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Gaming News
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The Witcher 2! It's out on the 17th of May, and you're all going to buy, yessah. To tide yourselves over, watch this Developer Diary. Inside. After the jump. Obv. (Read more...)
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Rage! It's from the guys who made a little game named Mood, or something. And Castle Wittgenstein. And Quack. And now there's a Mark Lanegan song associated with it. And it's free. (Read more...)
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WWE All-Stars! It might be good. We can hope. But most importantly, this article contains the greatest video you'll ever see. (Read more...)
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Call of Juarez: gritty manshoots in an all new modern age! It's either a metaphor for the unstoppable march of time, or an attempt to boost sales. Some vague info and some tangentially relevant Bon Jovi await you. (Read more...)
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Dragon Age II. It's getting a demo, y'know. But do you know when? You will know when, when you read this article now. Now know, y'know? (Read more...)
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Boxing: like dancing, but with punching and rapists. The Fight Night Champion demo gives you all of this, by letting you "box" as Tyson, Ali, Pacquaaiaoaioa, or another guy. Some thoughts are collated herein. (Read more...)
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INFOSPLOSION! Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been played by people who know what's what. And here's what they say is what. What? (Read more...)
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LA Noire! Rockstar's attempt at "doing" a Bogart. And I don't mean hogging all the spliffs for themselves, although the probably do that too. Allegedly. Now go look at some info. (Read more...)
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A short time ago, some trailers happened. Now there are so many videos. We can't contain them. UPDATE: we have contained them. In this news post. Now go look at them. (Read more...)
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution! If you're gonna pre-order any golden-tinged near-future conspiracy theory-laden FPS-RPG hybrid in the next few months, make it this one. BUT what do you get for pre-ordering? We know. And soon you will know. (Read more...)
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Oddworld games: they're a-comin' to your PC this Christmas. Read on for the Oddboxxy news. (Read more...)
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Uncharted 3! It'll be out next Christmas, and I'm already thoroughly excited. You want details? I've got details. Look at 'em. All detailed. ( Read more...)
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Storied Heiress Lara Croft Acquires New Backstory - Lara Croft's Back: Full Story Inside. (Read more...)
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UPDATE: Uncharted movie goes even further off the rails. This is where palm would traditionally collide with face. (Read more...)
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Axl Rose is suing Activision. Which is something Kotick and Ko. certainly deserve, but why is the notorious rock n' roll lunatic the one administering the smackdown? Details and an absurdly horizontal picture of Axl await within. ( Read more...)
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Hooray! News on who's going to be playing Nathan Drake in the Uncharted movie. Boo! It's not who we all expected or wanted or like. (Read more...)
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A new trailer for the upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution has been released. Does it promise further trenchcoat-y good times? No. But it does promise Blade Runner-y good times, and that's almost as good. Go view it with eyes of STEEL. (Read more...)
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Trials! All the fun of riding a motorbike and flying across stunt courses and falling to perishing doom without any of the lingering death. And now it's free. Find out more? Find out more. (Read more...)
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is out this Friday. Point your eyes at this video of the first fifteen minutes of gameplay. Well, I say gameplay, but a lot of it is just cutscene. Which, in its own way, is perfectly representative of how the games actually are. So. (Read more...)
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The Undergarden. An ambient platform puzzler. It's got a demo. I got the demo. Let's see what magic happens. (Read more...)
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STALKER, that most excellent series of games based loosely on the fascinating novel Roadside Picnic and related Andrey Tarkovskiy movie Stalker, is now getting a spin-off TV series. Intermedia! Radiation! Ukrainians! (Read more...)
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Come dine with me, let's dine, let's dine away... That's what Frank Sinatra would have said, if he had been a sous chef instead of an astronaut. Anyway: some news about a Come Dine With Me iPhone app. (Read more...)
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Move in, now move out. Hands up, now hands down. Back up, back up, tell me what you're gonna do now. Keep rollin rollin rollin. There is a demo of The Ball. (Read more...)
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Dead Space 2 gets a trailer. But is it scary? Dunno. Find out for yourself, eh? IIINNN SPPAAAAACCEEE. (Read more...)
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Indie puzzler The Machine has just gone on sale. We prod this news for intersting facts and demo-ey goodness. (Read more...)
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Suddenly, Call of Duty: Black Ops has gone from being an uninteresting franchise extension to being an almost-mildly-interesting franchise extension. Find out why. (HINT: it involves the Cuban Missile Crisis, zombies, and possibly Futurama.) (Read more...)
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A new promotional video for the forthcoming Mortal Kombat game has surfaced, featuring everyone's favourite hell-ninja, Scorpion. It looks ridiculous, but we'd have it no other way - keep your Virtua Fighters and your Dead or Alives, I want to rip someone's spine out and use it to garotte them. Have a gander, won't you? (Read more...)
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Have a trailer for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, which will be hitting stores... (checks calendar, looks at watch, does silent-film double-take) quite soon indeed. So there's that to look forward to. (Read more...)
