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It has been well over a decade since we were on our last mission with Delta squad, the infamous ragtag group of clones who took the spotlight in 2005’s Star Wars Republic Commando. A game that was praised for its rugged, challenging combat and excellent squad mechanics. Unfortunately, just as the storylines were being put together for a planned sequel, LucasArts decided on a company-wide reboot. Most of the developers left the studios and Star Wars Imperial Commando was canceled early in development. Many years later, RepCom is still popular among fans who are patiently waiting to get closure on the game’s cliffhanger ending. We thought it would be a good idea to dive deeper into the probabilities of a hypothetical sequel and give you some of our ideas and suggestions for a possible Republic Commando 2.

Thanks for joining us on another episode of GVMERS. Today we’ll be taking a look at the beloved Knights of the Old Republic series of role-playing games from LucasArts. While the first two RPGs in the acclaimed franchise provided memorable, dynamic storylines for players to enjoy, LucasArts canned the third single-player release in favor of other projects. Since then, BioWare’s massively multiplayer online spin-off “The Old Republic” seems to have eclipsed the Knights of the Old Republic games. But we at GVMERS will never forget. What would we like to see in a revival of the beloved series? A KotOR 3 would be a dream come true for any fan of the Star Wars universe, but only if it were done right.

The Battlefield franchise is going back in time with the upcoming release of Battlefield 1! So we decided to do a time travel experiment ourselves, what would Battlefield 4 look like if it was released in the '80s? We hope you like the result!

It has been more than two decades since gamers first entered the world of Warcraft. Blizzard’s fantasy real-time strategy about the bloody struggle between orcs and humans has since left the confines of not just its genre, but its medium as well. After an MMORPG and a collectible card game, fans recently got the chance to experience the story of Warcraft on the silver screen. Warcraft is a now a household name and, without a doubt, one of the biggest gaming franchises in the World. With the latest World of Warcraft expansion, “Legion” due this August, we at GVMERS wanted to look back at the evolution of the series, from its humble beginnings to its countless expansions.

Since its launch almost 14 years ago, the Battlefield series has become one of the most popular class-based first-person shooters on the market. From storming the shores of Iwo Jima, to bloody struggles over jungles surrounding the Ho Chi Minh trail, to futuristic fights with advanced tanks and mechs, Battlefield has shown its great versatility in the different eras and wartime tactics it is able to simulate. Now, EA has announced the upcoming Battlefield 1, a game that will take the franchise into the infamous, bloody struggle of World War I. We at Gamers want to take a look back at the evolution of the franchise as we look forward to the promising new release from DICE and EA games.

One game developer who always strives to make the most high-fidelity games in the industry is definitely Blizzard. Warcraft and Starcraft in particular were two franchises that transcended gaming and made their mark on the real world. World of Warcraft is known even among those who don’t play games, while Starcraft is often considered one of the biggest e-sports titles in the World. However, excellence comes at a price… Despite how long and how far into development a game may be, if Blizzard don’t feel it’s up to standard, they’ll shut it down. This was the fate of Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, Starcraft: Ghost and the ambitious project “Titan”, the biggest and most secretive of the three. Please bear in mind that Blizzard never released any footage of project Titan. We've used videos from various other games to give you a better idea of how Titan may have actually looked like.

Today, we’ll be taking a look at one of the biggest names in real-time strategy – Warcraft. We already took a detailed look at the Warcraft franchise in our “Evolution of Warcraft” video; after realizing that Warcraft went from strategy to MMO to card game, we were left wondering whether to expect a return to the roots someday? Will we ever get to see a Warcraft 4? In case we do, we have a modest wishlist for it…

Since its early days as a hardcore, semi-realistic military shooter, to its current incarnation as an intense, action-oriented online game, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon series has entertained shooter fans the world over. Now, Ubisoft has announced the upcoming Ghost Recon Wildlands, a game that will move the franchise back to the semi-realism of the early PC games while expanding the playable area into a massive open world for the first time in the series’ history. We at Gamers are going to take a look back at the history of the Ghost Recon franchise as we look forward to the future of the series.

Walk outside on a sunny day in any populated area, and it’s obvious that Pokemon Go has taken the world by storm. But before the Pokemon craze took over mobile phones, gamers the world over had already gone on many journeys collecting the virtual creatures in one of the many handheld and console iterations of the franchise over the past two decades. Let’s take a look back at the evolution of Pokemon.

Deus Ex is, without a doubt, one of the most influential gaming titles. During a time when first-person games were heavily focused on combat, Deus Ex shook the world with its seamless fusion of role-playing, shooter and adventure game genres. It also paved way to new approaches to video game storytelling, letting players tackle challenges in multiple ways and drastically changing the course of each plot. With the upcoming release of Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, we at GVMERS wanted to take a look back at the series and see how it evolved over the past 16 years.

Nothing garners more hype than rumors of a new Star Wars game, and the gritty action-adventure game Star Wars 1313 was no exception. Every demo reel and bit of gameplay information led to rabid speculation and anticipation from fans and critics alike, as the game appeared to represent a significant leap forward in cinematic storytelling in the expanded Star Wars universe. But all that came crashing down when Disney purchased Lucasfilm, and subsequently cancelled all Lucasarts projects in development, including Star Wars 1313. Star Wars video game fans have always wondered what these abruptly canned projects would have looked like, and we at Gamers are no exception. Today, we’ll will take a look at what might have been: this is the tragic story of Star Wars 1313.

Since Mass Effect exploded onto the RPG scene back in 2007, the series has become one of the most beloved modern examples of the sci-fi role-playing genre, as each entry takes players on a lengthy tour of the series’ intriguing narrative, unique galactic setting, and diverse cast of characters. While many were left unsatisfied with the conclusion of the trilogy’s arc at the end of Mass Effect 3, there is no question that the series remains one of the most exciting and ambitious games in the modern era. Now, BioWare is entering crunch time to complete Mass Effect Andromeda, an all-new story with a new protagonist and a vast open world for players to explore. In this video, we at Gamers look back at the storied history of the franchise in preparation for the upcoming release of Andromeda.

Before EA and Dice announced their recent Battlefront game, there seemed to be little hope for fans of the franchise that it would ever return. Since the news had come out that Free Radical Design’s ambitious Star Wars: Battlefront 3 project had been cancelled, many fans had given up hope that the series would ever be continued. While EA’s iteration of Battlefront is a solid game in its own right, we at Gamers wonder how gaming history would have been different if Battlefront 3 had seen the light of day. Join us as we investigate the origins, development, and eventual cancellation of Battlefront 3.