Previews: Halo Reach (Xbox 360) & Skate 3 (Xbox 360/Playstation 3)
Reviews: SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 (PSP), Super Monkey Ball 2 (iPhone), Bad Company 2 (Multi)
Rather than spending a post to every preview or review I write, I shall – as of now – summarize two or more (p)reviews in a single post. I have done quite some work for Eurogamer.nl the past weeks, mainly consisting of (p)reviews. Continue reading
Preview: Red Dead Redemption (Playstation 3/Xbox 360)
A preview of Rockstar San Diego’s Red Dead Redemption aired yesterday at Eurogamer Netherlands. I wrote the article not only to highlight some of the cool features Redemption has to offer (a brilliant western vibe, for one) but also to shed some light on the displeased wives and other obstacles Rockstar has to overcome. Continue reading
Game Preview: SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3
The PSP has been blessed with some decent shooters over the years, and Fireteam Bravo 3 is no exception. The latest SOCOM-game is one of the most complete games in the franchise; over seventy guns, co-op, perks, achievements, online support, it’s all there. Continue reading
Game Preview: MAG (Ps3)
The past few days I’ve been playing MAG a few hours every day. The closed beta has given me the opportunity to finally find an answer to the question: is it fun to join a team consisting of 128 players and fight another team, also consisting of 128 players? Unfortunately, it is not as much fun as I hoped it would be. There’s just no way 128 strangers are going to cooperate, and the lack of teamwork pretty much messes up MAG’s unique feature, degrading it to an “ordinary” shooter.
Read the full article here (Dutch).
Together with Thom Stokkel I wrote a short (much too short, indeed) “preview” of some of the stuff 2009 will have in store for gamers. Among more Indie-games and mobile gaming are interesting titles such as Afro Samurai (which turned out to be mediocre at best), Alan Wake and StarCraft II.
Read the full article here (Dutch).