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The Prince wields new powers in a brand-new adventure in Ubisoft's critically acclaimed Prince of Persia series.

As you'd imagine, Rockstar's Red Dead Redemption ain't the depiction of the west your daddy used to see on Bonanza every week. It's a violent, immoral west and, if the reviews below are to be believed, it actually makes for a pretty darn good game. And here we thought Mad Dog McCree was the most dastardly dude the high plains had to offer.

• 1UP (A): "This is simply a beautiful game, and it's provided more than a few moments where I completely forgot where the hell I was supposed to be going while riding over golden hills at sunset or through the desert in the middle of a nighttime lightning storm. It doesn't quite convey the loneliness of the real empty spaces, but does compress the essence of all the varieties of land and weather native to those parts into a few hundred miles ride."
• GamePro (5/5): "Although this is said of almost every single new Rockstar product, Red Dead Redemption is arguably their best effort to date, if only because it distills all of the lessons they've learned from their previous titles into an engaging, expansive, and enthralling world. But the best part of Rockstar's open-world oater is its honest and open appreciation for the iconic Western genre."
• Game Informer (97.5/100): "To succeed where other Western games have failed, Red Dead Redemption deftly recreates a sandbox playground of a tumultuous historical period swept away by technological progress. The game perfectly captures the expansiveness of frontier life and the gritty gunplay of spaghetti westerns, rightfully earning its place alongside the great Western films and the best Rockstar games."
• IGN (97/100): "Red Dead Redemption is a must-play game. Rockstar has taken the Western to new heights and created one of the deepest, most fun, and most gorgeous games around. You can expect the occasional bug or visual hiccup, but you can also expect a fantastic game that offers the Western experience we've all been waiting for. Red Dead Redemption is a complete game in every sense -- both the single player and multiplayer modes are excellent -- and still manages to offer an attention to detail you rarely see from a game of this scope."
• Edge (90/100): "If the story leads us through well-trodden territory - blending The Good, The Bad And The Ugly's adventurous sweep with Unforgiven's morality, as played by Deadwood's perverts and bigots - the greater game is more digitised Westworld: an impeccable example of world building begging to be interrupted with a bullet. As one character notes: "I dreamt of documenting the last days of the old west. The romance, the honour, the nobility! But it turns out it's just people killing each other." There's no shame in that."

Source - Metacritic (Xbox 360)
Source - Metacritic (PS3)

#screens I had a chance to check out Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light earlier this week and absolutely loved it. Here's a closer look at those fantastic graphics I was talking about. More »

Hello Everyone! Here at Ludia we’re excited to invite you to COME ON DOWN to play The Price Is Right on your PlayStation 3. I know that pretty much everyone has seen the show at one time or another since it’s been on the air for more than 38 years. Luckily, you don’t have to be sick or playing hookey anymore to get an awesome Price Is Right experience, as we’ve faithfully recreated the elements you know and love from the TV show into the game. There’s nothing quite like being called to Contestant’s Row by Rich Fields!

The Price Is Right is one of our most successful titles, and Ludia’s first game show game for PlayStation 3, so we’ve packed it with tons of pricing games (19 to be exact) including favorites like Plinko, Hole In One, and, of course, Cliffhangers. If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to spin that Big Wheel to get yourself to the Showcase for a chance to win the most fabulous prizes, now is your chance to find out.

You can download The Price is Right later today from the PlayStation Store, and please be sure to let us know what you think of the game. We hope you enjoy playing it as much as we enjoyed making it!

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot was fairly pleased to report during today's investor's briefing that two of the company's biggest games of the past year have been flying both onto and off of store shelves at breakneck speeds. According to Guillemot, Assassin's Creed 2 has shipped nearly 9 million units during the fiscal year, while Splinter Cell: Conviction, which only just launched April 13, has hit 1.8 million in sales.

Guillemot is banking on the continued sales of the latter title to increase Q1 revenues 75 percent year-over-year. We doubt the company will have any problem with that. Games which task the player with discretely dispatching enemies are apparently in no danger of going out of style.

