OXCGN’s Second Look FUSE Preview

Posted on 17 May, 2013 by GrathiusXR

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OXCGN’s Second Look FUSE Preview

Hot FUSE-ion

by Arthur Kotsopoulos

©2013 Arthur Kotsopoulos

FUSE 10Back in December we got the chance to test out FUSE in both a single player and co-operative player capacity in the form of ‘Echelon‘.

Whilst the game retains the same high octane gameplay we first witnessed, this time around we were treated to a proper hands on with the games first 3 missions.

FUSE has been specifically developed with co-op in mind so it was only appropriate to start the game with 4 player co-op where each player chose their respective character.

Difficulty is treated like any other game played in co-op i.e; Borderlands 2 is scaled accordingly.

FUSE_oxcgn_screenshot 8If you were to play the game on your own and leap between the other 3 characters, you won’t find the same challenge as you would with 3 other human players.

It was clear from the get go that the enemy AI adapt to your playing style and will enlist an array of tactics on the battlefield to complete their mission, eliminating you.

FUSE second preview here

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The Field Hockey Game: OXCGN’s Exclusive Interview

Posted on 7 May, 2013 by dkpatriarch

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The Field Hockey Game: OXCGN’s Exclusive Interview

The devs trying to bring that ‘other’ hockey into video gaming

by David Hilton

© 2013 David Hilton

942578_10151610161390081_1797352273_nIce hockey is known as the fast, furious, and sometimes violent game that Canadians and Europeans are fond of.  EA has made a successful NHL game franchise out of its fame.

However, there is another hockey that is played by many more nations and also features in Olympic challenges, yet has never been brought to video gaming.

Sometimes called ‘field’ hockey, this hockey used to be a slow, plodding grass sport that was played largely in schools as an extra sport elective.  But the game has evolved dramatically, much to most people who take the time to find out’s surprise.

Now more often played on high quality artificial water or hybrid turf, the game is fast and skilful like ice hockey, but tactical and engrossing like soccer/football.  With changes to rules to get rid of offsides and most of the whistle calls, the ploddy grass game has become much more exciting to watch and play.

fieldhockeygame_oxcgn1A group of hockey players and game developers have decided to get a video game version of the sport onto the market.  After all, if AFL football, a game exclusively played in only a small portion of Australia, can have a video game, a sport played by millions around the world should get one too.

I asked Simon Buckley, founding member of Urbanwarfare Studios and team lead for the FHG project, a few key questions to see how they planned to get this game made, considering most people in the big spending markets (eg. USA) still don’t know much about the ‘new’ field hockey.

Here’s what they had to say.

The Field Hockey Game interview

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OXCGN’s Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Review

Posted on 3 May, 2013 by exterminat

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OXCGN’s Tiger Woods PGA Tour 14 Review

Is this the year?

by Kent Sobey

©2013 Kent Sobey

tiger woods 14 screenshots oxcgn #8Every year we are graced with a number of EA sports titles, and every year they claim to have added and changed so much around that you probably won’t recognise it anymore.

In my experience this is usually a lie (not always, but usually).

Tiger Woods 2014 promised us a completely different golfing experience from anything we had seen before, but did it deliver?

Is the green worth checking out?

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OXCGN’s Defiance Review

Posted on 26 April, 2013 by dkpatriarch

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OXCGN’s Defiance Review

Is this a game-TV show cross-media success story?

by Kent Sobey

© 2013 Kent Sobey

defiance_oxcgn_screenshot 1.5MMOs haven’t been in abundant supply for this generation of consoles, so when the opportunity to play one arises it should definitely be taken.

Defiance is a third person shooter MMO that is closely linked to a television series of the same name.

But can the trans-media game stand alone?

Many years before the game starts an alliance of Aliens, known as the Votans, arrives on Earths doorstep, not to invade, but immigrate from their dying system.

The Votans consist of 8 separate alien races, and their transition into life on Earth doesn’t go so well. The result is the Pale Wars, in which the world is partly terra-formed and a lot of Humans and Votans died.

Defiance review here

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