May 2013
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Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Ubisoft Released: May 1st 2013 XBLA/PS Network/PC (XBLA version reviewed)
Your name is Rex “Power” Colt, this is 2007, and this is the future.
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The game starts on a single premise, an interesting one that no other game company has had the courage to even attempt before: Take a game that has been considered by more or less everyone as a critically acclaimed...
April 2013
1 post
Bioshock Infinite
Publisher: 2K Games Developer: Irrational Games Released: 26th March 2013 Xbox 360/PS3/PC/Mac (Xbox 360 version reviewed)
There was always a lighthouse, always a man, and always a city.
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These three central motifs stand at the crux of the Bioshock series. Games that encompass grand philosophical ideas going from the very basis of free will to the rights of the common man while at the...
March 2013
2 posts
Tomb Raider
Publisher: Square Enix Developer: Crystal Dynamics Released: 5th March 2013 Xbox 360/PS3/PC (Xbox 360 version reviewed)
Many of us were introduced to the famous English rose, Miss Lara Croft, way back in 1996, when we found her she was experienced, fearless, and sassy as hell, with an air of nonchalance about everything. We met her as a fully formed character, a full personality and backstory...
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Producer: Konami Developer: Platinum Games Released: 22nd February 2013 Xbox 360/PS3 (Xbox 360 reviewed)
Before Minecraft, before Devil May Cry, before Hitman or Skyrim or Mass Effect or any of those iconic or just plain exciting games that I’ve spent hundreds of hours of my life playing, way back in 1998 there was a game that came out, and a subsequent series that captured my imagination and...
February 2013
2 posts
Aliens: Colonial Marines
Producer: Sega Developer: Gearbox Software Released: February 12th 2013 XBox 360/PS3/PC (Xbox 360 reviewed)
I’ve always been a fan of the Alien series, from its dark, hauntingly horrific origins all the way even to that shambles of a forth film. There’s a rich mythology behind the films, the genealogy of the species, their connection to the outer reaches of space, their flat out...
Dead Space 3
Producer: Electronic Arts Developer: Visceral Games Released: February 8th 2013 Xbox 360/PS3/PC (Xbox 360 reviewed)
In an age when Resident Evil was moving further into the world of being yet another generic clunky third-person shooter series and Silent Hill was moving further towards, well, just being a sham of its former self, Dead Space came along as something of a messiah. The second...
January 2013
2 posts
DmC (Devil May Cry)
Released: 14/1/2013 Publisher: Capcom Developer: Ninja Theory
To begin I think you, as the reader, need to understand the depth of my love for Devil May Cry prior to this reboot. I have played every version religiously, from its origins through to its peak at Devil May Cry 3: Dante’s Awakening (in my humble opinion) and back to the slight disappointment of 4, but never once losing faith in...
The Best and Worst of 2012, Reset Style.
This year has been big for gamers and the industry as a whole. We had the first of the new generation of consoles in the form of the WiiU, as well as hints at what we could be looking at for the next step of graphical evolution with the likes of the glorious looking Watch Dogs. And then of course we had those such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 and this years Fifa, continued staples of our yearly...
November 2012
1 post
Assassin's Creed III
Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Released: 31st October 2012 Xbox 360/Ps3/PC (Xbox 360 reviewed)
Well we’ve closed in on the Christmas season once again, that time of year that gives us more AAA titles than we can shake a stick at, and how can we, the mere consumers, decide which deserves our attention and more importantly, our money? It’s not an easy task, and I don’t presume to...
October 2012
1 post
Dishonored
Producer: Bethesda Softworks Developer: Arkane Studios Released: 12th October 2012 Xbox 360/PS3/PC (Xbox 360 reviewed)
Okay I’m going to throw it out here, I’ve been out of the loop for a while. I’ve been playing recent releases but frankly, every single thing I’ve played since, well, probably Max Payne 3 has just bored me. We’ve been living in a sea of generic, average, unexciting games that...
July 2012
3 posts
Inversion
Producer: Namco Bandai Games Developer: Saber Interactive Released: July 13th 2012 Xbox 360/PS3/PC (Xbox 360 reviewed)
Some games sneak up on you and surprise you by creating something unusual, interesting and innovative that you’ve never seen before. Games that have little to no buzz that suddenly gain a cult following just by their sheer technical superiority. Games like this are what make...
Mass Effect 3: The Extended Cut
When Mass Effect 3 came out the game was universally applauded for its step forward in science fiction brilliance, enhancements in combat, graphical beauty and fantastically written story; but for some inexplicable reason, the ending was almost equally universally panned. It left an unsatisfying taste in the mouths of fans. There was petitioning to have it changed, or at the very best clarified....
