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Nintendo Says "Thank You" For Watching Its E3 Press Conference
E3 2008 is over. Finished. But Nintendo hasn't forgotten and is sending out thank you notes, thanking folks for attending its presser. The letter reads: "THANK YOU for attending our E3 media briefing. Nintendo aims to bring people engaging experiences...to make them smile...and we hope we provided you at least a little of that during our event." Below that, it's signed by Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime, vice president of corporate affairs Denise Kaigler and vice president of sales & marketing Cammie Dunaway. Regardless of what you thought of Nintendo's E3 press conference (eh...), classy of them to send out thank you notes.
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Comment by tok1879: why would they try to awaken those memories again??? more » | Other threads
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Does Kotaku Manscape?
E3 was pretty hectic for me, so I only vaguely remember Flynn and the GayGamer crew pulling me aside to answer me several questions, most of which were gaming related. Thankfully they've been posting a series of videos called "My Scrapbook of Precious E3 Memories, in which members of the gaming press offer up their opinions of the import topics of the show, such as Favorite Game, Worst Game, Pet Peeves, and the most important question of them all, "Do you manscape?" More » -
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Do E3 Awards Really Matter?
On Tuesday we posted the official Best of E3 awards, but do they really make a difference? Do what the critics feel are the best of the best actually translate into higher sales? UBS analyst Ben Schachter seems to think so, compiling this handy chart to prove it. More » -
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Game Critics Best of E3 By the Numbers
You've had a chance to digest the raw data of who won what from the Game Critics Best of E3 awards. Now here's a bit of fuel for that angry fanboy deep inside you: A run down of all of the 2008 Best of E3 Game Critics Awards stats. More »
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Comment by Shaoko: How the hell does EA win? Honestly... I think Sony deserved it more than they did, I mean Sony actually... more » | Other threads
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Game Critics Announce Best of E3 Winners
Fallout 3 and LittleBigPlanet tied for the game with the most awards handed out for this year's Game Critics Best of E3 awards.
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Comment by fuchikoma: I'm with LBP. I'm hyped for Fallout, but so far it looks like an apocalypse-themed shooter. I hope it has the... more » | Other threads
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Kotaku's Picks for Game Critics Best of E3 Awards
Last week the Game Critics Best of E3 finalists were announced with much fanfare and debate.
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Comment by Crawl to China: @KaemonKei: Left 4 Dead is Original? Which definition of "original" are we using here? more » | Other threads
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Hollenshead: E3 Was Pretty Much a Disappointment to Everyone
"E3 this year, in my opinion, it was pretty much disappointing to everybody" id CEO Todd Hollenshead told me early today during an interview. "The press were disappointed, the people I talked to in the industry are disappointed, almost everyone agree that that was the wrong way to do it." More »
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Comment by NeoAkira: @Ninegauger: "I think nearly every company has learned that if they want to stand out from the crowd that it's best... more » | Other threads
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E308 Michael Fahey's Snoring Scares Intern, Singing Karaoke Hilarious!
The idea of going to E3 for me was nothing less than a dream come true, seriously. About a week before we embarked to Los Angeles Crecente sent a letter of how the housing situation as going to work, along with a few friendly reminders. More »
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Comment by MaTsKaT: @OiScout: Heh! That's EXACTLY what I thought when I saw the pic... "Fahey's in a hardcore band, kickass! Move over '25... more » | Other threads
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E3 2008 Predictions: How'd We Do?
Let's just say we shant be getting any job offers to be Michael Pachter's trusted aide, as our incorrect guesses about what we thought we'd see at E3 this year grossly outnumbered our correct ones. In our defense, we cast a wide net with our E3 '08 predictions, with some clearly outrageous bets that were ground more in fantasy than reality. Plus, E3 sucked. More »
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Comment by Alicia: There was so much leaked information leading up the E3, there was really nothing to be excited about. The FF... more » | Other threads
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Game Critics' Best of E3 Finalists Announced
Each year journalists from 36 North America media outlets come together to select what they believe are the best games of E3. The annual Game Critics Awards are meant to recognize the games that "will shape the future of interactive entertainment."
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Comment by TheCakeIsALie: Was I one of the only ones turned off by the Fallout demo? I didn't really know too much going... more » | Other threads
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Indiecade 2008: Winterbottom! Gravitation! And More!
