Archive for the Exclusives category
In-Game: Writing Kingdoms Of Amalur
9 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Adam I was quietly surfing the internet the other night and glazing over all the news feed on my Facebook account when I happened upon a Reddit session with R.A. Salvatore. [...]
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7 Of The Best FPS Games
8 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Azhar I don’t think the title contains that much ambiguity but, to reiterate, in this feature I’ll be presenting my take on seven of history’s greatest ever first person shooters. Of [...]
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What Makes A Gamer: Rage Quitting
8 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Adam In this week’s What Makes A Gamer we look at the infinitely extending and eternally occurring phenomenon known as ‘rage quitting’. Rage quitting has never been precisely defined, and we’ll [...]
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Games To Satiate Your Hunger For Diablo 3
7 Feb, 2012 5:00 PM | Timothy Features removed, game redesigns, release date unconfirmed and the hunger for Diablo 3 grows. Diablo 3 may come out tomorrow, ok probably not, though we might only see it at [...]
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45 Comments
Indie Review: Fortune Summoners: Secret Of The Elemental Stone
7 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Adam We must always be wary of what lies underneath cute exteriors. Just because something is cute and cuddly doesn’t mean it isn’t hardcore and can rip the lashes right out [...]
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5 Popular Games That Won’t Be Remembered
6 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | Jake Woolf Fan favourites that no one will remember when something better comes alo…ooohh look! Something shiny. We have all started to use the word memorable to mean fun or enjoyable. I’ve [...]
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37 Comments
Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Why Marketing Wins
6 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Caveshen Be honest, two months ago if I said that a game was coming out in a few months that would be a third-person open-world RPG that would be similar to [...]
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35 Comments
Tody’s Take: Assassin’s Creed Seriously Needs To Step Up
4 Feb, 2012 12:00 PM | Azhar I seem to be rolling in the controversial headlines when it comes to my column rants, hey? Well, this time it will be different to my last column on Call [...]
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35 Comments
What We Want From Final Fantasy Versus XIII
3 Feb, 2012 1:15 PM | Timothy Just in case you haven’t seen the sort of gameplay to expect from Final Fantasy Versus XIII This is not a wish list and this isn’t a list of features [...]
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Match The Song To A Game — Never Stop Believing
3 Feb, 2012 12:30 PM | Alessandro I have this one friend. His name is Justin, and he loves this band called Journey. More specifically, the song above, which he constantly plays over and over again. I [...]
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A Gamer’s Perspective — The Disappearance Of Cheats
3 Feb, 2012 11:00 AM | Duncan You know what I haven’t used in ages? Apart from the common sense to choose opening sentences that don’t contain innuendos regarding my sexual activity, that is. Ahem. Moving swiftly [...]
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February 2012′s Game Releases
1 Feb, 2012 7:30 AM | Azhar January has flown past and we’re now in a new month with plenty more exciting games. There are some big names spread across February and March, so you’d better get [...]
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12 Comments
What Do You Do When Your Console Or PC Breaks?
31 Jan, 2012 11:00 AM | Alessandro Over the weekend, something tragic happened. Something that was worse than getting the dreaded Red Ring Of Death on my Xbox 360 a few years ago. Worse than having my [...]
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5 Games We’ll Remember In 20 Years
30 Jan, 2012 1:15 PM | Jake Woolf The games that we’ll make our kids play while they’re taking a break from virtual reality porn. Let’s be clear, these games are those special experiences that brought something so [...]
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60 Comments
Experience Points: What Would Be The Skyrim Killer? Part 1
30 Jan, 2012 11:00 AM | Adam Gamers often try to come up with the best possible idea for an RPG combining design concepts from other games. They change up the norms and standards, and propose new [...]
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12 Comments
Competition: Win Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning On PC, PS3 And Xbox 360
26 Jan, 2012 1:15 PM | Dean At the moment, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the big thing happening. We’re talking about it, we’re promoting it and you should be getting ready to play it. But, perhaps [...]
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65 Comments
Hands-On: Path of Exile
26 Jan, 2012 11:00 AM | Matthew And so the republic of hack and slash role playing gamers was plunged into despair and chaos as the evil galactic Blizzard empire announced possibly another year of development for [...]
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15 Comments
Competition Winner: Win What You Want
25 Jan, 2012 1:15 PM | Dean After two weeks of anticipation, the Win What You Want competition is over. We’ve drawn the winner, and it’s official. The draw was done randomly with a series of numbers [...]
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32 Comments
What Makes A Gamer: Are You What You Game?
