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XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Preview) – A Look Ahead

XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Preview) – A Look Ahead

Back in 1994, a game was released that turned one particular video game fan from the type of person who played games on their Amiga as something to do while their machine ray traced various 3D images in the background into a fully fledged gamer,…

X-Com Enemy Unrecognisable?

Well, it had to happen otherwise the world would implode from having something actually go to plan without backfiring.  I am, of course, referring to Game Informer’s latest screenies from the recently announced re-imagining of Microprose’s classic turn based beauty, X-Com: Enemy Unknown.  While 2K…

XCOM Returns… Oh Meier!

If there are two words guaranteed to get us excited and, quite honestly, salivating here at GLHQ, they are “XCOM” and “returns”… as long as they don’t come coupled with “2K” and “Marin”, that is. Yes, according to the rain forest guzzling overly-serialised-exclusives…

Jagged Alliance: Back In Action – E3 Preview

Jagged Alliance: Back In Action – E3 Preview

As a former devout PC gamer, just now making her way back to the system, I never thought I would discover a title to spark my interest as much as one of my all-time favourite games, Commandos.  Jagged Alliance, however, looks to be sailing closer…

Falling For The First Time

Falling For The First Time

As I sit here thinking about my first time, it’s almost as though I’m reliving the moment all over again… bathing in the beauty before me as my eyes follow every contour and take in every detail, the excitement as my hands reach down for…

The Game Is Not Over

The Game Is Not Over

So you’ve just completed the game you’ve been playing for the last couple of weeks; finished the single-player campaign, trounced your friends online at the multiplayer mode, unlocked all the bonuses, found all the secrets, and collected as many of the achievements and trophies as…

Overspill

Overspill

Sometimes the echoes of the day reverberate into our subconscious so much that we relive certain repetitive facets of the day’s activities without ever giving our minds the permission to do so.  The last “goodnights” are whispered gently into your ear by the one you…