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The Darker Side Of Aion
The latest batch of Aion: The Tower of Eternity screenshots focus on some of the more twisted, darker places in NCsoft’s upcoming massively multiplayer role-playing game. It’s not all sunshine and rainbows in Aion, and this latest batch of teasing screenshots features some rather dismal-looking places and twisted creatures. Of course they still deliver more…
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The Conduit Preview: Calling Do-Overs
Last night’s The Conduit multiplayer event was plagued by major server issues, leaving developer High Voltage Software no choice but to call do-overs. “We know it’s a letdown to you,” High Voltage Chief Creative Officer Eric Nofsinger told crestfallen journalists. “It’s definitely a letdown to us.” So, with little else to do with 10 completely…
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Bane Goes Wild In Arkham Asylum
Once again one of Batman’s most intelligent villains is reduced to a ravening juggernaut of destruction, as Bane makes a smashing appearance in Batman: Arkham Asylum. He looks good and all, but I’m a bit tired of video game developers and Joel Schumacher using Bane as a mindless powerhouse enemy. He is a powerful guy,…
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Frankenreview: The Godfather II
EA takes another stab, several gunshots, and possibly a severe clubbing at Francis Ford Coppola’s classic film trilogy, with The Godfather II. All of the hard work that the player did in The Godfather: The Game is undone in its sequel. The first game’s main character, Aldo Trapani, is dead, and players assume the role…
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The Conduit Multiplayer In Action
The latest trailer for High Voltage Software’s Wii shooter The Conduit gives a glimpse at the game’s robust online multiplayer gameplay. Of course robust online multiplayer is all relative when we’re talking the Nintendo Wii, but High Voltage is packing as much as they possible can into The Conduit. The originally promised 16-players online had…
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Eat Cake For The Fat Princess Beta
Fat Princess developer Titan has developed a rather novel process for selecting 250 beta testers for the PlayStation Network exclusive title – let them eat cake. Titan is looking for 250 real beta testers for Fat Princess, meaning folks actually willing to provide them feedback on the title, and all you have to do to…
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Metal Gear Solid 2 Novel Due In November
The official novelization of Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is due out in November, raising the question of how many different ways there are to say “hiding his crotch with his hands”. Perhaps author Raymond Benson will offer us some keen insight into Raiden’s mindset as he snuck naked through a heavily fortified…
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Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen – Double Feature
Activision’s double preview feature of X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen showcased two approaches to movie-game making that we ought to see more of. The first, used for Wolverine, is the “if you can’t beat ‘em, rip ‘em off” method of movie-game making. The second, seen in Transformers, is “if you need…
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Lineage II Scores A Whole New Continent
Lineage II is nearly five years old in North America, and NCsoft is celebrating with details on Gracia Final, the upcoming free expansion that adds a whole new continent with a lovely aerial view. Players take to the skies in the Gracia Final expansion for Lineage II, using the aerial transformation skills Aurabird Falcon, Aurabird…
By Mike Fahey