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Microsoft's online games service, Games for Windows Live, is relaunching with an array of improvements on Novemeber 15th. Come help us be not excited. (Read more...)
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Some games are weird enough to demand your attention. Deadly Premonition is one of them. If you read our preview of this piece of Lynch-ian surrealism twice, you'll have taken twin peeks at it. Thank you and goodnight. (Read more...)
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Intriguing dev-house developments ahoy! Patrice Desilets, ex-Ubisoft VIP and he of Assassin's Creed "fame", is bound for greener pastures. Or at least, different pastures, in the exact same city, and probably of similar pigment. See if the thumbnail pic on the right gives any subtle hint. (Read more...)
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Trine 2, the upcoming platformy fun-time adventure from Frozenbyte and Atlus, has been confirmed for three platforms. Find out the entirely predictable trio by reading this hastily assembled collection of vowels. (Read more...)
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Valve announced the size of Steam's userbase today. The reading assembled collectively cooed and clapped. Find out why. And get me some Coke. (Read more...)
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Call of Duty: Black Ops is set to be released on November 8th. Will it be more successful than arch-nemesis Medal of Honour? Yes. But why? Because. Trailer inside. CODBLOPS! (Read more...)
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Grandfather Military Shooter Medal of Honour returns from the icy depths of public apathy this week with Tier 1 Special Operatives-sponsored shooty-game, Medal of Honour, which is a non-subtitled entry in the Medal of Honour shooty-series. Inside: a trailer, and some liberally-inserted-into-game-title "u"s. (Read more...)
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Borderlands Game of the Year Edition is coming out on the 12th of October. But who's that it's bringing with it? It's Mr. Duke Q. Nukem. Finally, eh? Click through for the full story. (Read more...)
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First there was Amiga Power. Now there is another one. Of it. Come read why the launch of Podgamer is so exciting. (Read more...)
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Like a foppish Prince nimbly flicking a switch on a conspicuous dagger, UbiSoft seem to be turning back the hands of time, and giving us prettiful HD remakes of some of their fondly-remembered classics. Read on to find out which ones. (Read more...)
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If you hate getting any work done, ever, then you will be very interested in this fantastic web-game. Make any website mere target practice with the bluntly-titled Kick Ass. Pew! Pew! Etc! Eh? (Read more...)
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EA Sports' MMA game is due out October 22nd in this fair isle, and the demo is now available for download. Read on for my mildly surprised reaction to all of this, and more. (Read more...)
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Good Old Games, quickly becoming the sole recipients of my news-scouring attention, have apologised for their idiotic antics in the best way possible. With a Good Old Game. Planescape: Torment. Oh, my, yes. (Read more...)
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Good Old Games lives! The cads, eh? Follow the bluish-click road to find out what exactly caused the site to shut down. (Read more...)
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Bioshock: Infinite! Irrational Games' return to the Bioshock universe isn't a return to Rapture. Instead, they're taking the concept of cloud gaming to uncommonly literal extremes. Read on for more details, a trailer, and some gameplay footage. And repeated use of the excellent word "dirigibles". (Read more...)
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One of PC gaming's most valuable resources is coming to a tragically accelerated end. Or is it? Read on for more details of this strange tale. (Read more...)
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Lucasarts' The Force Unleashed II will be hitting PC, PS3, Xbox 360, Wii and the DS on October 26th. Will it be a Force to be reckoned with, or will it have us yelling "It's a trap!" in gravelly Ackbar voices? The tension is Palpatinable. Click here to observe new footage of the upcoming sequel. (Read more...)
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Fondled by critics but tragically ignored by punters, two of the PS2's most beautiful games are receiving a lick of HD paint for a PS3 re-release. Click onwards to find out when you will be legally obligated to pick up your copy of Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. (Read more...)
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Avengers Assemble Avengers Assemble is the eagerly awaited superhero melée free-for-all film frenzy from Joss Whedon. Starring Robert Downey Jr as Iron Man, Scarlett Johannson as a sexy lady, and Samuel L Jackson as himself. Review by Tanya Branagan!
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Albert Nobbs Albert Nobbs stars Glenn Close as a woman passing as a man in 19th Century Ireland. After she sets her sight on a young woman, she finds herself trapped in a prison of her own making. Or was it society's fault? Tanya Branagan finds out.
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Titanic 3D To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the tragic sinking of a cruise ship that caused the deaths of 1514 people, they've made a 3D re-enactment in which the horror and tragedy is over-shadowed by a pasted-together "love story". Review of Titanic 3D by Elaine McDonald.
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The Cabin in the Woods The Cabin in the Woods is Joss Whedon's fantastic new subversion of the classic sexy kids in cabin slasher flick. A must for comedy or horror fans. Check out the review by Tanya Branagan!
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The Hunger Games The Hunger Games is the most anticipated action/thriller/children's book adaptation to hit the cinemas this year. Does it leave you hungering for more? Games? Tanya Branagan watched and judged.
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