Gaming News 04/07/12
It’s a happy day for Final Fantasy VII, with the game officially coming to PC “soon”. Although there’s no official date, a whole host of online additions, including achievements, have been revealed. Check out the announcement trailer right here:
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Remember Star Wars Battlefront III? The game was being developed in 2009 by Free Radical before the company was...
June 2012
10 posts
The Amazing Spider-Man
Developer: Beenox Publisher: Activision Released: 29th June 2012 Xbox 360/PS3/PC/DS/3DS/Wii/iOS/Android (Xbox 360 reviewed)
We all know that movie tie-in games don’t have that much luck at being very good, with the last great one probably being, funnily enough, 2004’s Spider-Man 2 hitting Game Cube, PS2 and Xbox, surprising fans by being a great game with impressive open-world gameplay...
Gaming News 25/06/12
Well, unfortunately we have to kick off today’s round of news with disappointment. Originally scheduled for a September release, those looking forward to the upcoming Far Cry 3 will now have to wait until November 29th, with the game not coming to the US until all the way on December 4th.
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The inevitable Resident Evil 6 collectors edition has finally been announced and...
Gaming News 20/06/12
In case you were wondering on what Dead Space 3 will play like, we have a good 20 minutes of actual gameplay footage for you to feast your eyes on, one word - cool:
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We have more news from the GAME store. Apparently all stores in Australia will be closing over the coming weeks. That’s 31 stores being lost in total folks.
For all of those excited for the Summer of Arcade, we...
Lollipop Chainsaw
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Developer: Grasshopper Manufacture Released: 15th June 2012 Xbox 360/PS3 (Xbox 360 reviewed)
I’m going to go on record here: I think Grasshopper Manufacture have possibly the greatest stylistic flair in modern gaming. Last year with Shadows of the Damned the company introduced the world to Garcia Fucking Hotspur and his faithful partner Johnson...
Gaming News 12/06/12
Well guys and dolls, it’s pretty quiet all round in the fallout of another amazing E3, but we have a few bits to share with you.
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In preparation for the absolutely insane looking Lollipop Chainsaw, out this friday, there has been the official launch trailer release. FYI kids, TheMercurialMan will have his review of the game out this week too:
Klei Entertainment’s (the...
A Little Treat....
Morning all!
TheMercurialMan found something this morning that all fans of the tv show Community and old-school gaming fans alike will love!
That’s right, some genius has actually gone ahead and made the game! Featuring the Greendale Seven, and bonus characters such as Batman, Constable Reggie, Pillow Man Pierce and more, and can be found RIGHT HERE! Enjoy!
Gaming News 06/06/12 - E3 Day Three
To kick things off today, some ingenious person has uploaded 25 minutes of footage from Quantic Dream’s Beyond: Two Souls, and it continues to impress:
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We also have the first interview and footage in regards to Ubisoft’s amazing looking Watch Dogs, and a release date of “definitely not this year”. The cyberpunk action-adventure will be coming to Xbox 360, PS3...
Gaming News 05/06/12 - E3 Day Two
Another packed day from the wonderful world of E3
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Beyond: Two Souls has officially been announced for next year, and will definitely be featuring Ellen Page as the protagonist. The first trailer for the game can be found below:
We have a new look at Resident Evil 6, the insane looking sequel coming October 2nd, showing off brand new elements such as swimming, vehicle sections...
Gaming News 04/06/12 - E3 Day One
E3 IS HERE MOTHERFUCKERS!!!
We have an ungodly amount of games announcements from the prolific games expo, so let’s start right here.
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Sam Fisher is back, out of his fugitive lifestyle and back in the role of a spy badass next spring for Splinter Cell: Blacklist with all the gadgets, mark and executes, and vicious murdering you can shake a stick at, and you can check out the...
Gaming News 01/06/12
So we have a lot of preperatory videos and news for next weeks awesome E3 expo, first of all the intriguing looking video for Metal Gear Rising. While I’m a huge fan of the series I can’t say if it’ll be a disappointment or not, but either way, watch Raiden slice a load of crap up here:
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In our last news bit we had the insanely good looking trailer for Hitman...
May 2012
12 posts
Gaming News 30/05/12
We know Agent 47 is on his way back (the pre-order sniper challenge is a lovely treat btw), but check out the latest, most blood-thirsty and violent trailer yet, featuring leather-clad nuns (“the Saints”), rockets, blades, guns and all the fibre-wire choking you’d expect, it’s very pretty:
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It may be far from news but we have the official title image from Dead...