Game from Black Rock Studio set within the world of a fictional reality TV show features tracks rigged to explode, making every lap different.

Attention, virtual linksmen: A demo for Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace. This trial version offers players a chance to experience "a fully customizable Ryder Cup match that includes three holes on Celtic Manor Resort." In addition to the Celtic Resort holes, players can also try out three holes of the Liberty National course.

The demo also has a unique feature, allowing players to earn in-game experience points by sharing the demo with friends. Using the "console messaging system" to share the demo, players will earn XP for each friend that downloads it. This XP can then be used to upgrade golfer stats in the retail version of the game that launches next month. Just make sure you buy the game new if you want to make the most of that XP online.


Xbox.com: Add Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 demo to your Xbox 360 download queue

Publisher may follow EA's model of $10 access keys.

Based on the upcoming DreamWorks Animation feature film, the Shrek Forever After video game is available today in retail stores across North America.

#alanwake Just a few hours after two Alan Wake creators join us on Kotaku Talk Radio we'll begin our bookclub style discussion of the game. One chapter per session, starting tomorrow at 3pm KT (2pm PT, 5pm ET). More »

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Check out our Flickr set here for more art and screens LOS ANGELES – May 18, 2010 – Blue Dragon fans rejoice as D3Publisher (D3P), a publisher and developer of interactive entertainment software, today announced that BLUE DRAGON™: AWAKENED SHADOW ships to North American markets, exclusively for Nintendo DS. In BLUE DRAGON™: AWAKENED SHADOW, the sequel [...]

Ubisoft's latest title release schedule, appended to a financial report released earlier today, officially confirms the existence of "Bloody Good Time" -- initially outed by an OFLC classification -- and expects the game to launch on PC and Xbox Live Arcade sometime between now and the end of June 2010. About bloody time.

Oh, about Bloody Good Time: According to a preview of the game's official website, the game follows "ambitious teen actors ready to kill for fame" as they vie for the lead role in a bizarre B-movie. We're imagining a Series 7-esque online shooter -- or a movie-set murder mystery in which a punctual killer punctures his victims with a pointy, novelty-sized Big Ben souvenir. (But it's probably a shooter.)

Contestants track down hidden game codes to win $10,000.

Let's face it, most of us will never be a Jedi or a professional tennis player. However, thanks to Xbox Live Games on Demand, you can now pretend to be either one. Up for grabs this week are Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Top Spin 3. We'll let you sort out which one is about Jedi. As always, availability and pricing will vary by region.


Xbox.com: Add Star Wars: The Force Unleashed to your Xbox 360 download queue ($29.99)
Xbox.com: Add Top Spin 3 to your Xbox 360 download queue ($19.99)

London, May 18th, 2010 — Thrustmaster, the video game accessories manufacturer, today announced an innovative, exclusive and officially-licensed product line up for the Nintendo Wii® and DS® consoles, planned to coincide with the launch of Toy Story 3, the new animated film from Disney·Pixar studios, in UK on July 23, 2010. This fantastic range of Toy [...]

Runes of Magic "Chapter III – The Elder Kingdoms" officially released today.

#downloadablecontent Answering a question about downloadable content during their fiscal year 2009-10 fiscal earnings call, Ubisoft indicated it would likely they would adopt EA's Project 10 Dollar DLC plan sometime in the future. More »

#republished To be a gamer in the 80s and early 90s required a special kind of perseverance, especially if you were a computer owner. More »

Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot confirmed during the Q&A section of the publisher's recent financial earnings call that the upcoming Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, the first game to add a multiplayer component to the series, would undergo a period of beta testing. "We have not announced exactly the date yet," he said, "but yes, we will have a beta test."

Guillemot promised that more specifics would be announced at E3. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is scheduled to arrive during Holiday 2010.

How well do you know your Goldeneye sound effects? Still remember what a KLOBB sounds like? If so, hit up the link below and test your knowledge in this audio quiz!