Genre: First-Person Shooter| Developer: Kaos Games | Publisher: THQ Platform: Xbox 360/PlayStation 3 | Players: 1 (Online 32) | Rating: M (Mature) Homefront‘s story is at moments a triumph, a slashy-but-interesting vision of an America that ends up oppressed and controlled — but at other times it turns out to be a damning indictment of the limitations of action games in their ability to tell story.
Konami has released new images of Silent Hill: Downpour – the eight game in the series, if anyone’s lost track – along with the first sounds from the series new composer, Daniel Licht. Details from the new game are already being surmised by the fandom, and with Konami keeping tight-lipped about the game, we can only hope more is revealed soon with such beautiful screens. More info on the game [...]
With Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds‘ release in just over a month’s time, there are still a handful of characters left to reveal. Today, Marvel‘s Phoenix (whom some of you may know as Jean Grey of the X-Men, long story arc, outer space, blah blah) is joining the fighting ranks as well as the very unexpected Mike Haggar of Final Fight. I was all like whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
We’ve recently ended a decade in which it’s been absolutely fantastic being a gamer. Not only was video games brought into the mainstream, mostly thanks to the Nintendo Wii and iPhone, and some truly fantastic games have come out during the past 10 years. But the days of looking back are in our Game of the Year article. This particular piece is about looking forward. So far 2011 is looking [...]

