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Dark Void Preview: Learning To Fall With Style
Jet packs? Check. Funny-looking helmet? Check. Nikola Tesla? I’d prefer Alan Arkin, but check. At yesterday’s Tesla Motors event, Capcom provided several forms of Dark Void expression – like developer interviews, a booklet, and a tournament where people raced to see who could get the farthest in a level in 15 minutes. The developer interviews…
By AJ Glasser - Reviews
Brutal Legend Review: Testing Its Metal
Join roadie Eddie Riggs on a magical journey to free a heavy metal fantasy world from the grips of demonic oppression in Brutal Legend. Brutal Legend is the latest game from Double Fine Productions and Tim Schafer, the man behind Full Throttle, Grim Fandango, and Psychonauts. Eddie Riggs is a roadie who fears that heavy…
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Which Street Fighter IV Character Was This?
Try and figure out which new character in Street Fighter IV started off as an effeminate little French boy, if you’re Abel. There I go, giving away the punch line. Yes, Street Fighter IV’s muscle-bound French fighter Abel might have wound up a small boy with pigtails, according to the game’s battle planner Taisaku Okada,…
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Create Your Dragon Age Character Now
While BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins isn’t out until next month, PC players can get a head start building their avatar with the Dragon Age Character Creator, now available for download. You might not know where you’ll be going, but you’ll sure know who you’ll be. BioWare has released the entire character creation process for the…
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Name Your Price For World Of Goo
World of Goo turns one-year-old today, and 2D Boy celebrates by letting you buy the PC, Mac, and Linux version of the game for whatever you think it’s worth – even a penny! From now until October 19th, visitors to the 2D Boy website can click on the buy button and fill in whatever amount…
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New Splatterhouse Screens Dripping With Gore
Namco Bandai unlocks the door to the Splatterhouse next year. Check out the latest screenshots to see what they’ve done with the place. Splatterhouse is a worrisome title. I tend to lose confidence in a game once the original development team is dropped from the project and then subsequently rehired piece-by-piece. The latest screens certainly…
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What If Classic Games Had Achievements?
Achievements and trophies are a relatively new phenomenon in the world of gaming, but what if they weren’t? Gamerpaper takes a look at the achievements that might have been. Duck Hunt, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mario Kart, and Mortal Kombat are just a few of the classic games that Gamerpaper gives the achievement treatment, to…
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Infinite Bits: Miami’s First Video Game Convention
Next weekend in Miami you can enjoy live music, tournaments, world record competitions, special guests, a costume contest, and a video game museum at Infinite Bits, South Florida‘s “first major video game convention.” Infinite Bits is definitely a consumer-oriented video game event. It’s about the community and the gamers, rather than big-name publishers showing off…
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Command & Conquer 4 Goes To Junktown
The Global Defense Initiative and the Brotherhood of Nod battle over Junktown in this latest set of screenshots from Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight. Why do you suppose they call it Junktown? I tried looking through the screenshots for some sort of clue, but there was too much junk in the way for me…
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Grand Theft Auto IV Is On Demand
Xbox 360 owners no longer need to leave their homes to commit heinous crimes, as Grand Theft Auto IV joins the Games on Demand lineup at a price that’s actually rather reasonable. Now the mean streets of Liberty City are only a 7GB download and $29.99 away from the net-connected Xbox 360 owner. The $30…
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