Posts By Mike Pearce
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13.7KReviewsBlazing buttholes — South Park: The Fractured But Whole review
There’s no sugar-coating it, South Park: The Fractured But Whole is simply brilliant. That Trey Parker and Matt Stone were able to...
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6.5KReviewsLizards, rats, and elves: Total War: Warhammer 2 review
Creative Assembly’s Total War series is a long-running strategy juggernaut, deep in tactics and heavy in management. Fans of Games Workshop’s Warhammer...
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7.3KReviewsA run through the jungle: Rising Storm 2: Vietnam Review
The Vietnam War has never been a popular setting for first person shooters. Sure, there was Battlefield: Vietnam back in 2004, but...
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2.1KFeaturesMike finally plays Overwatch – Let’s Play Episode #16
Many of the editors here at Gaming Trend are avid Overwatch players and they’ve been telling me to hurry-the-hell-up and try it...
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2.1KFeaturesMOAR Orcs Must Die! Unchained: Let’s Play Episode #15
The trap king is back…again. Editor Hunter Wolfe returned this week to help Mike stem the tide of mindless monsters in Orcs...
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2.4KFeaturesPlayerunknown’s Battlegrounds: Let’s Play Episode #14
This week, news editor Joe DeClara and I teamed up for some nail-biting Playerunknown’s Battlegrounds. I captured some footage from this shooter...
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2.6KFeaturesRunning from the cops in Watch Dogs 2: Let’s Play Episode #13
Watch Dogs 2 is best played with a friend. It’s got hacking, shootouts, car chases, and a damn good soundtrack. Check out...
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2.7KFeaturesThe Return of the Trap King: Orcs Must Die! Unchained Let’s Play Episode #12
Editor Hunter Wolfe, also known as the “Trap King,” returns to help Mike construct more hallways of death in this continuation of...
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7.2KReviewsScouting, sniping, sneaking, and shooting: Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Review
A few months ago, I played through Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3’s beta and was roundly impressed. Needless to say, both my excitement...
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2.2KFeaturesOrcs Must Die! Unchained: Let’s Play Episode #11
I’m a sucker for tower defense games and, as it happens, editor Hunter Wolfe just recently published his glowing review of Orcs Must...
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5.3KReviewsBeautiful but bittersweet: Dawn of War III Review
The Dawn of War franchise is divisive. The first two entries in the series are a bit like geometry and trigonometry—you only...
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2.2KFeaturesNarco Road madness: Let’s Play Episode #10
Last week, editor Zach Faber helped me take down DJ Perico, Santa Blanca’s eccentric radio personality, from the vanilla version of Ghost...
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2.4KFeaturesCapturing Wildlands’ infamous DJ: Let’s Play Episode #9
On this week’s Let’s Play episode, Zach Faber helps me take down Bolivia’s obnoxious radio personality (aka DJ Perico). Through a series of hilarious...
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2.2KFeaturesFinally, we won a match: Let’s Play Episode #8
The title just about says it all. Editor Zach Faber and I lost a frustratingly continuous string of matches during Relic’s Dawn...
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3.3KImpressionsThe Emperor compels you to read this: Dawn of War III closed beta
I’m an outspoken Warhammer 40,000 fanatic and the biggest Dawn of War series fan I know. I’m also a fiend for RTS...
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12.1KReviewsMired in mediocrity: Vikings—Wolves of Midgard review
I had my first experience with Vikings—Wolves of Midgard last year. Although my time with the game was limited, there were some...
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2.1KFeaturesMore firepower, more freedom: Let’s Play Episode #7
This week, Gaming Trend’s Let’s Play series goes back a few years. After succumbing to a great deal of peer pressure–entirely from news...
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2.2KNewsTotal War: Warhammer 2 officially announced
The countdown has come to an end. Total War: Warhammer 2, the second installment of what publisher Sega has promised to be...
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2.1KFeaturesYoga, bad puns, and Star Wars: Battlefront: Let’s Play Episode #6
This week, Hunter Wolfe joins up with Mike to fight in a galaxy far, far away. After a recent yoga session, Hunter...
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4.4KReviews’80s ‘tastic: Desync review
This represents the progression of my thoughts and reactions to Desync: The first minute in-game as an unapologetically avid ‘80s synth fan...
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2.0KFeaturesJosh and Mike aren’t good at Battlefield 1: Let’s Play Episode #5
Today, Battlefield 1 gets its first expansion, They Shall Not Pass. Premier Pass holders can try out all the French have to offer,...
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3.4KImpressionsThe French Army’s debut: They Shall Not Pass
When Battlefield 1 released last October to great critical acclaim (see our review here), it included playable forces from the nations of...
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2.2KFeaturesLet’s play some Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Wildlands
This week Joe and Mike (or, Swoots, as Joe likes to him) are in the fictional narco-state of Bolivia fighting the dreaded Santa Blanca...
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2.1KFeaturesJoe shows Mike the ropes: Let’s Play Episode #3
News editor Joe is a huge Hearthstone fan and has been asking Mike to give it a shot for weeks. So, for...
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2.2KFeaturesMike and Joe Shoot Each Other: Let’s Play Episode #2
For this week’s Let’s Play, editors Joe DeClara and Mike Pearce decided it’d be a good idea to kill some zombies. As...
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11.8KReviewsStrategy-lite, filthy casual’s delight: Halo Wars 2 review
Halo Wars 2, in many ways, picks up right where the original Halo Wars left off. The story jumps forward through slip...
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2.2KFeaturesGaming Trend’s New Series: Let’s Play
Welcome to Gaming Trend’s new gameplay series. Each week, editor Mike Pearce (that’s me) will be teaming up with other members of...
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2.4KNewsFeast your eyes on a Halo Wars 2 campaign mission [spoiler alert]
Eager to catch a glimpse of the UNSC taking on the Banished? Well, look no further. Here’s the entire third mission from...
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5.4KPreviewsFrom Georgia with blood: Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 Beta
I got my first taste of CI Games’ Sniper: Ghost Warrior 3 during PAX West 2016 last September. Until then, I’d never...
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3.5KPreviewsNot close and no cigar: M.E.R.C. Preview
M.E.R.C. is a new real-time tactical shooter from TinyMob Games that released on Steam’s Early Access program earlier this month. Set in...
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2.5KNewsFor Honor gets three new class trailers
Today, Ubisoft revealed trailers for three classes—The Nobushi, The Valkyrie, and the Lawbringer—that will be available immediately when For Honor launches. Here...
