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Game Previews

In the Incubator: Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is Coming!

May 10, 2010

Everyone knows that feeling where you’ve seen the commercial or trailer for a video game and gone totally bananas at how awesome it looked. Months later, the game is released, and you’ve come to find that when you wasted $60 on subpar visuals and recycled gameplay, most of that footage might have been taken from [...]

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NIER: Story or Bust

April 26, 2010

Disease, darkness and an old man, what could be a better combo in the newest addition to the Square Enix franchise?  Set in a world where the Black Scawl virus runs rampant, 44-year old Nier is on a quest to save his sick daughter, Yonah.  With gorgeous scenery and an innovated RPG gameplay, NIER is [...]

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LA Hosts Super Street Fighter IV Party

April 23, 2010

Super Street Fighter IV will be released April 27th.  If you are really tired of waiting that long to get your hands on your favorite character (like I am); if you’re looking for an opportunity to score some giveaways like a possible early copy of the game (like I am), and if you live in [...]

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Lego Magic? Or Lego Mistake?

April 22, 2010

I love me some Harry Potter. I’ve read all the books at least a dozen times each, I have seen the movies, I’ve attended some of the midnight dress parties, and I even played the PC games that came out right as the first two movies were being released. Although, when it comes to the [...]

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Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions Tingles Spider Sense

April 21, 2010

Activision’s newest venture into Spider-Man videogames will be taking place in not only the standard Spider-Man universe, but also Spider-Man Noir and two other yet to be named universes.  Whatever your opinion on the previous Spider-Man games, there is no denying that Noir Spider-Man looks like the definition of bad ass.

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Madden: Putting on the Moves

April 14, 2010

As the NFL offseason heads towards the draft, development of Madden 11 is beginning to get underway. Doritos held a poll to determine the next Madden cover art athlete, who will be revealed on April 22 during the first round of the draft. The game itself will also undergo a big revamp in an effort [...]

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Civilization V: Will there be blood… or just more math?

April 7, 2010

It’s official! Civilization V is coming this fall, and the first trailer has been released for the latest in Sid Meier’s epic legacy. After the solid Civilization IV and it’s expansions, then the amazingly popular Civilization Revolutions for console (and soon to be ipad), Meier and Firaxis yet again look to bring the hammer down [...]

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Sonic 4: Another Bomb? Or Grand Savior?

April 6, 2010

1991… a year to remember for all Sonic fans, as that furry little hedgehog sped his way through the Green Hill Zone and straight into video game stardom. 1992… Miles “Tails” Prower provides much applauded variety to one of the best video games sequels of all time, proving that you don’t need wings, magic, or [...]

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Will ‘The Sims 3: Ambitions’ Be Ambitious Enough?

March 22, 2010

Electronic Arts recently announced a second expansion pack for the hit game The Sims 3. Titled Ambitions, the expansion pack offers users the chance to impact their game in a way that hasn’t been done with this franchise before: through good and bad choices.  The official website claims that players will truly be able to [...]

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Balls And Pratfalls – ABC and Activison Bring You Wipeout: The Game

March 19, 2010

Activision has announced plans for a video game based on ABC’s summer game show Wipeout for the Nintendo DS and Wii.  Players have to dodge a series of obstacles (the Sucker Punch, the Sweeper, the iconic Big Balls) to make it to the Wipeout Zone. Wipeout: The Game will feature four-player gameplay and no small [...]

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