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This week's new UK releases

GamesAsylum looks at this week's new releases, including Dishonored, XCOM, Pokemon Black/White 2, Retro City Rampage, Fable: The Journey and Of Orcs and Men.

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jetpacksheep4218d ago

Its a good week for gaming, hopefully the first of many weeks towards the end of 2012.

KongRudi4217d ago

The so-called free to play Microsoft MMO, is only free to the paying Gold members, the Silver members can't play it. :-/

So it's not really a free to play MMO for 360.
If you allready have a gold subscription, you can play it for free tough.

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XCOM: Enemy Unknown - A Welcome Rebirth

XCOM: Enemy Unknown rebooted the series back in 2012, and has since inspired numerous new strategy game series to be born.

shinoff2183182d ago (Edited 182d ago )

If someone gets into this I'd recommend getting the enemy within version. It's got all the dlc included so it's the better version. Wish the author would've atleast mentioned it. I didn't see it.

Fantastic game though. Xcom 2 is top notch also. I've spent countless hours in these games.

ModsDoBetter182d ago

Excellent game.
Played to death on PS3 years ago.

S2Killinit182d ago

What other games were inspired by this game?

JL2930181d ago

Gears Of War Tactics, Phoenix Point. Many others.

shinoff2183181d ago

Phoenix point if I remember was created by the original xcom developer or something to that affect. I did try gears tactics some months ago and I just couldn't get into it. It's probably just me

JL2930180d ago (Edited 180d ago )

It was, but it was really closer to the newer XCOM than the older ones. Gears Tactics was okay but was hard to get into knowing there probably wont be a sequel.

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The Magic of 'Dishonored’s' Blink

It’s a shame, really, that so few games have “borrowed” Dishonored’s Blink – in the right hands, such a power could be game-changing.

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MIDGETonSTILTS17435d ago

It felt kinda cheap to me… both in terms as a tactic, and game design

Abnor_Mal435d ago (Edited 435d ago )

There was a small game called Aragami that “borrowed” the blink, that was a good game.

Unfortunately I heard the sequel wasn’t good so I stayed away from trying it out.

sairenfox2099434d ago

The sequel changed some of the mechanics from the first game but it was still a very polished and enjoyable experience. You should definitely give it a shot sometime. The game's currently on sale on Steam

Abnor_Mal434d ago

Okay thanks for the heads up, will look out for it being on sale one day.

I really did like the first and played it back to back as soon as I finished the first play through.

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Why the Dishonored Franchise Is Worth Revisiting in 2022

Dishonored's engaging lore, creative levels, and timeless gameplay are well worth revisiting for fans of the immersive sim and stealth genre.