Critical Mass

EA already super confident in Insomniac Game, aiming for 90+ review scores

EA and Insomniac together is a bit like an awesome comic-book team up; a leading developer and a leading publisher that both hold a number of incredible titles under their belts combining forces.

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PAX impressions / Kirby’s Epic Yarn

Kirby’s Epic Yarn is cute. In fact, you might even go so far as to say it’s absolutely adorable. It’s so cute that while standing in line, I actually heard more than one woman go “Awwwwww!” at the mere sight of it.

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PAX impressions / Comic Jumper: The Adventures of Captain Smiley

Twisted Pixel’s stock is quickly rising in the world of indie games. The Maw was a fun little romp, but ‘Splosion Man showed off the team’s ability to create excellently designed platforming levels along with its absurd sense of humor. I had Everybody Loves Doughnuts stuck in my head for a month after finishing that game

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Betting against the odds: how Duke Nukem Forever is actually happening, and how awesome that truly is

“Extremely frustrating.” That’s how Jon St. John, the longtime voice of Duke Nukem, described sitting on the sidelines and watching the well documented twelve year history of Duke Nukem Forever unfold. “Wow…I lost count,” he said when asked how many times he has recorded and re-recorded dialogue for Duke Nukem Forever

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Ghost of Sparta, Warhawk demos for PS Plus subscribers

That $50 per year PlayStation Plus subscription is about to start paying off; an early access demo of Kratos’ latest killing spree, the Ready at Dawn-developed God of War: Ghost of Sparta , will next week be made available to Plus subscribers and Plus subscribers alone.

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