We have one code to give away for my current XBLA Game of
the Year Bastion.
A year later we got Limbo, and last
year Bastion got added to this phenomenal list.
Game of the Year Batman: Arkham City — Rocksteady Studios Portal 2 — Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword — Nintendo Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition L.A. Noire — Team Bondi Little Big Planet 2 — Media Molecule Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog InFamous 2 — Sucker Punch Portal 2 — Valve Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design Battlefield 3 — DICE Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 — Infinity Ward / Sledgehammer Games L.A. Noire — Team Bondi Need for Speed: The Run — EA Black Box Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog Outstanding Achievement in Story Bastion — Supergiant Games L.A. Noire — Team Bondi Portal 2 — Valve The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Bethesda Game Studios Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception — Naughty Dog Outstanding Character Performance Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Adam Jensen)-- Eidos Montreal L.A. Noire (Cole Phelps)-- Team Bondi Portal 2 (Wheatley)-- Valve Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Nathan Drake)-- Naughty Dog Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (Victor Sullivan)-- Naughty Dog Downloadable Game of
the Year Bastion — Supergiant Games Drawn: Trail of Shadows — Big Fish Games Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet — Fuel Cell Ms. Splosion Man — Twisted Pixel Games Orcs Must Die!
Not exact matches
NJ used to be a
bastion of high tech, too, I worked various jobs there for over 20
years.
NPR is far from the worst news outlet, but it's hardly the
bastion of high minded sophistication some of its toadier fand have made it out to be over the
years.
He was succeeded in 1944 by Joseph Slipyi who was in prison and internal exile for thirty - nine
years, accused of supporting «the fascist form of Christianity and a
bastion of reaction.»
Dude Fox News, the right wing news
bastion, even self - classifies as entertainment and is the most corrupt, hypocritical bunch of liars ever collected in media (I've been working in PR / Media for 13
years since I graduated college).
The agreement ends a seven -
year feud between the IDC and mainline Democrats that allowed Republicans to hold on to the Senate, their last
bastion in New York state government.
But Nana Akufo - Addo on Wednesday, in a statement signed and issued in Accra, said the result of the election, which had resulted in a change in government after eight
years of the Obama - led Democratic government, had strengthened even further the status of the United States of America, as a
bastion of democracy in the modern world.
The Republican sources said replacing Skelos will be emotional, because Skelos brought them from the minority in 2008 and grew their ranks to win the full majority of the Senate last
year — the only statewide
bastion of power for the GOP.
And then there were the triumphs of last month's local government elections - the fall of Labour's
bastion in Sheffield, to add to Liverpool last
year, and big gains in traditional Labour towns like Chesterfield, Durham, Bristol and Leeds.
In the last election, Cohen ran a close race against Oppenheimer, winning the endorsement of the New York Times — not exactly a conservative
bastion — in part because Oppenheimer had «too little to show for her
years in Albany,» an editorial in the newspaper commented.
After working hard to successfully recapture the Senate last
year, they don't see him throwing away the GOP's last
bastion of power in the state.
Bastion is one of the most solid action RPGs I have played in
years.
Between the narration, the soundtrack, and the general sound design, nothing came close to
Bastion this
year in the audio category.
That leaves among the major studios only Fox Searchlight and Sony Pictures Classics as
bastions still nurturing movies that are more difficult for some — like this
year's «12
Years a Slave» — but enduring.
Of course, what this really means is that yes, it's been a full
year now since
Bastion became a fast - traveling indie sensation that took over the internet (and my iPod).
Ken Loach, now 80, won the Palme d'Or for the second time this
year and has for the past 50 or so been an absolute
bastion of quality film - making.
Fruit Ninja Kinect earned a coveted spot in the Casual Game of the
Year category while
Bastion, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Ms. Splosion Man and Orcs Must Die!
During the twelve
years he spent as head of UNESCO (1987 - 1999), Professor Mayor Zaragoza gave new momentum to the Organization's mission, «to build the
bastions of peace in the minds of men».
Having been a fixture in the industry for more than 80
years, Kirkus Reviews — known as the world's toughest book critics — is a
bastion of literary excellence, operating as gatekeepers that assists readers, booksellers, libraries, online retailers, and library - service companies in determining which books to sell, stock, or include in their databases.
Earlier this
year The Guardian,
bastion of the Old Boys Network started their own self - published book of the month competition.
Having observed, reported, and opined on markets for almost 50
years, James Grant represents a
bastion of experience and wisdom.
There's a fascinating history museum in the 17th - century
bastion overlooking the harbour and you can also visit the Naveta des Tudons, a Bronze Age burial mound built 3000
years ago, on the outskirts of the city.
