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Lemmings Meets Mario In The Delightfully Puzzling Kami Retro
Take Mario’s platforming, Lemmings’ life-saving gameplay, add a hint of urgency and colorfully pixelated 3D graphics, and you’re just scratching the surface of Kami Retro, the must-play puzzle platformer for the iPhone and iPod Touch. There are several different ways I could describe Kami Retro. You know those running games, where you have to jump…
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Madden‘s Cover Competition has 32 Candidates, and the Fans are One
Here is the 32-player field of candidates for the cover of Madden NFL 12. Well, 31 players and “The 12th Man,” a salute to the diehard fans of the Seattle Seahawks (10th seed, versus Patrick Willis of the San Francisco 49ers). EA Sports is holding this vote-off competition at www.ESPN.com/MaddenVote from now to April 27.…
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A Captain America For Every Console
When Captain America: Super Soldier hits on July 19, he’s hitting hard, carrying America’s flag to five different game consoles. Here’s a look at four of them. Only the Nintendo 3DS is unrepresented in this gallery of shots of the Captain America movie tie-in, coming in July from Sega and Next Level Games. In each…
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A Game That Will Terrify Your Kids Into Never Going Outside Again
Spring has returned, a time when children across the country turn off their video game consoles and venture out into the woods, building tree forts and rolling about in the underbrush. That is, until they play Tick Tackler. Then they’re never going outside again. Did you know there are tiny bugs lurking outside, waiting to…
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There Are Many Ways To Play Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Deus Ex: Human Revolution’s Adam Jensen doesn’t have to be a cold-blooded killer. Using a combination of stealth, technology, and social skills, Jensen can go through the entire game only killing bosses. Narrative game designer Mary DeMarle shows us how. There aren’t many games that give you the freedom to play as you want to…
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No Silent Hill Multiplayer, Says Studio
The producer of Silent Hill: Downpour shot down a rumor that a separate multiplayer version for the game would be published over Xbox Live. The rumor appeared in an Italian-language magazine’s interview with the game’s art director. Devin Shatsky told Hell Descent the remarks were either out of context or lost in translation. [Hell Descent]
By Owen Good
