Ron Burke

PROFILE:

Ron Burke is the Director, creator, and owner of Gaming Trend.  Hailing from Phoenix Arizona, Ron is what you’d call a hardcore old-school gamer.  He’s owned every major console since the Colecovision, as well as a Commodore 16, a VIC 20, a Commodore 64, an Amiga 500, and so on.  Working with Origin, he was the first Counselor in Ultima Online, and then later the first Seer.  As a reviewer, Ron has authored over 1000 previews and reviews, as well as interviewing some of the luminaries of this industry including Richard Garriott, Hironobu Sakaguchi, Mike Laidlaw, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, Peter Molyneux, and many more.

Posts by Ron Burke:

Final Fantasy XIV release date announced

by 20 hours ago

The team at Square Enix are almost ready to re-release the much-improved Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn - their Massively Multiplayer title that has been in Beta for a …

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Watch_Dogs in-game profile contest

by 1 day ago

Watch_Dogs stands pretty high on our most-anticipated list this year, and we aren't alone.   Ubisoft has announced a new Watch_Dogs fan contest to give players a chance to be a …

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XSEED announces their E3 lineup

by 1 day ago

The expo may be a few weeks away, but our E3 coverage has very clearly begun.   We've got our first game lineup, this one coming from XSEED, including the much …

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CastleStorm launch trailer

by 1 day ago

The folks at Zen Studios aren't just pinball wizards - they've got a new game coming up.   This new title is called CastleStorm and is a physics-based tower defense / …

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ORIGIN PC rocks the new NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780

by 1 day ago

    The folks at ORIGIN PC (no affiliation with EA's download service) aren't wasting any time.  No sooner was the new line of GeForce cards announced that the ORIGIN PC team …

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    The Smurfs 2 gets a baker’s dozen of screenshots

    by 2 days ago

    La la lalala laaaaa, la la la la laaaah. La la lalala lahhh, la lalala laaaa. There, now The Smurfs theme song is as stuck in your head as it …

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    Mortal Kombat Komplete PC screens

    by 2 days ago

    Timing is everything, especially in fighting games.  Well, it turns out that it also matters in PR.  We've got some sweet new screenshots for Mortal Kombat Komplete Edition for the …

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    60 seconds of pure awesome – Law of the Jungle trailer for Destiny debuts

    by 2 days ago

    The folks at Bungie are pretty fantastic at crafting games, but damn are they good at making incredible commercials to sell em! We've got a trailer called "Law of the …

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    Forza Motorsport 5 debut trailer and screens

    by 4 days ago

    Microsoft was showing their best and brightest, and few stood as bright as long-standing franchise, Forza Motorsport 5.   The Turn 10 product looked amazing - so amazing that we all …

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    Quantum Break announced for Xbox One

    by 4 days ago

    Quantum Break is one of the newest IPs that are exclusive to the Xbox One.  We've got the debut video and some screenshots to show off the game.  If you …

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    Crytek CryENGINE 3 support heads to Xbox One

    by 4 days ago

    Crytek is joining in the fray on the Xbox One support - they are already priming CryENGINE 3 for the new system.  Given how hard the Crytek team pushes the …

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    Battlefield 4 coming to Xbox One. Also, pre-order bonuses

    by 4 days ago

    EA is jumping in on the obvious train as well - they are announcing that Battlefield 4 will also hit on the Xbox One.  They are also announcing that you …

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