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Lead And Gold Looks Solid In Motion

Swedish developer Fatshark’s Lead And Gold: Gangs of the Wild West may look like a dusty retro re-take on Battlefield or Team Fortress, but… that might be why we like the look of it so much. With a smaller class count—there are just four “archetypes,” the Blaster, Deputy, Gunslinger and Trapper—Lead And Gold may look…

WoW Movie Penned By Saving Private Ryan Scribe

Speaking with MTV News, World of Warcraft director Sam Raimi revealed that Saving Private Ryan and The Patriot screenwriter Robert Rodat will be handling the story for the massively multiplayer movie. Raimi chats with MTV news about being faithful to the source material and presenting characters and settings that will be familiar to World of…

The Awards We Don’t Give

This is the second in a series of posts labeled “Hindsight” that discuss games you may have thought we were done writing about. Last time: Godfather II The Game. This time: X-Men Origins: Wolverine. There are many awards for video games. There are almost as many rationales for the granting to game makers and their…

Left 4 Dead 2 Achievements Reveal New Items, Confirm Campaigns

The list of Xbox 360 Achievements for Left 4 Dead 2 appear to have just “confirmed” the game’s two, still-to-be-officially-announced final campaigns and revealed new items, new infected and… clown nose honking?! The 50 new Achievements, newly listed at Xbox 360 Achievements, don’t really venture into spoiler territory—there are no plot points revealed here—but we’ll…

Why Sniper Rifles Aren’t Allowed In The Office

This random trailer for Army of Two: The 40th Day demonstrates why most modern-day office buildings have a strict anti-sniper rifle policy. I’m not quite sure about the message this trailer is trying to convey. Other than the fist bump, which is always enticing, I can’t see how this is supposed to make me crave…

The Best Deal You’re Gonna Get On A PS3 Today [Update]

Still waiting for the PlayStation 3 to get another price drop? You’re in luck, as the now antiquated, much larger version of the PS3 is now going for a completely reasonable $249 at SonyStyle.com. But wait… there’s more! In addition to being cheaper (and huger!) than the newer, slimmer PS3, the 80GB model up for…

Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Enters Fog Of Delay

Konami’s overhaul of the original Silent Hill may be making a later appearance than previously planned. Retailers have bumped Silent Hill: Shattered Memories release date about a month, meaning the game could miss Black Friday availability. According to listings from GameFly and GameStop—typically the quickest retailers to react to delays—the Wii, PlayStation 2 and PSP…

Reminder: Gran Turismo 5 Is Still Pretty

Sure we won’t be able to play Gran Turismo 5 until sometime early next year, but we can look at it all we want with this latest batch of screens. As we’re fond of pointing out, all of these screens come from replay mode, where the game looks so amazingly realistic it could run over…

What Makes A Video Game Scary

How can a video game be scary? Unlike horror movies where you’re stuck watching some hapless victim succumb to scary stuff, video games empower players to fight back. Or at least run away. It’s October. Time to identify horror-gaming’s essentials. Some of the scariest experiences I’ve had in my life come from video games. I…

Savage Moon On PSP

FluffyLogic is taking their action strategy game for the PlayStation Network and making it smaller, placing the player in control of the entire campaign in Savage Moon: The Hera Campaign for the PSP. Savage Moon is a tower defense sort of strategy game, released this past winter on the PlayStation Network. As Luke pointed out…

Images of Command & Conquer on the iPhone

Due out at the end of the month, it looks like the iPhone and iPod Touch version of Command & Conquer Red Alert is going to be a pretty robust title. Almost more importantly, it looks like EA Mobile has done a great job of maintaining the look of the classic real-time strategy title.

XBLA This Week: Axel & Pixel Meet Sam & Max

It’s Adventure Time on Xbox Live Arcade this week, when a boy and his dog meet up with a dog and his feral rabbit-looking thing. I completely approve of more adventure games on Xbox Live Arcade, even if one of those games is a collection of short, bite-sized Sam & Max adventures previously released on…

This Could Be The Biggest Wii Pack Shot Ever

Here’s the pack shot for Cyberbike, the Nintendo Wii exercise game that comes with its very own, full-size exercise bike packed right in. The Cyberbike comes from European publisher Bigben Interactive, who generally deal more in video game accessories than they do full-fledged titles, and when you get right down to it, the Cyberbike contains…

Brutal Legends’ Riggs Up Close and In Ceramic

This statue appeared on my doorstep late Friday. I’m told only 1,000 of these Brutal Legend statues have been made. The 17-inch sculpture shows Eddie Riggs, ax in hand and another on back, leaping from the bones of his enemies into full battle. We’ll be giving this away, but likely doing so at the annual…

Bayonetta PS3 Versus Bayonetta 360

You’ve heard about the difference between the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Bayonetta; now see them for yourself in GameTrailers’ side-by-side comparison video. Now keep in mind that these are both demo versions of a game that won’t see release in North America until next year, so this is far from a final…

New Dreamcast Game Gets A Deluxe Version

Just when we were sure Dreamcast games managed to dodge the trend of more expensive premium versions, redspotgames announces the Deluxe edition of it upcoming Dreamcast title, Rush Rush Rally Racing. Announced on the Dreamcast’s 10th anniversary, Rush Rush Rally Racing is a top-down racer that, in all fairness, looks rather primitive. Primitive as it…

iPhone Chart Toppers: Tap Tap Surprise

It’s that time again. Time to look at the top grossing games on iTunes for the iPhone and iPod Touch. The lasting popularity of Tap Tap Revenge combined with some new features catapults Tap Tap Revenge 3 to the number one spot this week while a handful of titles manage to cling to the list…

The Nintendo Download: Pinballs, Gravity, And More Final Fight

Nintendo distributes three new games to its three digital download services today, with DSi pinball, WiiWare gravity battles, and WiiWare getting a fight so final it had to have a 2 at the end. Final Fight 2 for the Super Nintendo (800 Wii points) is the only recognizable title in the Nintendo download this week,…

Ready At Dawn Makes Its Own Game Dev Platform

Ready At Dawn gives its experience and expertise back to the development community with the Ready At Dawn Engine, a comprehensive game development platform that contains everything a company needs to make AAA console titles. In order to develop a title for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, or even the PSP, developers have to piece…

LEGO Rock Band Ships With 45 Songs, Music Censorship

LEGO Rock Band will ship with 45 songs including tunes from Queen, Vampire Weekend, Katrina & The Waves and, of course, Bon Jovi. But you will only be able to purchase family friendly music from the Rock Band store. LEGO Rock Band’s support of Rock Band store purchases is limited to only those songs “identified…