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Dexter Stalks The iPhone
Just in time to tide fans over until the launch of season four of the show later this month, today Marc Ecko Entertainment unleashes Dexter the Game for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Dexter the Game follows the general premise of the Dexter television show. You play Dexter Morgan, the serial killer who only kills…
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The Söldner-X Saga Continues On PSN
Side-scrolling shooter Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer is getting a sequel on the PlayStation Network this winter, as SideQuest Studios and eastasiasoft announce the development of Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype. Side-scrolling shooters have seen a bit of a comeback thanks to Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, and the original Söldner-X was one of the better results…
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Insane Night Brings Two New Challenge Maps To Arkham Asylum
This Thursday’s free Insane Night downloadable content for Batman: Arkham Asylum brings two new challenge maps to the game, testing the limits of players’ FreeFlow Combat and Invisible Predator skills. We knew the Insane Night DLC was coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC this week, and now we know what it is.…
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XBLA Weekly: Command & Conquer Bubble Bobble
This week on Xbox Live Arcade, players get a little real-time strategy in the Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge and a bit of retro arcade goodness with Bubble Bobble NEO. The Command & Conquer Red Alert 3 Commander’s Challenge is a series of fifty new challenges set in the Red Alert 3…
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UK Scribblenauts Has Ice Lollies And Nappies
UK Scribblenauts buyers won’t have to fuss with our quaint colonial terms, with developer 5th Cell going out of their way to make sure that no one confuses football with football. I’ve been wondering how well Scribblenauts would work over in the UK, as over there taking off your pants has far stronger connotations than…
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Aion: East Meets West
The third is a series of video podcasts for NCsoft’s Aion discusses the changes made to bring a hugely successful Korean MMO to North America and Europe. This is really where Aion sets itself apart from other Korean MMO titles translated for the Western world. Rather than simply change the language and call it a…
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Halo 3: ODST Soundtrack Drops Next Week
Halo 3: ODST hits store shelves next week, and Sumthing Else Music Works is making sure you can listen to it when you can’t play with the release of the Halo 3: ODST Original Soundtrack. The latest chapter in the Halo saga brings with it new music composed by Martin O’Donnell and Michael Salvatori, and…
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Here’s Daft Punk In DJ Hero
Last week’s news that electronic music duo Daft Punk would be contributing heavily to Activision’s DJ Hero is followed by this week’s screenshots of them doing just that. As if the old school hip-hop weren’t enough to lure me into a DJ Hero purchase, Activision had to go and recruit Daft Punk, with 11 exclusive…
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The Crystal Bearers Aims For Your Post-Christmas Gift Certificates
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers might not be under your tree on Christmas morning, but the North American release date for Square Enix‘s Wii action adventure game doesn’t miss the holiday by much. December is generally a bad month for video game releases, and earlier is normally better, but when you are Square…
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Persona PSP Halfway Delayed
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona for the PSP is delayed, and yet it isn’t. While the UMD version of the game will arrive right on time, the PlayStation Network version slips to very early October. Fans will still be able to get their hands on the PSP remake of the original PSone Persona, as long as…
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Reviews
Contra ReBirth Micro-Review: The ReBirth Of Challenge
Konami takes us back to the old-school with Contra ReBirth, the 10th entry in the classic shooter series, lovingly rendered in 16-bit for Nintendo’s WiiWare. Contra hero Bill Rizer is back, joined by the humanoid alien samurai Genbei Yagyu from Neo Contra, sent back in time to defeat the Neo Salamander Army led by Colonel…
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Launch Trailer Does Damage
Witness the heartbreaking breakup of Iron Man and Captain America in the launch trailer for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, accompanied by Kosheen’s amazingly appropriate “Damage.” Those of you who don’t follow comic books might scoff at the use of the Kosheen tune. How can a dramatic tale of two people dragging out a relationship long…
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Tropico 3 Now In Convenient Demo Form
Get a taste of dictator-ly power in a demo for Tropico 3, Kalypso Media and Haemimont Games’ new take on the island nation simulation, coming next month to the Xbox 360 and PC. Tropico 3 is almost a re-launch for the Tropico franchise, taking the series back to its roots after the sequel went a…
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat Oozes Atmosphere
Developer GSC Game World excelled at crafting a heavy, tense atmosphere in its previous games, and it looks like S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat with follow suit. Where S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky was a prequel, Call of Pripyat is a sequel to the original Shadow of Chernobyl, taking place after the events in the original game, in…
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Movie Frankenreview: Gamer
Gaming is taken to the extreme in Gamer, a movie about a not-so-distant future where video game players take control of other humans for sport. 300’s Gerard Butler plays Kable, a wrongly-convicted felon who has been injected with a substance that essentially gives his brain an IP address that can be accessed by a player…
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Rock Band Next Week: This Is Just A Tribute
Next week the Rock Band Music Store gets a trio of songs from Anvil, a couple from The Guess Who and Dinosaur Jr., and the greatest song in the world – tribute. Rejoice, for there is more Tenacious D headed to Rock Band! Joining Rock Band 2’s “Mater Exploder” next week is “Rock Your Socks,”…
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Pac-Man World Record Broken
The official Pac-Man world record has become a little less attainable, as the sixth person in history to achieve a perfect score in Namco’s arcade classic is also the fastest to date. The first perfect Pac-Man score was achieved by hot sauce mogul Billy Mitchell in 1999, and once the perfect score was achieved, there…
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Forza 3 Demo Speeding Towards Xbox Live
Forza Motorsport 3 isn’t out until October, but eager racing fans can get an early taste later this month when the Forza 3 demo hits Xbox Live. Forza 3 has gone gold, and to mark the occasion, Microsoft and Turn 10 have announced that a demo for the game will be hitting Xbox Live on…
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Scenes From The Edge Of Twilight
The folks at Fuzzyeyes have a keen eye for gorgeous scenery, as displayed in this latest set of screenshots for the upcoming hack and slash platformer Edge of Twilight. Planescape, Planescape, Planescape. Just had to get that out of my system, as I do every time new assets from Edge of Twilight are released. It’s…
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Madden Cover Athlete Hurts Himself
Madden NFL 10 co-cover athlete Troy Polamalu did just fine in the season opener between the Titans and the Steelers last night, until an injury put him out of commission for 3 to 6 weeks. This is just another one of those silly little coincidences that has nothing at all to do with supernatural powers…
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