Lightbox Interactive's Starhawk takes the wide-open battlefield of its spiritual predecessor, Warhawk, and drops in an intriguing mix of third-person shooter, vehicle combat, air combat, and strategy, all wrapped in a sci-fi/Western wrapper (roughly space settlers vs. space natives, and you probably don't want to go too far down the path investigating the "wipe out the native inhabitants" mentality at the core of the game). In spite of a super-rough story, a very short campaign, and limited multiplayer modes, Starhawk offers some pleasures if you want to put your time into it.
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Review: "Starhawk" (PS3) Takes the Battlefield To Space
Posted 5/15/12 1:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in PS3, Reviews, Video
Peep Some of This Multiplayer Action From ‘Ghost Recon Future Soldier’
Posted 4/17/12 5:45 pm EST by Charles Webb in Ghost Recon, PC, PS3, ubisoft, Xbox 360
And this is how you’ll be tactically shooting your friends next month.
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Kirk and Spock Go Bro-Op In This New Trailer for ‘Star Trek’
Posted 4/17/12 4:30 pm EST by Charles Webb in PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Boldly co-op shoot where no one has boldly co-op shot before in this teaser from last week’s Global Gamer Day event.
Additional screens and details after the jump.
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Bethesda’s First-Person Assassination Action Game ‘Dishonored’ Gets A Trailer
Posted 4/17/12 2:45 pm EST by Charles Webb in bethesda game studios, Dishonored, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Developer Arkane Studios (Arx Fatalis) has been plugging away at the Gilded Age-era FPS Dishonored and we’ll have more to show you in a full preview next week. But until then, here’s a cinematic trailer for the game, which comes complete with a flame-spewing death machine, as one will.
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An Election Day Surprise: ‘Halo 4’ Dated for November 6th
Posted 4/17/12 2:15 pm EST by Charles Webb in 343 Industries, FPS, halo 4, Xbox 360
Microsoft and 343 want you to cast your vote for the Master Chief this November.
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New Video Games For the Week of 4/17: Witch One Were You Again?
Posted 4/17/12 1:30 pm EST by Charles Webb in 3DS / DS, Features, Mac, News, PC, PS Vita, PS3, PSP, Wii, Xbox 360
A pretty slim week for releases, but that doesn’t matter, since there’s more than enough to keep you busy if you’re picking up The Witcher 2 which makes its console debut on the 360. Or, if you’re kind of pressed for time this week, there’s always the short and sweet pleasures of a new House of the Dead game coming to the PS3
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Preview: ‘Family Guy Online’ Part Two – A Look At the Writing And Audio For the Game
Posted 4/17/12 11:37 am EST by Charles Webb in News, PC, Previews
In yesterday’s installment, we gave you a look at how Fox was working to create an all-gamer friendly MMO in Family Guy Online. But more than anything else, the drive for the assembled teams working on the game appears to be getting as much fidelity to the show as possible. That means the extensive use of characters, locations, and voiceover from the show.
In this installment, we’ll look at how the assembled teams behind Family Guy Online worked to create a virtual Quahog—right down to details that weren’t even in the show—into this Fox MMO.
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‘Dragon’s Dogma’ Demo Dated
Posted 4/16/12 5:15 pm EST by Charles Webb in capcom, News, PS3, Xbox 360
You can try out Capcom’s open world fantasy action game next week in the U.S. and Europe.
‘Sleeping Dogs Gets Dated, Along With Preorder Bonuses
Posted 4/16/12 4:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in PS3, Xbox 360
Square Enix finalizes the August 14th release date for the Hong Kong-set sandbox action game while laying out a host of retailer-specific bonuses for putting down your money early.
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‘FEZ’ Has a Rocky First Weekend, Polytron is on the Case
Posted 4/16/12 3:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in Uncategorized
Game-crashing bugs beset the award-winning indie’s XBLA debut, but Polytron promises a fix is incoming.
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