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PAXCRASHERS 2013! Our Rundown of Everything we Saw at PAX EAST 2013

Rob James — Sun, 31 Mar 2013 18:45:26 +0000

Want to know what we played and who we interviewed at PAX EAST 2013? Everything you'd want to know is right here.

Oculus Rift: Virtual Reality, Revisited

Rob James — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 09:27:33 +0000

I take the Oculus VR headset for a test drive at the recent Indiecade East Expo in New York City. VR is back!

Wii U Experience 2012: Los Angeles

Dave "Boris" Orosz — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 07:28:37 +0000

Boris gets his hands on a number of Wii U games and tells the tale.

Let the Fall (of free time) Begin: Torchlight 2 and Borderlands 2 have dropped!

Rob James — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:35:07 +0000

This is a week of "twos" as two very loot heavy, action packed games drop that are both the second, and much anticipated, games in their respective series. Torchlight 2 and Borderlands 2 are now here!

E3 2012: ZombiU

Dave "Boris" Orosz — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 07:32:54 +0000

Of all the games I saw, I was most interested in getting my hands on ZombiU. This isn’t just because it looks like a pretty good survival horror game, but rather because there’s no way to assume how well the WiiU integration is going to work with this style of game. At its base, the game is a first person shooter with generally standard FPS controls, the left stick to move, right stick to look around, left trigger to aim, right trigger to shoot. Since this is something I’m familiar with, the controls were overall pretty easy to pick up. The real question for this game was whether all its merit came from the unique WiiU controller, or if the game did anything unique on its own without it. Fortunately there were a number of features that didn’t involve the controller that sounded really interesting. For one I was told that death was permanent. There’s a certain amount of leveling your character can do, but if the character dies, so do the levels and all the gear you collected. If you want your gear back, you have to find your now zombified character, kill them, and take back your stuff. When I started playing, I noticed the zombie of Ryan Davis from Giant Bomb walking around in front of me. I shot him in the head immediately. Most of the zombies I saw in this starting area had names above them, and there was a running tally of the people who had been turned to zombies beside the booth. I don’t know how much character customization the game will have if any, but the potential of having characters that I had previous played as and died walking around as zombies is honestly pretty cool, especially if my zombies can infest the games of people on my friends list. Another interesting feature is that the game will randomize the way setups will work each time you play. Sometimes you’ll enter a room and it will be empty, other times it will be full of enemies. Sometimes that dead body on the table will remain dead, sometimes he’ll get up. I only got to play through the demo once, but I can see how not knowing what’s around the corner can really help keep the suspense of the game through multiple playthroughs. Oh, and there’s zombie face rendering on the controller: I collected a crossbow and tried scoping in for some practice headshots. The crossbow can only fire once before a reload, so precision is important. The scoping is performed by aiming, then holding the controller up to the screen in front of the player’s face. On the WiiU controller’s screen, a scope will appear. On the main screen, the player can be seen aiming the weapon with a full field of view on the action ahead. As I moved the controller around I was able to fine tune the aim and take the shot. I had some issues with the aiming sensitivity...

E3 2012: Resident Evil 6

Dave "Boris" Orosz — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 05:31:36 +0000

Boris skeptically revisits the world of Resident Evil in the latest from Capcom.

E3 2012: Epic Mickey 2 – The Power of Two

Dave "Boris" Orosz — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 03:14:23 +0000

Boris gets his hands on Epic Mickey 2 at the latest E3.

Media Blitz and Hands-on: Max Payne 3

Rob James — Sat, 12 May 2012 13:00:30 +0000

Rockstar's bringing the Payne back next week. Until then, we've got some trailers with lots of bullets flying in them as well as some opinions on the PAX East hands-on demo.

Press Any Key: Star Wars the Old Republic (Beta)

Rob James — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:03:50 +0000

Why you should and shouldn't dive into SWTOR whole hog. With no bias and no BS.

E3 2011 – Day 2 Reactions

Dave "Boris" Orosz — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:15:05 +0000

Another day of E3 gone and a whole new set of reactions from GameCrashers's own Boris.

E3 2011 – Day 1 Reactions

Dave "Boris" Orosz — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:00:41 +0000

Boris gives the rundown on what he saw day one of the convention, and what he thought of the games.

TRAILER: FIFA12 shows off its new moves prior to E3

Rob James — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 23:50:02 +0000

EA SPORTS releases a pre-E3 trailer for FIFA 12 highlighting some of the new moves you'll see and use in the next entry in the FIFA franchise.

Kung Fu Live Reactions and Video

Dave "Boris" Orosz — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:16:18 +0000

I had way too much fun playing this game. I want more.

Worms Reloaded Announcement Trailer

Dave "Boris" Orosz — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:23:25 +0000

Team17 and LunchPR are very happy to announce Worms: Reloaded, the return of 2D wormage to the PC after nearly 10 years! Take a look at the new trailer for this PC exclusive.

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