Aggrogamer Presents: 2009 Games of the Year

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E3 Impressions: The Agency

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Wednesday, 10th of June 2009 - 08:25 PM ]

From An Actual Bond Villain Henchman Being in the job of henching for someone who will be taking over the globe soon via our orbital space stations (No I'm not kidding), I felt it only right to check out The Agency. Partly to see how this new MMO for the PS3 and PC will handle. Partly to see what SOE is going to be training people to do so we can be prepared for it. Also partly because I just had to turn around after getting hands on with DC Universe Online. I'm a gamer and we're lazy. Read More...

Tags: The Agency, SOE, E3 2009, PS3, PC,

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E3 Hands-On Impressions: Torchlight

by Brian Bentley [ Wednesday, 10th of June 2009 - 03:39 PM ]

Squirreled away in the back of the Los Angeles Convention Center’s West Hall during E3, Perfect World Entertainment showed off Runic Games’ Torchlight along with their other Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. Only minutes after putting my hands on this little dungeon crawler had I decided this game had no business being in the back any longer. Torchlight by Runic Games is set as a Diablo-esque dungeon-crawling Action RPG, which is actually a good thing since the people behind it are some of the same people behind Diablo and Fate. The story is that near the small mining town of Torchlight, a rich vein of ore has been found called Ember. Read More...

Tags: Torchlight, Runic Games, E3 2009, PC,

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E3 Impression: Final Fantasy

by Binh Nguyen [ Tuesday, 9th of June 2009 - 04:07 PM ]

In the land where Fantasy is real, and the Final chapter is never ending, Square-Enix has always been one of the main RPG makers around the world and this year at E3 they left nothing behind. During last year's E3, at the Microsoft Press Conference, Square-Enix dropped a bombshell when they announced that Final Fantasy XIII will be on the Xbox 360 (boooooo…just kidding) and it sparked the ever question of if the system itself can handle a game of that magnitude. Well at E3 2009 Square-Enix showed us all what the game would look like on the Xbox 360 for the first time. Surprisingly enough the game ran fairly well as they even showed off one of the summons from the game for the Press Conference. Read More...

Tags: Final Fantasy XIII, Final Fantasy XIV, Square-Enix, E3 2009,

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E3 Hands-On Impressions of Brütal Legend

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Tuesday, 9th of June 2009 - 04:03 AM ]

Brütal Legend While Activision tries to file a lawsuit against EA over this property, we who got to go to E3 where also bombarded with this game at the major booths much like Batman Arkham Asylum. Only there was no booth all to itself for this one. Also there was no Jack Black on site pimping the game like he did at the Brütal Legend infomercial pretending to be the Video Game Awards. That all aside, I waded through the line to get my dirty and sinful little hands on this title to give it a good go before the Demo comes out. Granted, it was only my hands and eyes that got to sample any of this game. Read More...

Tags: Brutal Legend, EA, Sucker Punch, E3 2009,

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E3 Hands-On Impressions of Batman: Arkham Asylum

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Monday, 8th of June 2009 - 11:05 PM ]

Batman: Arkham Asylum One game that seemed to be at every one of the big companies booths, sans Nintendo, was Batman Arkham Asylum. It even had it's own booth show casing it as well as an area in the Warner Brothers booth, with leather restraint chair for those who got to bonkers while checking out this game. You might be laughing, but we had to restrain Church at one point. Well he kind of just hopped into it for some reason, but this is not the point of this article. Read More...

Tags: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Warner Brothers, PS3, E3 2009,

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E3 Impression: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2

by Binh Nguyen [ Sunday, 7th of June 2009 - 01:52 PM ]

Get your claws out, paint your skin green and get your web slinger toys out as Activision is releasing another Marvel Ultimate Alliance game for all of us comic book geeks. As we all know Activision released the first Marvel Ultimate Alliance and overall the game was a success with a "team brawler" style game. How can Marvel top their last game with this up and coming game? By having a story base off the Civil War series that turned the Marvel universe to where it is today. Read More...

Tags: Marvel Ultimate Alliance, Activision, E3 2009, Marvel,

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E3 Hands-On Impressions of God of War III

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Saturday, 6th of June 2009 - 10:09 PM ]

Now I could go the route that you all think I am going to go with this. Well at least the route that any who have heard our E3 podcasts and also saw the PSN Pulse interview. That is, just go all out using the flashy words, hundred dollar words, spouting awesome catch phases, being the total fan boy of this game and franchise. But you know what? I totally am going that route with this. Read More...

Tags: God of War III, Sony, E3 2009,

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E3 Impressions - Wolfenstein

by Brian Bentley [ Saturday, 6th of June 2009 - 05:56 PM ]

There is something unforgettable about the moment you began playing Wolfenstein 3D. Fast, furious and in your face, this title made an impact that affected the games industry forever. For many gamers, including myself, it changed the way we played and thought about games, shooters in particular. Fast forward 17 years and many first player shooters later, Wolfenstein is getting set up to be released by id Software and during this E3, we saw a demonstration focusing on the supernatural aspects of the game. Once again, you assume the role of BJ Blazkowicz and it is your mission to uncover and stop the Nazi plot to take over the world. Read More...

Tags: Wolfenstein, id Software, PC, Xbox LIVE, PSN, Wolfenstein 3D, E3 2009,

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E3 Hands On Impressions - DC Universe Online

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Thursday, 4th of June 2009 - 08:06 AM ]

DC Universe Online Hands On We've seen the screen shots. We've seen the video clips. But at E3, there was the chance to actually get some hands on with the game and take it for a pre-beta joy ride. I also got to sit down with one of the designers for the game to get a little more on the game that has yet to be released through their MySpace account or any official press releases. I will say that I wish I could have played around with the character creation tool a bit, but they did have some of the network play up and going. Well network play as in between PS3 and PC and not over the PSN. Read More...

Tags: DC Universe Online, Sony, SOE, Hands On, E3 2009,

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UFC 2009: Undisputed Review

by Jesse [ Saturday, 30th of May 2009 - 12:18 AM ]

It’s taken years for mixed martial arts as a sport to grow into the worldwide phenomenon that it is today and much of the success is thanks to the efforts of the Ultimate Fighting Championship which has become the largest fighting league in the world. But if there’s one thing that’s been missing is an MMA video game that captures the spirit and the essence of the sport without having to step into the cage and get your face smashed in. There have been half a dozen attempts in the past, but nothing really seemed to work. Thankfully all that is about to change with UFC 2009: Undisputed. Read More...

Tags: UFC 2009 Undisputed, MMA, THQ, Yukes,

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EA Totally Bringing It On Too

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Wednesday, 27th of May 2009 - 10:50 PM ]

What EA is bringing to E3 2009 Not to be outdone by any means by Activision, EA is coming on even stronger for their list of games to be viewable. Two not even in their booth, but in special rooms just for them. They are all listed below in the release because there are so many to name that I would just be trolling on. But they are bringing 27 games to public view. At least this is what they've officially told the world so far. Read More...

Tags: EA, E3 2009,

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Activision Coming On Strong

by David 'Hades' Becker [ Wednesday, 27th of May 2009 - 10:18 PM ]

What Activision is bringing to E3 2009 Well now that we are getting closer to the actual event, it is time to get the ball rolling on what will be coming out of this years E3 event in Los Angeles, CA. Also gets us media types a chance to think and plan on how to cover it all for our faithful readers out there. I'm talking to the two of you there. Hi. Read More...

Tags: Activision, E3 2009,