24 Jan, 2012 5:00 PM | Adam In the previous feature, we discussed what gamers eat and how that may define them as a gamer. Now we face a more ‘integral’ question. One which I think resonates [...]
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6 Comments
Do You Go Back And Re-Play Games Later?
24 Jan, 2012 1:15 PM | Caveshen This question came about after a recent endeavour of mine that was discussed by Dean, myself and others in one of our famous Mumble troll sessions in the eGamer HQ [...]
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22 Comments
2upGamers 3rd Encounter From The Eyes Of An eGamer
23 Jan, 2012 1:15 PM | A-G Sonday Friday 20th January marked the third 2upGamers event, and my first. It was thus with excitement and mild uncertainty that I climbed the steps to Friends of Design in the [...]
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24 Comments
Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Innovation Isn’t Everything
23 Jan, 2012 11:00 AM | Caveshen Last week as many of you may have read by now, our very own Azhar “Tody” “Potato” Amien released an opinion column that discussed his views on the reasons why [...]
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20 Comments
A Gamer’s Perspective — What If Chickens Were Reptiles?
20 Jan, 2012 11:00 AM | Duncan Foreword: To those expecting something specifically gaming-related here, I have to apologise, for you’ll find very little gaming here today. If, however, you come here looking to find something truly [...]
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8 Comments
Dota 2 Beta: Complete Impressions
19 Jan, 2012 2:00 PM | Azhar As we all know, Valve is currently seeing Dota 2 through its closed beta phase, and for many it’s one of the most anticipated games of 2012, as it’s expected [...]
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25 Comments
5 Games You May Not Know But Should
18 Jan, 2012 5:00 PM | Timothy It’s quite simple really, these are the games you may not know about or have passed up for other titles. This article is our attempt to persuade you otherwise, because [...]
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16 Comments
How Do You Feel About Videogame Discrimination?
17 Jan, 2012 2:00 PM | Dean Shooting games seem to be the main culprit here, but others do discriminate too. However, we’re going to focus on new modern war shooters. The games set in World War [...]
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15 Comments
What Happened To Metal Gear Rising?
16 Jan, 2012 1:15 PM | Azhar Welcome to the second edition of our “What Happened To” feature, in which we analyse games that have undergone drastic change, or have had a complex development period that our [...]
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8 Comments
Experience Points: What Is A Video Game? Part 1
16 Jan, 2012 11:00 AM | Adam Contention around what exactly constitutes a “videogame” is one of the more highly debatable topics of choice among gamers alike. There are many elements that make up an entire game. [...]
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2 Comments
Tody’s Take: The Truth Behind The Hate For Call Of Duty
14 Jan, 2012 12:00 PM | Azhar Now, that’s quite a controversial headline I’ve chosen isn’t it? But there’s an actual reason for that, and I’m about 43% sure that it wasn’t just to attract attention. I [...]
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29 Comments
Multiplayer Games We Hope To Exceed Expectations In 2012
12 Jan, 2012 1:15 PM | Timothy 2012 is looking to be a great year for gaming and in particular, multiplayer gaming. This list is a list of the games everyone expects to be great, but that [...]
668 Views
15 Comments
In-Game: Writing Kingdoms Of Amalur
I was quietly surfing the internet the other night and glazing over all the news feed on my Facebook account when I happened upon a Reddit session with R.A. Salvatore. [...]
7 Of The Best FPS Games
I don’t think the title contains that much ambiguity but, to reiterate, in this feature I’ll be presenting my take on seven of history’s greatest ever first person shooters. Of [...]
What Makes A Gamer: Rage Quitting
In this week’s What Makes A Gamer we look at the infinitely extending and eternally occurring phenomenon known as ‘rage quitting’. Rage quitting has never been precisely defined, and we’ll [...]
Games To Satiate Your Hunger For Diablo 3
Features removed, game redesigns, release date unconfirmed and the hunger for Diablo 3 grows. Diablo 3 may come out tomorrow, ok probably not, though we might only see it at [...]
Indie Review: Fortune Summoners: Secret Of The Elemental Stone
We must always be wary of what lies underneath cute exteriors. Just because something is cute and cuddly doesn’t mean it isn’t hardcore and can rip the lashes right out [...]
5 Popular Games That Won’t Be Remembered
Fan favourites that no one will remember when something better comes alo…ooohh look! Something shiny. We have all started to use the word memorable to mean fun or enjoyable. I’ve [...]
Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Why Marketing Wins
Be honest, two months ago if I said that a game was coming out in a few months that would be a third-person open-world RPG that would be similar to [...]
