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The Transformers: Fall of Cybertron Teaser Knows Exactly What I Want
I don’t need to see Optimus Prime or Megatron. They can save the large scale battles for future trailers. Hell, I don’t even need color. Just give me Grimlock and I’m good. All I really know about the next Transformers game from the developers of War for Cybertron is that combiners might make an appearance,…
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Don’t Fret Used Gamers, GameStop Gives Used Buyers Free Catwoman Codes
The Batman: Arkham City new copy-only Catwoman content issue won’t be affecting used sales at GameStop, as an internal memo reveals that customers purchasing the game preowned will score a Catwoman code as well. Sent to us by an anonymous tipster and since verified with GameStop retail locations, used copies of Batman: Arkham City will…
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Painwheel, Painwheel, Spinning Around, Skullgirls‘ Latest Fighter is a Spinning Tortured Soul
A scared schoolgirl trapped in a body fuelled by pain and fury, Painwheel dominates the air and pierces her foes with sharp spikes as the latest character introduced for Reverge Labs’ all-girl fighter Skullgirls. You can call her Carol. Carol was just a regular schoolgirl before she was kidnapped and injected with experimental Skullgirls blood,…
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You’ll Have to Work Together to Survive These Big Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One Co-Op Moments
With only a few days left before Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One hits stores shelves, the folks at Insomniac put together a little video to help four-player gamer gangs prepare themselves for the challenges ahead. I guess I’m just going to have to wait until my boys are a little older before experiencing the…
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Phoenix Wright and Nova Join the Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Battle at the New York Comic-Com
Capcom’s Phoenix Wright and Marvel’s Richard Rider get a massive Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 asset dump, just in time for the New York Comic-Con. Is there a Mega Man surprise in store for fans? RuruniQ over at Padinga believes he’s found hint at upcoming downloadable content for Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 in the…
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How Long Did It Take For Bethesda’s Marathon Men To Finish Skyrim?
You’d be amazed at how fast a game developer and a quality assurance tester can burn through The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim when there’s pie on the line. It’s a Bethesda tradition: When the company gets close to wrapping up development on a big title, one QA tester and one developer face-off to see who…
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Please Keep Lindsay Lohan and Her Nasty Teeth Away From Our Gaming Events
Up until now I figured I had picked a profession in which under no circumstances would I ever have to look at a blown-up picture of Lindsay Lohan’s gunk-covered, smoke-stained teeth. I thought you were better than this, Saints Row the Third A whole host of slightly famous people showed up last night in L.A.…
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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Review Scores Steadily Gain Altitude
For nearly two decades fans of arcade-simulation jet combat have found safe haven in Namco Bandai’s Ace Combat series, so the developers decided to change everything. Yay? While Ace Combat‘s quirky storylines and fictional setting kept fans happy for years, there were those out there that didn’t want to fight over the skies of fictional…
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Ugly, Brutal, and Strangely Satisfying, The Cursed Crusade Hits Me Where It Hurts
Necessary roughness A little-known title from an unproven developer being released at the budget price of $39.99, The Cursed Crusade doesn’t seem to have a lot going for it, but in the ringing of an iron mace against an enemy’s plate-covered head, I found promise. Set in the time of the fourth crusade, The Cursed…
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Does This Video Answer Your Mass Effect 3 Co-Op Multiplayer Questions?
In this very special episode of BioWare Pulse, Mass Effect 3 executive producer Casey Hudson explains the game’s co-op multiplayer system just like he did on Monday, only with pictures. Who doesn’t love pictures? In case the text was too hard for you to absorb, BioWare threw together this episode of their internet video series…
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Oh Good, the Duke Nukem Forever DLC is Here
Today’s the day 2K Games delivers the “Hail to the Icons Parody Pack” downloadable content for Duke Nukem Forever, featuring new game modes and maps that parody much better games. Along with the new Freeze Tag, Hail to the King, and Hot Potato game modes, the “Hail to the Icons” pack adds four new maps…
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Gran Turismo 5 Gets Much Better, Just in Time for Forza 4
While we’re still a week away from the big batch of downloadable content for Gran Turismo 5, the free 2.0 update drops today, delivering car interiors, 2011 NASCAR racers, and tons of fixes and tweaks, just in time to turn racing fans’ heads away from Forza 4 Available today as a free downloadable update, version…
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Felicia Day Goes LARPing in Dragon Age: Redemption Episode One
While the production values are fine, the acting solid, and the writing passable, the first episode of Felicia Day’s Dragon Age: Redemption web series still feels like a bunch of friends spending the weekend in the woods role-playing. Felicia can’t help it. It’s part of her charm that she comes across as the sort of…
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These Five Toys Come To Life This Weekend in Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure
We’re only a few short days away from the Sunday release of Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, Activision’s ambitious melding of video game and collectible action figures, two of my favorite things. Let’s take a look at five of the 32 plastic heroes taking up arms this weekend. Having collected action figures since I was old enough…
By Mike Fahey