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A Lot Of Holes In The Desert, And A Lot Of Problems Are Buried In Those Holes

by Rainier on July 21, 2011 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under MOTD

Two more days of patience, and Captain America: The First Avenger will be upon us! Adam got to see an advance screening today, and while his review is under embargo until later this week, he did let me know "you won't be disappointed." I'm going to hold him to that!

While we're impatiently awaiting Friday, we watched the two-hour season finale of Leverage, and it lived up to expectations as well. Maybe Eliot's slow-mo bullet time segment was a bit over the top, but it sure looked cool, so I'm all for it.

A new patch for APB Reloaded is being rolled out tonight, and hopefully it will resolve the frequent lag spikes that have been occurring over the past week or two. Even though it's only a few seconds every time, it's happening too frequently to dismiss.

'Castle Empire' Now Accepting Closed Beta Sign-ups - Screens

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 6:59 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Castle Empire, known in Europe as The Settlers Online, is a free-to-play, browser-based, multiplayer strategy game.

'Family Guy Online' Character Creator Available

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 6:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Family Guy Online is a free-to-play, browser-based, 3D multiplayer game.

'Dead Island' (ALL) Pre-Order On PC Gets You Price Cut, Extra Weapon, Free DLC

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 4:36 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Dead Island is a FPP shooter that combines elements of the survival horror genre and adventure games. The game tells the story of a couple being tossed ashore onto the sandy beaches of a desolate, zombie infested, island.

'Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine' (ALL) - New Screens

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 4:33 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, an action-RPG title that will put you in control of individual units throughout a narrative-driven story campaign and in wide-scale online battles.

'Prototype 2' (ALL) Gets Release Date

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 4:18 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

While in the original you played as Alex Mercer, the tables will be turned in the sequel as you will control Sergeant James Heller with the sole mission of finishing off the protagonist of the first title by becoming a a mutated monster yourself.

Golfzon Signs CryENGINE 3 For Online Golf Game

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 4:16 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Golfzon is very proud to announce the extension of their partnership with Crytek for the development of its first online golf game.

'Dead Rising 2: Off the Record' (ALL) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 4:09 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Dead Rising 2: Off the Record sees photojournalist and original hero of Dead Rising’s Willamette incident, Frank West take center stage as players experience a re-imagining of the Fortune City outbreak. Forget what you know about Dead Rising 2, ”Frank West is back in the game!”

'Star Fox 64 3D' (3DS) Landing A Few Days Early

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 4:04 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Star Fox 64 3D invites players to take on the role of legendary Fox McCloud as they lead a fearless squadron of fighters in fierce aerial combat to battle the evil forces of Andross and save the galaxy from destruction.

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Shipping Announcements

by Rainier on July 20, 2011 @ 2:00 p.m. PDT | Filed under News

Another day, another batch of games shipped to stores. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are announcements for:


We will update this throughout the day when new announcements become available. Read more for details ...