Assassin’s Creed 4 is Really About Pirates: OXCGN Gets it Right Again

Posted on 27 February, 2013 by exterminat

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Assassin’s Creed 4 is Really About Pirates

OXCGN gets it right with Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag

by Nicholas Laborde

©2013 Nicholas Laborde

assassins-creed-iv-black-flag-COVER-ART-OXCGNFor those of you who don’t know, we at OXCGN are arguably the biggest Assassin’s Creed fans out there.

Most of our most-viewed articles of all time are in some way connected to Assassin’s Creed.

Ever since 2007 when we began, David Hilton — OXCGN’s resident old person — has been been conjecturing and offering guesses as to where the next games in the series will go. Nearly every single time, has has been right.

With the most recent rumors circulating about Assassin’s Creed 4 (or whatever it will be called) being pirate-themed, we bring you the final piece of the puzzle.

Discover the future…

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Wake Up Remedy! What Alan Wake 2 Needs to Succeed

Posted on 7 January, 2013 by exterminat

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What Alan Wake 2 Needs to Succeed

Wake up, Remedy!

by Nicholas Laborde

©2013 Nicholas Laborde

oxcgn alan wakeSometimes, I feel as if nobody cared about Alan Wake.

Developed by Remedy, who gave us the first two Max Payne titles, it was their first new title and IP after Max Payne 2 in 2003.

In borderline development hell for five years (we saw it at E3 2006 but didn’t get it until May 2010, for crying out loud!), it came a long way before we finally got it.

After seeing moderate success on the Xbox 360, one “sequel” was delivered digitally – Alan Wake’s American Nightmare – and managed to retain the formula while still being very Alan Wake.

American Nightmare performed solidly, and then both titles were very successfully ported to the PC via Steam.

Recently, the Alan Wake Facebook page had a tease saying that we’ll soon be seeing what Remedy has been up to all this time.

Considering that both titles ended with the ominous message “Alan Wake’s journey through the night will continue,” I think it’s safe to say that Alan Wake 2 is in development.

With that in mind, here is exactly what Alan Wake 2 needs to succeed.

Wake up, over here!

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Why March 2013 is the Greatest Month for Gaming in Years

Posted on 5 January, 2013 by exterminat

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Why March 2013 is the Greatest Month for Gaming in Years

A month that packs a tremendous punch

by Nicholas Laborde

©2013 Nicholas Laborde

bioshock infinite cover2012 was an above average year for gaming.

We got tons of major franchise iterations like Far Cry 3, Call of Duty: Black Ops II, Borderlands 2, and Assassin’s Creed III.

In addition to these solid titles, we also received a plethora of new IP and imaginative adventures: Dishonored, Journey, and Spec Ops: The Line, to name a few.

While these were excellent games, it feels as if not that many were actually released in 2012.

The first quarter of 2013 alone tops the entirety of 2012′s lineup, and you’ll see why. (more…)

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OXCGN’s Game of the Year Awards for 2012

Posted on 23 December, 2012 by dkpatriarch

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OXCGN’s Game of the Year Awards for 2012

The world did not end this year 

by David Hilton

©2012 David Hilton

game of the year award smlWith all the attention on the impending Mayan apocalypse it would have been fitting to look at the state of gaming at the end of 2011 and wonder if the gaming world might also end.

While there was initially some optimism that new major next gen consoles would be announced at this year’s E3, only the Wii U actually was a next gen certainty and the limits of current gen consoles had seemingly been reached.

On top of that, gaming sequels continued to dominate game releases.

It looked like the end could be nigh for big release gaming of the AAA variety in the near future.

However the quality of this year’s titles shows that gaming is very much alive and though many studios and franchises faltered this year, more succeeded with some of the best games this gaming generation.

With a huge renaissance gaming year promised for 2013 in the form of new generation consoles, let’s look at 2012 as the last big battle of this current console generation for top gaming honours.

We gave our readers a chance in a poll to decide their 2012 Game of the Year, and the results came in with the beautiful and clever Playstation exclusive downloadable title, Journey. Now it’s our turn.

OXCGN GOTY here

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