The Big Nerd / November 4, 2011 11:07 pm It’s been quite a while since id Software released a game on any platform. The studio has been making video games for 20 years now, and throughout this time period they’ve been known for the quality of their games. They are in fact responsible for popularizing and revolutionizing the FPS genre. DOOM and Quake are two of the biggest franchises [...]
The Big Nerd / October 24, 2011 3:00 am After 2009′s hugely successful and critical hit, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, won countless Game of the Year awards, developer Naughty Dog knew expectations for the sequel would be extremely high. Nathan Drake’s next saga would have to raise the bar again for cinematic storytelling that the development team upped two years ago. But with the third installment, Uncharted 3: Drake’s [...]
The Big Nerd / September 14, 2011 9:03 pm Epic Games created the first Gears of War game as a marquee title for the Xbox 360, giving gamers a reason to buy the console. It was a visceral, bloody experience, portraying the troops of Delta Squad as they fought to save the last human inhabitants of the planet Sera from an unstoppable underground Locust Horde. It was essentially a [...]
The Big Nerd / September 6, 2011 12:01 am Resistance has been one of the flagship PlayStation 3 franchise, starting with launch-title Resistance: Fall of Man five years ago, and continues with the third title, Resistance 3. The story continues in Resistance 3, with a brand new setting, new art style and a new hero. Set four years after the apocalyptic events of Resistance 2, Resistance 3 takes place [...]
Matt Wills / September 3, 2011 1:09 pm Overview: You wake up one morning to find that your bedroom is a floating island in the sky. You take a step outside and you see that pieces of rock shot upward for you to cross the void. All the while, you hear an old timey voice describing your every step with pinpoint accuracy. You find your hammer shortly after [...]
The Big Nerd / August 21, 2011 7:20 pm Original Deus Ex was released back in 2000, and at that time it set a new standard for video games. It was an extremely immersive gaming experience realised in a dark, cyberpunk world. And it’s still considered one of the greatest games of all time, widely loved by millions of fans. Its sequel had the opposite problem though, as it’s [...]