Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor review: My precioussss

Prerequisite for enjoying Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor: appreciation for a well-crafted action game. A distant second requirement is a basic awareness of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings fantasy world. I’m not talking Tom Bombadil slash fiction. I mean, you know that there are some rings and something-something one rules...

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Total War tussles with Attila in 2015

Attila the Hun is the grimacing face and unrelenting antagonist in the next Total War game, coming from Creative Assembly in 2015. In Total War: Attila, you manage a huge Eastern Roman empire, stretched to breaking point across a vast terrain in Europe and a thin dispersal of military troops....

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Humble Weekly Bundle honors leading ladies

A new Humble Weekly Bundle has emerged, this time with its sights set on celebrating leading ladies in video games. The pay-what-you-want bundle features four games starring female protagonists: the Anti-Big Science puzzler Ms. Splosion Man, the 2.5D adventure Lilly Looking Through, the tower defense/RPG hybrid Defender’s Quest: Valley of...

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