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The reboot of the car combat standard-bearer Twisted Metal arrives on Valentine's Day for PS3. Also, though you can't play them until Feb. 22, many of the launch titles for the PlayStation Vita become available in North America this week. UFC Undisputed 3 for Xbox 360 and PS3 also arrives Tuesday. More »
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38 Studios' action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning leads the list of new titles deploying this week. Other big names include Resident Evil: Revelations and The Darkness II. More »
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The first big release week of 2012 gives us Final Fantasy XIII-2, NeverDead and SoulCalibur V. Downloadable content includes an extension for Dead Island. More »
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The new year is still getting off to a slow start. Highlights this week are entirely downloadable titles, for PS3, Xbox 360 and on the 3DS eShop, where Zen Pinball releases on Thursday. More »
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Though many have plunged in with early access privileges, Tuesday is the official launch date for Star Wars: The Old Republic, one of the most anticipated MMOs in years. Other releases include Trine 2 on the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live and, yes, Postal III is still listed for release on Tuesday over Steam. More »
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Downloadable content for Battlefield, Assassin's Creed, and Gears of War highlights an otherwise slow week for new releases. Don't forget the Marvel Pinball: Vengeance and Virtue series coming to the PS3 and in Pinball FX2 on the 360. More »
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Mario Kart 7 hit shelves for the 3DS today. Other names of note include an adaptation of The Adventures of Tintin, and Just Dance 3 for the PS3. Downloadable action includes content for Battlefield 3, Forza Motorsport 4, and Final Fantasy VI on the PlayStation Network. More »
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A re-release of three Sly Cooper classics on the PlayStation Network, and the arrival of Voltron: Defender of the Universe on PSN and Xbox Live Marketplace, highlight what is traditionally the slowest week of the video game calendar. After next week's Mario Kart 7 on 3DS, retail will go into hibernation until January. More »
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The final Tuesday before Thanksgiving in the U.S. effectively closes out the major release calendar for North America. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword is available on the Wii today. WWE 12 arrives for PS3, Wii and 360 on Tuesday. Downloadable content for Batman: Arkham City and Gears of War 3 arrives Tuesday and Wednesday, respectively. More »
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Assassin's Creed: Revelations headlines the final big blowout week of releases for video games in the pre-holiday runup. Other notable titles this week: Super Mario 3D Land, out today; the Halo: Anniversary HD re-release; new entries in the Need for Speed and Rayman franchises; Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom and the romping good-time Saints Row: The Third. More »
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 releases on PC and all three consoles on Tuesday, (with a separate version for the DS). The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim arrives Friday for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360. Lego Harry Potter: Years 5-7 is also out Friday. Tuesday also sees the special editions Metal Gear Solid HD Collection on PS3 and 360, and L.A. Noire: The Complete Edition on PC. More »
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Uncharted 3 releases for the PS3 on Tuesday, along with GoldenEye 007: Reloaded, Sonic Generations and The Lord of the Rings: the War in the North. Batman: Arkham City and Gears of War 3 get downloadable content. More »
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Battlefield 3 releases on PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 on Tuesday. Other titles include Kinect Sports Season Two for the 360 and Kirby's Return to Dreamland on the Wii. Downloadables this week include Daytona USA on XBLA and PSN, a free table for Pinball FX 2 and The War of the Worlds on Xbox 360. More »
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Batman: Arkham City dominates this week's new releases, but there are alternatives. Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure already is out on five platforms, Professor Layton arrives tomorrow on the DS and Ratchet & Clank returns on Tuesday, too. More »
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High-performance automobiles return to the Xbox 360 with Forza Motorsport 4 this week. Not a car guy? Take to the skies with Ace Combat: Assault Horizon, on the PS3 and 360, or head back to the casino with Dead Rising 2: Off the Record. There's also DLC releasing for Dragon Age II. More »
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A jampacked Tuesday gives the core gamer Rage and Dark Souls. Sports fans get NBA 2K12 and loyal webheads will see Spider-Man: Edge of Time. More »
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EA Sports' FIFA 12 highlights this release week (Tuesday in North America, Thursday and Friday in Europe) along with Konami's Pro Evolution Soccer 2011. Not diggin' sports? X-Men: Destiny, the quasi-action-RPG by Silicon Knights, arrives on shelves, too. More »
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The conclusion to Epic Games' Gears of War trilogy arrives only on Xbox 360 this weel, joined by the HD remake of Resident Evil 4, another DLC extension for Fallout: New Vegas, the Rezurrection map pack for Call of Duty players on PS3 and PC, and the controversial fighter Supremacy MMA. More »
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The good old hockey game NHL 12 headlines a robust week of releases, joined by Call of Juarez: The Cartel and The Gunstringer for Kinect. PC exclusive Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad also joins the party. More »
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I've been hearing it for a month about Disgaea 4 not being included in the Coming Soon for Sept. 6 alongside other games such as Resistance 3, Driver: San Francisco, Dead Island and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine. So here you go: Disgaea 4, here on the front page, big as Christmas, is coming out this week. More »
