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Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao Preview: An Eyes-on Experience
There’s nothing especially remarkable about a side-scrolling kung-fu fighting game – unless it’s in stereoscopic 3D. Invincible Tiger is going for a more immersive gaming experience by including various 3D formats as gameplay options along with the traditional 2D mode. The plot of the game and the basic combat action are a throwback to the…
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Katamari Forever Now In 1080p… Forever
This is the year of “all things weird and wonderful” for Namco Bandai, according to Todd Thorson, Director of Marketing and Public Relations – and Katamari Forever on the PlayStation 3 proves it. To reintroduce gamers to the wacky puzzle/action/adventure/weird thing Japan created to ensnare gamers in mindless fun, Namco Bandai has given the original…
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Namco Bandai Bringing Magna Carta II Stateside
Sequel to the PlayStation 2 role-playing game—and not related to the historical document created in 1215—Magna Carta II is an Xbox 360 exclusive that seems to have much in common with Lost Odyssey. The game features a new-ish storyline about an amnesiac boy and two warring countries and is built with the Unreal 3 engine.…
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Tekken 6 Preview: When Pigs Fly
The Tekken series holds a special place in my heart for its elaborate ending sequences, its NPC-fraught arenas and the inclusion of capoeira as a martial art. Tekken also strikes a balance among fighting games between rewarding button mashing and encouraging players to learn character-specific combos. In other words, I could play through all the…
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How Not To Address Homosexuality In Gaming
BioWare’s censoring of homosexual terms on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums was not a wise move, but they certainly weren’t the first video game company to struggle with the issue of homosexuality. And they almost certainly won’t be the last. Homosexuality has long been a controversial issue amongst gamers, developers, and publishers alike.…
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The Story Behind The Conduit
"How can mankind fight a war that the enemy has already won?" asks the latest trailer for Sega’s first-person shooter The Conduit. The new trailer explores the story behind The Conduit in timeline form, giving us a quick synopsis as to what happened over the course of six months that ended with our protagonist running…
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Killing Floor Now Available For Pre-Purchase
Killing Floor, the co-op survival game by Georgia’s own Tripwire Interactive is now available for pre-purchase through Steam, with a discount in store for those who order early. Killing Floor is the evolution of an Unreal Tournament 2004 conversion that sees players teaming up to battle hordes of infected creatures rampaging through London. Players can…
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BlazBlue Limited Edition Is Very Blue Indeed
Behold the ultimate blueness of Aksys Games’ newly revealed limited collector’s edition of BlazBlue. Both the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of Arc System Works’ latest 2D fighter are getting the big box treatment by Aksys. The set not only contains a very pretty box and the game itself, but a 2-disc, 42-song soundtrack…
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inFamous Engineer Talks Trophies And Stunts
Sucker Punch software engineer Chris Heidorn stopped by the PlayStation Blog today to discuss the trophies to unlock and stunts to perform in their upcoming superhero game inFamous. Chris goes into great detail about the stunts included in the game, which are sequences of events and combinations of powers used to kill the enemy creatively.…
By Mike Fahey
