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Eurogamer Retrospective: Freespace 2

Eurogamer: "Freespace 2 was released in 1999, over a decade ago. It's an interesting case because, for one, it's never been surpassed. Since then, we've had the odd Freelancer, or X3, but they've not touched on the same high notes, and the things they've done well aren't the things Freespace 2 even attempted. It's peerless, which means it's in a bit of a vacuum when it comes to aging. Or would be, if things had remained the same. But I'll get to that."

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Video Game Music Spotlight #11: Horror and Solitude

VGChartz's Taneli Palola: "The fall period has begun and sunlight is becoming increasingly scarce, especially here in the north where I happen to live. With daylight hours quickly withering away as winter approaches, I thought we should take some time to listen to some seasonally-fitting creepy and dark themes from the world of video games. Of course, Halloween is also right around the corner, so it works quite nicely for that as well.

Over the years we've heard some truly amazing video game themes that have captured the feelings of sorrow, solitude, dread, and sheer terror perfectly. So, in keeping with the spirit of the season, here are some dark themes from the world of video games for you to listen to."

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GOG has just kicked-off their space-themed sales campaign - You can get “Freespace 2” for free

GOG has just announced that they have launched their special space-themed sales campaign. So that means that you could pick-up some really great space games to a nice price. Furthermore, you could also get "Freespace 2" all for free until the 27th of September.

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Five Genres that deserve a comeback

Every year we get a deluge of the same types of game that came the year before. A large portion of modern Triple A titles fall neatly into a select few genres.

Along the way certain genres have fallen by the wayside, Bag of Games explores some of these “forgotten formulas” and examine where they stand in today’s industry.

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Undrey3900d ago

I agree with the 3D platformers.

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fsfsxii3900d ago

Rail shooters. With the heavy peripheral

cootdog1233900d ago

Light gun shooters would be nice to see a come back.

ifritAlkhemyst3900d ago

Space Combat has Star Citizen on the horizon.

Platform games need actual platforming. Infamous and AC series are not platformers, and the average 3D platformer requires no skill these days. If Nintendo wants me to buy a Wii U, they should make Mario difficult again.

FPS Adventure thrives in low budget European titles. They're all over Steam and Gamersgate.

The text adventure's most recent quality release was called Cypher. It was pretty excellent despite some rough edges.
http://www.cabrerabrothers.... You can check it out there.

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