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What’s Inside The Best Press Kit At Gamescom?
Behold The Witcher 2: Papercraft of Kings, the world’s first-ever non-linear papercraft and a paper cut above the other press kits found at Gamescom this week. Want to see what’s inside? This is the press kit for CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and it’s in high demand this week for obvious…
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Enslaved’s Story Is Touching … A Penis
Today at GamesCom I witnessed a monkey touching a pig’s penis. Perhaps I should explain. Most of what we’ve seen of Enslaved so far has taken place in the ruins of New York. Today the nice folks at Ninja Theory should me a new level, the Titan Graveyard, and introduced me to a third member…
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Heroes On The Move Gains Momentum
A Lombax, a raccoon, and an elf stumble into a nefarious plot the plunges them and their sidekicks into a tournament of champions in Heroes on the Move for the PlayStation 3. Stop me if you heard this one. Heroes on the Move isn’t quite like any other adventure you’ve been on featuring Jax and…
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How The Pros Play DJ Hero
Before you read about me playing DJ Hero 2 at GamesCom, check out the skills of FreeStyle Games studio manager Kevin McSherry as he and a fellow dev play dueling decks. I got to go hands on with DJ Hero 2 myself today, and thought I did rather well, until McSherry took up the DJ…
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God Plays Ball In From Dust
A cursor spins lazily over a primitive ocean. A button is pressed, and water is gathered in a great ball, hovering in the air. The cursor moves, the water drops, and lakes are formed. This is From Dust. “From Dust is a god game where nature is at the center of gameplay,” explains the game’s…
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Is That An EyePet In Your Pocket?
Have you ever wanted to have a furry little friend in your pocket that you could pull out and play with whenever you felt like it? EyePet for the PSP can make that dream come true. EyePet is an adorable little augmented reality critter you can play with using your EyeToy and PlayStation Move. All…
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Why Lords Of Shadows Will Be The 3D Castlevania That Works
Why will Castlevania: Lords of Shadow succeed where other 3D Castlevania titles have failed? For one, producer David Cox looked like this after giving us the actual reason he believes his game will work. Note to game developers posing for pictures I am taking: You never have to ask, “Should I growl?” Growing is always…
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Michael Jackson The Experience Has No Mouth Yet It Must Scream
After seeing Ubisoft’s Michael Jackson The Experience demonstrated live on the Wii yesterday, I am overcome with emotions, from impressed to totally creeped out. What is Michael Jackson The Experience? It’s a dancing game for the Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360, and PlayStation Move, that capitalizes on each systems’ unique motion control technology to let players…
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Might And Magic Heroes VI Might Be Magic
The line between role-playing game and strategy game blur even further with Might and Magic Heroes VI, bringing the ageless conflict closer to “the Blizzard standard.” Might and Magic is a series of computer role-playing games. Heroes f Might and Magic is a series of computer strategy games. So what is Might and Magic Heroes…
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Waving My Wand At Sorcery
The PlayStation Move magic game Sorcery charmed us when presented on stage at E3 earlier this year. Does the enchantment hold now that we’ve played it ourselves? Many people thought Sorcery was little more than a PlayStation Move tech demo, meant to show off how the Sony motion controller could be used as a magic…
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Linkin Park’s Mike Shinoda Knows The Secret To Mixing Music And Gaming
During GamesCom 2010, Linkin Park’s co-lead singer Mike Shinoda realized what it takes to successfully marry music and games, but not before blowing himself up on stage in front of the hundreds of people attending Sony’s press event. The members of Linkin Park aren’t just a group of guys who are lending music to EA’s…
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Singstar Guitar Is Pretty Much What You’d Expect
What happens when you add a guitar track to Sony’s Singstar? You get half of Rock Band, and not the particularly fun half. Imagine Rock Band or Guitar Hero’s guitar portions, without the flashy backgrounds, star power mechanics, or decorative note highways, and you’ve got Singstar Guitar. It’s Singstar, with a no-frills guitar track added…
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Kicking It With Kinect Sports Soccer
I finally got my first chance to go hands-on with Kinect today, and I wasn’t allowed to use my hands. Microsoft was showing off the soccer potion of Kinect Sports at their gameplay event today in Cologne, Germany, and seeing as I spent at least a portion of one whole high school semester playing something…
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Microsoft GamesCom Press Event Lunch Unboxing
The most important question at Microsoft’s Gamescom play session on Tuesday? What are they serving for lunch? That question answered here. Perhaps my fascination with the food served at press gatherings stems from the fact that 90% of my Gamescom diet comes from exactly these sorts of boxes. Well, not exactly these sorts of boxes.…
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I Survived ‘I Will Survive’ In Singstar Dance
When I mentioned I had never played a PlayStation Move game at Sony’s GamesCom preview event, someone suggested I try out Singstar Dance. It’s a good thing alcohol was being served. There are two things I never do in public unless intoxicated, at least lightly: Dancing, and singing. We’ve seen how the singing works out…
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This Is How You Play Kinectimals
Many people played Kinectimals at Microsoft’s gameplay day in Germany yesterday, but no one played it with as much skill or heart as our own Michael McWhertor. Look at how much fun he is having petting that dangerous animal. Don’t you wish that was you? It was all I could do to stop myself from…
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Fable III Screens From A Place Slightly Closer To Albion
Albion is the oldest known name for the island of Great Britain, so these screenshots of Fable III released today for GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, hit a little closer to home than usual. Of course developer Lionhead is located in Guildford, which is actually on the aforementioned island, so that opening bit was little more…
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Mass Effect 2 Hits The PlayStation 3 In January [UPDATE]
During the EA press conference at GamesCom in Cologne, Germany, BioWare’s Dr. Ray revealed that the second game in the Mass Effect series would hit the PlayStation 3 in January. Is there anything else to say? It’s Mass Effect, and it’s coming to the PlayStation 3. Let’s hear us some cheers, PlayStation 3 owners! UPDATE:…
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