‘Cops and robbers’ games are nothing new, so whether you’re waiting to play Battlefield: Hardline or happy to pass on it, here are some great alternatives.
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Watch Battlefield Hardline’s Live-Action Heist Trailer
March 16th, 2015 
Mark Electronic Arts on Monday released a live-action “Heist” trailer for Battlefield Hardline, showing off a team of criminals robbing a bank and trying to escape from a group of pursuing officers. It’s an impressively produced video, featuring gunfights, car chases, explosions, and more. And the way it’s captured, via a first-person perspective, makes it stand […]
Mario Party 10 Review
March 16th, 2015 Mark Ah, Mario Party, the game that, on paper at least, should be a rollicking good time filled with joyful minigames and all your favourite Nintendo characters. It’s hard not be suckered in by that classic Nintendo charm, the bright colours, the jangly music, Mario yelling “it’s-a-me!” If games were fun based on nostalgia value alone, […]
Rare’s N64 Team Offer New Details on Banjo Kazooie Spiritual Successor
March 16th, 2015 Mark Playtonic Games, the new UK studio formed by a group of decorated Rare developers, has revealed more details of its Banjo Kazooie spiritual successor. The unnamed game, known internally as Project Ukulele, is expected to be a 3D platformer with Rare’s signature ’90s gameplay and humor. Prior to this weekend, only a teaser image of […]
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Comments Off on Rare’s N64 Team Offer New Details on Banjo Kazooie Spiritual SuccessorGameStop Responds to Dumpster Video
March 16th, 2015 Mark Dumpster diving at GameStop is nothing new. But a recent video on the subject called “GameStop is Cheap and Greedy” has led the video game retailer to issue a statement reaffirming its policies as it relates charitable giving. The statement also offers an explanation for what gets tossed out and why. In a message on […]
PC Mech Shooter Hawken Acquired by APB Publisher
March 16th, 2015 Mark The rights for free-to-play PC mech shooter Hawken have been acquired by APB publisher Reloaded Games, the company announced on Facebook. “I’m pretty excited to *now* be able to announce that Reloaded Games is the new owner of Hawken,” the game’s new producer Joshua “capnjosh” Clausen wrote. “It’s a seriously great honor to be a […]
Arcade Workshop: Star Armada II
March 16th, 2015 Mark On an earlier Midweek Moshpit we got a chance to test out Star Armada II. The game is a hero battle where you take control of a ship in a great fleet featuring one of the three main StarCraft II races. As you head out from your main battle station, you’ll be accompanied by smaller […]
Steam Hits New Heights With 9m Concurrent Players
March 16th, 2015 Mark PC games platform Steam amassed more than nine million concurrent players on Sunday, breaking a new record for its proprietor Valve. The previous record was set very recently, in February, when the platform amassed 8.9 million concurrent users. In January, the previous record was set at 8.4 million. Days prior to that, some 8.35 million […]
UK Games Chart: Grand Theft Auto 5 Returns to Top
March 16th, 2015 Mark On the week that Rockstar launched its Grand Theft Auto Online update, complete with new heist missions, Grand Theft Auto V has climbed again to the top of the all-format UK games chart. The open-world crime opus has now recorded eight weeks atop the chart–just two weeks shy of the series’ all-time record, which was […]
AU New Releases: Battlefield Hardline Launches On Multiple Platforms
March 16th, 2015 Mark Electronic Arts’ cops-and-robbers-themed first-person shooter Battlefield Hardline launches for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC this week. Players who have pre-ordered it on PC via Origin can download the game so that it’s ready to play when it unlocks on March 19. Battlefield Hardline will launch with seven modes and […]
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