Cover Art: Space Harrier II (Sega Genesis/Mega Drive)

Welcome to Cover Art! A section of the site where we look at a retro video game’s box cover art and briefly discuss it’s gameplay and legacy. 

Awesome looking 80’s game cover art at it’s best. Space Harrier II was published by Sega for multiple systems, but most notably the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive. It was first released in 1988. Space Harrier II was developed by Sega’s internal … [ Read More... ]

Square Enix begins teasing for new game called Murdered: Soul Suspect

Kotaku posted a mysterious image which they say they received from Square Enix. It’s for a new game called “Murdered: Soul Suspect.”

Check it out below…
Murdered Soul Suspect Square Enix Kotaku

We also grabbed this image from the official Murdered website…
Murdered Soul Suspect Square Enix

The game will be for Xbox 360 & Playstation 3. The game’s website also has the PSN and Xbox Live logos on it, which might indicate it will be a … [ Read More... ]

Hands On: Crysis 3 Beta Impressions

Crysis 3 beta handson

Crysis 3 is the latest FPS from Crytek. A downloadable multiplayer beta of Crysis 3 was recently made available for PC, Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. We tried out the Playstation 3 version for a couple hours to see how it fairs. Here’s a breakdown of our impressions…

Pros:

  • Nice graphics for the Playstation 3 (probably better on PC)
  • Great controls
  • Jumping and climbing is awesome
  • Shooting
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History: Let’s Take a Look inside the Office of Doom Era id Software

History Let's Take a Look inside the Office of Doom Era id Software

id Software has made some of our favorite games of all time and some of the most revered titles of all time. As a company they’ve grown and changed tremendously over the years, not just in their staff, but also in the games they make. They started off with classic style platforming games, then eventually moved on to making the prototypes of the modern FPS. Eventually, they made … [ Read More... ]