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SEGA Announces The Cave

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Adventure games have seen somewhat of a revival this year with Double Fine’s Kickstarter project raising a lot of money and positive press for the company. One adventure game just wasn’t enough for them as they announce a partnership with SEGA to publish Ron Gilbert’s The Cave sometime in early 2013. In The Cave you will assemble a team of unlikely heroes to traverse a vast array of different landscapes. What other game can boast that you’ll be scaling the walls of a medieval castle one minute and trying to stop the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile the next?

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Tony Hawk HD’s Soundtracks Transports Us Back To 2000

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Activision is set to take the Tony Hawk franchise back to its roots with this summer’s Tony Hawks Pro Skater HD. The game revisits a simpler time when racking up a high score and collecting letters actually meant something. Gameplay mechanics and level design aren’t the only thing lifted from the early 2000s, the game’s soundtrack will also transport you back an entire decade. Back in ’99 – ’01 when the first two Tony Hawk games were released back on the Dreamcast and original PlayStation Nu-Metal and rock bands where still king. Tony Hawk HD pays homage to these musical

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Magicka Collection Giveaway

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

The news about the Dead Island Game of the year Edition made me nostalgic for countless cooperative games from the halcyon days of 2011. Well, we don’t have copies of Dead island to give out, but we do still have some keys for Magicka, an excellent cooperative game where you can “accidentally” kill the other players. You will find Steam keys for the Magicka collection hidden in our articles, Twitter, Steam group, or Facebook page. We’d like to thank Paradox Interactive for the free keys.

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Red Orchestra 2 GOTY Edition Announced

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

Tripwire Interactive has just announced that Red Orchestra 2, the WW2 shooter that won PC Gamer’s “Multiplayer FPS of the Year,” is getting a Game of the Year edition. Everyone who already owns the game will be able to download the GOTY edition free content pack later this week. Red Orchestra 2 will also be free to play this weekend on Steam. Read on for details on how Tripwire Interactive hopes to rope in fresh meat for the Stalingrad meatgrinder while appeasing Red Orchestra veterans who think the sequel is too fast paced.

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DmC Devil May Cry delayed until January 2013

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Kirk Williford

Another 2012 title has bit the dust and slipped into 2013, as Capcom announced today that their upcoming reboot of the Devil May Cry franchise will ship on January 15th, 2013. In addition to the console version’s release date, Capcom confirmed that a PC version of the game is in development, but it’s release is only “later in 2013.” View the full press release after the jump.

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Aliens Colonial Marines Delayed Until 2013

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Interest in the Aliens franchise has peaked in recent weeks with the release of Ridly Scott’s in-universe prequel Prometheus only a few short weeks. It looks like the next big project involving the franchise, Gearbox Studio’s Aliens Colonial Marines, won’t make its anticipated Fall 2012 release. Instead the marines will deploy against the Xenomorph horde on February 12, 2013. Along with the announcement of the delay Gearbox Studios released a brand new trailer for the game alongside a statement from energetic and charismatic CEO Randy Pitchford.

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Toki Tori/Rush Giveaway

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

I think I’m suffering from Two Tribes fever today. What’s the only cure for that? Giving away excess Two Tribes games. To that end we’re giving out two copies of Toki Tori and a copy of Rush.  You will find Steam keys hidden in our articles, Twitter, Steam group, or Facebook page.

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The Amazing Spider-Man Web Rush Trailer

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Beenox’s latest Spider-Man game, a film tie-in for Sony’s upcoming The Amazing Spider-Man, has a brand new trailer highlighting one of the new mechanics – the Web Rush. Web Rush allows you to slow down time and make split second decisions like dodging an oncoming enemy or using your webshooters to tie-up a foe. It can even be used to pull of aerobatic feats while web-slinging around the environments. This mechanic really interests me, to my knowledge this is the first time a developer has tried to incorporate Spider-Man’s “Spidey Sense” into a game. For all of you non-nerds out

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The Top 5 Songs That Would Get Me To Spend Money On Rock Band

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Andrew Minott

I have a love/hate relationship with Rock Band. That’s not exactly accurate. When it first came out, I hated it (because I hated Guitar Hero). Then in early 2008 I moved into a house with three other guys, and they all loved Rock Band. And then I did too. Now I haven’t touched it in two years, though I remember the time we spent together fondly. So really, my relationship with Rock Band is hate/love/sexless marriage. Those two years ago, I bought the Lady Gaga track pack (don’t judge me) and the AFI Crashlove pack (I SAID DON’T). Since then,

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Wii U OS Details Leaked?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Details surrounding the operating system Nintendo’s upcoming Wii-U have supposedly leaked online.  All of this information seems very tentative considering the fact that the poster mentioned that these details came from a “Version 4 development kit” that is supposedly a few months old. This information is supposedly two months old and may change considering the fact that the Wii-U is not expected to be released until October or November. The Wii-U’s OS will be reportedly one of the largest in console history clocking in at 512MB. Apparently the operating system run by the Wii-U has “never been seen before on

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Worms Revolution Confirmed For E3

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Team 17’s next Worms title, Worms Revolution, will be shown at this year’s E3 the developer confirmed today. Revolution will also bring some major upgrades in terms of physics with new hazards and dynamic water physics. This means that water won’t just appear as a death trap at the bottom of the map during matches. Instead, there may be pools of water located within the map. Say you destroy the terrain surrounding it, the water will flood deforming the terrain. New types of obstacles include clouds of toxic gas and new ways to cause fiery destruction. Worms Revolution will be

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The Multiple Ways To Enter The Far Cry 3 Beta

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Rae Michelle Richards

Far Cry 3 left a pretty big impression on me when I saw it running at last year’s Ubisoft Press Conference at E3. It looks like everyone will be able to get their hands on the game later this summer on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. The multiplayer beta allows up to 16 players to compete in several modes including Deathmatch and the Firestorm mode, a mode based around the game’s fire physics. Ubisoft promises six playable classes will be available in the beta along with dozens of weapons. There are multiple ways for you to enter the beta.

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Dust 514 Beta Registration Begins

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Daniel Shannon

CCP has announced that you can now register for the DUST 514 beta. DUST is a PS3 exclusive, free to play, MMO FPS that is connected to CCP’s EVE Online universe. In DUST, players can act as mercenaries for EVE players, and the outcome of DUST battles could result in the conquest of planets for EVE’s numerous player run corporations and alliances. If you are interested in trying this out, then you can sign up for the beta here.

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