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Frankenreview: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Is this it? Do we finally have a Batman game less than a decade old that does the Caped Crusader justice? Excuse us for being skeptical, but after a long string of flops like Batman: The Rise of Sin-Tzu and Batman and Robin, we had pretty much given up hope of there ever being a…
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Demo F.E.A.R. 2’s New Single Player Campaign
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners can get themselves an early look at the upcoming F.E.A.R. 2 single player DLC today, as Warner Bros. and Monolith release a playable demo for F.E.A.R. 2: Reborn. While we aren’t in the habit of writing up a post every time a new demo hits Xbox Live or the…
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Jam Sessions Triumphantly Returns
You can’t play Guitar Hero on your Nintendo DSi, but you can still be one, as Ubisoft announces Jam Sessions 2, the sequel to the game that turns your DS into a guitar. We saw great things from the original Jam Sessions, including a Frag Doll singing Portal’s “Still Alive” while strumming away, so we…
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What GTA: Chinatown Wars Looks Like On The PSP
Having dated Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars for the PSP earlier this week, Rockstar now shows us how the game handled the trip from the Nintendo DS to Sony’s handheld. It looks like they’ve done a fine job of maintaining the top-down perspective of the DS version, while cleaning up the graphics and sprucing up…
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Aion Open Beta, Pre-Select and Headstart Dated
NCsoft has laid out the dates for the open beta, pre-select, and headstart programs for their upcoming MMO Aion, laying out all the playtime possibilities between now and the game’s September 22nd launch. Up until now the closed beta events for Aion have all been weekend-only affairs, giving fans a brief taste of gameplay before…
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You Got Tim Curry In My Dragon Age: Origins
BioWare has announced the star-studded voice cast for Dragon Age: Origins, giving us yet another excuse to post a giant picture of Tim Curry. Not that we need an excuse. Left unchecked, I’m sure half of our posts would have giant Curry faces staring at you on a daily basis, but we show restraint, to…
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This Is Not How You Respect The Sanctity Of The Batcave
http://www.gametrailers.com/video/batman-arkham-home/55021 Here’s a video showing the PlayStation Home Batcave, a place where you really shouldn’t host impromptu dance parties. The Batcave is a special treat for PlayStation 3 owners who pick up Batman: Arkham Asylum, first announced and shown off earlier this month. It looks lovely, but once again I must stress how much Bruce…
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Wolfenstein Review: Occult Following
The battle against supernatural Nazis wages on in Wolfenstein, that latest chapter in epic saga of one man’s struggle against the occult-fueled Third Reich. Himmler’s Schutzstaffel is on the verge of harnessing a dark paranormal power that would mean the end of the free world as we knew it in 1943, and special agent B.J.…
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Decorate Your PlayStation Home In Early Hellghast
The Visari Throne Room personal space is just one of more than a hundred new pieces of PlayStation Home content flooding Sony’s virtual world with tomorrow’s update. Killzone 2 plays a big part in tomorrow’s PlayStation Home update, with the launch of the Visari Throne Room bringing with it a ton of new Killzone 2…
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Heavy Rain Story Could Expand Through DLC
While the full story of PS3-exclusive Heavy Rain will ship on the disc, developer Quantic Dream is toying with the idea of further exploring the game’s diverse cast of characters through future downloadable content. Quantic Dream founder David Cage spoke to Videogamer.com at Gamescom last week about the possibility for additional, post-release downloadable content for…
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Command & Conquer 4 Gets A Real Name
After introducing the next C&C game with a placeholder numbered title, EA Los Angeles has settled on a name that only slightly evokes thoughts of sparkly vampires: Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. EA let the fans choose the name they felt best fit the game, and I’d say the fans made a very wise…
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Gameloft Lines-Up Five For The PSPgo
Gameloft’s focus is downloadable titles, and with the PSPgo sharing said focus, the company is ready with a line-up of five titles for 2009, including an online multiplayer version of UNO. Not one to miss the downloadable games party, Gameloft aims to be front-and-center this holiday season on the PSPgo and original PSP. The company…
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Amazon Does Video Game Deals This Friday
Tired of arriving late to the Amazon deals party? Well now you’ve got two days to prepare for Amazon’s next all video games Gold Box event. You should all know how this works by now, but just in case we’ll explain. At 12:01AM Pacific time on Friday, August 28th, Amazon will post a special discounted…
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2K Play Brings Indie Games To Live Arcade
Forget Xbox Live Indie Games. 2K Games is bringing independent titles to Xbox Live Arcade directly, with The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom and Axel & Pixel due out this fall. The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom and Axel & Pixel are two games you wouldn’t expect to come from 2K, but they certainly seem to be…
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Megan Fox Wants To Play Transformers With You
You’ll be a sentient robot that can transform into a vehicle, and she’ll play one of Hollywood’s hottest young actresses despite that weird thumb. Megan Fox takes on all comers this weekend on Xbox Live. Perhaps the thumb will be to Miss Fox’s advantage in Saturday’s Game with Fame session, during which she’ll be challenging…
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Funcom’s The Secret World Becomes Less Secret At PAX
We’ve been chomping at the bit for more on Funcom’s modern-day MMO The Secret World ever since the milkshake-ruining trailer appeared in April, and the developer plans to deliver at this year’s PAX. Instead of bringing the player to the fantasy, The Secret World brings the fantasy to the player, taking place in a modern…
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Red Faction: Guerrilla’s New Bagman Mode Explained
So what’s this new Bagman multiplayer mode coming in next month’s Red Faction Guerrilla Multiplayer Pack? This trailer explains it all. I’m a little bit worried about playing a game over Xbox Live Arcade or the PlayStation network that requires players to keep hold of a bag. If the reasoning behind my trepidation isn’t abundantly…
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Those Hot Xbox Live Arcade Peggle Nights
What could possibly be better than Peggle on Xbox Live Arcade? More Peggle on Xbox Live Arcade! PopCap Games has announced a Peggle Nights expansion, doubling the size of the original release. While Peggle Nights for the PC was a standalone title, the game being released this fall in the form of an expansion pack…
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Hands-On With Cataclysm’s Goblins And Worgen
The Goblin and Worgen races are getting a grand introduction in the World of Warcraft: Cataclysm, with starting areas that make the other races’ pale in comparison. I briefly got my hands on both the Goblins and the Worgen during BlizzCon 2009, and while I wasn’t able to experience either area from start to finish,…
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StarCraft: Ghost Lives On In StarCraft II
Blizzard’s stealth-action game StarCraft: Ghost may be on indefinite hold, but according to Sam Didier it still remains a valuable resource in the development of titles like StarCraft II. The subject of StarCraft: Ghost came up during my interview with StarCraft II art director Didier as a joke at first. I asked him when StarCraft:…
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