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After the surprise success of their Broadway musical The Book of Mormon, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone are looking to conquer the video game medium next. The December issue of Game Informer reveals that development's underway for South Park: The Game, an all-new AAA RPG console title set to hit PS3 and Xbox 360 next year. More »
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My copy of Game Informer did not arrive today. Time and the Columbia alumni rag, which I actively do not want, did. So I will not be reading about Borderlands 2 this weekend, as some are. More »
]]> http://kotaku.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5828422&view=rss&microfeed=true Developed by Arkane Studios and slated for release on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC in 2012, Dishonored is a first-person action game, and that's all we'll know until the new issue of Game Informer comes out. Thanks, Bethesda. More »
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Who is Duke Nukem, and why—after all of these years—are we still talking about him? One of our readers has described him as a "character that people actually love or hate. Or feel something about. As opposed to military personnel (1) and (1a)." In a sea of "blandness," according to the reader, the Duke is something to be excited about—outdated graphics and overlong loading screens be damned. More »
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War rode proud and strong through the battle between good and evil in the original Darksiders, but he's only one of four apocalyptic horsepersons of interest. War, Famine, and Pestilence take the bench as Death saddles up his pale horse for Darksiders II. More »
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If you're going to fake a Game Informer cover, you might want to get their slogan correct. And "specs"? Not on a cover. "in" instead of "at"? The one tool they don't have in Photoshop is spellcheck stylecheck*. [via tips@] More »
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Game Informer has posted the debut trailer for THQ and Volition's Saints Row: The Third, consisting of some music, a few splash screens, and one second of actual gameplay footage. See for yourself. More »
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Kotaku, Gizmodo and one-time Game Informer illustrator Sam Spratt is taking preorders for the wonderful panoramic he created for the December cover of Game Informer magazine. Updated More »
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Game Informer has revealed the cover for its February issue, dedicated to Bethesda's recently-revealed The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, and while the front is rather classy and subdued, there's a mysterious party going on around back. More »
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Master Chief, Nathan Drake, Alyx Vance, Niko Bellic, Kratos, The Boss, GlaDOS — just a small selection of the 30 video game stars that the newest issue of Game Informer names as the video game characters who "defined a decade." More »
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Print is dying to the tune of a 5.6% drop in magazine sales in the United States for the first half of 2010, but one video game mag is still going strong. More »
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Coming as a surprise to no one, Game Informer's July issue confirms the sequel to Sucker Punch's PlayStation 3 superhero hit inFamous, with a cover showing off a new look for series protagonist Cole MacGrath. More »
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Soon there will be a completely different card to forget to bring to GameStop with you, as the retailer's new PowerUp Rewards program goes into beta testing, featuring both free and paid cards packed with benefits that don't entirely suck. More »
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Using 3D Dot Game Heroes's built-in character editor, Game Informer's Tim Turi takes the Zelda "homage" full-circle. More »
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Will you die now, or survive to die in the sequel? The suspense (and zombies) is killing us, as seen on Game Informer. More »
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We've been reliant on 2006's teaser for L.A. Noire for all of our visual reference, sick to death of using the same screengrabs from Team Bondi's target render. No longer! We're finally getting an updated look at the game. More »
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Jen Groeling went off on a two-week vacation and came back to find her cube at Sega cordoned with plastic wrap and filled with about a zillion pages from Game Informer magazines. See for yourself in this video. More »
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Ninja Theory, the team behind the PlayStation 3 exclusive Heavenly Sword, has made quite clear its intentions to go multi-platform with its next title, a game that will be published by Namco Bandai. That game is Enslaved. More »
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Microsoft's responded to Game Informer's controversial survey, which found 54.6 percent of Xbox 360s - among their readership anyway - have gone RRoD. Microsoft didn't dispute numbers or offer their own, but did concede they're "constantly improving" the 360's design. More »
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This newest issue of Game Informer magazine has already landed in the hands of subscribers, featuring a cover story on MTV Games and Harmonix's The Beatles: Rock Band. Beneath that cover lies the game's final track listing. More »
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id Software hasn't shown much of its id Tech 5 powered Rage, the post-apocalyptic first-person shooter-slash-racer it announced almost two years ago. That's about to change, thanks to the newest issue of Game Informer. More »
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The newest Max Payne shoot 'em up features "drastic changes in setting and character design," in Rockstar Games' own words. We think these new screen shots of Max Payne 3 perfectly illustrate how drastic those changes are. More »
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Rockstar Games' Max Payne 3 is apparently getting Game Informer cover treatment this month, as early issues of the magazine appear to be already in subscriber's hands. So, what's going on with Max Payne these days? More »
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Infinity Ward's eagerly anticipated follow up to Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare hits retail shelves this November, but the sequel is being featured in the latest issue of Game Informer right now. More »
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The newest issue of exclusive-hoarding magazine Game Informer has landed Infinity Ward's Modern Warfare 2 for its "world exclusive first look" at the upcoming shooter. Ten pages worth of coverage promises "to blow your mind." More »
