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Death To Spies 2: Moment of Truth Preview: SMERSH is a fun word to say
Death to Spies 2 is a sequel to a 2007 PC stealth action game that was like the Russian version of Hitman. The key difference in Death to Spies is that the player takes the role of a SMERSH (read: badass Russian counterintelligence agency) operative during World War II instead of a bald hired goon.…
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Bit.Trip: Core Preview: Thumb-Aching Good Fun
Bit.Trip: Core is the second installment of a six-part WiiWare music game series developed by Gaijin Games. The first game, Bit.Trip: Beat came out in March 2009 and quickly established itself as a tough game with solid rhythm gameplay. Though Nintendo never releases sales figures for its WiiWare titles, it’s safe to assume the title…
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Toast Your Cursed Existence With The Legendary Lich King Stein
Why raise a crude tankard to World of Warcraft‘s number one villain when you can raise an 18 carat gold-plated Lich King stein instead? 3 Point Entertainment is now shipping out their commemorative Rise of the Lich King pewter steins, and to commemorate the occasion they’ve also created a limited run of “Legendary” Lich King…
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Ether Saga Online Now Officially Online
After months of testing that may have seemed like playing a launched game to the uninitiated, Perfect World‘s Ether Saga Online is finally declared fit for launch. Ether Saga Online is another one of these extremely adorable Asian MMO titles, this time based on the classic Chinese story Journey to the West, which I was…
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inFamous Home Space Brings Shocking, Graffiti
The promised PlayStation Home space for Sucker Punch‘s inFamous goes live tomorrow, allowing visitors to leave their mark with both electricity and spray paint. The inFamous-themed Abandoned Docks of Empire City arrive with several new activities for players to participate in. There’s f course the requisite shooting bad guys with lightning mini-game, which allows you…
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What Does Blizzard Want With The Word Cataclysm?
Three new entries in the U.S Patents & Trademark Office website indicate that Blizzard is extremely interested in the word Cataclysm, but why? Blizzard should just give up on quietly filing trademark applications. The moment one hits, somebody has it linked, print-screened, and posted on the internet, so a company as wise as Blizz has…
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Fallen Earth Welcomes You To The Apocalypse
This guitar heavy debut trailer for the post-apocalycious Fallen Earth depicts an MMO world the likes of which we’ve rarely seen. I say rarely, because the post apocalypse is nothing new to video games. I’m almost certain I’ve spent nearly as much time exploring the ruins of civilization as I have casting spells at scantily…
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Kotaku’s 2009 Summer Reading List
Summertime is here, and it’s time to hit the beach, splash in the waves, and bask in the sun with a little ultra-portable gaming, courtesy of Kotaku’s 2009 Summer Reading List. While video game publishers aren’t quite as afraid to release new titles during the summer months as they used to be, there is still…
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Gambit Graces Ultimate Alliance 2 Artwork
New box art for Marvel Ultimate Alliance two seems to indicate that a certain ragin’ cajun might be making an appearance in the upcoming sequel. Every character gracing the latest Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 box art, now popping up at retailers around the internet, has been announced as a playable character in the game, except…
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Finally, Grease: The Video Game
News that 505 Games and Paramount Digital are bringing the musical Grease to the Nintendo Wii gives me chills – which could be multiplying. 505 Games is overseeing development on the new project, which looks to be an all-singing, all-dancing party game that takes advantage of both the Wii’s motion sensing controls and a microphone.…
By Mike Fahey
