IM PLAYIN takes a look at what 2014 offers for the Xbox One, including a couple of Xbox exclusives that they're excited for and a few cross platform games that promise to impress.
"ts a new year, if you hadnt noticed, and with new years come endless possibilities. 2013 brought some real fantastic titles to our screens. Telltale concluded their Walking Dead game series with style, Rockstar released the largest grossing video-game of all time, Square Enix finally made a decent Tomb Raider, Bioshock came back with a vengeance, the The Last of Us rocked the survival horror scene oh, and they released the PS4 and the Xbox One. There was also another Call of Duty, but isnt there one of them every few months? Theres so much to chose from that its nigh on impossible to pick a favorite moment from the year gone by. So, its safe to say that 2013 proved to be a decent year in the world of video-games, but can we hope for much of the same from 2014?"
AllThatsEpic: Stunning as always, Eve Beauregard brings us Elizabeth from Bioshock Infinite. The gripping story follows Booker DeWitt, a private investigator tasked with rescuing Elizabeth in order to wipe away his gambling debt. Elizabeth is being held prisoner in the city of Columbia and has been since she was an infant. Her father, the prophet and founder of Columbia, wishes her to follow in his ideals for American exceptionalism.
GG3 returns to a visual representation of some highly discussed video games, after the successful run of Bioshock earlier this year. Here are a few ways for players to connect to Gone Home, including games and movies that may not be expected.
"2013 was a pretty freaking huge year in gaming. We saw the release of many large, multi-year games that blew us out of the water, such as The Last of Us, Bioshock Infinite, Tomb Raider, and GTA V as well as many innovations in the indie scene, such as Gone Home and Papers, Please. Here are my picks for the most awesome things of the year in the video gaming realm, as well as the worst news of the industry." - Jake Petersen of Geekenstein
In which Will Harrison dissects the art of telling story without telling the story, discussing how games like Dark Souls, Don't Starve, and Bioshock Infinite give exposition to the player in the forms of environmental cues and flavor text.
WC - 2013 was another great year for gaming with some of the best games of all time being released in the last 12 months. Games like the Last of Us and Bioshock Infinite raised the bar in terms of storytelling and the characters they featured, and they almost single-handedly pushed games further into the mainstream and did the whole industry a massive service in being considered art on a par with movies and TV shows.
