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  • Reserved Judgment – The Alien: Isolation Developer Diary

    Reserved Judgment – The Alien: Isolation Developer Diary

    Alien: Isolation has a lot of pressure on it, not only to get rid of the bad taste that everyone has in their mouths after last year’s Aliens: Colonial Marines, but to also deliver a game that is worthy of the Alien name. Well, if this developer diary called Creating The Alien is anything to…

  • News Judgment – Shovel Knight Delayed

    News Judgment – Shovel Knight Delayed

    Shovel Knight was all set to be released on 3DS, PC and Wii U on March 31st, but developer Yacht Club Games has announced on their Kickstarter page that the game is not quite ready for prime time. Yacht Club Games posted the following message on their Kickstarter page: “This update is to let everyone…

  • News Judgment – Angry Birds Epic Announced

    News Judgment – Angry Birds Epic Announced

    The Angry Birds brand has been one of the biggest brands in gaming for a while now, and it has even expanded outside of its original fling-birds-at-pigs formula. Now, developer Rovio is moving the series into an RPG adventure with turn-based combat. According to reports, the game will be story driven and will contain challenging…

  • Reserved Judgment – Download Walking Dead Track For FREE

    Reserved Judgment – Download Walking Dead Track For FREE

    Telltale Games is offering fans a pretty sweet deal on their bandcamp website, as they are allowing you to download the song that appears in the credits of their most recent episode for free. The song is called “In The Pines“, which was arranged by Telltale composer Jared-Emerson Johnson and contains vocals from Telltale animator Janel…

  • Poker Night 2: The Crossover Poker Game

    Poker Night 2: The Crossover Poker Game

    Ever wondered what it would be like to have GLaDOS working in a casino? Here’s your answer. Cross-over games aren’t too popular nowadays. With the exception of Super Smash Bros. and the old Marvel vs. Capcom games, you don’t see a lot of games that give you the ability to play with characters from different…

  • Sony's Virtual Reality To Blow Oculus Rift Out Of The Water?

    Sony's Virtual Reality To Blow Oculus Rift Out Of The Water?

    For a good while the press has been swirling about the future of virtual reality thanks to a product called the Oculus Rift. This device puts a headset over your eyes and utilizes various other items to fully immerse you in the gaming experience. The Oculus Rift was being coined by some as the true…

  • News Judgment – The Witcher 3 Delayed

    News Judgment – The Witcher 3 Delayed

    I have unfortunate news to bring to Witcher fans, as the hotly anticipated roleplaying game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has been delayed from Fall of this year to February 2015. Developer CD Projekt Red posted the lengthy message below: “Ever since we started working on the third installment in The Witcher franchise, it has…

  • Trailer Judgment – Dark Souls II Launch Trailer

    Trailer Judgment – Dark Souls II Launch Trailer

    Dark Souls II will finally be launching tomorrow and allow all of the series’ fans to die MANY MORE TIMES. To get everyone pumped up for the destruction, Namco Bandai has released a launch trailer for the game. The trailer shows off some FMV sequences and gameplay showing off all of the viscous enemies and…

  • News Judgment – Microsoft Claims Games With Gold Will Get Better

    News Judgment – Microsoft Claims Games With Gold Will Get Better

    When Microsoft announced its Games With Gold program, pretty much everyone agreed that it was their answer to Sony’s PlayStation Plus. Both services give some free games every month just for being a subscriber, but Microsoft’s game offerings have been… well… lacking, to say the least. BUT THAT IS ALL GOING TO CHANGE, apparently. Microsoft’s…

  • News Judgment – More Tales From The Borderlands Info

    News Judgment – More Tales From The Borderlands Info

    Developer Telltale Games Has revealed more information on their highly-anticipated dive into the Borderlands world with the game Tales From The Borderlands, and they have just shed some more light on what people can expect from the game. The game is set after the events of Borderlands 2 and will feature two different takes on…

  • News Judgment – Sony Announces Next-gen Blu-ray Disc, The Archival Disc

    News Judgment – Sony Announces Next-gen Blu-ray Disc, The Archival Disc

    Sony has been the trail-blazer for home video disc formats, with the PS2 ringing in the DVD format and the PS3 hailing blu-ray. Now, Sony has made the announcement that the next-gen version of blu-ray will be known as the “Archival Disc” and hold a TON more of memory. Sony described this dis as being…

  • Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2 (Xbox 360) Review

    Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2 (Xbox 360) Review

    The Castlevania series has been one of the longest-running series in gaming history. It all began in 1986 and has resulted in 35 different games being released from the series. It has certainly had its ups and downs, but it is also home to many games that gamers would refer to as classics. However, one…

  • News Judgment – Mega Man Creator Reveals Azure Striker Gunvolt

    News Judgment – Mega Man Creator Reveals Azure Striker Gunvolt

    Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune has appeared at the Japanese BitSummit game festival, in which he has revealed his next game. The game is called Azure Striker Gunvolt and is set to be a downloadable title for the Nintendo 3DS. The game looks to have a lot of similarities to Inafune’s famous Mega Man series,…

  • Trailer Judgment -The LEGO The Hobbit Trailer!

    Trailer Judgment -The LEGO The Hobbit Trailer!

    The Hobbit is currently being released in three parts in theaters, but they are making a LEGO The Hobbit game that documents the first two parts of the trilogy. The trailer has just been released and showcases the great Lego style and humor mixed with the epic of J.R.R. Tokkien. LEGO The Hobbit comes out…

  • News Judgment – Fight Club As A Super Nintendo Game

    News Judgment – Fight Club As A Super Nintendo Game

    If you know the fanbase of Fight Club, then you know that they are absolutely rabid. Many will swear that it’s the greatest movie ever made, and even go as far making Tyler Durden their life mentor. It’s pretty effin’ serious. Now, some guys from CineFix have made their own Fight Club trailer in the…

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