The city's medieval walls, its fortress like buildings, the gates,
bastions, narrow alleys, old houses, fountains and busy squares combine to make all visitors feel as though they have stepped back thousands of
years.
Enjoy sightseeing of the must - see sights with a Local Guide in all cities: in Budapest, enjoy the treasures of the city with a panoramic view from Fishermen's
Bastion and admire the 13th - century Matthias Coronation Church, the coronation spot of several Hungarian monarchs; in Vienna, among the many sights you will see, you'll visit St. Stephen's Cathedral, a symbol of Vienna; and in Prague, visit the 1000 -
year - old Hrad?any Castle grounds, the largest castle complex in the world.
Fast forward another 5
years to Darius Mason where he's running a rather profitable business in
Bastion, the massive underground hub where he deals in dangerous (read: stupid) missions, if it's suicidal or just downright dumb Darius is your man.
Quality Xbox Live Arcade titles are now fairly commonplace, yet earlier this
year Supergiant's XBLA attempt,
Bastion, raised the bar even further by delivering a beautiful adventure that transfixed gamers around the world.
Horror fans have had to endure a lot in the past few
years: «Resident Evil,» «Dead Space» and «Alone in the Dark,» once
bastions of the genre, have become little more than action games with grotesque enemies.
Bastion developer Super Giant Games then took to the stage to reveal that it is bringing its new title Transistor (pictured) to PS4 first, giving the console another high profile indie supporter after Jonathan Blow demonstrated his PS4 debuting title the Witness at the console's unveiling in February this
year.
It's very hard to just pick one, but really the stand out for this
year has to of been
Bastion.
Employing 280 staff, Eurocom continues to be a
bastion of British development, 21
years after it arrived on the scene with Magician for the NES.
If somebody told you 10
years ago that Wolfenstein would one of the triple - A gaming scene's last
bastions of ambitious, single - player storytelling, would you have believed them?
Bastion for the Vita launched later that
year on December 5, 2015.
Bastion @ AIAS Awards: Last week we were honored to accept the award for Downloadable Title of the
Year from the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences.
Through both
years I've been personally able to attend PAX East, it's been a reliable
bastion of great indie developers with games getting a chance to shine.
Bastion has earned more than 100 industry accolades from dozens of different publications, including spots of Best of the
Year lists from TIME, the Associated Press, NPR, CNN, USA Today, Entertainment Weekly, Wired, and more.
Bastion started development in September 2009, so development took a little less than two
years for the original Xbox 360 version of the game.
Much like Supergiant Games»
Bastion did a few
years ago, the world forms when walking into new rooms in each of the 26 dungeons.
Despite some improvements over the past
year, it doesn't always produce the best results, sometimes shunning heroic feats in favour of tedious
Bastion and Torbjorn clips as they stand there, unmoving, pumping out huge amounts of damage over a short period.
Bastion originally released a whopping four
years ago.
For a whimsical introspection on Kingdom Hearts II and how the trip back to Hollow
Bastion is a fun one, check this out: Almost 9
Years Later, Kingdom Hearts II Brought Me Back.
There are nearly 50 announced games coming to Vita in the next
year or two that I am excited to play, including: Axiom Verge,
Bastion, Broken Age, Cosmic Star Heroine, Darkest Dungeon, Galak - Z, Geometry Wars 3, HellDivers, Hotline Miami 2, Hyper Light Drifter, Inner City Kids, Mercenary Kings, Mighty No. 9, Nuclear Throne, Not A Hero, OlliOlli2, Oreshika, Salt & Sanctuary, Severed, Shovel Knight, Super Time Force Ultra, The Banner Saga, Titan Souls, and Volume.
Supergiant Games amazed lots of people with
Bastion a few
years ago, delivering an isometric brawler with an emphasis on the dynamic narrator, who offered live commentary on the actions of the player, no matter how wacky they were.
Don't get me wrong, I like Overwatch's animated shorts, but had tomorrow's
Bastion - led cinematic been the only thing we saw revealed at this
year's Gamescom, I'd have felt a little shortchanged.
Supergiant Games have released some of our favorite indie titles over the
years including
Bastion and Transistor.
And, despite the fair's rep as a
bastion of British art, galleries from nearly 30 countries join Frieze this
year; artists from 17 of them, from South Africa to Sweden, Venezuela to Japan, made our cut.
Michael Landy's infamous tree — dumped in a bright - red bin amongst crushed beer cans and discarded packaging — looked, in 1997 (the
year of Sensation at the Royal Academy), like a final, sarcastic postscript to an annus horribilis for the
bastions of traditional art.
And this
year, ceramic art has made major inroads at NADA's Miami Beach fair, a quintessential
bastion of painting.
Over 20
years ago, one of the
bastions of comedy launched a major comedy traffic school.