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The Assassin’s Creed Team Always Takes the Best Screenshots
As proven by these Gamescom shots of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations, the Assassin’s Creed series never looks quite as beautiful as it does through the eyes of the folks that make the screenshots. When you’re actively playing an Assassin’s Creed game you’re generally far too caught up in the beauty of the action to worry about…
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Why They Also Call Star Fox Tank Fox and Sub Fox
He’s not just for stars anymore. In Star Fox 64 and its upcoming 3D re-release on the 3DS, Fox McCloud proves himself worthy of the title Tank Fox. Sub Fox is just something Krystal likes to call him when they’re alone. You can contact Michael Fahey, the author of this post, at [email protected]. You can…
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Go It Alone or Bring a Friend—Online—When Trine 2 Arrives This Fall
Trine 2‘s cooperative mode will extend online as well as local, publisher Atlus vows in this latest video showcasing the game’s collaborative platforming gameplay. Due out on PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade, and via digital distribution for PC, Trine 2 will release this fall.
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Prey 2‘s Stomping Grounds Are a Wretched Hive of Scum and Stuff
U.S. Marshal Killian Samuel goes from alien hostage to intergalactic bounty hunter in Prey 2, and these Gamescom screens show off his less-than-happy hunting grounds. Prey 2‘s premise is rather original, taking a helpless human from the original game and transforming him into a force feared by criminals across the known galaxy. You just can’t…
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Retro Game Master Episode 9: Battle Golfer Yui
This week on Retro Game Master the Kacho takes on Battle Golfer Yui, a golf game that it is more than it seems. Launched in 1991 in Japan, Battle Golfer Yui follows the exploits of two normal high school girls who are drafted into a tournament thanks to their exemplary golf skills. Little do they…
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More Beautiful Cel-Shading in This Gravity Rush Video
Gravity Rush is fast becoming the PlayStation Vita game to see at press events. We already got a look of Team Siren’s upcoming gravity bending title through screenshots, gameplay, and hands-on experience. The game features beautiful anime style cel-shaded graphics, so what’s wrong with another taste? The newest video out of Gamescom shows off the…
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From Dust‘s PC Release is a Man-Made Disaster
Ubisoft’s release of From Dust on the PC has been, in every sense of the word, a disaster. Just the fact that the game requires an always-on Internet connection—putting the lie to earlier claims that it wouldn’t—is a throat-slash to its credibility. The additional fact it’s a glitch-strewn port of a console game is the…
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Tera Online Rallies the Troops in This Triumphant Trailer
The Gamescom trailer for Tera Online sees the seven races (well, five of them) of Tera banding together to face off against impossible odds in order to keep a pair of titans from waking up and ending the dream that is reality. No pressure. That’s the story behind Tera Online, the action-packed South Korean import…
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It’s a Steep Climb to the Top for El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron
With a striking art style and a story based off of an ancient Jewish religious work, Ignition’s El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is the sort of game that could go in any direction review-wise. As it turns out, it did. El Shaddai tells the story of Enoch, a priest seeking out seven angels in…
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Nine Minutes of Sneaky-Stabby Assassin’s Creed: Revelations Gameplay Footage
Get it while it’s hot, folks. Nearly ten minutes of what appears to be an early segment of Assassin’s Creed: Revelations has found its way to the wild interwest. See Altair stab! See Ezio bomb things! Marvel at the lovely engine that just keeps staying lovely!
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NBA 2K12 Delivers Much More than 15 Legends in an Ensemble Cast of Greatness
2K Sports today revealed to ESPN the full roster of 15 NBA all-time superstars gracing its “NBA’s Greatest” mode but, like the supporting cast in last year’s “Jordan Challenge,” diehard basketball fans will find just as many memories in the cast of teammates and opposing teams. First, the list of legends. Magic Johnson, Larry Bird,…
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PixelJunk: Sidescroller Gameplay Is Bright and Old-School
PixelJunk: Sidescroller, the upcoming downloadable color explosion from Q-Games, is not joking around. In the latest video, lasers, crushers and a giant three-eyed monster await our ship-bound heroes. It’s all rendered in beautiful HD, complemented with old school curved corners and scan lines. The visuals are as beautiful as ever, so why are you still…
By Max Abrams
