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FPS Rantings

August 7th, 2008

Proof of auto-aim in Halo 2 for the PC

You may have heard this one before: Xbox 360 gamepad users get an unfair advantage in Halo 2 for the PC, thanks to auto-aim. Jeff Gerstmann told us all about it when he was still at GameSpot, but I’ve never seen it for myself since I don’t use Windows Vista—the only operating system that can […]

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February 22nd, 2008

Confirmed: Gears of War 2 is for real and it’s coming soon

Look what I stumbled into today. Yes, that’s right. It’s the trailer for Gears of War 2. Good old Marcus is back, straight from the Game Developers Conference.

GDC - Gears Of War 2 from Joy Stiq on Vimeo.
Tags: 360, gears, gears_of_war_2, sequel, video, xbox, xbox_360

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February 7th, 2008

Turok for the PS3 hits Datablitz shelves

Local stores may have a shortage of PlayStation 3 titles, but the arrival of Turok this week hopes to address that. According to Hackenslash, the FPS is available starting February 7th, Thursday.
Maricel Espiritu of DataBlitz revealed that there is still no advisory when Turok will be available for the Xbox 360. What does it matter […]

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January 11th, 2008

Valve acquires Turtle Rock

Valve has acquired Turtle Rock Studios, the Orange County-based developer behind Left 4 Dead, a multiplayer coop that uses the Source engine.
The merger of the two companies extends Valve’s development team and provides the company with a new studio in southern California.
Valve and Turtle Rock aren’t exactly strangers since the two have collaborated on several […]

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January 10th, 2008

Crap-Detector: Strong PC sales would convince Crytek to port Crysis to consoles

You’ve probably received word that EA dismissed rumors of Crysis being ported over to the Xbox 360. It’s not really breaking news since EA has denied this before. Add to the fact that Crytek actually boasted of next-generation consoles (i.e. Xbox 360 and the PS3) not being powerful enough to run its shooter and you […]

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January 3rd, 2008

Rumor: Crysis is going to the 360?

Whether Crysis is really selling well or not, is up for discussion. What’s undeniable is the recent buzz that Crytek’s resource hog game is mentioned in—a console port. Sure, Crytek may huff all they want that the “current-gen” consoles can’t handle Crysis, but you can’t deny that porting them over to the Xbox 360 and […]

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December 28th, 2007

What’s your preferred console for shooters?

It’s been over a year now since “next gen” has become current gen. While the Xbox 360, Wii, and PlayStation 3 have been ranked in terms of sales, the debate on which is “best” continues to rage among its…enthusiasts. I’m not going to fall into that trap and set you up for a word war. […]

By Mike -- 6 comments

December 19th, 2007

Crysis is languishing in sales

There was a time when Crytek took pride in making Crysis very punishing on your average systems. The company’s senior game designer even boasted that the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 don’t have “sufficient power” to run Crysis.
Fast forward to present day.
The NPD Group recently revealed that Crysis sold just 86,633 units last November, following […]

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December 19th, 2007

Halo 3 owned by more than half of 360 owners in the U.S.

More than half of Xbox 360 owners in the U.S. own a copy of Halo 3, says GameDaily. How did they find out? It’s just simple math, really.
Given the data from the NPD Group, it shows that 4.1 million Halo 3 copies have been sold in the U.S. Compare that with the 7.9 million Xbox […]

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December 18th, 2007

Turok developer “plans” to remove Grab Bag achievement

Things have been pretty slow in the news department, thanks to the impending Christmas holidays. However, when news of Turok’s Grab Bag achievement reached my ears, I just knew there was something to thrash about the upcoming dino-shooter.
Never heard of the Grab Bag? Let me enlighten you then.
This achievement may be the worst you’ve ever […]

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December 12th, 2007

New Halo 3 maps available

If you don’t have a life other than playing Xbox Live, then you’ve probably played Halo 3 to death by now. Fret not, Master Chief groupies! Gamerscore blog has announced that there’s a new map pack for Halo 3, and it has just been released.
You get three maps: First is the Standoff map, which has […]

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November 9th, 2007

Clive Barker’s Jericho review

If Clive Barker’s Jericho is capable of moving your bowels, then you may consider the game as art. However, the horror author’s second foray into video games is more reminiscent of a glossy Hollywood film—big on production value and budget, but rather shallow in depth.

It’s not clear up to what extent was Clive Barker’s […]

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