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EndWar Sequel

July 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment · Consoles, RTS, Ubisoft

Videogamer.com is reporting that Ubisoft Shanghai has been tapped to do a sequel to last year’s best console RTS, EndWar. The emphasis will be on the single player story experience and adding some depth to a game that some people found too shallow. Still no hint on when we can expect it, or even what […]

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Three Moves Ahead Episode 22 – Blood Bowl and Sports Sims

July 21st, 2009 · 16 Comments · Baseball, Podcast, Three Moves Ahead

After a month of absences, Bruce Geryk more than makes up for it in a tour de force conversation with special guest Bill Abner as they relive the fun of 1970s baseball simulation games. We open with a discussion of Blood Bowl, which Julian finds too difficult and Troy finds too easy. Then Tom, Julian […]

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Halo Wars Big Hit?

July 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Consoles, Ensemble

Gamasutra’s Matt Matthews is reporting that Halo Wars, Ensemble’s Swan Song title, is one of the top 5 Xbox 360 games of 2009 so far. The estimate is between 500k and 700k units sold – a good sized total, but I was under the impression that a title needed to sell over a million to […]

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You Have to Be Kidding Me

July 20th, 2009 · 9 Comments · Media

Sometimes you just want to give up on games journalism.

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Social Gaming Feature

July 20th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Crispy Gamer, Design, Industry

My latest feature for Crispy Gamer is up. Remarkably few edits this time, which either means I’m getting the hang of this or Ryan Kuo has just given up on me. I write about social gaming – Facebook games mostly. I also talk to a rep from OMGPOP, an arcade game site that targets high […]

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Battleforge Expansion

July 19th, 2009 · Comments Off on Battleforge Expansion · Card Games, Electronic Arts, RTS

I keep meaning to go back to Battleforge and it looks like I’ll have an excuse before too long. The add-on will add 60 new cards to the game, each representing new units and buildings.

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