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April 19, 2011 | | PC Features

The first FPS games like DOOM and QUAKE didn’t just prove that shooting things in first person was fun, they also proved that shooting your mates in first person was fun. FPS games on the PC grew in popularity thanks to their multiplayer deathmatch modes which quickly became staples at LAN parties. Multiplayer in console FPS games experienced a similiar spike in prominence with the release of Goldeneye 64. Since then FPS games have been moving more and more towards bigger and better multiplayer modes. Brink is the next step in this move to focusing on multiplayer.

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Midweek Sales “The Cake Is A Lie” Edition

April 19, 2011 | | PC News

Did you know that Steam sells games that AREN’T Portal 2? It’s true, and as evidence, take a look at their Midweek Madness sale, which will let you buy a game that does not involves Aperture Science in any way. From now through Thursday, you can buy Grotesque Tactics for five dollars, 75% off its usual price. Assuming that you didn’t blow the weekly game budget helping Chell take down GLaDOS again.

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Portal Retro Review

April 19, 2011 | | PC Reviews

When Portal released in 2007, it was a great day for gaming and internet memes. The hit first person puzzle-platformer quickly gained speed and won numerous awards for its innovative gameplay and clever writing. It was intended to be a test product released alongside the other, less risky, offerings in The Orange Box, Valve was greatly surprised by the game’s critical acclaim. It quickly became a staple to which other puzzle platforming games were compared, and continues to be today.

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Battlefield 3 Extended Trailer Impressions

April 18, 2011 | | PC News

EA has recently released a full 12 minute trailer of all the gameplay from the Fault Line demo. This is, essentially, a compilation of all of the Fault Line episodes, with more gameplay in between each. There are still cuts, but they are far less significant than before. All the previous Fault Line episodes added up to a time of around 9 minutes, while this extended trailer adds about 2 and a half minutes in total.

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Jade Empire 2 Unofficially Cancelled

April 18, 2011 | | PC News

If you’re a fan of Jade Empire, there’s some bad news from one of the developers over at Bioware. When Jade Empire was released for the Xbox in 2005 and the PC in 2007, it was well received by the players, gained a loyal fanbase, and rested on a backbone of solid reviews. Now, though, it seems that the Eastern themed RPG is never going to receive a sequel.

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Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Preview

April 18, 2011 | | PC Features

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge is a classic dungeon crawler title that emphasizes in-depth cooperative play, and is interpreted through a more contemporary third person perspective, in the vein of titles like Gears of War. Developed by inXile Entertainment and published by Bethesda Softworks, Hunted seeks to portray a beautifully rendered world punctuated by fast action and cinematic style. Not is all well in the world of Kala Moor. Monsters have emerged from the underground darkness, demonic taint has begun to infect the landscape, and innocents have been taken for surely foul purposes. As either E’Lara or Caddoc, two mercenaries contracted to discover the source of the corruption; players must venture forth and crush any resistance along the way. Like many hack ‘n’ slash titles, Hunted puts a massive amount of importance on the value of teamwork.

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RAGE Preview

April 16, 2011 | | PC Features

id Software was once a huge name in the video game industry but in recent years they have been more of a dormant volcano, working away at DOOM 4 and RAGE since before a certain modern military infantry simulator managed to dominate the industry. RAGE is the first new game franchise from id in over a decade and it is going to be an open-world first person shooter set in a post apocalyptic land not unlike Borderlands and Fallout.

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Brink Preview

Midweek Sales “The Cake Is A Lie” Edition

Portal Retro Review

Battlefield 3 Extended Trailer Impressions

Jade Empire 2 Unofficially Cancelled

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Preview

RAGE Preview

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