Last week EA promised some sort of Maxis related announcement when marketing manager Erik Reynolds tweeted as much along with a link to their Game Changers Facebook page. The Facebook page asks “What would you do if you had the power to change the world?” Which started rumours about a new Sim City game. It’s [...]
Monthly Archives: February 2012
GAME and Gamestation Not Stocking EA Titles After SSX
News came out today that GAME and Gamestation are having trouble obtaining copies of EA’s Mass Effect 3, and it has been reported that both retailers will not be a point of sale for any future EA games, which includes EA Sports and the rest of the EA development teams, beyond the release of SSX [...]
You Will Be Buying SSX, Right?
One of the biggest and most anticipated titles of 2012, SSX, is available right now in North America, and for the rest on Thursday March 1 (AU, NZ), Friday March 2 (EU) and Thursday March 15 (JP) . We at Game Craic have already shared with you our thoughts on the latest instalment in the [...]
Onlive Offer Trials For IGF Nominees
Cloud gaming service Onlive has joined forces with the Independent Games Festival to give free trials on many of the games nominated for the IGF 2012 awards. Onlive users in the US and the UK have from Monday 27th February until Sunday March 11th to get a hold of 30 minute free trials which are [...]
Black Ops 2 Leak
OK, I know I’m over a week late on this but it’s better late than never, right? Anyone who hasn’t been locked in a cupboard for the last week will have heard at some point that Black Ops 2 was leaked for a few hours on the French version of Amazon, and Activision were not [...]
Witcher 2 Xbox 360 Intro Cinematic
After a protracted development it seems the Xbox 360 version of The Witcher 2 is getting some special treatment to make up for its lateness. Last week CD Projekt released this amazing CGI cinematic that will serve as the into video for the Enhanced Edition, which is due out on your Xbox 360 console boxes [...]
FIFA Street, Are You Aware Of Its Swag?
So, FIFA Street. It’s one of those games that doesn’t really stand in the spotlight as such, but instead just hangs around the outside of the glare of said spotlight, making itself known in a subtle manner. I didn’t show any interest whatsoever in the first 3 FIFA Street games because I was more than [...]
Borderlands 2 Is Loud And In Your Face
Just in case you missed it, in which case shame on you, 2K Games last week released their brand new gameplay trailer for their upcoming RPG FPS Borderlands 2, and it looks like beautiful fun. With attractive visuals and insane gameplay, 2K promises gamers 870 gajillion more guns whilst being a title that’s 1,000 degrees [...]
So Here We Are Again, Another Medal of Honor Game
Just when a lot of us gamers thought that the Medal of Honor well had dried out, EA go ahead and announce that Danger Close are currently in development of a new title, Warfighter. What a rubbish title. They’re basically saying that in the past MoH games you have been fighting in wars, but this [...]
Tales from WoW: Who’d be a GM? Part 2
In the last article I discussed the highs and lows of our guild Devour and how it resulted in me eventually quitting the game but, like any WoW player that is reading this knows, you never really ‘quit’ WoW do you? Well, not until it releases its grip over you anyway and in my experience [...]