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In part one of EA's Medal of Honor experience video series, titled Fallen Angel, there's a great deal of running, shooting, exploding, and colorful language. More »
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It's the calm before the autumnal storm, and we're marking the peace with some new releases like Mafia 2 and Shank. And, of course, Chris is playing a game from 1974, but you can just skip over that part.
Big thanks to Jesse Walsh for his couch co-op photoshop.
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In one week I'll be in Seattle at PAX. Will you be there too? If so, you could attend not one but two panels hosted by Kotaku. You already know about the first one. The second is more serious. More »
Here we were, thinking -- foolishly, might we add -- that this holiday season might not be packed to the gills with games we're way excited for. And then Ubisoft dropped this walkthrough of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood from Gamescom, reminding us that there's one more game to be crazy excited about.
Did someone say "war horse?" Yep, the narrator of the walkthrough certainly did, and he's talking about that brutal looking dark horse seen around one and a half minutes in. In addition to all the other new stuff Ezio can do in Brotherhood, he's able to hop from his horse to others -- including the war horse, one of several new horse types. If that doesn't get your pulse going, you may have already been assassinated. Head past the break for the entire video.
If you are a fan of Kirby, the Virtual Console is a pretty good place to hang out! There are quite a lot of Kirby games available on the distribution service, and you can get them all for a fraction of what they cost back when they originally launched! I know that I [...]
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Inchworm Animation is the new handheld animation system from Flat Black Films. Designed exclusively for the Nintendo DSi, it offers unprecedented animation power at your fingertips.
Four years in development, little Inchworm is finally crossing the finish line!
Features
- create multi-layer flipbook animations
-variable-thickness antialiased brushes
- use DSi camera for stop-motion & time [...]
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You may want me as a coop partner in Hunted: The Demon's Forge, because on day one, I'll be very familiar with the dungeon crawler's cooperative combat and puzzle solving. More »
Digital Chocolate is suing Zynga over its use of the name "Mafia Wars," an alleged trademark infringement -- this much we know. Last night, however, Joystiq acquired the full, 157-page complaint. The crux of the suit is Digital Chocolate's common law trademark claim to the name "Mafia Wars," though the company never formally registered the name (as Zynga did last summer).
In registering the trademark last July, Zynga claims under penalty of perjury that it has "belief no other person, firm, corporation or association has the right to use the mark in commerce, either in the identical form thereof or in such near resemblance thereto as to be likely ... to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive." It's on this stipulation which Digital Chocolate hinges its lawsuit, and the company has proof that Zynga knew about DC's version of Mafia Wars.
A portion of a GB review…
It may not fully nail every one of its ambitions, but Other M at least gets close on all of them. More importantly, it really feels like an honest-to-goodness Metroid game. Nintendo’s stingier than I would like in doling those out, and while I’d probably take whatever I could get [...]
A portion of a Dtoidi review…
Other M simply doesn’t meet the high-quality standards fans have come to expect from not only the franchise, but from Nintendo’s routinely-spectacular first-party line-up.
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This is Burnout. That's the first thing that crossed my mind in the middle of my race against a group of other writers. And why not: Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit and Burnout share a pedigree. More »
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Sega is proud to announce that Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns, two fast-paced and beloved arcade shooter games in one package, is now available exclusively on Wii™!
Gunblade NY and LA Machineguns offers players two classic arcade light gun shooters for one great value. Featuring immersive pick up and [...]
In honor of Dead Rising 2's Vegas-like Fortune City setting, Capcom is taking pre-orders on an exclusive gambling-themed limited edition of the game -- which means you now have your choice of DR2 special editions.
The "High Stakes Edition," available only from Capcom's online store, includes the game; a poker set with 100 poker chips, bloody playing cards, dice, and a dealer chip; a Fortune City visitor map (which doubles, conveniently, as a map of the game's locations); and a Terror is Reality ticket with a voucher for a "Psycho" costume and skill pack.
One of the $90 bundles will include a golden Terror is Reality ticket, which will entitle the lucky winner to a six-foot "Burt the Zombie" replica. That's right, you pay $90 for the chance at winning a big prize. That's gamblin'. Kind of. We'd argue that the real winner is anyone not burdened with a giant zombie statue.
