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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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 14, 2011 -
Hey Moron, Just Because you Like Arkham City Doesn’t Mean You can be Batman
Stick with this Batman: Arkham City trailer past its awkward first moments. It builds momentum, very slowly, until it there’s so much awkwardness you can’t help but crack a smile. Funny Batman Arkham City advertisement [Super Punch]
By Luke Plunkett Published October 14, 2011 -
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,…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2011 -
Culture
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2011 -
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.…
By Mike Fahey Published October 13, 2011 -
These Battlefield 3 Case Mods Look Explosively Hideous
Console case company Calibur11, who you may be familiar with, have teamed up with EA to release a pair of cases for upcoming shooter Battlefield 3, one each for the Xbox 360 and PS3. Calibur11 calls them “vaults”, and these feature a large Battlefield 3 logo, headphone rack, half a grenade and what looks like…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2011 -
The PlayStation Vita has a 3G Download Cap in the US, too
Just like Japan, in the US there’ll be a 20MB download limit attached to the 3G version of the PlayStation Vita, Sony announced yesterday. The limit of course only applies to data being downloaded over a 3G network; if you’re downloading via wi-fi, on either the 3G or wi-fi-only models of the Vita, you can…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 13, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 12, 2011 -
Watch 57 Seconds of Battlefield 3 Blowin’ Shit up
EA’s upcoming shooter Battlefield 3 lets you destroy certain parts of the environment. Not all of it, but enough to let them compile this 57-second trailer of buildings collapsing. You’ve seen some of this footage before, but most of it looks to have been captured directly in-game, including some multiplayer madness involving man vs helicopter…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 12, 2011 -
Somebody’s Trying to Break Into Your PSN Account…Again
Sony has just announced that it has detected someone trying to match “a massive set of sign-in IDs and passwords against our network database”. The company suspects that somebody has got hold of a massive list of usernames and passwords from “another source and not from our Networks”, and have been caught checking to see…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011 -
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…
By Mike Fahey Published October 11, 2011 -
Gran Turismo 5’s DLC is $12 for a Smorgasbord of Stuff
Along with its big update, which is free, Gran Turismo 5 is also getting some paid DLC, which includes new cars, new courses, new clothes and…new paint colours. There will be four packs made available on October 18. One has 15 new cars, including the Red Bull X2011, touring cars and three karts. It’s $8.…
By Luke Plunkett Published October 11, 2011 -
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 Published October 10, 2011 -
The Powers, Persecution, and Prostitutes of The Darkness II
With the New York City Comic-Con just a few days away, 2K Games gives fans of the comic book-based The Darkness II a little show of its own, with videos of Jackie Estacado’s powers, the evil organization he’ll be using them against, and the odd slice of cheesecake. With his girlfriend from the previous game…
By Mike Fahey Published October 10, 2011