 Borderlands 2 trailer: turrets, electro-kills, cleavage... and a release date
 22.02.2012 14:51  1 views  0 comments
Gearbox wows our eyeballs with new Borderlands footage.
Jewel of Britain's west coast though Brighton undoubtedly is, with its many glorious beach-front arcades, I'd much rather be at home playing Borderlands 2. Sadly, we'll all have to wait till 18th September for the pleasure.
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| Metal Gear Solid 5 outed? Big Boss needs you
22.02.2012 14:21 1 views 0 comments
Konami advertises for "next" MGS.
This report comes to you from a small cardboard box in the deepest, darkest jungle. Not really, it comes from a Wifi cafe in Brighton, where I am covering the annual TestFest conference. Except apparently I'm here writing about Metal Gear Solid 5 instead. Go multi-tasking!
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| Mass Effect 3 DLC From Ashes hits Xbox Live early
22.02.2012 14:16 1 views 0 comments
Contains startling secret you may not want to read about.
Honk if you hate spoilers! A piece of Mass Effect 3 downloadable content has appeared by mistake on Xbox Live Marketplace, revealing the existence of a secret character.
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| Max Payne 3 multiplayer: Deft jump, or wild leap of faith?
22.02.2012 13:00 1 views 0 comments
Matchmaking with the man with nothing to lose.
Narrative might be king in the world of Max Payne, but beneath the noir-crust there's something more important: jumping slowly through the air while shooting people in the face. When we first heard murmurs about Max Payne 3's multiplayer, we were puzzled as to how this might make the cut. After a few hours of diving through glass while gunning down strangers, any concerns we had went out of the window with an equal sense of disregard.
           
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| Armored Core 5: our best robots
22.02.2012 9:00 1 views 0 comments
The tough, the quick and the utterly fabulous.
Not to be confused with Armored Courgette, From Software's Armored Core series has been around since the original Playstation - offering giant robotic jollies to anyone hardcore enough to learn the ropes.
       
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| Syndicate
21.02.2012 17:00 5 views 0 comments
A tale of Syn and punishment.
The idea of a review is to criticise a game for what it is, not what it isn't. We'd be awfully upset if someone wrote 800 invective-laced words about what terrible ballet dancers we are. We're not trying to be ballet dancers, we're trying to be the world's most talented, handsomest and most pleasantly fragrant band of videogames writers. As far as that stuff's concerned, you're weapons-free.
           
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| Xbox Live update: what's new this week?
21.02.2012 16:14 6 views 0 comments
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SSX demos, UFC DLC and Alan Wake, that's what.
It's another bustling week on the Marketplace, with Modern Warfare 3, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Saints Row: The Third and Final Fantasy XIII-2 contributing meaty DLC drops, while Alan Wake's American Nightmare livens up the Arcade section.
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| SSX tips: Tricks, Geotags and winning tactics
21.02.2012 15:19 5 views 0 comments
Into snow business? We'll make you a star.
There's an SSX demo available on Xbox Live today, providing you're signed up to the full Gold service like a normal, healthy human being. If you've any love at all for snow, we recommend giving it a look. The two-track taster fills 1.24 GB, so factor in cup-of-tea-time while it downloads. Better still, fill the minutes by glancing over the essential gameplay pointers below.
  
