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Halo Wars Preview: Looking Good, Playing Well

When I saw Halo Wars at last year's E3, the Ensemble-developed RTS prequel certainly looked impressive, though I couldn't say much about the game's fabled control scheme. The entire game hinges on the success of its control scheme, on a player's ability to quickly zoom across a battlefield and i...

Crysis Warhead: Deja Vu All Over Again

If you want to play more Crysis levels without having to deal with all the cost of innovative content, you're in luck. Where to start? After thirty minutes of playing Crysis Warhead, I saw a couple new guns, some new particle effects, and a new mission. A mission that, outside of a dull scripted...

Empire: Total War is a Strategy Fan's Wet Dream

Let me give you an idea of how absurdly detailed Empire: Total War is: the game accurately models buoyancy. Every musket ball is accurately modeled using the game's physics engine. The land battle maps are generated from NASA satellite imagery. Empire: Total War is a model kit of a game. Based o...

Duke Nukem Trilogy Details: Duke Heads to WW2, Apogee Talks Possible PC Release & DS Censorship

The conclusion of Apogee's recently-announced Duke Nukem Trilogy for Nintendo DS and PSP will see the beloved game icon thrust into World War II--in a game that will, at long last, explain the origins of the Duke Nukem namesake. digg_url = 'http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53739'; digg...

Xbox 360 Blu-ray Rumors: The Nail in the Coffin?

One of the more persistent rumors in the industry is that Microsoft is readying to announce a Blu-ray player for the Xbox 360. After the failure of the HD-DVD format, the move was often seen as only a matter of time. Now a new interview with Microsoft gaming vice president of business Shane Kim ...