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Rolling Stones: Thoughts “On Rock Of Ages”

Rolling Stones: Thoughts “On Rock Of Ages” Now, let me start this article by saying this; I am not an RTS or Strategy Gamer by any stretch, the appeal of setting up little windmills and armouries, and commanding an army of tiny little people in a miniature replica of 17th century Britain has never quite been made sense of in that simplistic FPS...
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Nura Rise of the Yokai Clan Game Trailer

Nura Rise of the Yokai Clan Game Trailer We previously announced that a video game adaptation of the Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan anime series was in production. Until now, we had yet to see much of the game. A trailer has been released for the yokai fighting game, known by it’s mouthful of a title Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan – Great War...
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Dead Island: The Book – Review

Dead Island: The Book – Review Dead Island: The Book Author: Mark Morris Publisher: Bantam/Transworld Publishers Platform: Paper Released: 8th September In our review of the game, Dead Island was criticized for a bland and poorly explained story. With the novelisation telling the same story as the game, can this book put more weight...
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Rockstar Announces Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition

Rockstar Announces Red Dead Redemption: Game of the Year Edition Just when you thought that Rockstar Games had finished dealing with Red Dead Redemption, the high successful and critically acclaimed open world western is getting a Game of the Year treatment. The game itself has sold over 11 million copies since its release in May last year, with a slew of downloadable...
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Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Two Mission Demo

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Two Mission Demo Namco Bandai’s Ace Combat series is renowned for its intense fighter jet dog fights and its next instalment in the series ‘Ace Combat: Assault Horizon’ will be no different. Players can get a taste of what’s to come in the brand new demo which features two missions, in the first players take...
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Nintendo 3DS Pre-TGS Event Wrap Up

Nintendo 3DS Pre-TGS Event Wrap Up What a day for Nintendo. Today, they held a pre-TGS event where there were a bucket load of announcements, both from Nintendo and third party partners. Below, there is a list of all of our articles covering the event. Thanks goes out to Travis, Dustin and Luke for providing the articles. Also, make sure you...
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RAGE: Hands on Preview

RAGE: Hands on Preview Yesterday, I had the extremely fortunate opportunity to attend a small media release event being held in Sydney to show off id Software’s newest FPS: RAGE. Present at the event was none other than id Software’s creative director Tim Willits, who was the former co-owner of the company. It was...
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El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Now Available in Australia…

El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron Now Available in Australia… The heavenly tale of El Shaddai: Ascension of the Metatron is now out in Australia, and all of you can bid thanks to the folks over at Konami for publishing UTV Ignition’s visual masterpiece in the region. For those unfamiliar, El Shaddai put’s players in the role of Enoch as he climbs the Tower...
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Zelda: Skyward Sword Special Edition – 3DS Conference 2011

Zelda: Skyward Sword Special Edition – 3DS Conference 2011 Nintendo has revealed a special edition version for their hotly anticipated The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword at their pre-TGS 3DS conference. The special edition of Skyward Sword is set to come packaged in a special Golden box, with a limited edition Golden wii remote and Golden game disc bundled...
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Gatchaman teams up with Monster Hunter 3G for promos

Gatchaman teams up with Monster Hunter 3G for promos It looks like Tatsunoko has joined forces with Capcom, G-Force’s that is. G-Force Gatchaman will be utilised in the promotion of the upcoming Monster Hunter 3G title for the Nintendo 3DS which was previously announced during Nintendo’s pre-TGS 3DS Conference. Several commercials featuring the...
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Dynasty Warriors VS announced for Nintendo 3DS

Dynasty Warriors VS announced for Nintendo 3DS When the Nintendo 3DS was released in North America, Tecmo Koei released one title for it from their Warriors game line-up. It wasn’t a Dynasty Warriors title however, it was actually Samurai Warriors. It didn’t take long however for Tecmo Koei to announce that they will be bringing their bread...
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Kid Icarus: Uprising delayed until early 2012; anime announced

Kid Icarus: Uprising delayed until early 2012; anime announced When it was announced earlier this year, Nintendo said that Kid Icarus: Uprising would be released sometime this year. Unfortunately that won’t happen anymore because during the 3DS Conference 2011 that Nintendo held earlier today, they announced that the game had been pushed back into the early...
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Fire Emblem 3DS Announced! – 3DS Conference 2011

Fire Emblem 3DS Announced! – 3DS Conference 2011 During Nintendo’s pre-TGS 3DS conference, they have announced that a new Fire Emblem title will be making it’s way to the Nintendo 3DS during 2012. They displayed some video footage of the title displaying graphics comparable to Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn, which looks simply astounding. Also on...
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Monster Hunter 4 being developed for Nintendo 3DS

