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August 21, 2011

The Last Word on X’11

Filed under: Features — Tags: 000: Space marine, Bethesda, Bioware, Demo, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, EA, Eidos Montreal, Electronic Arts, id Software, mass effect 3, Media Event, Preview, Rage, Relic Entertainment, Square-Enix, THQ, Warhammer 40, X'11 — Brad Johnson @ 8:44 pm

X 11
As you may have noticed from the slew of hands-on posts, Sugar went to X’11 and played a bunch of delicious games—and we’re not done talking about them quite yet.

In addition to Binary Domain, Rise of Nightmares, and Dead Island, I had the opportunity to get my hands on a whole mess of other games—titles like Space Marine, and some other little indie games you might not have heard of, like Mass Effect 3 and Rage. If these are the sorts of things that interest you, you may click onward to unfurl my parchment of mighty gaming tales.

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August 19, 2011

The View From X’11

Filed under: Features — Tags: 2K Games, Batman: Arkham City, Darkness II, Media Event, Microsoft, Preview, Radiant Silvergun, Rayman Origins, Renegade Ops, Rise of Nightmares, Sega, Toronto, Treasure, Ubisoft, Warner Bros., X'11 — Jamie Love @ 2:23 pm

X11 Toronto
Microsoft’s annual Toronto holiday showcase of all things 360 took place yesterday, and I was fortunate enough to make the event with other members of Team Sugar to check in on upcoming releases for the system.

This year’s showing was undoubtedly the largest one in recent memory, with a slew of publishers showing so many titles that the mind boggled at how to break down and digest so much content. It’s not often companies like Square-Enix, Bethesda, 2K Games, and Sega come to town, and the result was a never-ending sea of screens that left me feeling a bit dizzy by the end of the day.

With that said, I’m going to stay true to form and simply tell you what caught my eye.

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X’11 – Hands On with Binary Domain

Filed under: Features — Tags: 360, binary domain, PlayStation 3, PlayStation3, Sega, Sega Japan, X'11, XBOX, Xbox 360 — Brad Johnson @ 8:30 am

When Sugarhumans descended on X’11 yesterday, I had the opportunity to get my hands on futuristic robot shooter Binary Domain. I approached the game having seen only what the trailers provide—offerings that can feel a little generic, given the crowded third-person shooter market.

I suppose it’s the videogame equivalent of “Don’t judge a book by its cover” – that you don’t really know the nature of a game till it’s in your hands.

To my pleasant surprise, Binary Domain proved to be a sharp, limber shooter.

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