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Guybrush Threepwood’s Execution Scheduled For Friday
Guybrush Threepwood faces trial and execution in the fourth chapter of the Tales of Monkey Island saga, due out on PC this Friday, October 30th. The third chapter of Telltale Games‘ episodic adventure game hit the Nintendo Wii on Monday, and the PC version of chapter four is coming out on Friday? What a difference…
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New Star Trek Online Screens, Fresh Off The Replicator
The closed beta test for Star Trek Online is currently underway, and here’s a look at what you’re missing if you aren’t in it. It’s strange. I don’t remember Star Trek Online looking this pretty when I played it at PAX last month, but it was pretty early on the first day, and I was…
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Reviews
DJ Hero Review: You Spin Me Right Round
Into a genre that seems determined to turn our living rooms into plastic instrument wastelands comes DJ Hero, where one turntable is all you’ll ever need. While the Guitar Hero series is all about performing music, DJ Hero is all about perfecting it. Packed together with a plastic facsimile of a turntable, the DJ’s weapon…
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Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars Gets A Cover
Today Capcom reveals the cover art for the Tatsunoko Vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars, featuring All-Stars exclusives Frank West, Zero, Tekkaman Blade, and Joe the Condor. That’s definitely some poster-worthy artwork right there. January 26th seems so far away right now, doesn’t it?
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God Of War Collection Dated And Trophied
Sony has nailed down a November 17th release date for the God of War Collection for the PlayStation 3, revealing the full trophy listing for both remastered games in the process. Until now, all we knew was that the collection, which remasters God of War I & II in full HD on a single Blu-ray…
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Tips & Guides
Sega’s Make-A-Witch Foundation Tells You How To Be Bayonetta
Halloween is just around the corner, but you’ve still got time to make a sweet Bayonetta costume to prance about in Saturday night. Sega’s Make-A-Witch Foundation website can help. The degree of help Sega’s website can give is relatively minimal, unfortunately. Suggestions include wearing a skin-tight cat suit, crafting butterfly wings so you can pretend…
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First Screen Of MMA’s Sweaty, Well-Muscled Men
The first screenshot for EA Sports’ MMA appeared in Sports Illustrated this week, showing off the development teams’ firm grasp of men firmly grasping each other. This image was posted on the EA Sports MMA Facebook page, letting mixed martial arts fans get their first look at EA Sports’ take on the subject. We’ve yet…
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Who’s Who In Halo: Evolutions
Tor Books has released a list of the authors contributing to the Halo: Evolutions anthology novel, along with the cover art, featuring everyone’s favorite green suit of armor with a guy inside it. Halo: Evolutions, due out on November 24th, is an extended look at the Halo universe through the eyes of popular science fiction…
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Majesco Brings Ghostwire To The DSi Next Year
Majesco has snatched up publishing rights to augmented reality ghost hunting game Ghostwire for the Nintendo DSi, bringing it stateside in late 2010 as Ghostwire: Link to the Paranormal. We first heard about A Different Game Company‘s Ghostwire in late 2008, when the Swedish developer brought home the top prize in Nokia’s Mobile Games Innovation…
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Princess Robot Bubblegum Saves Humanity – By Sleeping With It
Liberty City finally gets some decent anime in Princess Robot Bubblegum. Only an hyper-sexualized nerd fantasy can save humanity – by sleeping with it. Princess Robot Bubblegum is part of the new television lineup coming in Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City, the standalone compilation of The Ballad of Gay Tony and Lost and…
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First Brutal Legend DLC Free On PS3
The age of downloadable content dawns in Brutal Legend next month, when the Tears of the Hextadon map pack goes on sale for 400 Microsoft points – or completely free for PlayStation 3 owners. The Tears of the Hextadon map pack consists of two new maps for Brutal Legend’s completely non-real-time strategy online multiplayer mode.…
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Crave Does Games Like They Do On The Discovery Channel
Two of Discovery Channel‘s most popular shows are getting the video game treatment courtesy of Crave Entertainment, who will be developing and producing titles based on Man vs. Wild and The Deadliest Catch. This will be the second video game adaptation of crab fisherman show The Deadliest Catch, with Deadliest Catch: Alaskan Storm having been…
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Get Fairytale Fights DLC For Free
Playlogic is so pleased that people are buying Fairytale Fights that they’re giving away free DLC for the first 90 days of release, with even more extra content for the most loyal fans. Everyone who buys Fairytale Fights for the Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 will be getting free downloadable content in the coming weeks,…
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A Look At Combat In Dead To Rights: Retribution
Combat designer Lee Roberts walks us through combat in the dog-eat-guy world of Dead To Rights: Retribution. It seems a bit complicated to me, but I can easily see how rewarding some of the more advanced tactics Roberts describes here can be if you pull them off correctly. It also seems a bit more loose…
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Frankenreview: Ratchet & Clank: A Crack In Time
The last Lombax and his robot buddy return to tie together plot points for once and for all in Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time. We’ve been following the star-spanning adventures of Ratchet and Clank since 2002. In this 9th game in the series, developer Insomniac brings everything to a head, answering questions players…
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This Week In XBLA: Inferno Pool And Rainbow Islands
Climb up some rainbows or shoot a few balls in this week’s two new Xbox Live Arcade games, Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure! and Inferno Pool. Two new titles hit the Xbox Live Arcade this week, both setting you back 800 Microsoft points should you choose to partake. Inferno Pool is a whole new sort of…
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CES 2010 Gets Even Gamier
The annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas is increasing its gaming focus this year, adding more than 50% more floor to the Gaming Showcase for 2010. Every year, CES sets aside a little bit of its show floor for the Gaming Showcase, where game publishers and peripheral manufacturers can show off their latest wares,…
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You’re A Moustache Away From A Red Dead Redemption Cameo
Grow a moustache for Movember, the annual month-long celebration of the moustache aimed at raising awareness of men’s health issues, and you and your ‘stache could earn an appearance in Rockstar’s Red Dead Redemption. Taking place the entire month of November, Movember uses the moustache as a symbol to highlight important health issues affecting men,…
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BioWare Hosts 24 Hour International Dragon Age Competition
BioWare has gathered 10 teams from across the globe to compete in the Dragon Age: Origins Warden’s Quest, a 24 hour competition to determine which players are worthy of $12,500. The Dragon Age: Origins Warden’s Quest is taking place on October 28th at 10:00 AM GMT, with 10 teams of 4 players each representing 9…
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