Despite boasting my favorite video game trailer of the year, there were concerns that the hauntingly scored and beautifully pre-rendered zombie survival game announcement was stylized to offset mediocre gameplay, which is, of course, the most import... Read More »

"You are Jason Brody. Your girlfriend's missing, your boat's been destroyed, you're trapped on a mysterious island with a dark secret... and everyone on it is crazy." That same line used to start Far Cry 3's demo at Ubisoft's E3 2011 Press Conference... Read More »

With Halo: Reach's Firefight mode and the upcoming Modern Warfare 3 unveiling its own Survival Mode, it's no surprise that Epic Games would revamp Horde mode for Gears of War 3. Paul had already played the multiplayer beta earlier this year, but I ha... Read More »

The beginning of E3 included a new explosive trailer for Ubisoft's much-delayed Tom Clancy sequel Ghost Recon: Future Soldier. Thankfully, the new trailer wasn't the only E3-associated reveal for the series' next game because MediaStinger got an excl... Read More »

Just unveiled for the first time earlier this week, Brothers in Arms: Furious 4 is an upcoming WWII FPS from publisher Ubisoft. Yes, the subgenre has been beaten to death, but this game's wild take on punishing Nazis deserves a closer look. Good thin... Read More »

Remember that nostalgic feeling you had when playing the first BioShock? Rapture was a new world that seemed like nothing else we had ever seen in a video game before. While BioShock 2 was a good sequel, it just didn't have that same feeling that you... Read More »

With the original game that was released back in 1994 often being referred to as one of the best PC games of all time and five other games being released over the past 17 years, it's strange that most people have still never heard of the XCOM series.... Read More »

MediaStinger went into E3 this year watering at the mouth in anticipation of a sizeable lineup of upcoming blockbusters, but one game that's been relatively under the radar that ultimately knocked our socks off was IO Interactive's Hitman: Absolution... Read More »

In addition to seeing Prey 2 (preview here) and Skyrim at E3, we were able to check out Bethesda's other big budget game in development and soon-to-be blockbuster title, RAGE. We were unable to check out RAGE at last year's show, but if we were to,... Read More »

MediaStinger's third and final day at E3 2011 kicked off with an exclusive look at a couple of 2012 games behind the closed doors of Square Enix. The first game, Tomb Raider from Crystal Dynamics, is a multiplatform reboot of the action-adventure fra... Read More »

Most would agree that Naughty Dog's 2009 Game of the Year, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, was about as close to it gets to a game being flawless. Both singleplayer and multiplayer were unique experiences that you wouldn't find anywhere else. But Naughty... Read More »

The most fun I had while at this year's E3 was playing Starhawk's multiplayer on the showroom floor. I never had the chance to get into the original Warhawk because I didn't have a PlayStation 3 when it was released. It's been almost four years since... Read More »

Back in 2006, Bethesda released Prey, a sci-fi first person shooter that was one of the first games to show off the superior graphics potential of the Xbox 360 over previous generations of consoles. It's been five years and up until a couple months a... Read More »

With so many games being constantly released throughout each year, it seems like everything is some type of mash-up of concepts taken from other games, and originality in games is quickly decreasing. We got the chance to check out Konami's new IP Nev... Read More »

Our second day at E3 was an eventful one rife with exclusive sessions and hands-on coverage. One of the sessions that MediaStinger got access to in a private Microsoft room above the showroom floor was a special presentation behind closed doors led b... Read More »

Marquee blockbusters can dominate E3 and overshadow other quality games, so our coverage isn't limited to the big guns and we try to highlight the little guys that leave a lasting impression. One such under-the-radar game that has players abuzz on th... Read More »