Post-Game Thoughts: Ubisoft impersonates Team Ico
I can only name two games where you hold hands with a girl. The first is the oft-mentioned but little-played Ico and the second would have to be a more recent game — Ubisoft’s latest Prince of Persia....
View ArticleSpinter Cell: Conviction the first hour of gameplay (preview)
Splinter Cell: Conviction is almost here, and it’s about damn time. It’s been a long, meandering journey for the title. The last installment in the series (Double Agent) was released in 2006, and since...
View ArticleWhat happens after the first level of Splinter Cell: Conviction
Most fans have seen the cliffhanger at the end of the Splinter Cell: Conviction E3 demo. After beating answers out of Andrei Kobin, Sam Fisher is ambushed and surrounded by soldiers in familiar-looking...
View ArticleGhost Recon Future Soldier imagines warfare in 2025 and beyond
In a few years, the military shooter has grown crowded. The Call of Duty: Modern Warfare series has a legitimate challenge coming from Battlefield: Bad Company 2. Meanwhile, SOCOM 4 waits in the wings...
View ArticleThoughts on Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood multiplayer and single-player campaign
The San Diego Comic-Con starts this week, and I’m still digesting the teaser video hinting that the upcoming comic may focus on events in Russia. Maybe it could hint at the locale for a future...
View ArticleThe technicolor rainbows of Shaun White Skateboarding
With Tony Hawk franchise on one side and the Skate series on the other, I seriously doubted there could be room for a third skateboarding game? I mean two rival franchises are enough but three? That...
View ArticleSeven thoughts about Far Cry 3
I imagined this would be the headline coming out of a recent Far Cry 3 event: Tiger mauls eight journalists. It’s hard not to feel that way after reading recent news stories and seeing Shere Khan...
View ArticleA primer on American history just in time for Assassin’s Creed 3
Not everyone remembers American History. You either weren’t paying attention to the lesson on the Boston massacre or slept through the class on the Declaration of Independence. And that can be an issue...
View ArticleAhoy! Full details on Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag
Without a doubt, the best part of Assassin’s Creed III was the naval battles. It’s where Ubisoft Montreal flexed its technical muscles and introduced a fresh element to the series. The rest of the game...
View ArticleWatch Dogs gameplay, details emerge from shadows
When Watch Dogs was announced, it stunned audiences at E3. No one knew Ubisoft was working on another open-world game. It was great to see, but one nagging issue was that no one knew what it was...
View ArticleSplinter Cell: Blacklist takes series from Bourne to Mission: Impossible
Ubisoft rebooted Splinter Cell in more ways than one with Conviction. It gave players a host of new mechanics and reinvented stealth gameplay for a new generation. But hidden among those bells and...
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An illuminating time with Ubisoft’s Child of Light
If the first half of 2014 is any indication, the role-playing game is alive and well. Lightning Returns was a disappointment but that was followed up by the excellent Bravely Default and topped with...
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Far Cry Primal offers a savage change (preview)
AFTER TAKING PLAYERS to tropical islands and Himalayan mountains, I was curious to see where Ubisoft would take the Far Cry. Would they bring it to the Saharan desert? What about something different...
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