During my practically nonexistent downtime, I wandered down to check out the offerings at the E3 installation of Indiecade 2008. Indiecade is, as the name implies, a celebration of a variety of indie games ranging from 'art games' to more mainstream-type titles. We've covered at least two of the games here on Kotaku — Jason Rohrer's Gravitation and The Odd Gentlemen's The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom (begun as an MFA thesis at the University of Southern California). I had a chance to check out some of the games, talk to the people behind Indiecade, and watch the goings on — which included a surprising amount of hubbub and talent scouts from several companies lurking around. And there was more than just games: art prints were featured from various games (I even spied a screen from Blueberry Garden), plus videos of ARGs and installation games. My impressions and some pictures after the jump. More »
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Comment by acmoxon: You forgot about DarkGame, also shown with the IndieCade games. I think this was one of the most interesting,... more » | Other threads
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The New York Times Analyzes the (Bitter) Core
We've chewed this topic to death, but it's always interesting to know how others see you. And The New York Times' Seth Schiesel comes up with a rather solid analogy to describe the backlash to the parade of dross we saw in Nintendo's E3 presser (and, to a lesser extent, others.) More » -
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Naruto: The Broken Bond Raises The Ninja Higher
Here's the E3 trailer for Naruto: The Broken Bond, the Ubisoft follow up to Rise of the Ninja on the Xbox 360, a game I enjoyed very much. This next installment is due out this fall, picking up where Rise left off with the Return of Itachi and Sasuke Retrieval story arcs. They've spiced up the fighting side of things this time around with 25 player characters, so if they at least maintain the quality of gameplay that they featured in RotN Ubisoft will have another winning Naruto title on their hands. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by SynKade: Yar, it is getting a bit tiring to have Sasuke up front 90% of the time. I don't want to... 3 Responses | Other threads
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Sega Can't Find The Source Code For Your Favorite Old School Arcade Games
In our last video featuring Sega of America's Simon Jeffery, the president of the company explains why we haven't seen any System 16 or System 24 games on Xbox Live Arcade or the PlayStation Network. He also talks about his reluctance to put some of those games on Live due to Microsoft's requirement to update a game's graphics before porting.
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Comment by CCCombobreaker: Requirements to update the games graphics? Lol what? Pacman and Galaga were updated? What about gauntlet and sonic? Lol more » | Other threads
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What happened to Fatal Frame 4 At E3?
Tecmo, sensing a disturbance in the fanboy force, sent out a preemptive email today explaining to anyone and everyone why Fatal Frame 4 was not at E3 this year. More »
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Comment by squall_kitsune: @Torgen got his apology faceplate but not his fixed GH3 disc: i don't know if you're agreeing with me or not.... more » | Other threads
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E308 Sega Can't Bring Back or Make Sequels to Previous Platinum/Clover Games
God Hand 2? Viewtiful Joe 3? Not coming, at least not from the Platinum Games, formerly Clover, guys. But that doesn't mean we wont' be seeing echoes of those games in their fancy, new Sega published games.
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Comment by cholinms: @eviladrian: If it takes the blinds to tip her off as to the type of guy shes with she is... more » | Other threads
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Don Mattrick Says Nintendo And Sony Have Been "On Vacation"
Forget what you think about how those E3 pressers went, Xbox honcho Don Mattrick is here to tell you what he thinks. And what does he think? He thinks the other companies have been slacking off — that they've been "on vacation." No, not just "on vacation," make that "on an extended vacation." Here's the sound-byte: More » -
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E308 Simon Jeffery Destroys All of Your Hopes For Dreamcast 2, Shenmue 3, and Seaman 2
See Brian try to talk the head of Sega of America into launching Dreamcast 2 to take on the Wii. More »
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Comment by ShejaliRadassical: Way to crush our dreams, Simon. Seaman and Shenmue were both unique, groundbreaking works of art by genius designers. Yoot Saito is... more » | Other threads
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E308 Simon Jeffery, "We're Saving Aliens For Something Special"
We explained it in detail, why Aliens didn't make E3. But it's so much more soothing hearing the news come in the Anglified voice of SEGA of America's head honcho Simon Jeffery.
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Comment by SugerBumps: I've been REALLY impressed with Sega this past year. They have come out some great games and original IP's and... more » | Other threads
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The Sims 3 In Full E3 Technicolor
Still The Sims, now with a shiny 3 after it. If you're interested in all things Simlish then you probably want to take a gander at the offical E3 Sims 3 trailer, sent over to our tower fresh this morning. What does this have, Sim faithful, that would make me want to drop whatever other Sims game I happen to be currently playing?
