‘Journey,’ ‘The Walking Dead,’ & ‘Far Cry 3’ Lead D.I.C.E. Awards Nominations

Instead of fast-paced, action-packed gameplay on a tight map that’s filled with various secret passages and entryways, Undead Siege takes place on the Battle Royale map, giving the Zombies mode an open-world twist. Certain elements from the classic Zombies mode remained, such as Perk-a-Cola machines and Mystery Bo

Each of the remaining Game of the Year nominees (all of which placed on Game Rant’s list of the Top 10 Games of 2012 ) earned multiple nominations, as well, with five for Borderlands 2 , seven for Far Cry 3 , eight for The Walking Dead , and three for XCOM: Enemy Unknown . Other heavily nominated games include Halo 4 (six nominations) and Dishonored (five nominatio

Co-developed by Intelligent Systems, creators of the Fire Emblem main series titles and Advance Wars , this turn-based strategy title sees you assembling an army of four iconic Fire Emblem characters. With them, you play through the main campaign or battle other players’ parties in the Arena mode. It’s not the fully-featured super deep experience that FE fans are accustomed to, but it’s tactical enough to keep their interest. It doesn’t lend itself to play binges either, what with the stamina system, but this is perhaps the best play-on-your-commute title I’ve ever pla

Whether one loves or hates the Call of Duty franchise, there’s no denying the level of polish and wealth of content that the series consistently delivers. Call of Duty Mobile brings that design philosophy to the mobile space, giving Call of Duty fans plenty of content wrapped in a package that works well with minimal hoop-jumping or other irritations that tend to plague mobile games. Call of Duty Mobile recreates the Call of Duty console experience flawlessly, making it simple to jump into a party with friends and communicate with voice chat. Moments after downloading the game, Call of Duty Mobile players can be playing Private 1V1 Matches on Nuketown with friends, with no technical issues or matchmaking problems to speak

Call of Duty Mobile makes playing with friends simple and painless, and that’s something it applies to other areas of the game as well. For example, players have the choice between a simple or advanced control scheme. The simple control scheme removes the need to press an extra button to shoot, so it shoots automatically when players are aiming at an enemy. While this may seem like sacrilege to hardcore Call of Duty fans or may make the game less fun, it’s actually a great way to get around the limitations of phones and touchscreen controls. Typically when players are aiming at an enemy, they’re going to be shooting anyway, so removing that extra button press doesn’t have a negative impact on the experience at all. Both control styles are fine, but we definitely recommend the simple control sch

Angry Birds , of course, needs no introduction. I’m sure you all remember this one conquering the planet/entire known universe back in 2010, crushing all mobile competition into spam beneath its mighty iron jackboot of pure dominance. Angry Birds was (and kind of still is, if you squint a bit) more than a game, it was a phenome

Upon its release, the developers of COD Mobile have announced that the Undead Siege mode is a time-limited game mode. This announcement was met with a lot of anger and disappointment from the players, who had hoped for a more permanent inclusion of Zombies to the g

The awards will be handed out on Thursday, February 7th, during the 2013 D.I.C.E. Summit in Las Vegas, and the ceremony will be streamed live on Machinima.com starting at 7:30pm PT. Nerdist head honcho/comedian Chris Hardwick will assume hosting duties for the event, replacing longtime host Jay M

While the simple control scheme does make gunplay infinitely easier, there are still some issues that the developers need to work out in regards to Call of Duty Mobile ‘s controls. We found throwing grenades accurately to be a struggle, especially in the heat of the action. Switching quickly to other weapons is also cumbersome, and the screen in general is busy with different buttons that players need to

Call of Duty Mobile ‘s battle royale mode has a surprising amount of features at launch as well, including numerous vehicles for players to use, zombies that spawn at certain areas of the map, plenty of weapons and gear, and even supernatural bosses that drop loot. The map is a little too big and going long stretches without seeing anyone isn’t uncommon, but overall Call of Duty Mobile delivers a high quality mobile battle royale experience, perhaps second only to PUBG Mobi

Call of Duty’s Zombies mode has enjoyed wild popularity among the series’ fans ever since its introduction in 2008’s World at War. Understandably, after the release of Call of Duty Mobile , players were very outspoken about the need to include Zombies in the pocket version of Call of Duty , as w

Call of Duty Mobile has satisfying progression, a nice selection of fan favorite maps, and it looks great on phones and tablets. The game’s liberal use of bots hampers the experience a bit, and the battle royale mode could stand to have a slightly smaller map or something to make firefights happen more often. Future updates will likely make the game even better, though there’s also a chance that the in-game economy will be re-balanced to try to get players to buy into the microtransactions. In its current state, though, Call of Duty Mobile is a pretty great mobile FPS that will no doubt please fans of the franch