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Creepy Bunnies & Bottles of Booze In Last Window Screens
Hotel Dusk’s sequel, Last Window: Midnight Promise is real and here’s a whole bunch of screens to prove it. A while ago, a listing and box art for the Nintendo DS game were spotted on Japanese retail sites. No word still on a US release, but Japan will see the game soon enough. Enjoy! アパートに隠された二つの過去とは？ DS用アドベンチャー「ラストウィンドウ…
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Divinity II Demo Out Now
Between now and Friday, I’m loading up on every free or borrowed video game-related thing I can to keep me from going out and buying anything before Christmas. The Divinity II demo fills the bill nicely. The demo of Divinity II: Ego Draconis is on Xbox Live and out for PC download today. It gives…
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Vault Boy Cookies Activate Cannibal Perk
Forget gingerbread men this Christmas — you know you want tasty Vault Boys instead. Spotted on Bethesda’s blog, these delicious-looking treats were crafted using a “tortured” gingerbread man cookie cutter and the Joy of Cooking‘s “Rich Rolled Cookie” recipe. Thanks for the heads-up, Caryn!
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Squad Deathmatch Trailer
Okay, it looks like we’ve figured the mystery around the mutliplayer mode I previewed earlier and the online beta that some of you have been playing. Squad Deathmatch is new to Battlefield while what’s going on in the beta is “old.” EA publicist Jino Talens says it better in this email: Squad Deathmatch is a…
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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Multiplayer Preview: Seriously. Come Back Here With My Tank! [UPDATED]
I have a thing about tanks. If I can drive it, I will. If I can run you over with it, I shall. If you take it from me, I will chase you down and blow it up. Because if I can’t have it, nobody can! Battlefield: Bad Company 2’s multiplayer has a tank gimmick,…
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Splinter Cell: Conviction Multiplayer Preview: Separation Anxiety Times Two
The multiplayer in Splinter Cell: Conviction is all at once similar to other Splinter Cell games and somehow entirely different. A lot of this comes from having a second person to look out for at all times. During a gameplay demo, game director Patrick Redding explained that players might recognize “echoes” of Splinter Cell: Chaos…
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Well, Excuuuuuse Me, Hulu!
The Legend of Zelda, that Friday special cartoon that ran on The Super Mario Bros. Super Show back in the late 80s, is now on Hulu for your trip down memory lane pleasure. I feel kind of silly now, having bought the whole thing on DVD some years back. At the time I thought it…
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Spore: Creatures Preview: The Next Step
For those of you that longed to take your Spore: Origins creature onto dry land for the next step in the evolutionary process, this iPhone game is for you. For those of you who missed that evolutionary step, here’s what happened: You created a microbe through a streamlined version of the Spore interface and then…
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Need for Speed Shift iPhone Preview: Need For Cornering
I’m not bad at racing games — I can speed, swerve for pickups and wreck the car, no problem. I’m just bad at driving, so if there are no pickups and you’re not supposed to crash, well… Need for Speed Shift iPhone is very much a driving simulator instead of a traditional racing video game…
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Simpson Arcade iPhone Preview: Steeped in Authenticity
The Simpsons has enjoyed a lot of unique video games to its name in the last 18 years. Even the Grand Theft Auto knock-off, Hit & Run, felt special just because it was The Simpsons in all its Matt Groening glory. My personal favorite is probably still Bart’s Nightmare on the Super Nintendo — because…
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Home Produces Sodium
PlayStation Home is moving its social network toward the gaming space by releasing a real, honest-to-god video game through Home. Meet Sodium, “an arcade shooter in an MMO wrapper.” The game launches today, featuring a new game space accessible through a teleporter in the Plaza. If any of you regular Home users were wondering what…
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Five Panels I’m Looking Forward To At GDC 2010
Goodness knows as a member of the press, I don’t always get to pick which Game Developers Conference panels I go to. But if given the choice this time around, I really want to see what comes out of these panels. “A Big Dash of Success: How to Capture the Female iPhone Gamer” — Chris…
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Here’s A No More Heroes 2 Triple Feature
If you never played the first No More Heroes, and aren’t quite sure what to expect from the sequel even after our last video of the game, here are a few more hints. In clip form. The first clip is of alternate playable character Shinobu getting her slice on. The second is of one of…
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No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle Preview: Fear And Loathing At Ubisoft
Two weeks before my appointment with Ubisoft, I managed to inflict a stress fracture on my ankle. So my opinions of the game are colored by the painkillers I took two hours before heading off to meet Goichi Suda. Given the nature of No More Heroes, I’m not sure whether my altered perspective detracted from…
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Seasons Greetings From Earth Eternal
Earth Eternal, an adorable massively multiplayer online game, brings you Santa suits and snowmen to celebrate the holiday season. That’s great, so… where’s my menorah? “Winterfest” is what Earth Eternal is calling the Christmas season within their fantasy MMO land. From now until presumably the end of December, players can find new candy cane weapons,…
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Reviews
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes Review: Battling Clashing Colors
I don’t care what any style magazine says — green only goes with orange when you’re vomiting or when you’re lining up elven archers for an attack in Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes. Those of you familiar with the series Might & Magic are probably surprised to see it, one, on the Nintendo DS…
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Red Dead Redemption Gets The History Channel Treatment
Give me a good ol’ Western trailer any day — horses, guns and desperadoes. When I say that, though, I don’t mean add a History Channel voice over. Not that the History Channel can’t paint a picture of the Old West just as well with some grainy-voiced fellow walking you through the environment. I just…
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Infinity Ward Sweeps First Annual Inside Gaming Awards
While Uncharted 2: Among Thieves got the top nod from Spike’s annual Video Game Awards, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 managed to sweep a different video game ceremony just one day ahead of the VGAs. The First Annual Inside Gaming Awards was held December 11 in Los Angeles to “specifically appeal to the vast…
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Why Literacy Is Good For Gaming
After what magic The Witcher worked with its book-to-video-game adaptation, I’m really looking forward to what Metro 2033 comes up with. Even though I think that “book” was more of a blog to begin with. It occurs to me that a lot of good games are born out of direct adaptations of books as well…
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Dante’s Inferno Executive Producer Sees Problems With Possible Sequel
Speaking to G4’s Patrick Klepek, Dante’s Inferno Executive Producer Jonathan Knight said he hopes he earns “the right” to do a Dante sequel — but that The Divine Comedy would make that a problem for the development team. Here’s the rehash Klepek provides: I posed the question of a sequel to executive producer Jonathan Knight…
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