Ron Burke
Ron Burke is the Editor in Chief for Gaming Trend. Loves RPGs, action/adventure, and VR, but also dabbles in 3D printing, martial arts, and flight!
Laura stumbled on a prototype game that caught her eye at PAX South in San Antonio. The game, Zombie Tower 3D, is already a hit in Japan, but this Summer the developers are going to take a shot at bringing it to North American shores. We sat down with developers
by Ron Burke
The XCOM 2 panel at PAX South in San Antonio opened with a look backward to XCOM: Enemy Within. Joining the Firaxis team on stage, the Long War Studios team behind (obviously) The Long War Mod, showed us how (without the source code from Firaxis) they managed to build what
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Eric’s review of Rise of the Tomb Raider echoed how I felt about the game’s motivation undercurrents. It was as much about Lara’s hunt for the Divine Source as it was about her own growth after the events of Yamatai Island. Coming to grips with the mystical,
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I’m gonna start this article with a bit of an admission — I’m terrified of electricity. I was electrified and heavily scarred as a kid when a capacitor exploded in my face, shredding the left side and requiring multiple skin graft surgeries to repair. I’m comfortable putting my
by Ron Burke
It’s hard to believe that we’ve been playing Fable since 2004. Sure, they might not always meet the outlandish and occasionally unrealistic goals that Peter Molyneux set, but there’s simply nothing else like them. It’s been over five years since our last visit to Albion, but
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XCOM 2 has been very much on my radar since I saw it in motion at E3. I’ve watched hours of playthroughs and have heard a great deal of commentary on how the game is shaping up. But having spent over 100 hours with the original (including The Long
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The original Homeworld and its sequel were, pun intended, light years ahead of their time. Massive fleets swarming in the 360-degree vastness of space were revolutionary for the real-time strategy world, but despite a few pretenders, nobody has been able to replicate the magic of the originals. Homeworld 3 was
by Ron Burke
Hundreds of billions of dollars change hands on the day after Thanksgiving. In a bid to grab the latest tech, clothes for the kids, or that cheap Blu Ray player, people flock to stores before the sun rises — a warped and often violent version of hunting and gathering that has
by Ron Burke