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| Mass Effect 3 War Assets list escapes from demo, mega-spoilers on-board
21.02.2012 12:49 6 views 0 comments
This article's spoiler free, but the link at the bottom isn't.
You stand at a crossroads, Shepard. Mass Effect 3's epic could be the most nerve-wracking story experience you'll play all year, or utterly predictable. It all depends on whether you click the link at the bottom of this page.
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| SSX demo hits Xbox Live, plus free classic character unlocks
21.02.2012 12:02 6 views 0 comments
Nail tricks and share ghosts in EA's online build.
EA has released an SSX demo on Xbox Live Marketplace. It's a three event affair - tutorial, Race It and Trick It - with online functionality in the form of ghost saves and leaderboards.
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| Far Cry 2 had 50 stories, Far Cry 3 has one
21.02.2012 11:48 6 views 0 comments
Ubisoft thinks "traditional storytelling" beats "choose your own adventure".
Ubisoft is taking a more focused approach with Far Cry 3's story than in Far Cry 2, asserting that "traditional storytelling" is more powerful than multiple choice. Don't tear your hair out in rage just yet, non-linearity fans: the game will support and respond to a range of gameplay approaches.
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| Bethesda: Skyrim proves "you don't have to dumb down" core games
21.02.2012 11:19 7 views 0 comments
"We underestimate how many core gamers there are," says Howard.
Why do people love Skyrim so much, Bethesda? Is it the mountains? The dwarven cities? The wolves catching fire and falling down hills? The relentless patching? The nudge-winking over DLC?
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| GTA TV and Rockstar TV trademarks snapped up by Take-Two
21.02.2012 9:57 6 views 0 comments
GTA 5 to feature new video strategy?.
Take-Two Interactive has trademarked "GTA TV" and "Rockstar TV", possibly auguring an all-new level of trans-media promotion for Grand Theft Auto 5.
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| Who will slay the cover shooter?
20.02.2012 19:41 7 views 0 comments
Fast and loose thoughts from Ed on a great mechanic gone sour.
There was a time, many moons ago, when the absolute worst possible thing you could do in a game was stop moving. The left side of the screen plunged after you, whispering of oblivion. Ledges crumbled as you reached them, recommending you to the attention of their brothers and sisters further up the shaft. UFOs rained lethal blips, and obscure ghosts chased you around yellowing mazes. Shapes trundled relentlessly into formation, filling your vision unless you worked to arrange and expunge them. You were a shark, hurtling through gaming's ocean. Stopping meant suffocation.
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| Mass Effect 3 review: Shepard needs you
20.02.2012 17:44 7 views 0 comments
How should we play the year's biggest RPG?.
Our review copy of Mass Effect 3 is even now streaming from orbit, corners glowing white-hot as it plummets towards the desk of a person who probably isn't the person writing this, damn you all to hell and back. We have an inkling we'll enjoy BioWare's latest role-player - put it down to Salarian intuition, bolstered by a week's worth of dedicated preview coverage.
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| Alan Wake's American Nightmare
20.02.2012 17:00 8 views 0 comments
You're good, but are you up to Mr Scratch?.
American Nightmare begins perfectly with the intro to a TV show that's shamelessly evocative of its influences. Alan Wake was always in love with The Twilight Zone, but the corny homages of the original game have gone. TV and reality have been reversed, and Alan has to think his way through a storyline while watching his evil twin wreaking what might just be real-world havoc on the box.
             
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| Infinity Ward looking at Modern Warfare 3 story DLC
20.02.2012 16:30 7 views 0 comments
New MW3 maps will be "bigger, more sniper-friendly".
Infinity Ward has sold us many things over the years - gravelly intros, gold-plated guns that reload slightly faster than the bullets they fire, opt-in airport massacres - but one place Activision's flagship Call of Duty studio has never dared venture is story DLC. The presence of the words "campaign extension" in recent Modern Warfare 3 DLC trailers was thus a bit of surprise, and we were eager to push creative strategist Robert Bowling on the subject when we spoke to him in January.
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| Valve: we'll enter the hardware market if we have to
20.02.2012 14:59 7 views 0 comments
"We have no reason to believe we're any good at it".
Watch out Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo. Valve Corporation is willing to enter the hardware business if it's necessary to keep the industry's creative juices flowing. Half-Life 3 for SteamBox confirmed?
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| The OXM Report - Hitman Absolution
20.02.2012 10:34 9 views 0 comments
Barcode-bonce swoops in for the kill.
If you've ever dreamed of being a sinister-looking bald man who murders people for money, then you've probably already played a Hitman game. If you've failed to see the appeal so far - or worse, ended up watching the movie by accident - now's a good time to catch up on what you missed. Order a copy of Blood Money online, pop on the kettle, and click the video below.
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| Chronicles of Riddick was almost a "Devil May Cry rip-off", reveals producer
20.02.2012 10:24 8 views 0 comments
"We were being told constantly not to do what we were doing, and we did it anyway.".
Talk about close calls. The celebrated Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay - great hope of the game adaptation business till Batman: Arkham Asylum came along - was almost something more akin to a bog-standard action game.
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