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Doctor Octopus crawls into Spider-Man Unlimited
In addition to Dungeon Hunter 5, Gameloft was also showing off the latest upcoming Spider-Man Unlimited update at GDC 2015. This episode of the endless runner game features the nefarious Doc Ock, and has a plotline that ties in with the print comic series. While Spider-Men from alternate realities continue to bicker among each other, Doc Ock presents new challenges by taking to the...
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Dungeon Hunter 5 hacking and slashing its way to iPad
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Gameloft's freemium fantasy action title, Dungeon Hunter 5, is coming next week and we got a chance to check it out at GDC 2015. The Dungeon Hunter series is well-known as a beautiful action-RPG, and its latest iteration changes things up quite a bit. For one, there aren't any classes. Yep, an RPG with without classes. You start with your choice of weapon, be it dual crossbows...
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Warfriends is a strategic duck-and-cover shooter
The fun doesn't stop at the Game Developer Conference this week, as we're taking a look at an upcoming duck-and-cover shooter from Chillingo and About Fun Games called Warfriends. Simply enough, you need to run behind cover, call in back-up, take out enemy troops, and eventually weather down the opposing commander at the other end of the battlefield. Before the match starts,...
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Knights of Pen & Paper 2 coming soon!
At GDC 2015, we had a chance to check out the recently-announced Knights of Pen and Paper 2. Though it's being worked on by a new developer, they've managed to maintain the self-referential tongue-in-cheek humor that made the original such a roaring success (at least among diehard Dungeons & Dragons nerds like me). The publishers were a little shy about letting us shoot...
Sad news for Sims
EA shuts down SimCity maker's home office
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EA has shut down the offices responsible for making one of computing's most prolific and beloved game franchises. Sad news in the game world today: EA has announced the closure of Maxis' Emeryville offices, the home of the legendary city building game SimCity, according to Kotaku. EA says development on Sims and SimCity franchises continues, just without the efforts of the folks in...
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Stories of App Store success...and failure
GDC is giving developers on both sides of the App Store success story a chance to share their tales of triumph and woe. Success in life isn't guaranteed, and that's especially true on the App Store, where fortunes can be made by developers that hit it big. But most developers aren't that lucky. This week's Game Developer Conference (GDC) is giving devs a chance to tell both sides of...
Godzilla rampaging its way onto iOS in upcoming matching game
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At GDC 2014, we got some time with an upcoming Godzilla game that's launching in time for the impending movie. Godzilla Smash 3 is an interesting mix of casual match-3 mechanics and beautifully-rendered 3D graphics.
GDC 2014: Monument Valley game screws with your head in a beautiful way
The fine folks behind Whale Trail are making a decidedly different puzzle game, and we got to take a look at the Game Developer Conference. Ustwo's Monument Valley has players guide a hapless girl through a twisted maze of Escherian proportions.
GDC 2014: Gear Jack - Black Hole adds stealth and Metroid spin to endless running
Gear Jack: Black Hole is an upcoming endless runner we got to check out at GDC 2014. In this Crescent Moon title, we take control of an adorable little robot and control his leaps so he doesn't get maimed by the various dangers peppered throughout the level. While the character is usually plowing onwards at breakneck speeds, you've got to make sure he slows things down and tiptoes when...