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To Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light DLC Means Something Different
The first two letters are the same, but the third one’s different, according to developer Crystal Dynamics, unveiling plans to release five different batches of Downloadable Lara Croft for Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Crystal Dynamics’ Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light players can look forward to enough new DLC to keep…
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DJ Max Portable 3 Turns The Tables With Triple-Track Remixing
PM Studios and developer Pentavision mix things up in DJ Max Portable 3 with a three-track remixing system causing fingers to fly even faster over the PSP’s buttons later this year. PM Studios dropped news of a North American release for DJ Max Portable 3 in 2010 back in May, teasing a new feature that…
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Four New Playable Species Join The Old Republic
BioWare has revealed that each class in Star Wars: The Old Republic will have an optional non-human species option, introducing the Force-wielding Mirialans, Miraluka, Zabraks, and Sith Purebloods. We’ve already seen the Rattataki Bounty Hunter, Chiss Imperial Agent, and Twi’lek Smuggler. Now BioWare broadens its horizons with four new playable species, each assigned to one…
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BlazBlue’s New Beginner Mode Is A Button Masher’s Dream
It might be crap for online play, but for a single-player button masher like me, nothing helps Taokaka bring down Boobie Lady faster than BlazBlue: Continuum Shift’s Beginner Mode controls. In case the video doesn’t make it abundantly clear, I am not a very good fighting game player. I buy a fighting game and tell…
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Tekken And Street Fighter Creators Face Off At GamesCom
Street Fighter series producer Yoshinoro Ono and Tekken series director Katsuhiro Harada are due for a rematch, and they’ll get their chance during a TEKKEN X Street Fighter tournament at GamesCom. The trash talk is already flying. Capcom’s reveal of Street Fighter X Tekken at Comic-Con might have stolen the show, but it was Tekken’s…
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What Heavy Rain Looks Like With The PlayStation Move
Last week Stephen Totilo told us how Heavy Rain played on the PlayStation Move. Now let’s see how it looks. I don’t know if I’ll be able to play Heavy Rain this way. My favorite characters from the game were Flashing Arrow and Curving Arrow Arching Back On Itself. Without them, the experience just won’t…
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Sonic Colors Gameplay Excites, But That Theme Song Has To Go
Sega is giving Sonic Colors all sorts of love today, confirming a November release date, showing off the game’s box art, and releasing this action-packed trailer featuring exciting gameplay and the worst Sonic theme song since “Seven Rings in Hand.” “I’m gonna reach for the stars, although they look pretty far!” Right. I’m going to…
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Plants Vs. Zombies Looks Great On Xbox Live Arcade’s Lawn
I never thought I’d be this excited about a game I’ve already played on three other platforms. Take a look at news screens and a trailer for Plants Vs. Zombies for Xbox Live Arcade. I first played Plants Vs. Zombies on the PC, and loved it. Then I played it on the iPhone, and still…
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First 4 Figures Gives You A Little Sonic And Friends
Don’t have $140 to spend on one of First 4 Figures’ Sonic the Hedgehog statues? The collectible creation company is releasing a six-pack of Sonic mini figures next month that might fit your budget a bit better. First 4 Figures’ Classic Sonic Mini Figure Collection contains 2 inch versions of six of our favorite Sonic…
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When Mega Man Meets The Dark Ages
CGHUB’s CharacterFORGE challenged artists to redesign Mega Man heroes and villains in the vein of dark age fantasy characters, and the results so far are truly epic. See if you can tell which character is represented in these pics. Keep in mind many of these designs are not final. The competition runs until August 9,…
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Humans Triumph Over Machines In Protein Folding Game FoldIt
Two years ago students and instructors from the University of Washington applied human intuition to the problem of protein folding with the game FoldIt. Since then the game has proven that even under-educated players can out-fold the most powerful computers. Proteins are essential biological macromolecules that have an active role in just about every process…
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The Vulture Is Circling Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
In normal Spider-Man continuity, a burglar Peter Parker lets escape kills his Uncle Ben. In Spider-Man Noir continuity, former circus freak Adrian Toomes, a.k.a. the Vulture, eats Uncle Ben. You can avenge the Vulture’s dinner in Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions. Technically Spider-Man Noir already took care of vengeance, killing the Vulture in issue four after the…
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Hellboy Director To Make Video Games With THQ
Hellboy and Pan’s Labyrinth director Guillermo Del Toro is bringing his creative vision to bear on the games industry. Last week he teased a “big deal with a big company.” According to the LA Times, that big company is THQ. We reported on Del Toro’s plans to enter the game industry last week, after he…
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Really Bad Games: Satan Vs. Jesus
From the creators of adult-themed adventure game Bonetown comes the Flash game Satan Vs. Jesus, subtitled “Good VS Evil in an Epic Battle to Get Laid,” and it’s wrong in so many ways. Needless to say, this Flash game, available now at Newgrounds, is very not safe for work. Hippie surfer Jesus and throaty Satan…
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Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer Beta Is A GameStop Exclusive
Want to get into the North American Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood PlayStation 3 pre-launch multiplayer beta test this September? Then you’re going to have to preorder the game through GameStop. Ubisoft and GameStop have teamed up to provide players who reserve Brotherhood through the retailer exclusive access to the pre-launch multiplayer beta test for the game,…
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LittleBigPlanet 2 Has A Story Mode Too
Media Molecule and Sony have been focusing on LittleBigPlanet 2’s versatile game creation tools, but as this latest trailer shows, it’ll also have a deep adventure mode, and that adventure mode has grappling hooks. Those of us who don’t have the time to create and share will be happy to hear that LittleBigPlanet 2 will…
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