Games Cheats and Reviews

GrE writes: "So you’ve read our preview, and you’re still not sure whether or not Star Trek Online is right for you? Well why not take the beta for a spin yourself! We have 25 beta keys to give out! Just follow us on twitter, and send us an @ reply with the name you’ll give your ship if you’re selected to receive a beta key! Tomorrow (Wednesday January 20th) at 6 PM EST, we’ll select 25 winners at random to receive a code. Make sure you’re following us, as we’ll be DM’ing the codes to the winners, and we can’t do that if you’re not following us. Good luck!"

GrE says, "Space… the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Neverpants. It’s continuing mission: to explore strange new MMO’s. To seek out new quests, and space loot. To boldly go where no gamer has gone before! Star Trek Online hits retail on February 2nd, but we had the chance to take a look at the beta ahead of time."

GrE says, "Space… the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Neverpants. It’s continuing mission: to explore strange new MMO’s. To seek out new quests, and space loot. To boldly go where no gamer has gone before! Star Trek Online hits retail on February 2nd, but we had the chance to take a look at the beta ahead of time."

GrE says, "Jagex are a bit of an enigma. They have quietly become one of the biggest players in the MMO market with Runescape boasting figures only bested by World of Warcraft. Interestingly, all of their success has come without the slightest bit of marketing and with a minimal amount of press exposure. Still, they have become one of the finest purveyors of MMO games. Now, with Runscape nearing its ninth birthday, they have decided to tackle something new. Today (Tuesday 19th January, 2010) marks the launch of Jagex’s newest endeavour the massively multiplayer browser based real-time strategy game War of Legends."

In a surprising move announced today, Humans and Orcs in the Warhammer Universe have come together in a surprise joint venture: football.

“We’re thrilled to have a part in bringing a proper retail version of Blood Bowl to North American gamers on Windows PC, Xbox 360 and PSP.” said Aubrey Norris, Manager of Human-Orc Relations at SouthPeak. “It’s never easy to get all these races to agree on something – but if there’s one thing they love its good competition with a lot of bloodshed!”

Noting the groundbreaking peace-accord, we at GrE want to share this historic event with you, our dedicated readers, in the form of screenshots below. Be sure to support this new take on warfare at your closest gaming console or PC in January of the coming year. Take it with you on the go in Spring of 2010 on the PSP handheld.

GrE writes, "Shaun White. No, he is NOT a Carrot Top wannabe. He’s oh so much cuter than that. Oh, and did I mention that he’s an Olympic GOLD medalist? I’m sure you probably know far more about him than I do, but I can tell you with assurity that you do NOT have to know ANYTHING about Shaun or snowboarding to enjoy this game. There is a lot to cover with the game, so let’s just jump right in…"

GrE writes, "Shaun White. No, he is NOT a Carrot Top wannabe. He’s oh so much cuter than that. Oh, and did I mention that he’s an Olympic GOLD medalist? I’m sure you probably know far more about him than I do, but I can tell you with assurity that you do NOT have to know ANYTHING about Shaun or snowboarding to enjoy this game. There is a lot to cover with the game, so let’s just jump right in…"

After Joystiq did a quick survey of some on-line European game retailers, namely GAME, Gamestation and Play.com they discovered that all of them had named a release date for Quantic Dream’s ambitious PlayStation 3 exclusive.

All sites pointed to Heavy Rain hitting stores  on February 26th. In Europe games usually see release on a Friday so North America could see Heavy Rain on the 23rd although SCEA have not confirmed this yet.

At GrE we will be getting out our origami books to see if we can match the Origami Killer in skill when Heavy Rain does finally see release.

GrE writes, "Every once and a while, the pieces of a puzzle seem to come together in a way that could only be described as much more than just a simple coincidence. In this case we investigated 1up.com’s claim of the potential announcement of a new Star Wars game at the Spike Video Game Awards on Saturday, December 12th…"

GrE writes, "There are throngs kids queuing up to get a bash at Quarrel. Denki have set up their stall in the Edinburgh International Conference Centre on the first day of Dare to be Digital’s Protoplay event at the Edinburgh Festival with one thing in mind: getting feedback from their audience to help them put the finishing touches to their first foray into the world of console gaming.

At first glance it’s hard not to like what you see of Quarrel. It is a bright, simple and friendly looking game that encourages players indulge in wars with words. Denki’s David Thomson describes Quarrel as "a cross between Scrabble and Risk" and that is probably the most succinct way to describe it…."