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Game Review: Call of Juarez Gunslinger

May 28, 2013 By 10 Comments
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Call of Juarez: Gunslinger (PSN [Reviewed], XBLA, PC) Developer: Techland Publisher: Ubisoft Genre(s): Western, First Person Shooter Released: May 21, 2013 Price: $14.99 ESRB Rating: M – Mature   It’s a funny thing when a franchise can have three retail games available, the last of which is widely considered to be quite bad, and then have a fourth game be reduced down to a cheap digital only title. Now you may be asking “well what’s funny about that?” and the funny thing is the $15 downloadable title with almost no promotion whatsoever is easily the best game in the franchise. And it’s not even close. After the horrible decision to take Call of Juarez to the present day with “The Cartel,” Techland is back with another Call of Juarez game set in the … [Read more...]

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Ubisoft Confirms Watch_Dogs & Assassin’s Creed IV for Xbox One

May 21, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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From the "you don't say" department: Ubisoft has officially confirmed that both Watch_Dogs and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag are coming to Xbox One. We needed this confirmation because "available on PlayStation 4 and other next-gen platforms" simply wasn't clear. Of course Ubisoft will get no lover from a Xbox press event, because they give exclusive content (mainly missions, and including both Assassin's Creed IV and Watch_Dogs) to PlayStation. Here's the tweet to officially confirm what we all already knew, because you know "official." https://twitter.com/Ubisoft/status/336903299917819905 Both games will be out this Fall for almost every platform available (PlayStation 3 & 4, PC, Wii U, Xbox 360 & One), because unlike some publishers (EA, Activision), Ubisoft … [Read more...]

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Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag Pre-order Bonuses Revealed

May 15, 2013 By 1 Comment
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Wanna get some temporarily exclusive content like a mission, ship, weapons, or multiplayer items for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag? If so, Ubisoft has you cover pretty much wherever you decide to purchase the game from so long as you pre-order it. GameStop Black Island pack: The deadly black ship, a Captain Morgan costume, and his silver flintlock pistol. Amazon Hidden Mystery pack: Extra treasure-hunting mission on Mystery Island, Stede Bonnet's ship and Sted Bonnet costumes, and multiplayer items. Walmart Sacrificed Secrets pack: Captain Drakehis dual-wield swords and pistols, his picture, title, and relics. Best Buy Lost Treasures pack: Ivory wheel and spyglass relic. Target Trove of Mystery pack: Iron wheel and astrolab relic. It's not every day you see Target getting … [Read more...]

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Game Trailer: Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag – Under the Black Flag Gameplay

May 15, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Ubisoft just released a new gameplay trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag and it's pretty awesome. I enjoyed the "Golden Age of Pirates" trailer they released last week because it was informative about the era and the historical pirates who will be in the game, but nothing tops actual gameplay trailers. Check it out below. I've said it a hundred times, but Assassin's Creed is my favorite gaming franchise. I love these games despite their flaws and have no problem with them being annual releases because they've all been quality to me (even if AC3 was filled with glitches, it is still tremendous fun). Black Flag may not be my most anticipated release this year (hard to top GTAV and I'm super interested in Watch_Dogs and InFamous: Second Son), but it's still something I'm going … [Read more...]

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Game Trailer: Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag – True Golden Age of Pirates

May 13, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Ubisoft has just released a new trailer for Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag titled "True Golden Age of Pirates." You can check out the little over two minute trailer below, but there's only like 10 seconds of actual gameplay to be found at the end of the trailer. Still though, the trailer does showcase some of the famous historical pirates that will be in the game. The year is 1715. In the Caribbean, desperate sailors with ideals of true freedom assemble to establish the Republic of Pirates. But far from idyllic, their life is brutal, filled with betrayal and debauchery. Here at last are their true stories. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag hits stores on October 29th in North America for PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U. It's coming to PC as well, although these games never release on the … [Read more...]

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Platinumed: Assassin’s Creed III

May 12, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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It has been just about two months since I’ve last been able to write one of these columns, but finally “Platinumed” is able to return. Over the past two weeks or so I’ve been plugging away at Assassin’s Creed III. If you read my review of the game back in early November, you already know that I love the game despite its many glitches (its score is a 4/4 on our scale because of how much fun it is). My original playthrough clocked in at 26 hours or so and I was right around 58% completion. So, not wanting to pick up on that original save file, I set about starting my second playthrough. After almost 45 hours, I 100% completed the single player portion. That means I did everything there is to do in the single player: 100% synched ever main, naval, and privateer mission, collected … [Read more...]

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DEMOED! Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Impressions

April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon (PSN, XBLA, PC) Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft Genre(s): First Person Shooter Released: April 30, 2013 (PSN), May 1, 2013 (XBLA, PC) Price: $14.99 ESRB Rating: M - Mature Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon is the new standalone expansion for Far Cry 3, except it has nothing to do with Far Cry 3. This game is a throwback to the 80s, and quite funny at that. The demo for the game, which is what I’m talking about here, is very short. At the same time, it does exactly what a demo should do… make you want to buy the game, and I will eventually. The story is about as goofy as they come, much like 80s action movie plots, where the world is engulfed in nuclear warfare and now there are cyborg soldiers. You play as one of these cyborg’s. The tutorial … [Read more...]

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Watch Dogs Hits Stores November 19th, Out of Control New Gameplay Trailer

April 29, 2013 By Leave a Comment
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One of our most anticipated titles now has an official release date as Ubisoft today announced that Watch_Dogs will hit stores shelves in North America on November 19th for PC, PS4, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360, and "other next-gen systems" (i.e. the next Xbox). Those of you in the UK will get the game a few days later on November 22nd. So while we wait for this amazing to look game to be released, here's a brand new gameplay trailer titled "Out of Control" that is quite awesome. Watch_Dogs is available for pre-order now for $59.96 ($49.99 for PC). … [Read more...]

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