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A holiday for many sports gamers, Madden NFL 12's release moved to the final Tuesday of August to position it closer to the league's opening day, which is Sept. 8. The 23rd edition of EA Sports' venerable football franchise is still the week's headline release. More »
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution leads us back to the land of big release weeks, serving up the third game in the Deus Ex series and, canonically, the prequel to the first. Other names of note include another map pack from Call of Duty: Black Ops and Street Fighter III's "Third Strike" Online Edition. More »
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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron releases this week, along with the free-to-play launch of Age of Empires Online. Toy Soldiers: The Cold War rounds out Xbox Live's Summer of Arcade, and From Dust comes to PC. More »
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Fruit Ninja Kinect? Fruit Ninja Kinect. And folks, that is it for the week. Well, EDGE, another well received (and controversial) iPhone game, hits for PC and Mac. But the dog days of August have nothing for retail shelves this week. More »
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It is a thin week for new releases, especially at retail. On shelves, there's Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension for Wii, 3DS and PS3. On Xbox Live Arcade, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet arrives Wednesday. More »
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Journey into the twisted dream world of a man smitten with a beautiful girl named Catherine in the eponymous game arriving this Tuesday. Dragon Age II also gets an expansion, From Dust arrives in Xbox Live's Summer of Arcade, and PC and PS3 players get Black Ops' Annihilation map pack. More »
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This week Techland's western series Call of Juarez makes a run for the present-day border. Other releases include the latest Fallout: New Vegas expansion, a Captain America movie tie-in, and the early release of some Left 4 Dead 2 DLC. More »
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It seems like we just had graduation, but EA Sports returns to campus this week with NCAA Football 12. A new L.A. Noire case and Ms. 'Splosion Man round out the highlights. More »
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There's probably a reason everything and its brother went on sale this weekend. That's because there are next to no new releases for the coming seven days. Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon, on 360 and PS3, is your big highlight. More »
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The Arcade Edition of Super Street Fighter IV arrives for Xbox 360 and PS3 this week. Another anticipated drop is the "Annihilation" map pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops; it delivers another five maps, one of them a zombie level. After that, you're looking at maybe Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 3. More »
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The long-awaited 3D remake of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is the highlight of the week, and is in stores as we speak. Other notable names include Dungeon Siege III, Shadows of the Damned, the final chapter of Back to the Future: the Game, and Double Fine's latest Xbox Live title, Trenched. More »
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Well, we're not impressed by what we've seen so far of Duke Nukem: Forever, but there is something to be said for this game finally hitting shelves after a torturous 14-year development. Other titles out this week include Child of Eden and Alice: Madness Returns. Seven days from now, Ocarina of Time's long awaited remake hits the 3DS. More »
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While everyone is in Los Angeles talking about next year's games, three big ones will drop this week: Red Faction: Armageddon, the PS3-exclusive inFamous 2 and the tactical shooter Operation Flashpoint: Red River. Should the 3DS eShop come online as planned, goodies are in store there, too. More »
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Holiday weekends and the period around E3 typically are slow, and this coming week fits both bills. The big drops: Hunted: The Demon's Forge; BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II comes to PSP and 3DS; PC players get the BioShock 2: Minerva's Den and Call of Duty: Black Ops-Escalation expansions. More »
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Codemasters' rally-racer DiRT 3 is the lone major console release this week, bringing a new gymkhana mode to its menu of off-road offerings. More »
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Rockstar's cop thriller L.A. Noire dominates this coming Tuesday, though RPG enthusiasts on the PC will want to take note of The Witcher 2. For those picking up Noire two DLC extensions are available the day of release via PSN and Xbox Live. Clarification: These extensions are preorder premiums; they are not DLC available for purchase. More »
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The long-awaited futuristic FPS Brink highlights this week of releases, promising quadrillions of unique characters - no really. If that hurts your brain, try MX vs. ATV, LEGO Pirates of the Caribbean or Virtua Tennis. More »
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The zombie fad shows no signs of dying - hah, get it? - as Treyarch delivers the Escalation Map Pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops. The week's biggest retail drop is Motorstorm: Apocalypse for PS3, but all your racing will be offline if the PSN Apocalypse hasn't abated by Tuesday. More »
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Holiday weekends in the U.S. typically foreshadow light weeks in game releases and the coming seven days is no different. Darkspore, for PC, is the top drop on Tuesday. There also is some DLC coming for Shift Unleashed and Outland, a downloadable title for PSN and XBLA. More »
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There's some game due to release by Tuesday, its name is on the tip of my tongue. Something about potatoes. Eh, it'll come to me. If not, Mortal Kombat, SOCOM 4 and Conduit 2 are all A-list drops arriving on the same day. More »
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