Ghost Recon: Future Soldier
Publisher: Ubisoft Developer: Ubisoft Red Storm/ Romania/ Paris Released: 25th May 2012 Xbox 360/PS3/PC (Xbox 360 reviewed)
Throughout the six previous releases in the Ghost Recon series I was never a huge fan. I thought the originals were fairly boring, and I was only moderately impressed with the Advanced Warfighter titles, but when researching about Future Soldier I found myself becoming...
Gaming News 21/05/12
A new week has come and with it, more news!
Starting off we have the release date announcement trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines. I, probably like many others, assumed that the game coming out around the same time as the kind-of-prequel to the film series, Prometheus, however apparently Fox and Gearbox had different thoughts, as it’s coming out FEBRUARY 12TH 2013!! So at least I’ll...
Max Payne 3
Publisher: Rockstar Games Developer: Rockstar Studios Released: 18th May 2012 Xbox 360/PS3 (Xbox 360 reviewed)
It was a dark, cold day in August 2008. Rain tapping against the window persistently as TheMercurialMan sat at his computer, the screen flicking various news bites into his tired eyes as he scrolled down, until suddenly something grabbed his attention. Labelled as a rumour he took it...
Max Payne: A Reset Retrospective.
Devised from the mind of Sam Lake and originally created by the company Remedy Entertainment, the first two entries into the series of Max Payne delved into the dark heart of New York’s criminal underworld. A series run by revenge, vigilantism and a pitch black noir style garnered critical acclaim for its aggressive and intense gun combat, and for introducing the gaming world to a mechanic known...
Gaming News 10/05/12
We have a brand new teaser trailer for Arkham City’s Harley Quinn’s Revenge DLC, which will officially be hitting the PSN on May 29th, and XBLA on May 30th, check it out here:
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As huge fans of the TV show Sons of Anarchy, we here at Reset were insanely excited to hear Kurt Sutter talk about ideas for a game based on the series, while at the same time let down by the...
Gaming News 09/05/12
We finally have a release date for the outstanding looking Hitman Absolution. The latest adventures of everyone’s bald headed hired gun will be hitting stores 17th of September. It should be noted that the date has not been officially announced and has only been listed by UK retailers, but at the very least it’s likely the title will be out around that time.
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Gaming News 04/05/12
“What’s that picture?” I hear you all asking. Oh it’s nothing much, just a screenshot from the Elder Scrolls Online, no biggie. In fact you can find some more of them HERE, you’re welcome.
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We’ve also got another teaser for Metal Gear Revengeance,...
Gaming News 03/05/12
Agent 47 wants to teach you all about the art of the kill with the latest trailer for Hitman Absolution, and it looks, frankly, bloody great!:
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We’ve got the Japanese trailer for Metal Gear Solid HD on the Vita, and although we know more or less what to expect, it still looks good:
Speaking of Metal Gear, check out the live-action teaser for Revengeance, possibly showing the...
Call of Duty: Black Ops II Announcement Blow-Out!
We all knew it was coming, but it’s been officially announced that the next Call of Duty will be Black Ops II, coming out on November 13th. [[MORE]]The game will take place during a “slightly futuristic Cold War” of 2025, with unmanned machines and technological advancements, and features in-game segments of flying planes, fighting unmanned battle tanks (METAL GEAR?!), and even...
Twisted Metal X
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment Developer: Eat Sleep Play Released: March 16th 2012 Playstation 3
Twisted Metal is quite simply Mario Kart meets Carmageddon on acid, the game incorporates arena combat with heavily armoured and weaponised vehicles ranging from a chainsaw wielding chopper rider to a black semi-truck perfect for ramming opponents into oblivion and most possibilities...
[PROTOTYPE2]
Publisher: Activision Developer: Radical Entertainment Released: April 24th 2012 Xbox 360/PS3 (Xbox 360 reviewed)
The first game in the series, Prototype came out in 2009 to stiff competition. Released a mere two weeks after Sucker Punch’s Infamous, a remarkably similar concept about the idea of a normal person being given superpowers, thrust into an open world with nothing but some vague idea...
April 2012
4 posts
The Reset Return!: Gaming News 30/04/12
Yes, we’ve been gone for… bloody Hell 20 days now! But we’re back with a few bits of news, and general gaming awesomeness to tide you over before we’re properly back tomorrow, so on with the show!:
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Yes, although it’s yet to be officially announced but the US chain Target has been selling preorder cards for Call of Duty: Black Ops II, all but guaranteeing...
Gaming News 10/04/12
Starting the day off, we have a whole host of new information from Resident Evil 6, thanks to a shiny new trailer. First of all we see the return of characters such as Ada Wong and Sherry Birkin, as well as a reveal that new character Jack Muller is in fact the son of Albert Wesker, big bad of the series up to 5. Also a new seemingly airborne virus known as the C-Virus is revealed, appearing to...
