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Hands-On With Aliens: Colonial Marines

April 19, 2012 | | Xbox 360 Features

The biggest cliché in video games is saving the Princess, but the second biggest is The Space Marine. Countless games have forced players to strap on the standard issue combat boots of generic troops to go out on bug hunts. But I can forgive Gearbox for making a game full of cosmic jarheads because their game Aliens: Colonial Marines is an official part of the franchise that gave us the cliche. Yes, space marines go back to the 50’s in the works of Heinlein and other military sci-fi writers, but James Cameron introduced audiences to the likes of gruff-but-concerned Sergeant Apone bad-ass Vasquez and “Seventeen Days? We’re not gonna last seventeen hours” Hudson.

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Hack, Slash, Loot – Review

April 18, 2012 | | PC Reviews

Have you ever played an ATARI 5200? If so, you’re in for a healthy dose of nostalgia. If not, you’re in luck because Hack, Slash, Loot (HSL) will give you a vibe that it is paying homage to the 1980’s and you’ll get to visit the ghost of gaming’s past. This independently developed game radiates dated 80’s technology from the sound effects and visuals to the very theme itself.

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Darksiders II: Pushed Back Into the Summer

April 18, 2012 | | Xbox 360 News

Looks like Death will have to wait! The sequel for the relativity acclaimed post apocalyptic platformer Darksiders, will unfortunately not be on stores shelves as early as we would have hoped. The sequel dubbed, Darksiders 2 is being produced by THQ and was set for a mid June release but news from studio today suggests we won’t be playing the game until August. Developers released the today in a blog post found on the original site here. Basically they make assurance that nothing will be cut and that the pushback is just to add, “polish” to the game. The original Darksiders allowed you to control War, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse as you returned to a shattered demon filled earth after being blamed for dooming the universe. In Darksiders 2 you play as Death, War’s brother who is convinced of War’s innocence and heads to earth to bring him back. Darksiders 2 will be available on Xboxb 360, Ps3 and PC.

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Halo Four Coming November 6th

April 18, 2012 | | Xbox 360 News

There’s been a new Halo game every year since 2009, and this year’s installment, Halo 4, arrives right on schedule this November 6th. This was announced on the Halo Waypoint today, complete with a video from the popular web series Red Versus Blue that reminds Spartans to “Remember to not Forget”.

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On the Shoulders of Sleeping Giants: Witcher 2 and Risen 2

April 17, 2012 | | PC Features

On the Shoulders of Sleeping Giants aims to raise awareness to what could be a ‘sleeper hit’ of an upcoming game, movie, television series, or comic. Usually these works have a new installment on the way and their predecessors were fantastic executions into the medium, but for whatever reason the initial work has gone slightly unnoticed by the bulk of the masses. This OtSoSG looks at The Witcher 2 and Risen 2.

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Hands-On With Sniper Elite v2

April 17, 2012 | | Xbox 360 Features

In Sniper Elite v2, it’s 1945 and you play as Karl Fairburne; an ally Sniper positioned in Germany. The Germans have been secretly working on the V-2 rocket; the first long-range combat-ballistic missile ever created. You’ve been tasked to bring this technology to the allies. The main focus of the game is the recovery of this V2 information, normally retrieved via the assassination or capture of German scientists. Your objective in the demo mission is to plant explosives along a planned route of travel for one of the scientists and to make sure it goes boom.

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Skullgirls: Review

April 17, 2012 | LazyAza | PS3 Reviews

Skullgirls doesn’t deliver on its promises of a newcomer friendly training system and its raw content is pretty light, especially in terms of single player.

Hands-On With Aliens: Colonial Marines

Hack, Slash, Loot – Review

Darksiders II: Pushed Back Into the Summer

Halo Four Coming November 6th

On the Shoulders of Sleeping Giants: Witcher 2 and Risen 2

Hands-On With Sniper Elite v2

Skullgirls: Review

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