Are the Steam deals you pulled from Steam UK? I ask because, US Steam's weekend deal is Mount & Blade/Mount & Blade: Warband games for 80% off. Or Mount & Blade Complete for 60% off.

Just mentioning it, because the prices you listed for Gary's Mod and Vice City are the normal, non-discounted prices. Very strange that you would choose to highlight those over something that's 80% off...

@ Chris Antista

I appreciate what you tried to do here. I've got to agree with a lot of the other comments, though, and say that your article missed the mark. I get it that Dan's your buddy and you don't want to burn him at the stake, or don't feel it's warranted, but YOU DID PUSSY-FOOT AROUND THE CORE ISSUES.

Go back and re-read your own article with a critical eye. You failed to mention almost all of the reasons gamers actually hate on Activision. It sure as hell isn't because they're the 'biggest kid on the block-BS'. That's a corporate scape-goat that Activision themselves created to try and get some positive PR spin just a few weeks ago. Don't feed us their crap, hit Dan with some actual hard questions and call him to the carpet with some specific scenarios in Activision's recent past. They've mis-handled plenty of things, by admission from multiple developers recently. So let's ask them to de-bunk those 'myths'.

Is Activision really that bad? Nope, probably not. They're a business and have to do what they feel is right for their bottom line. I would guess their biggest sin is probably just doing a terrible job on the PR side and not locking Bobby Kotick's mouth behind sound-proof glass, as soon as he started saying things that pissed off gamers.

You as a journalist have to do a bit more, though. I normally come to GR because, 1) you guys are funny and 2) because you normally cut right through this kind of BS to get to the heart of the issue. Please take this as constructive criticism: I really feel you could've done a lot better on this one.

@KevlarTurban

You are so right. My jaw hit the floor seeing that section where you're running through street following your AI teammate. The guy actually looks like he's running! Uncanny valley destroyed!

@db1331

Agreed, it looks far better than Killzone in every respect.

Now, if only we could marry the character animations of BF3 with the facial animations of LA Noire -and BAMMMMM, the next generation is upon us!

@ nragedTortoise1

Mandatory combat should NEVER have been in Mirror's Edge design, seeing as how the game wasn't really made for it and didn't handle it well. The sign-posting was so poor and the level design so convoluted in some areas, however, that you had no choice but to go commando on everyone just to get through.

And yes, the sign-posting in Mirror's Edge was pretty poor in a lot of the levels, despite the color coding. I can't count the number of times I blind leaped off a building to my death because I thought I was going the right way. It also didn't help that the color coding only showed up when it felt like it.

@garnsr - The first two didn't sell really highly, but sold well enough that they were actually able to release the third one, which is when they changed everything and really became a household name. Had they not been able to release the first one, then they never would've gotten to the third one in the first place.

Additionally, I don't think anyone gives them enough credit for the first two GTAs. They were ground breaking games, they just weren't as ground breaking as GTA 3.

Here's hoping that GTA 5 comes soon!

Yes, as AxiamWolfe said, you could've made it a lot easier on yourselves if you just said 'multiplayer is almost exactly like frontline: fuels of war'. Maybe the previewer failed to realize that it was the same studio making Homefront as Frontlines, or more likely he just never played Frontlines...

Wow, those are impressive. Some serious talent on display there. Doing the skins is one thing, but the special moves are a stroke of genius.

The Bloodstone one made me laugh so hard I was crying, must've missed it on 4chan...

Sorry videos = not so good. I can't have sound at my work desk.

LOL @ Brett Elston's. You sir, have made my day.