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Batman: Arkham City launch trailer is packed with supervillains

Posted on October 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

The release of Batman: Arkham City is just a few days away, so check out the game’s outstanding launch trailer above to further get yourself in the mood. A (literal) murderers row of supervillains is paraded through the trailer, ensuring that Batman will likely need to put a beatdown on your favorite. There’s Hugo Strange, Catwoman, Two-Face, The Joker, Bane, Solomon Grundy, The Riddler, Mr. Freeze, The Penguin, Talia al Ghul, Poison Ivy, and a few that I probably missed.

Batman: Arkham City will hit store shelves on October 18 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 (a PC version is set for November). If you watch the launch trailer on a continuous loop from now until then, you’d be able to view it about 2,121 times.

I can think of worse ways to spend a weekend.

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Grimlock rampages through Transformers: Fall of Cybertron teaser

Posted on October 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

Like most six year olds, Optimus Prime was my favorite Transformer. But Grimlock was my favorite toy. The Dinobot leader was at the center of so many of my kitchen table battles that he actually shattered after one nasty fight versus Abominus.

So seeing the first Transformers: Fall of Cybertron teaser, which stars a monstrous-looking Grimlock, is a particularly effective piece of marketing.

Transformers: Fall of Cybertron is in development at High Moon Studios and is currently on track for a 2012 release.

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Square Enix bringing Army Corps of Hell to America for Vita launch

Posted on October 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

Square Enix’s Army Corps of Hell was one of the biggest surprises to come out of this year’s Tokyo Game Show. The megapublisher would only confirm a Japanese release during show (obviously), but today they’ve revealed it’ll also be available for the Vita’s US launch next year.

Taking control of a massive army of goblins to win back Hell, players will make entensive use of the Vita’s rear touch pad to unleash hell on their enemies:

Defeated in battle, the King of Hell is stripped of his powers and banished from his throne. Burned to a meager corpse, the dethroned king uses the last of his strength to take command of a corps of weak-minded goblins. He commands this ragtag army of bloodthirsty goblins as he fights through hell to reclaim his throne, destroying his enemies and looting their corpses for equipment along the way.

Army Corps of Hell will also include a local co-op mode that promises bigger bosses and bigger loot. Awesome! Now we just have to narrow down when the Vita’s North American launch actually is.

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Madden NFL 12 blitzes the September NPD list

Posted on October 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

Boom! After taking the month of August off thanks to the NFL lockout, the debut of Madden NFL 12 has reclaimed its rightful spot at the top of The NPD Groups’s monthly rankings.

The football sim was joined at the top of the charts by other big new releases: Gears of War 3 chainsawed the second spot and Deep Silver’s Dead Island landed at #3 (behold the power of hype, folks). EA Sports claimed the rest of the top five with FIFA Soccer 12 at #4 and NHL 12 a spot below. Resistance 3 at #7 and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine at #10 round out the bevy of new releases on this NPD list.

Holdovers from previous months include Deus Ex: Human Revolution (#6), Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars (#8) and Call of Duty: Black Ops (#9).

The complete top ten can be found after the break. (more…)

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Activision confirms Amazing Spider-Man game

Posted on October 14, 2011 by John Scalzo

It should come as a surprise to no one, but Activision has confirmed they have a game based on next Summer’s The Amazing Spider-Man movie in production.

Doing their best Peter Parker, IGN snapped a picture of a poster advertising the game adaptation at this weekend’s New York Comic-Con. But aside from confirmation of the developer (Beenox, who has worked on the last two Spider-Man games), there’s very little to go on.

Allow me to go out on a limb and guess that it’ll be released in late June (just ahead of the movie’s July 3, 2012 opening) for every platform under the sun.

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Daily Scoop: October 13, 2011 – Dysentery is no longer a concern

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Nicole Kline

Thursday’s here, and it’s brought with it a ton more rain. Like Philadelphia needed more rain! Ha. It’s also brought some joy, though – I finally caught up to where my boyfriend is in “Breaking Bad,” meaning we can watch more of season 4 together tonight. I’ve been thinking, too – wouldn’t it make an amazing video game? I can see it already: meth lab Quick Time Events. Brilliant!

Moving on to today’s deals! Amazon’s Deal of the Day in video games is Activision’s Call of Duty: World at War for $15.99 on the PlayStation 3. If you don’t already have this amazing Treyarch game, you might want to pick it up. Come to think of it, I don’t have this game! I may want to scoop it myself…

Today’s Ript is entitled “Trail Invaders,” and marries Oregon Trail to Space Invaders, just as you suspected when you read the name: (more…)

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Multiply your nostalgia with this GoldenEye 007: Reloaded multiplayer trailer

Posted on October 13, 2011 by John Scalzo

If you spent your high school and/or college days crowded around multi-day multiplayer sessions of GoldenEye 007, this new trailer for GoldenEye 007: Reloaded will be of great interest to you.

For the kids? No, for me (and everyone like me that grew up on the original GoldenEye).

GoldenEye 007: Reloaded will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on November 1.

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Nintendo Download: October 13, 2011

Posted on October 13, 2011 by John Scalzo

This week’s Nintendo Download features a pair of furry games and a pair of big numbers.

The furriness is provided by Catrap (3DS eShop), a maze game originally released for the Game Boy, and Furry Legends (DSiWare), a puzzle platformer based on the WiiWare title of the same name.

The big numbers are provided by 101-in-1 Explosive Megamix (WiiWare), a massive collection of minigames, and 1001 BlockBusters (DSiWare), a brick-breaking game that promises… you guessed it… 1001 levels.

More details on all of this week’s additions to the Nintendo Download can be found in their weekly newsletter.

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