The Merchants of Venice: Assassin’s Creed 2 and Venetica

Posted on 13 September, 2009 by dkpatriarch


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venice oxcgn 1Ah Venice…There’s just something so magical and surreal about the place.  Featured in films from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade to James Bond: Casino Royale and games like Timesplitters: Future Perfect and The Club, it presents a perfect exotic local in which to set escapist entertainment.

Forgive me for the following nostalgia trip, but I arrived in Venice by boat a young 17 year old way back in 1989, the morning after a live Pink Floyd concert (these days you can watch it on Youtube).

Let’s look at the Two Tales of One City shall we

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OXCGN’s Lost And Found: Games Gone MIA-Located at E3?

Posted on 16 June, 2009 by dkpatriarch

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Prior to E3’09 I listed 22 games gone Missing In Action (MIA) that I hoped to see at E3.  Well in this update you will see which ones re-appeared, which ones remain lost, and which ones are stuck in production waiting for a publisher to help out.  For more details about each game see the full-write up by clicking here for Part 1 and here for Part 2.

In the meantime, if you’re like me, you’d like to see some of the big publishers enter into the buyer’s market and pick up some of these new and interesting titles that aren’t just safe sequels or offshoots of existing IPs.

In a year full of talk of twos (Bioshock 2, Assassin’s Creed 2, Modern Warfare 2, Left 4 Dead 2, Killzone 2, Mass Effect 2, Uncharted 2: Drakes Fortune etc.) it is the newer IPs like Alan Wake and Heavy Rain (for PS3) that have me the most fascinated.  Sure, those twos, threes, and fours are some really great IPs that I have or will be picking up, but creative new ideas and games give diversity, and the little studios could use some help to get their vision to full potential and market.

Here is the list and current status of each game as we know it: Full List Here. . .>

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OXCGN’s E3 Search: 10 More Games Missing In Action

Posted on 28 May, 2009 by dkpatriarch

Games We Need To See At E3 – Part 2

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Updated as info is revealed at E3.  Updates will appear after game description below.

Earlier this month I brought you 12 games that have gone Missing In Action (MIA), and later updated a few with new information.  Unfortunately the news wasn’t good for at least two of them.

I’ve managed to round up another bunch of games that were announced some time ago and have had very little new shown about them.  These are games that must make an appearance at this year’s E3, or they will be presumed dead or dying.  This time there are some sequels among the 10, and as always if you’ve seen new information about them, or have other missing games to add to the list, let us know in the comment section below.

1. Doom 4

Doom 4 oxcgnAhh Doom.  It came at the dawn of the First Person Shooter (FPS) game,  after Wolfenstein 3D, another Id Software creation for PC, in the early 1990s. We had a remake of sorts with Doom 3 last gen on Xbox and PC, but another was supposed to be coming. While Id has confirmed it is hard at work on another Wolfenstein for this gen as well as the new IP Rage, Doom 4 was announced a year ago and not much has been heard or seen since.  This game was firmly MIA.

Then some news finally trickled out of GameSpot last month: it was still being planned with a new team, Id Software were still hiring, and it’s not a sequel or a reboot.  Beyond that, nothing.  E3 may bring us more on this title.
9 more great MIA games here . . .

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