by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 8:08 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop follows the harrowing tale of Frank West, an overly zealous freelance journalist on a hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. In pursuit of a juicy lead, he makes his way to the small suburban town of Willamette only to find that it has become overrun by zombies.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 4:01 p.m. PST | Filed under
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League of Legends, developed by Riot Games, is an online multiplayer session-based game that combines elements of role-playing and strategy genres with addictive battle action. In League of Legends rival teams will compete against one another for victory on highly stylized battlefields and landscapes.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 3:14 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Using the Wii Remote, players will test their twitch skills as they battle through a retro-esque universe, familiar to the old generation and yet reinvented for the new.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 11:09 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Ready 2 Rumble Revolution retains all the knockout features of best-sellers Ready 2 Rumble Boxing Round 1 and Round 2, while delivering a knockout punch of style and attitude. Tailored to take advantage of the motion-controlled realism of Wii, Ready 2 Rumble Revolution makes landing a punch more fun than ever.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 10:27 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Patapon 2 is a 2D platform/action adventure game that transforms players into a mystical leader in charge of guiding a tribe of small, quirky warriors called Patapons. Through an innovative use of musical beats, players will march the Patapons against opposing armies and gigantic monsters in an attempt to find the far end of the world.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 10:10 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Media Molecule's LittleBigPlanet leads the nominees for the ninth annual Game Developers Choice Awards with seven nominations, closely followed by Number None's Braid with five, and Left 4 Dead's four nominations.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 8:06 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Dead Rising 2 is set several years after the infamous zombie invasion of Willamette. Unfortunately, the zombie virus was not contained at the conclusion of Dead Rising, spreading unchecked throughout the United States and Dead Rising 2 depicts a country where zombie outbreaks continue to strike.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 8:02 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Tomb Raider: Underworld – Beneath the Ashes sends Lara back to the remains of Croft Manor where she uncovers a massive series of never-before-seen caverns and age old crypts used to protect and hide a deadly source of power. An unexpected technical issue forced Eidos to delay the Feb. 10 launch of the Beneath the Ashes DLC, no new date was revealed.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 7:58 a.m. PST | Filed under
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X-Blades, previously known as Oniblade, is a third-person, anime-style action/adventure. Your heroine wields two magical blades that can be used as swords or guns, and has magical abilities, all of which are upgradeable.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 3:37 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Heart of Eternity is a third-person action/RPG title, with a balance between action and role-playing elements. There are no levels in the game, and no new areas that require loading. The fantasy universe Sarcus is populated with humans, bloodthirsty orks, greedy dwarves, naughty elves, treacherous half-goblins, and powerful vampires.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 2:41 a.m. PST | Filed under
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THQ's Deadly Creatures is a Wii exclusive 3rd person action thriller title developed internally by its Rainbow Studios. Deadly Creatures throws players into a venomous world of desert terror, where the greatest victory is survival.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 2:33 a.m. PST | Filed under
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2K Sports announced that National League Cy Young Award winner, Tim Lincecum of the San Francisco Giants, will be featured as the cover athlete and spokesman for next year's highly anticipated baseball video game, MLB 2K9.
by Rainier on Feb. 9, 2009 @ 2:26 a.m. PST | Filed under
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MadWorld is a third-person action game that has a unique black & white style depicting a sharp backdrop that straddles graphic novels and 3-D worlds, mixing irreverent humor and over-the-top violence.
by Rainier on Feb. 8, 2009 @ 5:15 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Gears of War blends tactical action with survival horror, thrusting gamers into the harrowing story of humankind's battle for survival against the Locust Horde.
Early February an expired digital certification problem rendered the PC edition of Gears of War unplayable, and Epic has now released a patch to resolve the issue.
by Rainier on Feb. 8, 2009 @ 5:03 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The Dead to Rights series marks the return of action-hero Jack Slate and his K-9 companion, Shadow, set in the the squalid, mean streets of Grant City, ensnared in a labyrinth of crime, corruption and betrayal. According to the March issue of OPM, Namco Bandai is bringing the crime-fighting duo back in Q4 2009.
by Rainier on Feb. 8, 2009 @ 4:51 a.m. PST | Filed under
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High Voltage Software's The Conduit is a stunning action FPS that promises to provide some of the best visuals seen to date on the Wii, featuring terrifying alien creatures, an advanced AI System, and a rich, conspiracy-laden story.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 7:20 p.m. PST | Filed under
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SEGA's The House of the Dead: Overkill, developed by London-based studio Headstrong Games, is an all-new pulp-horror reinvention of the light-gun shooter franchise, taking you right back to the beginning of this classic horror series.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 3:14 p.m. PST | Filed under
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Gearbox Software, known for the Brothers in Arms series, is searching high and low for more passionate gamers to help focus test one of its upcoming titles. Visit the Gearbox studio, play an unreleased title, and give feedback that will directly impact development. Applicants should visit
the official focus testing page and meet the guidelines (be 18 or older, get to the offices in Plano, TX, by yourself, and be available Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm).
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 10:24 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Tom Clancy's EndWar is a next-gen strategy game, set on the battlefields of WWIII, that pushes the envelope of technology, showcasing unprecedented AI, graphics, physics and animations.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 5:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Theatre of War 2 is a 3D RTS that covers events of 1943, the operations in Tunisia. Players will have the option to lead the German Afrika Korps of Rommel, supported by Italian military contingent, in their last full-scale attack or be at the head of the opposing English and American armies.
by Rainier on Feb. 6, 2009 @ 3:44 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Battlefront.com and Fury Software's the third game in the Strategic Command series, WWII Pacific Theater, shifts the focus from Europe and into the steaming jungles and islands of Asia- Pacific. This v1.01 boasts over 70 improvements, fixes and enhancements to both the game engine as well as the editor...
by Rainier on Feb. 5, 2009 @ 2:40 p.m. PST | Filed under
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WH 40k: Dawn of War II takes players to the brutal frontlines of war where they’ll experience intense action and visceral combat through a non-linear single player experience and a fully co-op campaign.
by Rainier on Feb. 5, 2009 @ 11:15 a.m. PST | Filed under
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The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences announced that Alex Evans, co-creator of LittleBigPlanet, will speak at the 2009 DICE Summit.
by Rainier on Feb. 5, 2009 @ 10:36 a.m. PST | Filed under
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Set in a modern day survival-horror universe, the co-operative gameplay of Left 4 Dead casts four "Survivors" in an epic struggle against hordes of swarming zombies and terrifying "Boss Infected" mutants. Valve revealed that the Survival Pack DLC will add a new multiplayer game mode entitled, Survival, plus two complete campaigns for Versus Mode .
by Rainier on Feb. 5, 2009 @ 9:52 a.m. PST | Filed under
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X-Blades, previously known as Oniblade, is a third-person, anime-style action/adventure. Your heroine wields two magical blades that can be used as swords or guns, and has magical abilities, all of which are upgradeable.