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Resident Evil In Motorcycle Form
If you could condense all of the brutal zombie-killing action of the Resident Evil franchise into one sleek, sexy package and ride it about town, odds are it would look something like this – Capcom’s official Resident Evil custom chopper. The Resident Evil custom chopper is the result of a partnership between Capcom, production company…
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BioWare Labs Gives The Gift Of The Yeti
BioWare’s new R&D group, BioWare Labs, gives us The Gift of the Yeti, a Facebook game that could raise up to $10,000 for Child’s Play while giving gamers $10 off Dragon Age: Origins. Help out a sick Santa by maneuvering your yeti through town, avoiding police and delivering as many gifts as you can within…
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White Knight Chronicles Goes International In February
Level-5’s epic PlayStation 3 RPG finally makes it to the states in February, filled with extras and re-branded as the White Knight Chronicles International Edition. The International Edition of White Knight Chronicles contains all of the action-RPG gameplay of the original Japanese release, along with a slew of updates and downloadable content, all packaged together…
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What’s In The Star Trek Online Collector’s Edition?
GameStop has posted details on the Collector’s Edition of Star Trek Online, featuring $30 worth of extra collectible Star Trek goodness in a brushed aluminum 3dX holography case. The fancy case is only the beginning for Star Trek fans willing to spend $79.99 instead of the normal retail price of $49.99 on Star Trek Online,…
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Hitting Zombies With Cars Never Gets Old
Independent Polish developer EXOR Studios proudly presents Zombie Driver, a PC game that combines the fun of driving through zombies with the joy of shooting them and setting them on fire, available today on Steam and GamersGate. Zombie Driver’s name caught my eye, and then the gameplay trailer we posted in October took said eye…
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Alien Breed Evolution Hits Xbox Live This Month
The first episode of Team17’s remake of the classic 1991 Amiga game Alien Breed Evolution hits Xbox Live Arcade on December 16th, with PC and PlayStation 3 versions due out sometime next year. The Unreal Engine 3 remake was promised a release by the end of 2009, and by gum its getting it, if only…
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Guild Wars 2 Explores The Five Races Of Tyria
ArenaNet recruits top-notch voice actors to introduce players to the five playable races of Tyria, with tons of Guild Wars 2 gameplay footage included. While I wasn’t a big fan of the original Guild Wars, Guild Wars 2 is shaping up to be the sort of game I can really get behind. It’s got amazing…
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Rebellion Refuses To “Sanitise” AVP For Australian Release
Responding Australia’s refusal to classify upcoming shooter Aliens vs. Predator, developer Rebellion says it will not cut violent content for “territories where adults are not considered by their governments to be able to make their own entertainment choices.” Ouch. The refusal to classify Aliens vs. Predator in Australia is effectively a ban, as the country…
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Rock Band Next Week: Slipknot And Garfunkel
After three tracks from America’s masked metal group, you might be ready for the sound of silence. Slipknot and Simon & Garfunkel both make their Rock Band debut in next week’s update. It’s two great tastes that taste odd together! The combination of Slipknot and Simon & Garfunkel is very much how I’d imagine a…
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Star Wars: The Old Republic Reaches Beyond The Game
With a setting more than 3,500 years before the movies begin, The Old Republic filled with untold Star Wars stories, and LucasArts and BioWare are taking advantage, with new novels, comics, and short stories expanding the Old Republic universe. Fans following the development of Star Wars: The Old Republic are probably already familiar with Threat…
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Frankenreview: Tony Hawk Ride
It’s a bit late for a Frankenreview of Tony Hawk Ride, but it’s interesting to see a ratings chart that starts so low and ends so high. Tony Hawk Ride is the latest installment of the storied Tony Hawk skateboarding video game franchise, given new life by developer Robomodo with the inclusion of a plastic…
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THQ Makes A Move Into Montreal
The game industry job market in Quebec gets another shot in the arm today, as THQ announces plans to open a massive development studio in Montreal, with plans to create more than 400 new jobs over the next five years. THQ’s Montreal Studio, planned to open in 2010, will represent the company’s largest development facility,…
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Games On Demand Coming To Games For Windows Live
Microsoft has announced that on December 15th, Games on Demand comes to Games for Windows Live, which is a very fancy way of saying it’s going to start digitally distributing PC games. It’s really the next natural step in Games for Windows Live development. The Xbox 360 Games on Demand program has been doing well…
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Funcom Demos Age Of Conan Expansion Live On Monday
Funcom is letting fans in on the Rise of the Godslayer action, showing off never-before-seen content in a live gameplay demo of the Age of Conan expansion on Monday, December 7th. The Rise of the Godslayer expansion introduces players to the lands of Khitai, with several new world regions filled with new dungeons, quests and…
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GoG.com Brings Myst Back To The Masses
Good Old Games, the DRM-free digital download service for classic PC games, teams up with Cyan Worlds to bring classic adventure game series Myst back into service. Myst is one of those games that brought countless newcomers into the world of PC gaming, with it’s high-quality visuals and challenging puzzles making it one of the…
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Forged By Chaos Explores The Darker Side Of Warhammer Online
Because there are two sides to every conflict, Mythic and Games Workshop publishing arm The Black Library have released Forged By Chaos, a novel that explores the fragile, deadly alliance of the forces of Destruction. In Forged By Chaos, the third novel based on Warhammer Online, author C.L. Werner takes on Dark Elves. Greenskins, and…
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Square Enix Remakes Song Summoner For The iPhone
Does your music collection have what it takes to create an unstoppable army? Find out with Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes – Encore, the iPhone remake of Square Enix‘s original iPod game. Right before Apple launched games for the Apple iPhone on the App Store, Square Enix released the original Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes,…
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Cutest. Assassin. Ever.
Here’s an Italian Renaissance assassin so adorable you’d pay him to kill you just to see him up close. Assassin’s Creed II protagonist Ezio Auditore de Firenze looked good in white, but not nearly as good as Sackboy does. The complete outfit goes up for sale today for LittleBigPlanet on the PlayStation Network, allowing LBP…
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Star Trek Online “Belly Of The Beast” Trailer Contains No Bellies Or Beasts
Seeing more Star Trek Online ship combat is always nice, but when you call a trailer “Belly of the Beast” there had damn well better be bellies or beasts in it. Or beast bellies. Perhaps I am just not seeing the beast in the trailer, or perhaps the whole thing takes place inside said belly…
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Ace Combat Xi Launches On iPhone
Is that experimental flight technology evaluation squadron Falco in your pocket, or have you not yet downloaded Ace Combat Xi: Skies of Incursion, available today on the iTunes App Store? The People’s Republic of Leasath has launched a sneak attack on the Federal Republic of Aurelia, and it’s up to the Falco squadron to rock…
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