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Even House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut‘s 3D is Adorably Retro
Dig those red-and-blue 3D glasses out of your junk drawer and feast your eyes on these sexy anaglyphic 3D screenshots of House of the Dead: Overkill Extended Cut for the PlayStation 3. The PlayStation 3 HD remake of House of the Dead: Overkill builds on the game’s 70’s exploitation film vibe with the addition of…
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Can a Pair of Swimsuit Models Get You Excited About Need For Speed: The Run?
With so many highly anticipated titles coming out in November, the next entry in the Need for Speed franchise isn’t getting nearly as much attention as it should, so EA plays its T&A card. Ah, the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, the last barrier between the good people of America and a looming wave of internet…
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These Are the Distinguished Voices of Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is the sort of game that requires top-tier voice talent to work, so Bethesda Softworks has pulled out all the stops, recruiting a cast comprised of three Academy Award nominees, several highly recognizable science fiction actors, and the wife of ZeniMax Media CEO Robert A. Altman. Bethesda sure knows how…
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This Trailer Is Black, Bloody, and Hopeless, and That’s Just the Way The Darkness Likes It
The Darkness comic book has been around since 1996, but you don’t need to worry about fifteen years of continuity in order to understand 2K Games’ The Darkness II. You just need three minutes with Johnny Powell. Powell here gives us the low-down on The Darkness, from the beginning of time up to the death…
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No One Told El Universal Gears 3 Was an Xbox 360 Exclusive
One of Mexico’s largest newspapers apparently turns to Google image search for its graphics as much as the next guy, as evidenced by this lovely picture of Gears of War 3 for the PlayStation 3 found inside today’s issue. I suppose some editor somewhere wanted to keep things PlayStation 3 centric at the top of…
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LittleBigPlanet 2 Gets Move Support and a Cakeling Rises
Today is the day, LittleBigPlaneteers! The day Media Molecule’s second helping of sackboy madness is controllable via Sony’s glowing future lollipop. Is $9.99 too much to ask? How’s about they throw in a little Cakeling? LittleBigPlanet 2: Rise of the Cakeling Move Pack finally gives PlayStation Move owners something to do aside from playing high…
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Long Live Play, Long Live Flaming Crossbows, Long Live Kevin Butler
Like a flaming crossbow bolt casually launched at gigantic rooftop slogan, Sony celebrity spokesmodel Kevin Butler returns to launch the “Long Live Play” marketing campaign. Last week PlayStation 3 advertising fans were concerned by Twitter reports that celebrity spokesmodel Kevin Butler had left Sony for Economy Flooring, his uncle’s flooring startup. Luckily for Sony ad-fans,…
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Sony Only Gives You a Taste of Twisted Metal to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth
Amidst the waterfall of new game footage and price drops at today’s Sony press conference, a few Twisted Metal screenshots snuck through the cracks, as well. It’s not much, but we’ll take anything to tide us over until 2012.
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Sony Launching a New Wi-Fi-less PSP for €99 [Update: Europe Only!]
Apparently unwilling to give up the older PSP platform despite launching the PS Vita successor next year, Sony has just announced a new regular PSP that doesn’t use discs, but only supports downloads. [Update: I misheard the announcement. I’m hearing now the new model doesn’t have Wi-Fi, which would certainly imply it doesn’t have downloads.…
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Ninja Gaiden 3 Could Be the Hardest PlayStation Move Game Ever
Today at Gamescom in Germany, Tecmo’s Team Ninja revealed that Ninja Gaiden 3 was getting physical with the PlayStation Move, finally allowing the player and Ryu to commiserate over how difficult it is to slash at enemies for hours on end. Sword combat isn’t easy, and historically neither is Ninja Gaiden. Combine the two and…
By Mike Fahey