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Comment by TVarmy: @ggodo: The point with the sims is that you get to choose to vicariously enjoy when their lives go well,... more » | Other threads
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Molyneux Is Sorry For Denis Dyack
VideoGamer.com sat down with Lionhead's Peter Molyneux at E3 last week, where he apologized for Denis Dyack not living up to his creative vision. "I feel sorry for Denis Dyack because you know, I think a few things were said wrong," he explained, responding to criticism that his original plans for a more dynamic, more interactive Dyack didn't come to fruition. Molyneux's original vision for Dyack was of game developer that matures with time, reacting to the environment and society in a natural way that would be appealing to all gamers. Players were promised a Dyack where you were fully free to explore, and were instead presented with a final product stubbornly set in its path. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by gblock: Dyack dug his own grave on this. He's still busy smack-talking like an idiot on 1up podcasts from E3,... more » | Other threads
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Midnight Club: Los Angeles Hands-On
When we last saw Rockstar San Diego's Midnight Club: Los Angeles, way back at the Leipzig Games Convention, we walked away impressed. Pissed that we weren't allowed to actually drive, but impressed. Thankfully, E3 wasn't a total bust, given that we got to spend a good hour playing the Xbox 360 version of the newest Midnight Club. More »
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Comment by Squirrelbot3000: The special moves were a welcome addition to DUB edition, even if it took about the time to get an... more » | Other threads
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What Microsoft Did At E3 2008
E3 2008 kicked off Monday last week with a press conference from Microsoft that started out quiet and ended with a shot that rang out across the internet. While many people expected this year's event to be dominated by attempts to snag the more casual gamer with gimmicks like motion control, Microsoft instead stayed the course (with a few notable exceptions), building on their own concept of community and social gaming rather than going for the obvious aping. In case you missed our extensive liveblogging of the event, here's a run down of the big news out of Microsoft at E3 2008. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by OneSwitch.org.uk: @Leobebes: The JoyPad is a lovely controller for lots of people I grant you. It's useless for many too who... more » | Other threads
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Things We Wish We'd Seen At E3, But Didn't
E3 was a disappointment. We covered that yesterday. Didn’t meet our expectations, even though they were sensible, lowered expectations. A lot lower than those we dreamed about! You should see those expectations. If they’d come true, it would have been awesome. More »
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Comment by Rojovenom: I would like a game that would be in PSN or Live networks but that will have SEX,BLOOD,And other things that... more » | Other threads
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Hey Kinda Famous Person, Do You Know What GameSpot Is?
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Holy Smoke, There Will Be E3 2009!
Even if this year's E3 wasn't exactly all that and a bag of chips, there will be another one. And you know what? It will be next year. That's right negative humanoids, the Entertainment Software Association is plotting E3 2009. Says an ESA rep: More » -
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Iwata So Very Very Sorry For Nintendo's E3 Presser
Of all the lowlights of last week's E3 "festivities", none were lower than Nintendo's press conference. A fact I'm sure, by now, they're acutely aware of. And in response to the, uh, less than warm reception to their offerings, Nintendo President Satoru iwata is sorry. More »
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Comment by Orionsaint: Sorry? Can they honestly tell us they didn't expect this reception. The only people that engage in E3 are hardcore... 1 Responses | Other threads
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Hands-On With Fable II, Molyneux's "Biggest" Game
Getting a proper impression of a game like Fable II, one that spans the lives of multiple generations, is almost impossible at an event like E3. And if Fable II lead Peter Molyneaux is being accurate when he calls the game "The biggest, most complete story of any game I've ever created," we haven't seen, well, anything yet. More »
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Comment by CheeseM0nkey: Black and White 2, I found to be excellent. Mostly anything from Lionhead I love. more » | Other threads
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E308 Get Your Buzzers Ready, It's The Executive Pop Quiz!
When it comes to asking the industry's bigwigs the big questions, we here at Kotaku aren't afraid to get our hands dirty. So, while we were at E3, we asked some of the top executives from each of the major companies questions on their own material. I mean think about it, when do you get to quiz your teachers? This was an opportunity we weren't going to miss. We present the Kotaku Executive Pop Quiz!
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Comment by EditorinChief: As every one has noticed, audio is all over the place, but otherwise good. "CHEATER!!!" LOL. That one was dumb... more » | Other threads
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Tecmo's SPRay Brings Puking Adventures To Wii
Tecmo's SPRay — oddly capped that way due to the game's protagonist, known as Spirited Prince Ray — may serve as an adequate substitute for Wii gamers waiting for Nintendo's Mario and Zelda teams to wrap up their next projects. SPRay is not unlike a Zelda-style adventure and comparisons to Mario Sunshine will likely be inevitable, as the game features a liquid spraying mechanic that's not too dissimilar from that GameCube non-classic. More »
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Comment by danmaku: Just started playing and the liquid mechanics are pretty well thought out. Doesn't seem like there's enough polish, but... more » | Other threads
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The E3 No Shows: Why They Weren't There
The E3 party is over. We here at Kotaku are crumpling up the paper tablecloths, throwing out the empty cake boxes, and pulling your shoe out of our fish tank as we wrap up the last of our coverage of the many, many things we saw and did at the event.
