PC Games

If the fantasy action of Dragon Age left you yearning for more, look no further than Hunted: The Demon’s Forge. Developed by inXile Entertainment, Hunted is a 3rd person co-op action game set to a dark fantasy backdrop. Like most other fantasy games, the plot of Hunted revolves around mysterious creatures arising from the ground to cause mayhem.

A few weeks ago we featured a story on the indie game Bounty Arms.  Utilizing the Unreal 3 Engine, Bounty Arms showed a ton of promise. Not only was it a visually attractive game, but it also featured old-school side-scrolling gameplay with a new modern twist.

Late last night some screens leaked for the Deus Ex 3 trailer, and like clockwork the trailer was released shortly after.  The trailer itself is rather short and is literally the images we already saw, but now we can appreciate things more thanks to the high-end quality of the pre-rendered visuals.

Back in the day there was this PC game called Deus Ex and it was a pretty big deal. Combining fps gaming with a deep narrative driven experience that was more akin to a RPG than a game like Doom, Deus Ex was a monumental hit.  Then Deus Ex got a sequel in the form of Deus Ex: Invisible War and for the best everyone decided to wipe the existence of the game from their minds.

When Crysis was released on the PC it was an absolute powerhouse that required the most high end graphics cards and set-ups in order to play.  Now it’s time for the inevitable sequel and developer Crytek is aiming to achieve the same level of quality that was found on the PC but this time have it be possible on the PS3 and Xbox 360.

It seems like OnLive, the cloud processing based “super console”, is full steam ahead. Just today we’ve gotten word that the system will be up and running in all 48 contiguous United States. The on switch gets flipped on June 17^th, during E3.

Looks like BioWare’s lust for the Cerberus Network knows no bounds. Not content to wait around for the release date of Firewalker to add some new content to your Mass Effect 2 game, BioWare launched a smaller update today that provides the addition of another Heavy Weapon titled: the “Arc Projector”. What does it do? Well BioWare is glad that you asked, from the quote on the website itself:

A little while ago I made mention of the fact that Mass Effect 2 will be getting itself some new planetary transport along with the added levels launching in the Firewalker DLC. Not a whole lot of people are getting as pumped about the return of planetary traversal as I would have hoped. But maybe that was because of a lack of moving pictures to showcase just how bad-ass the Hammerhead is. I can understand that.

Amidst all the fps games out there spanning different time periods it’s a bit odd that we haven’t seen more games featuring dinosaurs. Aside from the Turok reboot and last year’s B-movie style awesome Jurassic: The Hunted there simply hasn’t been enough games that allow us to relive our Jurassic Park fantasies.

Welcome to the QuarterSave Podcast for Monday March the 8th! This week’s podcast sees the return of the new hosting duo of Casey and Corey who sit down to discuss a little of the drama that has been going on throughout the whole of the last week. Included within this week’s podcast is some talk of Halo Reach, a rage-induced tirade from Corey about the PS3 shutdown, talk of the shake-up over at Infinity War, and recap of the events from Friday regarding the Illfonic Team being taking out of their building in cuffs at gun-point!

In a somewhat unexpected partnership, 2K Games today announced that the world of Mafia II will have a small dose of vintage goodness thanks to Playboy magazine.  Not only will those who play Mafia II be able to live the life of a rising mobster but they’ll also be able to collect virtual versions of the iconic Playboy magazine.

This week Square Enix Europe announced Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, the latest entry in the long running Tomb Raider frnachise minus the actual Tomb Raider in the name. At this point most of us would brush aside the news of a new Tomb Raider game as Ms. Croft has been outdone by the antics of Nathan Drake but the fact that Guardian of Light is being released only through digital distribution actually garnered the game a fair share of interest.

This week has definitely been an interesting one if you’re a fan of Valve and more specifically a fan of Portal. At the start of the week a series of cryptic messages came forth through a series of methods all of which pointed to an impending Portal sequel.  Valve even took the teasing game so far that they patched the ending of Portal to include an additional few seconds of footage that literally said “hey dudes, Portal 2 is happening soon.”

It’s been too long since we’ve seen anything from 2K’s upcoming Mafia 2. The extended gameplay footage that leaked last year was nice but it was just too much of a tease of the amazing things to come which as of late keep getting delayed.

In January a rumor surfaced that Ubisoft would be taking a serious stab at the sports genre with the release of a pro soccer game.  This new of course struck an interesting chord amongst soccer fans such as me as many wondered how Ubisoft would take on the popular FIFA and Pro Evolution franchis