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Weekly New-Release Rundown

September 8, 2011 | | Xbox 360 News

The day after Labor Day marks an enormous release date for the industry, with big name titles like Dead Island, Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine, and Driver: San Francisco all being released to this week. As the remnants of Tropical Storm Lee soak the Northeast to its core, gamers in the region should be happy to have a great excuse to sit back and enjoy a new release or two this weekend. In case you missed any of our coverage of the games released this week, here’s a short rundown of each.

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Space Marine Review

September 8, 2011 | | PS3 Reviews

While not perfect in and of itself, Warhammer 40,000: Space
Marine is by far one of the best video game entries into the
twenty-four-year-old licensed property to date, bringing with it an
incredibly fun and
fan-service riddled campaign and some relatively standard but competent
multiplayer.

Relic has been making games set in the Warhammer 40k universe since the
original RTS title Dawn of War back in 2004, and it is very clear many games
later that they above all game studios truly understand the license. With
that said, up until now they have only made real-time strategy titles based on
Warhammer so I was incredibly skeptical of Space Marine’s quality, and in some
ways it definitely shows that Relic has made very few action titles before.

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Little Bit of LittleBigPlanet 2 News

September 8, 2011 | | PS3 News

In the PlayStation Blog today a bunch of news dropped in regards to
LittleBigPlanet 2. First of all, and what makes the rest of the news
more appealing, LittleBigPlanet 2 is now $39.99. In addition, an update
for LBP2 brings PlayStation Move support into the fray! Finally, for a
limited time, you can dress your Sackboy up in a free “World Peace”
costume. So if you still don’t have LittleBigPlanet 2 and you just
needed the littlest of pushes, wait no more!

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Telltale Cranks Up The Action In Jurassic Park

September 7, 2011 | | PC News

The latest trailer for Telltale’s upcoming adventure game based on Jurassic Park shows this indie developer turning away from the slow pace and light tone of their previous games by focusing on action and giant lizards that want to eat you.

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A Game Of Thrones: The Game: Of Thrones Coming This Month

September 7, 2011 | | PC News

A Game Of Thrones: Genesis, based on the A Song of Fire And Ice books, has its release date set for the end of this month. The PC title is a real-time strategy game which also lets players forgo the battlefield to use politics, assassination and espionage to seize the Iron Throne.

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Gears of War 3 Launch Trailer: “From Dust To Dust”

September 7, 2011 | | Xbox 360 News

A new trailer for eagerly-anticipated shooter Gears
of War 3, entitled ‘From Dust to Dust’, has hit the internet, showing
off some stunning footage of Marcus Fenix and Delta Squad battling to save the
earth and the rest of humanity.

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Guardian Heroes on Xbox Live this October

September 7, 2011 | | Xbox 360 News

There
has been, in certain quarters of the gaming world, a frenetic buzz around the announcement
that classic action-RPG-brawler Guardian Heroes would be released
with shiny, updated HD graphics on Xbox Live Arcade since the story was
announced back in May. The hype is
surely due to intensify with the news today that the game will be released on
October 12th, for a mere 800 Microsoft points.

Weekly New-Release Rundown

Space Marine Review

Little Bit of LittleBigPlanet 2 News

Telltale Cranks Up The Action In Jurassic Park

A Game Of Thrones: The Game: Of Thrones Coming This Month

Gears of War 3 Launch Trailer: “From Dust To Dust”

Guardian Heroes on Xbox Live this October

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