Monster Hunter 4 being developed for Nintendo 3DS The Monster Hunter series is a huge series all around the world, not only is it popular here in North America, but it is extremely popular in Japan. So it only makes sense that during the Pre-Tokyo Game Show event held today, Satoru Iwata announced that there is a Monster Hunter 4 game being developed...
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Black Ops’ Rezurrection DLC arriving on PS3 and PC September 22nd

Black Ops’ Rezurrection DLC arriving on PS3 and PC September 22nd Since the DLC was released as a time exclusive on the Xbox 360 last month, some news came in today that should surprise absolutely nobody, the release date for the PlayStation 3 and PC versions of Call of Duty: Black Ops’ Rezurrection DLC has been announced. Releasing on September 22nd, the package...
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Gears of War 3 golden weapon skins to be given out during Golden Wings Week

Gears of War 3 golden weapon skins to be given out during Golden Wings Week If you took part in the Gears of War 3 beta back in April then you may have unlocked a gold plated retro lancer. But if you only sampled the beta and didn’t unlock the skins, or just never took part in it then don’t worry, you will still be able to get yourself a gold weapon in the form of a...
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Sonic Generations Rival Render Revealed

Sonic Generations Rival Render Revealed Shadow the Hedgehog made his debut on the Dreamcast in 2001′s Sonic Adventure 2, and quickly became a very popular character amongst Sonic fans. The anti-hero has been one of the few new editions to the recent Sonic roster to be so happily embraced, and as a result even scored his own self-titled game...
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Max Payne HD Port Coming to Mobile Devices

Max Payne HD Port Coming to Mobile Devices The original Max Payne was a ground breaking third-person shooter released in 2001, sporting a stylish presentation and engaging story, making Mr Payne one of the action genre’s first multi-dimensional characters in video game history, as well as helping of popularizing the idea of...
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Red Dead Redemption Title Update Available Now

Red Dead Redemption Title Update Available Now Rockstar Games have released a new title update for Red Dead Redemption and Undead Nightmare in preparation for the upcoming free downloadable content Myths and Mavericks Park. Both Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 players will be prompted to download the update when they next log in into Xbox LIVE and...
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Crimson Alliance Review

Crimson Alliance Review Crimson Alliance Developer: Certain Affinity Publisher: Xbox LIVE Arcade Platform: XBLA Release date: 7 September 2011 Price: 1200 MP (3 class pack), 800 MP (one class pack), Free Trial (here) Overview: Crimson Alliance has a tough act to follow. As a top down action-RPG it falls roughly into the same genre...
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Deus Ex: Human Revolution Coming Soon to Mac!

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Coming Soon to Mac! Mac gamers rejoice! Today Feral Interactive that Deus Ex: Human Revolution will be released for the Mac in winter 2011/12. for game consoles and PC, its awesome to hear The prequel to the classic Deus Ex has already seen a very successful release on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and the PC earlier last month,...
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EA and Starbreeze studios announce Syndicate remake release

EA and Starbreeze studios announce Syndicate remake release In exciting news, EA and Starbreeze studios have revealed an exciting project, remaking and restyling the classic retro title “Syndicate” for todays generation of consoles. Originally released as an isometric real time tactical game by the now closed down Bullfrog studios, Starbreeze and EA have...
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New Saints Row The Third Gang Trailer: Meet The Deckers

New Saints Row The Third Gang Trailer: Meet The Deckers THQ have released a new trailer showing off another opposing gang, The Deckers, to the Saints which will be featured in the third installment of the Saints Row series. The Deckers, led by self-appointed Cyber God, Matt Miller, are a group of cyber-terrorising criminals who decide to target the Saints....
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BloodRayne: Betrayal Review

BloodRayne: Betrayal Review BloodRayne: Betrayal Developer: WayForward Technologies Publisher: Majesco Entertainment Platforms: XBLA (reviewed), PSN Release Date: September 7, 2011 Price: 1200 MSP – (Available Here) Overview Recently when I think about vampires, I find myself seeing Alice from the Twilight saga. That’s not...
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WayForward debuts first Trailer for Aliens: Infestation…

WayForward debuts first Trailer for Aliens: Infestation… Earlier this year, we got word of Aliens: Infestation, which is being developed by Wayforward and Gearbox. Needless to say, this title will be a 2D side-scroller, as that is pretty much Wayforward’s calling card. After months of waiting, a trailer for the game has finally emerged and things are...
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Red Dead Redemption Mavericks Pack available September 13

Red Dead Redemption Mavericks Pack available September 13 Rockstar have announced the free Red Dead Redemption Myths and Mavericks Bonus Pack will be available for download on Playstation Network and Xbox LIVE on September 13. Rockstar says the DLC is a token of appreciation for the Red Dead fans who have been playing online multiplayer and keeping the experience...
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