Posted by Dalibor Dimovski | Comments : (9)
Well, it’s been two weeks and we’re still riding high from E3. [Editor's note: That was a lie. We're still totally tired.]
Our pile of E3 swag is slowly diminishing each week, thanks to you, our intrepid readers and visitors. However, we still need your help to relieve us of the remainder. This week, we’ve bundled a couple sets together to create some truly yummy prizes! Two winners will be crowned this time, so your chances are doubled at winning!
Prize Pack 1: APB T-shirt, Blacklight dog tag, Portal 2 iPhone 3G/3GS skin and wallpaper, and Gamercoins card
Prize Pack 2: Gamers’ Rights T-shirt, Blacklight dog tag, Portal 2 iPhone 3G/3GS skin and wallpaper, and Gamercoins card
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Posted by Dalibor Dimovski | Comments : (2)
I have a huge confession to make: Portal was a good game.
There, I said it. Not a great game, not the best game of the year, and certainly not the eye-opening experience that many made it out to be… at least to me it wasn’t. While it introduced a wonderful gameplay mechanic and an unforgettable cast and plot, I felt that tank-like controls and the lack of some physical detail — the Companion Cube just “floated” in front of me when I picked it up, instead of showing my hands or shadows — were enough to take me out of the experience. Not by much, but by enough.
Please give me a moment to duck from the tomatoes being thrown my way, because I’m about to turn into a reformist:
Portal 2 was the best game at this year’s E3.
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Posted by Nathan Andrews | Comments : (0)
Fresh off the presses (ok, my email inbox, but whatever… nitpicker). Square Enix has released some dates for Final Fantasy XIV on PC.
Global Release Date (English, French, German & Japanese) – September 30, 2010.
- Pre-Orders at certain retailers (not specified) available today.
- Pre-Orders of the standard edition are rewarded with a special in-game item, and 30 days of free play ($13/month afterward).
- Pre-Orders of the Collectors Edition are rewarded with another special in-game item, early access (8 days before everyone else), a behind-the-scenes DVD, a travel journal with previously-unreleased concept art, a special ‘rite of passage’ certificate, and a custom-designed cover art by Yoshitaka Amano.
They have also announced a beta launch for “Early July 2010″.
Release on PS3 slated for March 2011 (It’s about time PC got out there first. Do you see that, THQ?).
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I have been trying for over a week now to figure out the right words to describe the experience of the 3DS, previewed at the Nintendo E3 press conference. Anyone who has talked to me since that event knows that it has been a difficult task. The problem arises because the instant I start talking about it, I start getting excited all over again and end up tripping on my words. As you can imagine, this makes it difficult to describe.
In short: The Nintendo 3DS is simply an amazing device, and will change portable gaming forever.
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Category : News
Tags: GameStop, kinect
Stop us if you’ve heard this one already: Kinect will sell for $150. Though retailers have been listing it as such all weekend, Microsoft has yet to announced the final price. As part of Gamestop’s Summer Sizzlers promotion, they have (for the second time now) listed Kinect for $149.99. The promotion is meant to sell pre-orders of the games that debuted at E3.
Granted, games like Dead Space 2 and NBA Jam still have the magical “flex” date of December 31, 2010, so this news should be taken with a grain of salt. But if there is anything that Gamestop knows, it is to collect your money during pre-orders. Unless there is a dramatic price change for the hardware (and for the casual Kinect games, priced at $60 each) this appears to be the most damning evidence yet.
Gamestop’s Summer Sizzlers Promotion link
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We didn’t quite know what to expect from Activision’s mega E3 event this past Monday in Los Angeles. When we were invited, we were told it was a “super exclusive” event with the location TBD. Our initial reaction was that this was either a small party or an intimate hands-on demo of some of their upcoming games.
It wasn’t until the rumors began to pour in that we knew this was going to be something… different.
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Contributed by: Toby Davis
When I was young, tabletop miniature games were king in my family. Today many people overlook the genre in favor of video games due to factors like accessibility, cost, and connectivity.
Privateer Press, creators of many classic and popular tabletop miniature games like the hit Monsterpocalypse, are looking to keep the game genre from fading away. With the Voltron expansion coming out in July, I had the opportunity to speak with Matt Wilson, Creative Director, on his thoughts about the direction that tabletop miniature gaming is headed, as well as their plans for their popular franchise.
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I was an incredibly huge fan of the original Donkey Kong Country for the Super NES. The sequels, though fun, never quite captured the magic of the original. Unlike Mario games the DKC formula became repetitive over time, failing to introduce much beyond new characters and locales. It became a series that I didn’t miss not having played in 13+ years.
So, when Nintendo announced Donkey Kong County Returns for the Wii during their annual E3 press conference, I wasn’t nearly as excited as the crowd around me. It wasn’t until I got my hands on the game, though, that I reconnected with what made the original game so much fun: obsessive collection, zany action, and great visuals.
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We’re back from E3 and we have a TON of swag for you! BUT FIRST! We need to clear out some of the great swag we have here at SideQuesting HQ, which means yet another Friday of free stuff!
This week we’re sending out this super duper giant gem paperweight sent to us by D3P as a special promotion for the upcoming Puzzle Quest 2. There’s an easy way to win this one: just leave a comment below, telling us what your favorite announcement was from this year’s E3 spectacular!
See? Simple! Now get off your keisters and get to it!
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