 +0000

For anyone that I have tried to meet up with at past events (and failed), we know how difficult a feat it is to cross paths in all the mayhem. I’m making it a tiny bit easier. There is a window of time at PAX Prime in which it will be dead easy to find [...]

N4G Vindictus Swag Giveaway

Cat — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:46:29 +0000

Today N4G is kicking off a giveaway for those of you that want to get your hands on some E3 swag from Nexon! These Spirit Hoods (pictured below) were in high demand and very short supply at E3, but Nexon helped N4G get their paws on the Vindictus themed goodies for you.

Party like it’s 1922

Cat — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:37:00 +0000

Gatsby couldn’t leave well enough alone. Coming hot on the heels of pushing-classic-lit’s-buttons Dante’s Inferno, The Great Gatsby is a video game. Fingers crossed for Tropic of Cancer?

Ancients of Ooga Review

Cat — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:08:05 +0000

Ancients of Ooga is spawned by NinjaBee, better known for their Keflings, and has some of the same quirky charm and fascination with god-like power. As the great spirit you possess different Oogani to direct their actions thereby solving puzzles, completing tasks and even the occasional sacrifice – of the same Oogani you possess. According [...]

Quick & Dirty at E3: Epic Mickey

Cat — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:38:36 +0000

Slightly less epic than previously announced. An action adventure title, Epic Mickey is a painting ethics class. You can choose to paint or thin the environment and obstacles, and the former requires more creativity, while the latter is like punching the “Easy” button. What you choose to do will affect the game’s story, and the [...]

Quick & Dirty at E3: The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn’s Quest

Cat — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 17:32:18 +0000

The Lord of the Rings is serious business, so it’s about time it took itself a little less seriously – we do enough of that. That the game looks more like a Saturday morning cartoon than anything Peter Jackson made is a small shock to the system, but not unwelcome, and it’s appropriate that these [...]

Quick and Dirty at E3: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Cat — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:21:05 +0000

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light is going where no Lara Croft has gone before – downloadable. Due out mid-year on PC, XBLA and PSN, this adventure goes gameplay centric, for the win. Be advised: this isn’t your Tomb Raider. Abandoning the Lara blueprint, Guardian of Light takes the savvy archaeologist and gives her [...]

Quick and Dirty at E3: Rage

Cat — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:53:09 +0000

Go take your favorite post-apocalyptic open world game, pick up the crafted universe of Bioshock, make some smoochy sounds and out comes a beautiful screaming baby – with guns. We’ll name it Rage! At E3 we were taken through two different sections of the game, and both supported all the bold claims of the id [...]

Interview with Perfect World Product Manager Jon Belliss

Cat — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:19:01 +0000

Before E3 I made Perfect World Entertainments Product Manager Jon Belliss answer a bunch of our questions. The results of the interrogation are over on ZTGD.

Quick and Dirty at E3: Vanquish Preview

Cat — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:02:50 +0000

Some games just aren’t attention grabbers. They exist in the background, somewhere outside the blinding glow of words like “Halo” and “Motion control”. Games like Vanquish whose creator, Shinji Mikami, had something entirely other in mind while he was crafting this Western shooter through an Eastern lens. In this imagined future, Russia and the US [...]

Eyes on Civilization V

Cat — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:57:30 +0000

Hello, my name is Cat, and I need just one more turn. If you’re a longtime Civ fan like me, Civ V will do much to impress and delight you. Notably, it seems to learn from recent forays into the casual. Don’t worry, you still get your same level of control and detail (and then [...]