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Comment by lordargent: The Hype: The "Forever" in the title must refer to how long it's been since we first heard about this... more » | Other threads
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Dragon Age: Origins Gameplay: Our E3 Preview In Just Three Minutes
While we didn't actually get to lovingly touch the mouse and keyboard used to control our Dragon Age: Origins preview, we still got to see plenty of what the BioWare developed role-playing game will have to offer. If you'd like the alternate universe experience of what we saw in the bowels of the Sheraton Hotel at E3, edited down to just three short minutes, watch this down and dirty Dragon Age gameplay clip. You'll feel like you were there — minus the swag and European journalist aroma.
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Comment by robur: @Sunjammer: Great comment. I also had to think of Icewind Dale - I was in a constant state of... more » | Other threads
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Halo Wars Is In Control
Halo plus real-time strategy plus gamepad controls may sound like a recipe for a franchise misfire, but Ensemble Studios has polished Halo Wars to the point of an immediately playable console title. While some may argue that, like first person shooters, RTS games should only be played on a mouse and keyboard, Ensemble has done an admirable job of nailing the controls. We got a chance to go hands-on with the game at E3 and came away surprisingly pleased. More »
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Comment by Strangelove: @Providence: You're completely wrong on all counts. 1) You're just talking out of your ass with this one. The controls are just... more » | Other threads
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Rounding Up Sony's E3 Presser Announcements
Jack Tretton took the stage at Sony's E3 2008 press conference and proclaimed it "the year of the PS3." Reflecting on the oft-touted ten-year lifespan of the PS2, the underlying message seemed to be similar to what we heard from Sony in the past: Just wait, a little bit more.
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Comment by Captiosus: @sirsri: While I would count any exclusives as what moves consoles, first or 3rd party, it's the big 3rd party... more » | Other threads
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Red Faction: Guerrilla Rhino Packs, Destruction and 360 Avatars
I know the video game industry seems to be perpetually going through a shooter glut. And, yes, I love shooters, so I tend to put up with it. So bear that in mind as I proceed to fawn over Volition's upcoming Red Faction sequel, Red Faction: Guerrilla.
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CNBC's Jane Wells - Sony Is Winning, My Son Says So
I have to get me one of these "children" I keep hearing so much about. They seem terribly handy. Jack Thompson uses his to help expose the chinks in video game retail, our own Brian Crecente does some of his best work when dealing with the tiny person he helped manufacture - even CNBC reporter Jane Wells is getting in on the act, using her son to illustrate while Sony is going to win the console battle via humorous anecdote. Her 16-year-old son remained an Xbox 360 fan throughout the Microsoft E3 presser, but then Sony went and changed his mind. More »
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By Mike FaheyComment by kneehighspy: @Aflack: Likes slushies: i'm being a jerk cause of a 16 year old kid playing a game that he isn't allowed... more » | Other threads
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E308 Justify Your Game: Left 4 Dead
In this terrifying edition of Justify Your Game, Doug Lombardi takes a crack at justifying Valve's upcoming co-op FPS Left 4 Dead. Can he persuade us in 15 seconds? -
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The Only Reason I'd Want Anything to Do With Spiders
I had a chance to sit through a demo of upcoming Wii action adventure game Deadly Creatures Rainbow Studios in the lead up to E3. The game has you taking turns controlling a spider and a scorpion as they make their way through a hostile desert environment and try to suffer the indignities, and boots of a pair of humans. More »
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Comment by JordanItkowitz: "You will never actually do combat while controlling either creature, but you get to witness a few stand-offs as the... more » | Other threads
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Things We Don't Ever Want To See At E3 Again. Ever.
E3 was a disappointment. But you knew that already. Yet do you know why it was a disappointment? Sure, there are the easy answers. Few new game announcements. Anything Nintendo said or did. But they’re just that. Easy answers. There were a lot more things wrong with the show than just those limelight-grabbers. Things that we never want to see at E3 again. Ever. More »
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Comment by princess_stomper: + Watch video Some edukashun for you peeps. I enjoyed what I saw of E3. Got my eye on Fallout 3,... more » | Other threads
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More F.E.A.R., Different Name
As previously announced, developer Monolith Productions is back with a new F.E.A.R. game, but it's not called F.E.A.R. 2. And we had a chance to check it out at this year's E3. Since publishers changed during development, the game is now called Project Origin. Different titles aside, this actually is the sequel and is set in the same world F.E.A.R. was — though the game does follow Delta Force sergeant Michael Beckett instead of the mysterious Point Man. The devs are giving Beckett the same slow motion that Point Man had in the original game. More »
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