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!
We’ve partnered up with the folks from Paradox North to bring you a pretty sweet contest for Magicka Wizard Wars. The game is free to play, but we’ve got 1000 (well, we have more than that, but this is the first contest. Be patient! Geeze…) starter keys to
by Ron Burke
Open-world games are not exactly new. Akalabeth: World of Doom (precursor to the Ultima series) was arguably first, but games like The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall come to mind, as do more modern titles like Crackdown, the Assassin’s Creed and Batman: Arkham franchises, and Grand Theft Auto. As games
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There are a few franchises that we see annually. Sports titles, as well as adventure games and shooters like Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty, and others are visited upon us every year, but the folks at Ubisoft are dipping their toe into the water a little more frequently these
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The average age of a “gamer,” at least according to the ESA’s measurement methodologies, is 30. That means there are more of us from the so-called Nintendo Generation who grew up on games like Mega Man, Ninja Gaiden, and Super Mario Bros. than the bombastic AAA titles of today.
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Akio Morita, founder of Sony, was once quoted as saying, “We don’t ask consumers what they want. They don’t know.” And to some degree, that’s entirely true; most consumers don’t know what they want until they are shown something new or improved. When a new genre
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First let’s address the elephant in the room — the Jaws of Hakkon dropped into our lap out of nowhere, with the announcement hitting at the same times as the code. My review for Dragon Age: Inquisition was on the Xbox One, but my completionist playthrough was on the PlayStation
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Kalypso and Realmforge Studios GmbH are back with their Ultimate Evil Simulator, Dungeons 2. Before we get started, let’s take a look at the introduction that sets all this chaos up nicely. Dungeons 2 Intro Watch this video on YouTube The previous title didn’t quite live up to
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Hey Gaming Trend readers! We’ve once again teamed up with Insight Editions, this time to bring you a giveaway that’ll light up any Halo fan’s eyes. We are giving away five hardbound Halo journals, and five copies of the Halo Poster Collection. You can check out my
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