Gaming News 05/04/12
Kicking off today’s news we have the launch trailer for the Devil May Cry HD Collection, and it does a damn good job of reminding you why the series was so amazing:
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An update on PS3 TROPHIES.COM has presented some rather interesting Arkham City hints, pointing at some Harley Quinn related DLC, and giving the impression of a more playable Robin, which is purely a good thing.
The...
Gaming News 02/04/12
Aaaaaaaand…. we’re back with more news!
Firstly we’ll start with a link from Reset fan Rich Wyatt rounding up the brightest and best of the April Fools gaming “announcements” that can be found HERE. TheMercurialMan’s favourites have to be the most retro ones, A 90’s style cartoon of Mass Effect (omniblade guitars? Yes!) and an old-school advert for the...
March 2012
13 posts
Mass Effect: The End of an Era.
***WARNING: SPOILERIFIC!*** ***NO SERIOUSLY: SPOILERS!***
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For a long time I’d been opposed to all the fans rallying against the ending of Mass Effect 3. Long before I’d even got to the point of finishing the game I’d been vocally rallying against those fans that...
Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Publisher: Capcom Developer: Slant Six Games, Capcom Released: March 23rd 2012 Xbox 360/PS3/PC (Xbox 360 reviewed)
In my mind the greatest of Resident Evil was way back on the Playstation. Those secluded, harrowing walks through the RPD station, desperately fearing what was around the next corner, or those terrifying walks through the streets of Raccoon City, petrified of what awaits you in a...
Gaming News 21/03/12
We’re back with some new news folks!
Most importantly… GAME has entered administration, this is their announcement: “Further to this morning’s announcement of the suspension of trading in shares of GAME Group plc, the board has concluded that its discussions with all stakeholders and other parties have not made sufficient progress in the time available to offer a realistic prospect...
Gaming News 14/03/12
We’ll start today’s news with possibly the most ridiculous thing TheMercurialMan has ever read. Gamers have taken such a stand against the Mass Effect 3 ending that there’s an official petition raising money in aid of changing it. Bioware have stayed resolute in their decision to keep the ending (obviously, Jesus), and I for one support this decision. Throughout the entirety of...
Gaming News 13/03/12
Sonic Team has announced that there are currently no plans for any more additions in the Sonic 4 series after Episode 2, but are willing to see how gamers react to the upcoming release later this year to decide. Sonic Teams Takashi Iizuka also went on record in regards the physics of Episode 2: “When we started developing Episode 1, we already had plans for Episode 2 in our minds. What we were...
Gaming News 12/03/12
As if previously reported failings from GAME wasn’t bad enough, we continue to see more examples of the downward spiral.
According to the Sunday Times the company must pay their rent within two weeks, and failure could result in them going into administration. GAME themselves have released a statement on the subject: ”While these discussions are on-going, it has not been possible to...
Mass Effect 3
Mass Effect 3 Publisher: EA Developer: Bioware Released: 9th March 2012 Xbox 360/PS3/PC (Xbox 360 reviewed)
Throughout the course of the Mass Effect series the life of Commander Shepard can be described in a single word: tumultuous. From his rise to importance in the early hours of the first title by gaining the prestigious rank of Spectre, to his death and rebirth working for a man he...
Gaming News 07/03/12
A new SimCity has officially been announced by EA, coming to PC’s in 2013, and has come with an announcement trailer that can be seen below:
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Peter Molyneux has officially left Lionhead Studios and his job as creative director of Micorsoft Studios Europe to join Guildford based company 22 Cans after the completion of Fable: Journeys.
Although we already had a release date for...
Gaming News 06/03/12
What you see above is the official cover art for Hitman: Absolution. TheMercurialMan isn’t sure whether he likes it or not, it’s very… red?
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In the constant downward spiral of GAME, EA have spoken to Eurogamer about how they feel about the situation: “It’s unfortunate that GAME is having challenges with its suppliers, however, consumers have many alternatives both...
Gaming News 05/03/12
Well our dear followers, we’re going to stick with a few regular themes today in terms of news, and firstly is the downfall of GAME:
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In addition to all EA titles, it’s been announced the the store will not be stocking either Street Fighter X Tekken or Asura’s Wrath, meaning along with Mass Effect 3 GAME’s shelves will be barren of some of this years biggest...
Gaming News 02/03/12
Okay with the amount of stuff already leaked for Assassin’s Creed III, we have even more! Check out the first proper screenshots of the game and the protagonist who we now know is half English, half Native American. His English name being Connor and the native name being Ratohnhake. There’s also a buttload of guns, bows, tomahawks and swords on him, which makes him even more badass....
