Yesterday, we showed you how the Family Guy Online team was working to get as much of Quahog into the upcoming free-to-play MMO. Today, we're going to look at how you can customize and tweak your character in the game, how those folks at FGO plan on making money off of this whole thing, and how the game actually plays.
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Preview: 'Family Guy Online' Part Three - Customizing Your Character
Posted 4/18/12 1:15 pm EST by Charles Webb in mmo, PC, Previews
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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'Darksiders II' Preview - A Quick Death
Posted 4/17/12 10:15 am EST by Jason Cipriano in PC, Previews, PS3, Reviews, Wii U, Xbox 360
Standing up for your family is a story tactic not uncommon to video games. We've seen it multiple times in recent years; whether it Kratos avenging the death of his wife and daughter, or Mario trying to save Luigi, the bond of family is something that gamers can relate to. The latest game to take up this motif is Darksiders II, although this time around, things are a little darker than usual. But, that's what happens when the brothers involved are two of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Mutliplayer Replay for Week of 4/13
Posted 4/13/12 4:49 pm EST by Clint Mize in 3DS / DS, Features, Interviews, News, PC, Previews, PS Vita, PS3, Reviews, Uncategorized, Weekly Wrap-up, Wii, Xbox 360
Too lazy to hit that scroll wheel? Well, don’t fret; we wouldn’t want you to break a sweat. You can find the most exciting news, previews, and trailers from the past week in one convenient place. Check out your weekly dose of all things Multiplayer below!
'Lollipop Chainsaw' Preview - Gore Goes To High School
Posted 4/11/12 12:30 pm EST by Jason Cipriano in Previews, PS3, Xbox 360
People are either going to love Lollipop Chainsaw, or they're going to hate it. The ones that are going to love Suda 51’s latest creation will be able to appreciate it for it's over-the-top, ridiculous humor, and the ones that hate are the ones that take video games too seriously. The current culture of the marketplace is to make realistic, yet fantastical, video games, and sell them to gamers who are looking for an escape from their real life. Lollipop Chainsaw does most of that (not so much in the “realistic” area), but with zombies, and a hot cheerleader in a tiny skirt. It's either everything that's great about video games, or everything that's wrong with video games. Personally, I think it's the former.
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'Mortal Kombat' (Vita) Preview - Another Second Life
Posted 4/9/12 2:15 pm EST by Jason Cipriano in Previews, PS Vita
Much has already been said about Warner Bros.' recent Mortal Kombat reboot, most of which has been very positive. The game brought together the first three MK games in grand fashion, giving the series its first proper release of this console generation, and both fans and critics ate it up. Recently, WB updated the release for consoles with the Komplete Edition, packaging in the original release's DLC. While "Komplete" may imply that the team at NetherRealm was done with title, they have one more release scheduled for the Vita, and it's looking like that will officially be the definitive version of the game.
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Preview: Aliens: Colonial Marines
Posted 4/4/12 9:10 am EST by kevinkelly in aliens: colonial marines, PC, Previews, PS3, sega, Wii U, Xbox 360
By Kevin Kelly
Gearbox and Sega recently invited us to Dallas, Texas to check out the progress on their upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines title, and we weren’t sure what to expect. But, our expectations were raised pretty high when we got to the venue which was accessed by a creaky cargo elevator (shades of Ripley fleeing from the Alien Queen) and dense fog covering the ground, only to be brought up face to face with the actual Alien Queen from the film, which was on loan for the event by 20th Century Fox.
'Sniper Elite V2' Preview - The Silent Killer
Posted 4/2/12 4:20 pm EST by Jason Cipriano in Previews, PS3, Xbox 360
Traditionally, first-person and third-person shooter games are successful because they offer a variety of classes of characters to broaden the gameplay, and appeal to varied audience who might gravitate towards one class over another. Breaking off one of those classes, and crafting an entire game around just one aspect of it seems like the developers would be, figuratively, shooting themselves in the foot. However, Rebellion Developments and 505 Games are trying to prove that snipers are one class that can carry their own game, as they're on the verge of releasing a follow-up to a seven-year-old game with Sniper Elite V2.
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Preview: The Revolution At the Heart of 'Assassin's Creed III'
Posted 3/26/12 12:00 pm EST by Charles Webb in PC, Previews, PS3, Xbox 360
It's been a few weeks since Ubisoft's full reveal of Assassin's Creed III, its Revolutionary War setting, and most importantly, its new lead, Ratohnhaké:ton, or Connor, a joins the ancient conflict between the Assassins and the Templars for the full extent of the conflict. Ubisoft has set an interesting challenge for itself with its new setting, moving the the action away from the urban bustle of the earlier games in the series to the frontier. Yes, ACIII will still have cities, but 1753 New York has nothing on Jerusalem or 15th century Florence.
But if what myself and other journalists saw at a presentation earlier this month is anything to go by, the team behind Assassin's Creed III is looking to make life outside of the early American cities just as dangerous as within.
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Preview: 'Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes'
Posted 3/16/12 11:16 am EST by Charles Webb in PC, Previews, PS3, Video, Wii, Xbox 360
Is it possible that with Lego Batman 2, developer Traveller's Tales might inadvertently be working on the best video game incarnation of Superman to date? Maybe it's a little too soon to make that kind of pronouncement but along with ability suits for Batman and Robin, multiple playable DC heroes, and—get this—a wide-open Gotham City—Lego Batman 2: DC Superheroes is shaping up to at least the most ambitious games in the Lego franchise yet.
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