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Meet Ezio, the new white-clad contract killer taking over for Altair in Assassin's Creed II. More »
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Most game magazines are dying a death. One, though, is not. It's the one that's owned by GameStop. Yes, it's Game Informer, and more people read Game Informer than you probably thought. More »
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Rumors on 2K Marin's BioShock 2: Sea of Dreams began swirling about the 2K Games forums today, flooding the board with supposed details on the BioShock sequel. Too bad they were mostly bunk. More »
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Game Informer, uncontested print kings of the video game "exclusive," score another reveal with the mag's March issue. It promises a look at the next, next, next big PlayStation 3 sequel, God of War III. More »
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We'd think that the next proper Grand Theft Auto game, Xbox 360-exclusive expansions notwithstanding, is a long way off. Not Game Informer, though. The magazine is reportedly expecting the next entry by end of year. More »
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The February issue of Game Informer drops a "world exclusive" on us, Activision and Raven Software's Singularity. What is it? A sci-fi shooter, if you can possibly believe that. More »
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You've seen the teaser, now how about some details? GameInformer's next issue has the exclusive first print look at Naughty Dog's Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. Yes, that's the name. Now about the game... More »
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Halo fanatics without the foresight of a Game Informer subscription will want to begin stalking the newsstands for the latest issue of the mag. It secures yet another highly coveted exclusive, with a 10 page preview of Bungie's next: Halo 3: Recon. According to the teaser for the magazine's December issue that means "10 pages packed full of info and screenshots straight from Bungie." Mmmm... screenshots. More »
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Not here, sadly. We don't have magazine covers to bargain with, you know. But Game Informer, the print kings of the exclusive do, and they have a 10-page blow-out on Cryptic's Star Trek Online. With no Star Trek TV show to rally behind and a feature film that feels light years away, the possibility of commanding our own starship — or perhaps making Sumarian Sunsets in the ship's mess hall — is appealing even to me. And I loathe MMOs. More »
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Someone over at the Destructoid blogs just posted a scan of the latest issue of Game Informer magazine, revealing the drum set for Activision's upcoming increasingly erroneously named Guitar Hero 4. The set ups the ante over Rock Band, having only three pads and a petal but adding two dedicated cymbals to the mix. Feels like a case of "but ours goes to eleven" to me, but they had to stay competitive somehow I suppose. Hit up the link for slightly more information, but if you really want the full scoop, pick up the latest issue of Game Informer magazine. More »
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According to a NeoGAF poster armed with the latest issue of Game Informer magazine, Guitar Hero IV will, as expected, focus on more than just faux guitar playing, as the next proper iteration is said to add drums and vocals, just like Rock Band. Where GH IV is expected to go above and beyond the Rock Band experience is in its custom creation modes. More »
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The latest issue of Game Informer isn't quite on news-stands yet, but it is in the hands of subscribers. Said issue has a big feature on Gears of War 2's singleplayer, with all kinds of plot, character and gameplay revelations to be found within, all of which has somehow ended up on the internets. Know, then, that the game's drop-in, drop-out co-op play will let the two players select different difficulty levels. And that there's another vehicle mission, only this time in a tank. And that Clifford Bleszinski says "We have creatures that make the Brumak look like a baby panda bear". And that there's a ton of new characters introduced, with Cole & Baird not with you at the start of the game. Should be enough to get you excited, but hey, if it's not, you could always scrape the pennies together and get a copy of the mag yourself. You cheap bastard. More »
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Next month's Game Informer has the scoop on two big-name upcoming shooters. One is Gearbox's Aliens game, the other Volition's third Red Faction title. While the mag's not out yet, leaving us frustratingly short on info and screens, we can see that both games at least have snappy new subtitles, making it all the easier for us to differentiate them from past titles in the series/franchise. "Gearbox's Aliens game" can now be referred to as Aliens: Colonial Marines. What, I hear you ask, no Aliens, no Predator, no vs? Not a big surprise: we've heard the game is based very closely on the look/feel of Jim Cameron's film and Syd Mead's designs. "Red Faction III", meanwhile, must now be known by its official title, which is Red Faction: Guerilla. More »
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NeoGAFfer Wollan received the latest issue of Game Informer magazine today, and breathlessly rushed to his computer to transcribe details about the cover story - Insomniac's Resistance 2, the follow up to one of the PlayStation 3's biggest hits (and only really good launch title) Resistance: Fall of Man. Highlights include two story modes, one for single player and one for either split-screen local play or 8 player co-op. Also of note is the introduction of character classes, with players being able to choose from a tank, a specialist, or a medic for multiplayer goodness. Speaking of multiplayer, the game will support up to 60 players online, with players forming up in 4-8 man squads in the lobbies with different objectives during the match to help keep things from devolving into giant free-for-alls. Other details include limited randomized geometry within levels to keep things fresh, graphics and performance that tap more PS3 power than ever before, and much, much more. More »
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The next issue of Game Informer features another magazine exclusive reveal—Ghostbusters! The game, seemingly a sequel to the first two films, was rumored to have been in the works at developer ZootFly after a video of a Ghostbusters title was leaked onto the internet. The game now appears to be officially coming to... some unnamed platform(s). The even better news is that original Ghostbusters stars Harold Ramis, Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd will be involved. Quite heavily involved, actually, as GI writes that the three are helming scriptwriting and voice over duties. More »
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