For game designers, I can imagine that a follow-up game is never easy. And it’s particularly harder when it is critically acclaimed and one that could be included in many discussions and arguments for “Greatest Game Ever”. So when I heard that a game was being made from one of the people that worked on the original Portal, of course my curiosity got the better of me. And the result is Quantum Conundrum, released from developers Airtight Games and publisher Square-Enix.
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Let’s face it, most have us have always wanted to know what is beyond our world. We sometimes look at the stars and wonder if we really are the only creatures in the galaxy. Well for the Minimar that curiously has become a reality. From Cwerki Studios comes this new iOS game.
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It’s often said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If that is the case, I don’t quite understand what happened with Inversion. It almost seems as if the designers wanted to take some of the best parts of certain games and put them together. But as unfortunately I’ve learned, that doesn’t necessarily equal a good game.
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It’s true that this generation has no shortage of video games in the zombie genre. It seems as if zombies are added to almost everything to the point that it’s almost mandatory. The trick though is to create something that is unique enough to draw attention to it. So from the minds of Creative Director Goichi Suda “51” and filmmaker James Gunn comes Lollipop Chainsaw; a game that if you don’t take seriously, with a grain of salt, you might miss out on a really terrific game.
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Lightbox Interactive has been hard at work on their first release, Starhawk, a spiritual successor to 2007’s Warhawk. In fact Lightbox Interactive is actually made up of Dylan Jobe and some of the former members of Incognito Entertainment (the studio behind Warhawk). And with it being one of the first multiplayer-only games for the PlayStation 3, it developed a huge following and support from the community. And there is still some support to this day. With a game that has such a cult following, would Lightbox be able to make something that would appeal to both veteran players along with new ones?
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