Tody’s Take: Assassin’s Creed Seriously Needs To Step Up
I seem to be rolling in the controversial headlines when it comes to my column rants, hey? Well, this time it will be different to my last column on Call [...]
What We Want From Final Fantasy Versus XIII
Just in case you haven’t seen the sort of gameplay to expect from Final Fantasy Versus XIII This is not a wish list and this isn’t a list of features [...]
Match The Song To A Game — Never Stop Believing
I have this one friend. His name is Justin, and he loves this band called Journey. More specifically, the song above, which he constantly plays over and over again. I [...]
A Gamer’s Perspective — The Disappearance Of Cheats
You know what I haven’t used in ages? Apart from the common sense to choose opening sentences that don’t contain innuendos regarding my sexual activity, that is. Ahem. Moving swiftly [...]
February 2012′s Game Releases
January has flown past and we’re now in a new month with plenty more exciting games. There are some big names spread across February and March, so you’d better get [...]
What Do You Do When Your Console Or PC Breaks?
Over the weekend, something tragic happened. Something that was worse than getting the dreaded Red Ring Of Death on my Xbox 360 a few years ago. Worse than having my [...]
5 Games We’ll Remember In 20 Years
The games that we’ll make our kids play while they’re taking a break from virtual reality porn. Let’s be clear, these games are those special experiences that brought something so [...]
Experience Points: What Would Be The Skyrim Killer? Part 1
Gamers often try to come up with the best possible idea for an RPG combining design concepts from other games. They change up the norms and standards, and propose new [...]
Competition: Win Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning On PC, PS3 And Xbox 360
At the moment, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is the big thing happening. We’re talking about it, we’re promoting it and you should be getting ready to play it. But, perhaps [...]
Hands-On: Path of Exile
And so the republic of hack and slash role playing gamers was plunged into despair and chaos as the evil galactic Blizzard empire announced possibly another year of development for [...]
Competition Winner: Win What You Want
After two weeks of anticipation, the Win What You Want competition is over. We’ve drawn the winner, and it’s official. The draw was done randomly with a series of numbers [...]
What Makes A Gamer: Are You What You Game?
In the previous feature, we discussed what gamers eat and how that may define them as a gamer. Now we face a more ‘integral’ question. One which I think resonates [...]
Do You Go Back And Re-Play Games Later?
This question came about after a recent endeavour of mine that was discussed by Dean, myself and others in one of our famous Mumble troll sessions in the eGamer HQ [...]
2upGamers 3rd Encounter From The Eyes Of An eGamer
Friday 20th January marked the third 2upGamers event, and my first. It was thus with excitement and mild uncertainty that I climbed the steps to Friends of Design in the [...]
Life, The Universe, And Gaming — Innovation Isn’t Everything
Last week as many of you may have read by now, our very own Azhar “Tody” “Potato” Amien released an opinion column that discussed his views on the reasons why [...]
A Gamer’s Perspective — What If Chickens Were Reptiles?
Foreword: To those expecting something specifically gaming-related here, I have to apologise, for you’ll find very little gaming here today. If, however, you come here looking to find something truly [...]
Dota 2 Beta: Complete Impressions
As we all know, Valve is currently seeing Dota 2 through its closed beta phase, and for many it’s one of the most anticipated games of 2012, as it’s expected [...]
5 Games You May Not Know But Should
It’s quite simple really, these are the games you may not know about or have passed up for other titles. This article is our attempt to persuade you otherwise, because [...]
How Do You Feel About Videogame Discrimination?
Shooting games seem to be the main culprit here, but others do discriminate too. However, we’re going to focus on new modern war shooters. The games set in World War [...]
What Happened To Metal Gear Rising?
Welcome to the second edition of our “What Happened To” feature, in which we analyse games that have undergone drastic change, or have had a complex development period that our [...]
Experience Points: What Is A Video Game? Part 1
Contention around what exactly constitutes a “videogame” is one of the more highly debatable topics of choice among gamers alike. There are many elements that make up an entire game. [...]
Tody’s Take: The Truth Behind The Hate For Call Of Duty
Now, that’s quite a controversial headline I’ve chosen isn’t it? But there’s an actual reason for that, and I’m about 43% sure that it wasn’t just to attract attention. I [...]
Multiplayer Games We Hope To Exceed Expectations In 2012
2012 is looking to be a great year for gaming and in particular, multiplayer gaming. This list is a list of the games everyone expects to be great, but that [...]

