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Get A Good Look At Soulcalibur V‘s New Fighters: Maxi, Tira, Voldo & Hilde
Welcome to the stage of history, Maxi, Tira, Voldo and Hilde. The four newest characters to join the ranks of Soulcalibur V are at the focus of this year’s Gamescom showing, illustrating how these familiar faces look with another 17 years of experience and age. The four new characters join Pyrrha, Patroklos, Zwei, Natsu, Ivy,…
By Michael McWhertor Published August 17, 2011 -
Watch Them Play Valve’s DOTA 2
The International, Valve’s live DOTA 2 championship is happening now at Gamescom. That means that a select group of dedicated gamers are currently vying to be the champion in a game that hasn’t yet released. While no one but the competitors are allowed to play the game just yet, you can watch their hands on…
By Brian Crecente Published August 17, 2011 -
The Wii Gets a Redesign. Wii Kisses GameCube Goodbye.
This Christmas, the Nintendo Wii is a getting a slight, wait for it, Wii-design. I mean redesign! According to The Official Nintendo Magazine, the tweaked Wii will be released in the UK this holiday season (no word about a US release). The change is that this Wii is designed to lay flat and has a…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
Get Up Close and Personal With a Very Evil Jedi
The upcoming Star Wars The Old Republic isn’t all happy Jedi and sunflowers and rainbows and Rancor puppies. There are bad guys. And one of them is at Gamescom. This is a lovely big statue of Darth Malgus, one of the villains of the PC MMO. He looks like he could do with a nap.…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2011 -
Brace Yourself for So Many More Call of Duty (Websites)
Hope you like Call of Duty! Because Activision, the game’s publisher, is reportedly going on a domain registering spree. The folks at website Fusible believe Activision has registered the following websites: CODBlackOps3.com, CODBlackOps4.com, CODBlackOps5.com, CODBlackOps6.com, BlackOps4.com, BlackOps5.com, BlackOps6.com, CallOfDutyBlackOps3.com, CallOfDutyBlackOps4.com, CallOfDutyBlackOps5.com, CallOfDutyBlackOps6.com, CallofDutyMW5.com, and CallofDutyMW6.com As Fusible pointed out, the domains were registered by DNS…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
It Takes Multiple Hands to Stop These Asura’s Wrath Screens
In Asura’s Wrath, bosses are as big as planets (awesome!) and sword attacks are stopped with bare hands (rad!). As previously posted, in the game, Asura, your six-armed main character, is a demigod betrayed by other gods, sending him into a 12,000 year hibernation (of sorts). He awakes, bent on revenge against them. You can…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
The Delightful Booth Companions of Comic Market
What cosplayers wear at Comiket aren’t the only colorful clothes at Japan’s biggest self published comic fair. The outfits that the booth companions don are just as fetching. Not all the booths at Comic Market are, well, for comics. Erotic game makers also show up at Comiket in full force. I’ve said this before, but…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
Okay, I Like These DMC: Devil May Cry Screens
DMC: Devil May Cry isn’t only getting a new trailer at this year’s Gamescom, it’s getting new screens. Funny that! As much grief as DMC gets for the main character’s stupid new look (it’s pretty stupid!), these screens look hot. DMC: Devil May Cry is headed to the PS3 and the Xbox 360 sometime next…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
New Ratchet & Clank Trailer Cranked Out
The Gamescom Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One trailer shows off gameplay, humorous dialogue, and movie trailer like blurbs. But this is no movie! It’s the next hope for fun four-player gaming. The game allows players to wield weapons that work better with friends—four friends. Hopefully you have three of those! This October, Ratchet &…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
Time To Rock Your Balls Off
Japanese pop, rather Jpop, is pigeonholed as cute, ear saccharine. That might not exactly be fair. But there’s no arguing, sometimes Jpop needs more guitars. More awesome hair. Sometimes it needs more metal. Sometimes Jpop needs more Marty Friedman. Marty Friedman (above, center) is a great, great guitarist who is perhaps best known for his…
By Brian Ashcraft Published August 17, 2011 -
Gamescom 2011 Starts Now
While a few companies held press conferences and showcase events yesterday, today we’re off to the Koelnmesse for the first day of the actual show. We’re leaving, oh, around now, so for the next 12 hours we’ll be playing games, looking at games, talking to people who make games and then writing all about, it…
By Luke Plunkett Published August 17, 2011 -
It’s Doctor Strange Vs. Nemesis in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3
The latest pair of fighters in Capcom’s long and somewhat embarrassing reveal square off in this Gamescom edition of Yes, We Already Know About the New Characters in Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 In one corner we have Nemesis, a biological weapon created by the Umbrella Corporation during their white hot “Let’s Fuck Up Everything”…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2011 -
LittleBigPlanet Vita Takes Pictures Around Town In New Trailer
Get ready to make some monsters. LittleBigPlanet has, of course, always been about original creations. In this new video for the Vita version of the game, Sony shows off creation on the go, with images from the real world reshaped into a prehistoric dinosaur. Sackboy is in your pocket, and there’s nothing wrong with that.
By Max Abrams Published August 16, 2011 -
A Rip-Roaring, Rhyming Hands-On With Saints Row: The Third
So that was when I took the wheel, as bullets pinged and tires squealed, I weighed the odds and my heart sank: my street sweeper vs. their armored tank. No turning back! No sad retreat! Just onward, come victory or defeat! I pressed the gas; his turret swung and blew my ass to Kingdom Come.…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 16, 2011 -
The Art of Steel Battalion‘s Heavy Metal War
Capcom’s Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor for the Kinect paints a grim picture of a future U.S. blasted back to the Industrial Age and plunged into war. These striking images tell the story of the brave men fighting for our future freedom. When I first saw the original trailer for the new Kinect-driven Steel Battalion I…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2011 -
Sly Cooper: Thieves In Time Looks Pretty on the PS3
Sly Cooper‘s visual style has always been all its own. The cel-shaded art beautifully matches our favorite sneaky raccoon. So seeing Sly on the powerhouse PS3 is a treat for all. Check out these screenshots of a boss battle and Murray, everyone’s favorite hippo.
By Max Abrams Published August 16, 2011 -
How Good or Bad Are PS Vita Games Looking?
In recent years (and maybe longer) PlayStation has put their graphical power front and center. The original PSP, the PS3 and the upcoming PS Vita are all graphical powerhouses compared to the competition. That fact is a large reason Sony is in the position it’s in today. But while both the PSP and PS3 have…
By Max Abrams Published August 16, 2011 -
International DOTA 2 Championships Update Schedules and Brackets
Valve has posted the schedule and brackets for the upcoming International DOTA 2 Championships. Starting tomorrow, 48 players will go head-to-head, making their way through the tournament towards a best-of-five championship match on Sunday, August 21st.
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 16, 2011 -
Val Kilmer in His Greatest Role (and Hat) Since Real Genius
When film legend Val Kilmer sinks his teeth into the role of the main villain in Spider-Man: Edge of Time, someone’s got to die. Walker Sloan is a scientist from the future that travels back in time to found mega-corporation Alchemax before its time in Spider-Man: Edge of Time. Changing the future affects the past,…
By Mike Fahey Published August 16, 2011 -
Man Shoots Real-Life Meat Shield with Real-Life Machine Gun
So here’s something I watched, and now you’re going to watch it, after which point you’ll probably say, “Wow, I watched that.” Inspired by Gears of War‘s “Meat Shield,” the guys at Epic Meal Time have teamed up with FPS Russia and GameStop to make this video “how-to” guide, detailing… how to make a suit…
By Kirk Hamilton Published August 16, 2011