Infinity Blade Review: Multigenerational Combat at its Finest?

After the Epic Citadel tech demo was released in September, there has been plenty of buzz surrounding Epic and Chair’s latest game, Infinity Blade. This collage of stunning visuals and fast paced gesture based gameplay is the first iOS title to take advantage of the Unreal Engine, and is representative of the shifting focus in iDevice gaming. After spending several minutes with Infinity Blade, you will most certainly find yourself questioning your definition of what exactly the difference is between “real games” and “cell phone games.” Check out the full Infinity Blade review after the jump! Read more »

Simultaneous Launch for Mass Effect 3

After the official reveal on Spike TV’s Video Games Award show, Electronic Arts confirmed this morning that Mass Effect 3 will launch simultaneously on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360 and PC in the 2011 holiday season. Mass Effect 3 will be the climax of the series, bringing Sheppard and company back to Earth to fight off the Reaper invasion.

The global launch is notable as it is the first time a Mass Effect title has launched on all three major platforms at the same time. In fact, the franchise has still yet to be released on the Playstation 3, with the critically acclaimed sequel arriving on January 18, 2011 in North America and January 21, 2011 in Europe.

Source: Official EA Press Release

Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception Teased

I was betting on a VGAs announcement this weekend, but this’ll do just fine! Before it’s world premiere on Spike this Saturday, Entertainment Weekly visited Naughty Dog’s Santa Monica studio for an exclusive look at the third (and probably last) game in the series, Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception.

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