Emanuel Maiberg
Latest articles by Emanuel Maiberg
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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 preview: wall running, co-op, and future tech
By Emanuel Maiberg published
hands-on Wall running, water, co-op, and special multiplayer characters enter the mix in Blops 3.
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Assassin's Creed Chronicles preview
By Emanuel Maiberg published
hands-on Ubisoft is bringing episodic stealth-n-stab to Russia, China, and India.
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Dirty Bomb nails the most important details for shooters: is that enough?
By Emanuel Maiberg published
HANDS-ON Dirty Bomb is fun, but it's going to be hard to carve out a space between Call of Duty, Battlefield and CS:GO.
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Mortal Kombat X is a great party for one
By Emanuel Maiberg published
hands-on Mortal Kombat X looks a single-player dream, and this is before we've even seen the game's story mode.
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Gravity Ghost review
By Emanuel Maiberg published
A 2D platformer about momentum that's better than its story.
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What we want from Just Cause 3
By Emanuel Maiberg published
I don't envy Avalanche Studios.
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What we want from Battlefield 5
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Our wish list for the features, fixtures, and focus of the next Battlefield game (after Hardline).
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Cities: Skylines preview: If urban planning was like Photoshop
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Cities: Skylines looks to pick up where the latest SimCity dissapointingly left off.
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Magicka 2 preview: It's still fun, but hard to control a wizard
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Magicka 2 doesn't do a whole lot to change the formula, though in Pieces Interactive's defense, it's a brilliant formula.
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Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris review
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Clever puzzles, shooting, and platforming have zero fat, and make its four hours fly by.
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Crookz preview: a funky but promising heist game
By Emanuel Maiberg published
The heist genre that makes for so many great films is woefully underused in games, and Crookz aims to correct this.
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Dungeons 2 hands-on: An ambitious Dungeon Keeper substitute
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Dungeons 2 plays like a management sim with an RTS endgame.
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Defenders of Time review
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Defenders of Time multiplayer mode is conceptually interesting, but ultimately not worth trying because of many technical issues and poorly-executed fundamentals.
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Dungeon of the Endless review
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Dungeon of the Endless borrows from many games, but feels completely new.
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Massive Chalice hands-on: emotional turn-based strategy
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Massive Chalice is a difficult turn-based strategy game, and probably the most mechanically complex game Double Fine has produced since Brutal Legend.
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Massive Chalice interview: "You have to have thick skin"
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Massive Chalice Project Lead Brad Muir discusses Kickstarter-funded development.
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Ryse: Son of Rome review
By Emanuel Maiberg published
The combat and incredible graphics are entertaining, but it's too narrow and repetitive, even for a short game.
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Planetary Annihilation review
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Planetary Annihilation is finally out of Early Access, but it doesn't feel like it.
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Defense Grid 2 review
By Emanuel Maiberg published
Defense Grid 2 isn't just another tower defense game, it's the best tower defense game.
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Black Hat Oculus takes asymmetrical co-op to virtual reality
By Emanuel Maiberg published