by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 5:37 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Heroes of Ruin is a brand new adventure featuring four unlikely heroes brought together to form a fearsome alliance. Custom-built for 3DS, with support for online play and a wealth of social gaming features, players will find a new experience awaits them every day.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 5:31 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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L.A. Noire is an interactive detective story set in the 1947 classic noir period situated in an exact recreation of mid century L.A. drawing players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders, but also side missions based on real events from that period.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 3:55 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races. It's overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's approach to game balance, and it's designed to be the ultimate competitive RTS game.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 3:54 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Anomaly: Warzone Earth, at its core, is an arcade approach to the real-time-strategy genre. You have the heat of an RTS battle raging around you, as you find yourself in the middle it all, supporting your squad, issuing orders, changing tactics when the situation forces you to do so.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 3:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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White Knight Chronicles II is a fantasy role-playing game that seamlessly blends the interactive multiplayer co-op experience with the cinematic storytelling of a single-player RPG.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 2:42 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Crimson Alliance is a new action RPG, and takes everything Certain Affinity learned about high action from working on shooters like Halo and Call of Duty, and everything they love about the fantasy genre, but gets rid of all that tedious backpack rummaging, and boring dialog!
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 2:26 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 continues Konami's determination to create a truly realistic, immersive and utterly playable take on the modern game. Thus, the focus in PES 2012 is the instinctive way the game can be played and on teamwork in particular.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 2:24 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Sony announced that it will fully restore all PlayStation Network services in the Americas, Europe/PAL territories and Asia, excluding Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea by the end of this week.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 2:11 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Alice: Madness Returns takes place 10 years after the conclusion of the original game. After spending a decade institutionalized in an insane asylum, Alice is finally released to the care of a psychiatrist who may be able to help her conquer the nightmarish hallucinations that still haunt her.
by Brad Hilderbrand on May 31, 2011 @ 1:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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L.A. Noire is an interactive detective story set in the 1947 classic noir period situated in an exact recreation of mid century L.A. drawing players into an open-ended challenge to solve a series of gruesome murders, but also side missions based on real events from that period.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 1:20 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings features all new dialogue, updated graphics engine, realistic environment, revamped day/night cycle, actions that affect AI behavior, more dynamic/spectacular/bloody finishing moves and plenty more.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 1:18 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Perfect World has entered into an agreement whereby it would acquire 100% equity interest in Champions Online developer Cryptic Studios, recently shuddered by Atari.
by Rainier on May 31, 2011 @ 12:39 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Nintendo added two WiiWare, one Virtual Console, and three NDSiWare titles to the Shop Channels. Nintendo owners with online access can redeem points to download: Fast – Racing League, Bit.Trip.Void (Wiiware), House M.D. - Globetrotting, B Team - Episode 1: Dust & Steel, 99Bullets, Valet Parking 1989 (NDSi), and Super Adventure Island (VC).
by Rainier on May 30, 2011 @ 3:57 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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FIFA 12 is the latest installment in the soccer franchise, adding a slew of new features such as a new impact engine to improve hit detection, a brand new passing system, improved AI, new lighting effects, a more ergonomic menu interface, and presentation matches to emphasize the atmosphere of the game
by Brian Dumlao on May 30, 2011 @ 3:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Dead or Alive: Dimensions will incorporate a 'Chronicle Mode' feature, which acts as a story mode in the game. The 3DS's touch screen will be used for executing special fighting moves for your character, while the top screen would be used for displaying the fight.
by Rainier on May 30, 2011 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
MOTD
News will be rather quiet for the day, as it is Memorial Day in North America, and most businesses are closed. However, we'll be around to cover what's out there in between eating ribs, cornbread casserole and creme anglaise for dessert.
No dice on the movie watching yesterday. Maybe we'll have better luck — read less lazy — today. We did watch a few episodes of Hawaii Five-0 and brought down the DVR to 20%! Go team!
Our large-scale attack on our main enemy in Stronghold Kingdoms was a success. After 10 hours of constant attacks, one of the enemy's factions surrendered. Now we are working out a peace agreement for them to either support us in the Governor election or just join our house.
by Brian Dumlao on May 29, 2011 @ 12:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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MX vs. ATV Alive will take the original franchise to exhilarating new heights with Bar-to-Bar racing, enhanced physics and the next step in downloadable content distribution.
by Rainier on May 29, 2011 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Most of our day was spent doing errands, cleaning up and going out to dinner (Outback gift card ftw!). Oh and a quick pit stop at Best Buy to get some new speakers, since I managed to vacuum clean up one of the wires from my old set after the window installers left. Mauled that thing!
We're debating about whether to see the new Pirates of the Caribbean or Bridesmaids, but one thing is for sure: Supernatural season finale!
I'll also need to keep an eye on my villages in Stronghold Kingdoms since our house has planned a major offensive that the game has never seen. It's a little contest among our factions (we've got about 10) to each send out 100 attacks to the enemy in one day. If you take into account that on a normal day, you send out about 30-40 for an entire House, we hope for a total of 1,000 attacks. Booya!
by Rainier on May 28, 2011 @ 3:24 p.m. PDT | Filed under
Trailers
Another day, another batch of game trailers was released. Instead of giving them all their own posts, we grouped them, and so far there are trailers for:
- Gears Of War 3 [X360] - Campaign Trailer
We will update this throughout the day when new trailers become available. Read more for download links ...
by Rainier on May 28, 2011 @ 5:27 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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In The Sims 3: Generations you will be able to take the reins and act out life’s most humorous and memorable moments from childhood to teenage years to adulthood in this new expansion pack
by Rainier on May 28, 2011 @ 5:15 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Forza Motorsport 4 will bring together genre-defining, controller-based racing, the power and freedom of Kinect, and content from leading brands like “Top Gear” to create an automotive experience unlike anything before it.
by Brian Dumlao on May 28, 2011 @ 12:30 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Puzzle Bobble Universe, known in North America as Bust-A-Move Universe, is the next iteration in the popular puzzle series that has remained a fan favorite since it first appeared in 1994, now reborn in full 3-D.
by Rainier on May 28, 2011 @ 12:00 a.m. PDT | Filed under
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Not much on the books for this weekend, but we'll probably take a trip to the movie theater to see
The Hangover Part II. Should be a good time. :)
Watched some Chuck and Supernatural and played APB and Stronghold Kingdoms. We're on a mission to clear out the DVR, so more lying on the couch will be involved.
I was also going to check out Rift, but with the recent window installation, we still have a lot of our office stuff in boxes, and now I can't seem to find the game anymore. Probably put it in a "secure" place that's so safe I can't remember where I put it.
In the following days, we have an exciting contest coming up. We'll be giving away a few
OnLive game systems, so keep an eye out...
by Rainier on May 27, 2011 @ 8:27 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The newest chapter of the fight franchise marks a return to the series’ mature presentation and a reinvention of its classic 2D fighting mechanic. Driven by an all new graphics engine, the Fatality is back, presented in more gory detail than ever before, as well as a number of new game-play features and a deep story mode.
by Rainier on May 27, 2011 @ 6:52 p.m. PDT | Filed under
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The House of the Dead: Overkill is an all-new pulp-horror reinvention of the classic SEGA light-gun shooter franchise, taking you right back to the beginning of this classic horror series, for the first time in full HD with 3D support and Move compatibility.