How do you make playing Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D sound hilarious? Perhaps the best solution is to turn to the tried-and-true recourse for retailers of hard-to-summarize content in the age of YouTube: post a tongue-in-cheek viral advert. Capcom does it Onion-style in this fake news broadcast, replacing the usual …
Read More »Gears of War 3 Beta Guide
Maybe you’ve been chainsawing your way to the top of the Gears of War 3 beta leaderboards – or maybe you’ve had your face kicked in and body dismembered a few times too many. In either case, we’re here with some tips and tricks that may just give you the …
Read More »Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops review
Despite sounding like some strange cross-section between Splinter Cell and a farming and/or cult simulator, Shadow Harvest: Phantom Ops is a fitting name. See, like an actual harvest, Phantom Ops is an absolute chore. It’s like someone walked in on a bunch of gamers joking about everything that’s wrong with …
Read More »Japan gets Street Fighter-inspired Scott Pilgrim cover. No Fair!
Man it’s been a while since we performed a Scott Pilgrim circle jerk! It ain’t our fault! Boththe game (opens in new tab)andthe movie (opens in new tab)are out now in homes everywhere, andthe incredible comic series (opens in new tab)has been concluded for a while now. But lo! A …
Read More »Rush’N Attack Ex-Patriot review
Rush’N Attack: Ex-Patriot is the perfect game for retro fans who enjoyed the 1985 original but wanted it to suck. This game functions like a veritable checklist of what not to do when designing an HD remake/re-imagining/re-whatever. Contrary to successful throwback games like Bionic Commando: Rearmed and Shadow Complex, Rush’N …
Read More »The 100 best games of all time: the argue-scussion
Your hosts As you’re likely already aware, last week we posted our100 best gamesof all time list. Judging by the response from you and other readers around the internets, we ruffled a few feathers and “left out” some key games. We assumed this would happen (of course it would, there’s …
Read More »David Cage says L.A. Noire mo-cap tech is an interesting dead end, photorealism in five to six years
L.A. Noire’s mo-cop technology is impressive enough to earn the game a coveted spot in the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, but not, as it seems, enough to gain the respect of Quantic Dream’s David Cage. In a recent interview, Cage commented on the practicalities of using Depth Analysis’ MotionScan technology, …
Read More »Castlevania DLC delayed on Xbox 360 at the last minute
If you were waiting for the latest Castlevania: Lords of Shadow DLC for the 360, you may have noticed that… well, it isn’t there. Konami has now confirmed there were problems that forced the company to pull it at the very last minute. In a series of ongoing tweets from …
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