Gears of War 3 passes down a legacy in the long-awaited trilogy of the Gears franchise, completing one of the best third-person shooter franchises in history.  Operation: Hollow Storm brought an alluvion of hope, aiming to end the 15 year-long war with the Locust forces. Unfortunately, this Operation failed to decimate the Lambent and Locust forces, keeping the world of Sera in the brim grips of a constant strife. Gears of War 3 coalesces fluid gameplay mechanics with detailed destruction, meticulously rampant action, and sleek visuals to create the final title of a series that is powerful as much as it is defining. The level of quality has dramatically improved since Gears of War 2, the multiplayer is purely, excitingly fun while the cinematic direction is stunning. Gears of War 3 creates an indelible legacy that is sure to be remembered for a long time through the triumphalism of Marcus Phoenix, and the remembrance of the heroes that have kept mankind’s existence from plummeting to a dim fate.

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The HD 6870 DiRT 3 edition is a beast. While we did not particularly love DiRT 3 as a game, a free copy is more than welcome for fans to experience the power of the AMD Sapphire Radeon HD 6870 DiRT 3 edition. While we already reviewed the HD 6870 base samples through AMD, and then add-in contact reviews including Sapphire’s 6870 line, this special OCed edition was worth a look for the people who have been e-mailing regarding Sapphire products on top of VisionTek lines.

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The sky is recrudescent red: smoke fills the gloomy backdrop of a fallen nation with remnants of freedom nonexistent in the eyes of the Chimera, a visceral alien race dedicated on the genocide of what we call Earth. Resistance 3 provides the next cinematic Chimeran action adventure first person shooter title by Insomniac Games and Sony Computer Entertainment, gracing the world with a trilogy that composes of history of the world in an outer realm where aliens invade earth in the mid-1900s. Resistance 3 develops a smart and sophisticated single-player campaign that honors the name and the series. Resistance 3 is immaculate in presentation, style, music, and the online cooperative gameplay with a 16-player competitive Human vs. Chimera mode brings everything to a graceful and powerful base note. Resistance 3 is the metamorphosis of a series from great to superbly graceful, showing everyone that alien invasion titles can come in multiple depths of substance and are without undying vehemence and power.

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Dead Island is a gruesome feast of zombie blood, terror, and the lovely soundscapes of the ocean concocted in a horrifically brutal mix of excitement, intensity, and guts. The earlier CG cinematic of Dead Island has an uncanny resemblance to the opening sequence of Dawn of the Dead, and Deep Silver revealed this CG opening as just a teaser to their game in which they wanted to show a preemptive dedication to the zombie-tropical apocalypse title. Many fans have been aching for Left 4 Dead, a similar zombie title by Valve Software, to provide a storyline that is cohesive and connected, which never came to complete sense.  Dead Island does have problems in terms of mission pacing and gameplay mechanic variety that easily become linearly stale at times, but there is also action, dialogue, leveling and music  that stand out from any other zombie game ever created to this point. All of this tropical survival instinct within the island of Banoi is something to take a sight of in this tropical-zombie apocalypse.

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