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1.4KCity of Steam beta: a rough, but promising start.
If there's one thing that the developers at Mechanist Games wanted you to know about their freshman venture into the MMO genre,...
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2.9KPodcast November 29th – Don’t Call it a Comeback
After a long hiatus, the Gaming Trend Podcast is back! Game designers and publishers have shifted focus to a popular -- and...
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1.9KGaming Trend’s Countdown to the End of the World Giveaway: Divinity Anthology
Here at Gaming Trend, we don't necessarily BELIEVE that the world is going to end on December 21st (We gotta stick around...
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5.1KChaos on Deponia Review: The Germans Are Laughing!
Chaos on Deponia is turning out to be one of the most unique games I've ever had to write a review for....
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4.2KCall of Duty: Black Ops II — Wii U
The Call of Duty brand is synonymous with hard-core gaming. The very name conjures up images of extremely dedicated players who participate...
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5.0KTransformers: Prime
Licensed games get a bad rap. You take a popular intellectual property like a hot summer blockbuster or popular kid's show, throw...
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4.5KRift: Storm Legion Review – Everything You Want In An Expansion
Let's face it: it's not easy making an expansion for a pay-to-play MMO nowadays. Free to play is the new normal, so...
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4.5KFollowing the Golden Rule in Persona 4
Atlus has a history of supporting the PSP with the original Persona series. The first two PS1 Persona games were enhanced...
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2.3KLofty Ambitions and Broken Televisions: The Current State of Motion Gaming
Since time immemorial (or at least since the late 70s), games have experimented with ways their users interact with them. With joysticks,...
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1.9KGaming Trend’s Countdown to the End of the World Giveaway: Black Ops II
Here at Gaming Trend, we don't necessarily BELIEVE that the world is going to end on December 21st (We gotta stick around...
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6.5KHitman: Absolution is the best Hitman yet
Agent 47 has suffered in his life. From his vile creation and eventual torture at the hands of Dr. Ort-Meyer to the...
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3.4KCall of Duty: Black Ops II (PS3)
Another year, another Call of Duty game; Its been proven time and time again that the yearly release cycle can make or...
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2.9KGuns of Icarus Online Review – Flying Low
Typically when playing a multiplayer game you have to maintain perspective of what's happening on the entire battlefield. Points to capture, teammates...
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6.2KSkylanders: Giants – 3DS
When does something go from being a legitimate form of entertainment to becoming an obvious cash in? How do you draw the...
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3.3KPid Review
Pid, or "planet in distress," has players take control of Kurt, a small boy who is stranded on a mysterious planet. In...
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4.5KCall of Duty: Black Ops II Review
Gamers have a love/hate relationship with AAA franchises that release annual installments; On one hand its great to see more of something...
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2.9KThe Penny Arcade Adventures Resume in Precipice of Darkness Episode 3
Like many gamers who played the first two episodes of Penny Arcade's On the Rain-slick Precipice of Darkness series, I was disappointed when...
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3.0KWordTag Free – Like Draw Something, But With Words (iOS Review)
iOS developers have done the word game to death. You can't flip a page in the app store without running into some...
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3.7KEvil Controllers wants to fix your Xbox 360 Controller
“Please Reconnect Controller” – we’ve all seen that on the Xbox 360, more so if you never went to the rechargeable battery...
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4.2KRiders of Rohan Review
With the launch of Riders of Rohan, Lord of the Rings Online has now seen four expansion packs. I have reviewed every...
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2.6KHands-on with the MechWarrior Online open Beta
When I first heard that there would be a new MechWarrior game, I was skeptical it would ever get off the ground....
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5.5KJust Dance 4 Review
The Just Dance series is no longer a newcomer to the dance game genre. It seems like it was just yesterday that...
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4.0KWWE ’13 Review
If you read my preview for WWE ‘13, you know that I’m not a particularly big fan of professional wrestling. I don’t...
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9.3KThe Reclaimer Saga Begins: Halo 4 Review
There is always a certain amount of trepidation amongst gamers when a beloved franchise switches hands. A few months before the release...
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9.3KAssassin’s Creed III: Liberation
The Assassin's Creed series has become one of the biggest sellers for Ubisoft. The first game spawned tie-in games for the...
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8.7KAssassin’s Creed III
What do you do when the enemy is bigger than anything you've ever known? What do you do when powers beyond all...
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5.9KNeed for Speed Most Wanted
If you look at my Gamerscore on Xbox 360 you’ll see something interesting – several years of games, but only one with...
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4.8KPainkiller: Hell & Damnation Review – Don’t Think, Just Kill
When Painkiller was originally released in 2004, it was lauded for its focus on intense action and for being an old school...
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5.2KFormula 1 2012 Review
Formula 1 2012 is the third title in a series that has been releasing annually. Improving upon the last two installations, F1...
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3.1KInterview: Eric Heimburg, developer of Project: Gorgon
Gaming Trend had the chance to talk with Eric Heimburg, half of the development team for a new indie MMO titled “Project...
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3.1KHawken Mixes FPS Gameplay with League of Legends Style Unlocks, Meta-Game
What do you get when you take a solid FPS game, give it a sci-fi/mecha-based setting, and then start adding League of...
