Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category

By pushing the possibilities of what a videogame can be, this sprawling story about a serial killer points the way toward the deeply immersive future of interactive gaming.

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By lowering the barriers to entry, Blizzard makes the highly anticipated sequel accessible to those who never dug into the original.

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As technology evolves, players can expect increasingly rapid game updates and on-demand gaming that’s not tethered to a traditional console. In fact, some of them already do. A report from the DICE Summit in Las Vegas.

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Acclaimed videogame designer David Cage turns everyday situations into deeply engaging gameplay in his Mature-rated title for PlayStation 3. With a 2,000-page script and 12 hours of motion-captured animation, Heavy Rain is an interactive wonder.

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Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth gets his day in court in this new game for Nintendo DS. Well-written and thoroughly engaging, this latest installment in the Ace Attorney series makes investigating crimes serious fun.

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Exciting new levels and clever new gameplay mechanisms turn this sequel into a wild ride for everybody’s favorite platforming plumber.

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Nintendo reinvents its revered sci-fi videogame franchise for the Wii. In this thought-provoking sequel, you’ll be switching between first- and third-person action as Samus battles badass extraterrestrials.

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French game-development studio Quantic Dream is junking the one-button–one-action paradigm for something more flexible. In the company’s new game, one button may let you dodge a punch, discipline your child or talk to a clown.

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Luckily, swiping gameplay from God of War proves to be a pardonable offense. The graphic new smash-and-slash game goes deep with sex, violence and hellish imagery cribbed from The Divine Comedy.

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Libraries brim with epic tales of war, madness and whitewashing. With the new Dante’s Inferno lighting the way, Wired.com takes a stroll through the stacks in search of the next big literature-based videogame franchise.

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With a few smart tweaks, this retro WiiWare title successfully upgrades ’80s tank game Blaster Master. If only the graphics fared better in the remake.

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By building on the original’s creepy setting and tweaking the troubling relationship between Big Daddies and Little Sisters, this sequel becomes a worthy successor to a groundbreaking game.

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Can aging gamers compete with twitchy teens on today’s increasingly complicated virtual battlefields? War is extra hellish when you’re too old, or too busy, to fight off the adolescent hordes in games like MAG and Modern Warfare 2.

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Today’s football players have an edge: Videogames, especially the ubiquitous Madden NFL, affect real players’ moves in real games. Football is rife with something you might call Maddenball, a sophisticated, high-scoring, pass-happy, youth-driven phenomenon.

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Casual games look great scaled up onto Apple’s new tablet, but the real killer apps — titles with gameplay designed to take full advantage of the giant, touch-sensitive screen — remain elusive.

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