Newark Video Game Examiner

Assassin's Creed 2 review

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:53:02 -0700

Twice the hidden blades, twice the fun?The first Assassin's Creed game was quite polarizing. There were plenty of good things to be said about the free running, the graphics, and the quality of the settings. The chief drawbacks that were stated were ...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 review

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:45:42 -0700

More of the same isn't always a bad thing.Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 hit stores last week as possibly the most anticipated video game release ever. Does Modern Warfare 2 live up to the hype?The short answer would be yes.In a nutshell, Modern Warf...

Braid reviewed, releases tomorrow on Playstation Network

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:45:39 -0700

Sometimes, when watching a film or reading a novel, you feel a burn of emotion deep inside your chest. Something that affects you so profoundly that it moves beyond being just a form of media. It is internalized and remembered forever. Braid is one...

Borderlands review

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:13:53 -0700

Killing things: Always more fun with friends.If I was forced to sum Borderlands up in one sentence, it'd probably have something to do with my love of both online co-operative gameplay and RPG-style character building. Those, along with the game's ch...

Dragon Age: Origins review

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:52:27 -0700

A PC gamer when confronted by a console gamerLet's be honest. Most of the gamers that are going to purchase Dragon Age: Origins know exactly what they're getting into. They're likely to be either PC gamers with love for the Baldur's Gate series or co...

Releasing this week: Dragon Age: Origins

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:47:16 -0700

Bioware's Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic video games meet Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film series?Tired of waiting for Bioware to drop Mass Effect 2? The acclaimed action-RPG giant is set to release Dragon Age: Origins tomorrow for the ...

My top-10 favorite video games of all-time

Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:57:11 -0700

All hardcore gamers have a pantheon in our brains of our favorite video games of all-time. Mine tends to be more of a jumble of memorable moments that different games have presented to me. I've never before attempted to organize any of these moments ...

Releasing this week: Borderlands

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 09:47:36 -0700

Borderlands is far and away the most anticipated release this week. The Gearbox-developed game, which releases for XBOX 360, Playstation 3, and PC, is a first-person shooter and RPG blend. The player will spec their character out by choosing from fo...

Mail carrier steals over 2,200 Gamefly games

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 10:36:47 -0700

Are you a Gamefly subscriber? Have you ever lost a game in the mail? I have. I lost Too Human in the mail back in 2008 as I was returning it to the Pittsburgh Gamefly facility. Looking back, that probably wasn't a huge loss at all -- Too Human was ...

Releasing this week: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Brutal Legend

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:59:15 -0700

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the hurricane of pre-holiday game releases. This entire quarter is basically Christmas to those of us who consider ourselves hardcore gamers, and it's begun with a blast this week. Let's explore two anticipated 2009...

Gran Turismo 5 screenshots

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:37:49 -0700

Nearly every screenshot shown of Gran Turismo 5 thus far has boasted photo-realistic quality.Gran Turismo 5 has undergone delay after delay, frustrating not only fans of the series but fans of Sony's Playstation 3 as well. The console has now been su...

Dead Rising 2 screenshots from Tokyo Game Show

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:04:44 -0700

The original Dead Rising was given good reviews and enjoyed by many. Since its release in 2006, the game has developed into somewhat of a cult classic. Fans can celebrate -- Dead Rising 2 will finally release in March 2010, nearly four years after t...

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 to receive special edition 250-gigabyte XBOX 360 console

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:34:00 -0700

Microsoft announced yesterday that the highly anticipated sequel to 2007's amazingly successful Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare will receive its own limited edition console to support it.The XBOX 360 Limited Edition Modern Warfare 2 console will rel...

Releasing this week: Wet, NHL 10

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:02:04 -0700

Wet is a fast-paced, neurotic, film-noir action game developed by Artifical Mind and Movement and published by Bethesda Softworks. The game flaunts a hardcore violent style that sees protagonist Rubi Malone (voiced by Eliza Dushku) shoot and ...

New Mass Effect 2 screen shots from PAX 2009

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:15:39 -0700

Bioware's sequel to 2007's popular story-driven title Mass Effect has released a handful of new screenshots at Penny Arcade Expo 2009.Mass Effect 2 will continue the deep story from the first game, even going so far as to ask for a save file from t...

Assassin's Creed 2 visions of venice trailer

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:20:08 -0700

Trailer courtesy of Machinima.

Batman: Arkham Asylum named most critically acclaimed superhero game ever by Guinness World Records

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:43:50 -0700

Eidos' new title Batman: Arkham Asylum is setting world records.No, seriously.Arkham Asylum was awarded a place in the record books by Guinness World Records last week as the "most critically acclaimed superhero game ever". The game has rec...

Assassin's Creed 2 photos

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:36:33 -0700

Quite a few e-mails from psychotic Assassin's Creed hardcores this week, so here are a few photos to whet the appetitie of you rabid gamers who've e-mailed me. For more information on Assassin's Creed 2, check out previous NVGE articles.Images c...

Playstation 3 prices dropped, PS3 Slim announced alongside details and photos

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:05:00 -0700

Images courtesy of SCEA and Gamespress.com It was nearly two months ago that NVGE explored speculation on a Playstation 3 price cut, and now it seems that the informed speculation did in fact have a basis of truth.Current consoles will rece...

New Forza Motorsport 3 screenshots released

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:52:57 -0700

Microsoft's Forza Motorsport 3 dropped new screenshots recently in a continued effort to show off Turn 10's brand new graphics engine.The new graphics engine is said to feature ten times the amount of polygons as the previous installment, t...