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Midweek Sales Tuesday February 1st

February 1, 2011 | Justin Moody | PC News

After a great weekend of strong sales on great games, we’ve hit a speed bump and today’s crop of online sales is looking rather anemic. But perhaps you can find something worth your digital dollars on the list below.

Let’s start off with Gamersgate.com. They’re throwing a week-long sale on the AI War franchise, with three games and expansions in that series selling for half off at 2-10 dollars. Gamer’s Gate also has about twenty other assorted games on sale, in addition to some pre-order deals.

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Monday Night Combat – PC Review

February 1, 2011 | Justin Moody | PC Reviews

Monday Night Combat is a third-person team-based shooter created by Uber Entertainment, previously released on Xbox Live Marketplace. Being a straight up console-to-PC port job, many believed that the transition would be harsh, but Uber has made sure those fears would be put to rest. Everything just comes together so well, making Monday Night Combat an easy game to recommend.

Gameplay is very interesting, combining a team-based attack/ defense game with a slight strategy element. Each team is given computer-controlled robots that must first be escorted into the other team’s base before they are able to tackle their objective. This adds an interesting layer of complexity to the team-based shooter mechanic, without making it too complex to the pedestrian player. The game is very well optimized and balanced to adjust to some of the skills, weapons, and abilities for the difference in control scheme. The classes are varied enough to give them each very specific roles, while still making sure to avoid redundancy. For example, there’s Sniper, the high-health close-range powerhouse Tank, in addition to the team-healing and robot-upgrading Support.

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DoW II: Retribution Multiplayer Beta Starts Today

February 1, 2011 | Justin Moody | PC News

A reminder to Dawn of War II owners: you will get a chance to test out and help balance the multiplayer of Relic’s new Retribution expansion starting today (February 1st) if you preordered the game through the Steam distribution platform, or have a DOW II forum account that was created before January 25. If you have purchased or registered any of the Dawn of War II games (this includes either the base game or the standalone Chaos Rising expansion), you receive access to the beta starting February 8th. This is all in preparation to create a “Day-Zero” balance patch.

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Jane McGonigal To Deliver Keynote Speech At PAX East

February 1, 2011 | Justin Moody | PC News

On March 11th, the Penny Arcade Expo East will start off with an address from Jane McGonigal, the Author and Game Designer behind the book Reality Is Broken, as well as the Halo 2 Alternate Reality Game I love Bees, and other ARGs which address real-world problems. Full of positive energy about how games can bring out the best in us, and change the world for the better, expect McGonigal to deliver a keynote which will inspire attendees to “…bring our love of games to our real lives… unlocking our natural ability to be more motivated, more optimistic, more curious, more collaborative, more determined, more resilient and more ambitious”.

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Dead Space 2 – PC Review

January 31, 2011 | Justin Moody | PC Reviews

I was late to the game with the original Dead Space; I only played it a month ago in preparation for reviewing its sequel and I feel like an idiot for not jumping onto the Dead Space franchise as soon as it came out. I absolutely loved the first one, and the second installment exceeds the original in many ways.

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F.E.A.R. 3 Preview

January 31, 2011 | Justin Moody | PC Features

Back in 2005, Monolith Games, a studio known for it’s atmospheric and creepy first person shooters, released what many consider to be it’s magnum opus,F.E.A.R. (First Encounter Assault Recon). It was and still is one of the best first person shooters of our time, with great graphics, atmosphere, and gameplay. It received numerous accolades and praise from critics and players alike. 4 years later, F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin was released, with similar expectations. This time, however, the critical and player reception was far more divided. Nevertheless, it was still considered an enjoyable first person shooter. Now, in 2011, the F.E.A.R. license has passed over to Day 1 Studios, the company behind games such as Fracture and MechAssault 2. It’s also worth mentioning that they were responsible for the ports of the original F.E.A.R. to consoles. With Day 1 Studios creating F.E.A.R. 3, there’s definitely some differences between previous F.E.A.R. games and F.E.A.R. 3.

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Battlestar Galactica MMO Enters Open Beta Soon

January 30, 2011 | Justin Moody | PC News

With the recent and horribly unjust cancelation os Caprica, Battlestar Galactica fans have been left without a fix of their favorite sci-fi franchise. Fortunately, a new MMO based on the series has been in development for a while, and it will hit open beta on February 8th. Battlestar Galactica: Online will be a 3-D space shooter which lets players choose to play as a Cylon, or human to join in large-scale space battles.

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Midweek Sales Tuesday February 1st

Monday Night Combat – PC Review

DoW II: Retribution Multiplayer Beta Starts Today

Jane McGonigal To Deliver Keynote Speech At PAX East

Dead Space 2 – PC Review

F.E.A.R. 3 Preview

Battlestar Galactica MMO Enters Open Beta Soon

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