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New Releases: Starhawk, More

Posted on May 5, 2012 by John Scalzo

In just one more week this seemingly never-ending Spring drought will be over. But until then, there’s still one big release to talk about this week and it’s Starhawk, Sony’s spacefaring spiritual sequel to Warhawk.

Also available this week is a quartet of PC games: Warlock: Master of the Arcane, a turn-based strategy game; Nexuiz, a team-based first person shooter that was originally due out last week; Nancy Drew: Tomb of the Lost Queen, the latest game starring everyone’s favorite sleuth; and House of 1,000 Doors: The Palm of Zoroaster, an adventure game.

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New Hell Yeah! gameplay trailer brings you “Full Frontal Violence”

Posted on May 4, 2012 by John Scalzo

Arkedo Studio is hard at work on Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit, their action/platformer/jetpack driller simulator, and they’ve released the above gameplay trailer to prove it. How can you say “no” to a game that promises “Full Frontal Violence… In Your Face”?

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit will be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 this Summer.

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Diablo III Beta Impressions: Your Idle Hands Will Soon Belong to Diablo

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Nicole Kline

For those of us who have been pouting and kicking dirt around, complaining about how Diablo III looked too much like World of Warcraft, or how it was taking oh so long to have a release date, I’ve got some news for you. It’s coming, and it’s spectacular. From what I saw in the beta (that ended May 1) – a beta that comprised roughly 3% of the game, if you can believe what you read on the Internet – I can safely say that I’m about to lose a chunk of my life in the next few weeks. Forget blacking out from drinking: I’m about to go on a full Diablo III binge. (more…)

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First Elder Scrolls Online trailer released

Posted on May 4, 2012 by John Scalzo

“Salvation cannot come from one hero alone… but from many.”

Here’s the announcement trailer for The Elder Scrolls Online, Bethesda’s 2013 MMO re-envisioning of their massively popular RPG series. The teaser is a bit short on new information, but the game is still at least a year away.

The Internet consensus seems to believe that Michael Gambon (Dumbledore from the Harry Potter movies) provides the trailer’s narration. However, to my ears it sounds like a Christopher Lee and Bill Nighy double team.

Maybe I need to get my hearing checked.

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Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3 Hands-On Preview: Resurrecting a Zombie in More Ways Than One

Posted on May 3, 2012 by John Scalzo

When the third episode of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness was canceled in 2010, I have to admit, I was a bit shocked. The first two games in the series provided plenty of RPG thrills and all the Penny Arcade-style humor I could ever ask for.

I was equally shocked when the RPG series was reborn under the slightly less laborious title, Penny Arcade’s On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness 3. Now in the hands of Zeboyd Games, an indie development house known for their love of 16-bit RPGs, the game was playable for the first time at last month’s PAX East expo. And play it I did. (more…)

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THQ fools us all, announces Saints Row 3: Enter the Dominatrix standalone expansion

Posted on May 3, 2012 by John Scalzo

On April 1st, THQ announced Saints Row: The Third – Enter the Dominatrix, a standalone expansion to Saints Row: The Third that trapped the Third Street Saints inside an extraterrestrial virtual reality machine. I guess the joke’s on all of us, because it’s real.

THQ reannounced Enter the Dominatrix today and revealed that it’ll be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 this Fall. The game will carry a suggested retail price of $29.99 and include something every Saints Row fan has been asking for: “freaking super powers.”

“Faster than a speeding cyber jetbike, more powerful than a roided-out Luchadore, able to leap flying aircraft carriers in a single bound… That’s the power you’ll find inside the Dominatrix. Use it for good. Use it for evil. Use it for whatever you want. As always in Saints Row, it’s up to you,” said Danny Bilson, Executive Vice President of Core Game Production at THQ.

Still don’t believe? Trust me, you want to believe:

Saints Row: The Third – Enter the Dominatrix picks up immediately following the events of Saints Row: The Third. For centuries, alien warlord Zinyak has eyed Earth and its precious natural resources and females with a watchful eye. As he prepares an armada for invasion, he has only one worry: the Third Street Saints.

Now, in order to prepare his forces for domination, Zinyak captures the leader of the Saints and imprisons him in an elaborate virtual reality simulation. This simulation program looks and feels like Steelport, but it is the world that has been pulled over your eyes to blind you from the truth. Here, you are a slave. Welcome… to the Dominatrix.

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GameTrailers gets to the bottom of CoD Black Ops II trailer

Posted on May 3, 2012 by John Scalzo

GameTrailers has given the Pop-Block treatment to the Call of Duty: Black Ops II reveal trailer. Using their advanced sleuthing skills they deduce what types of weapons and vehicles we can expect to see in the game, what real-life locales we’ll be visiting, and just who is involved in this future war.

Call of Duty: Black Ops II will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on November 13. But I’ll bet you knew that already.

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Bethesda Softworks announces Elder Scrolls MMO

Posted on May 3, 2012 by Melissa Niedringhaus

Bethesda Softworks today announced The Elder Scrolls Online, which will be the first Elder Scrolls game that allows players to explore the vast world of the Elder Scrolls with others in a massively multiplayer online setting. The game has been in development for the Mac and PC since 2007 by ZeniMax Online Studios, whose staff has worked on games like Dark Age of Camelot, Warhammer Online, Star Wars: Galaxies, Ultima Online and The Sims Online.

Matt Firor, game director of The Elder Scrolls Online, states that his team has been “Working hard to create an online world in which players will be able to experience the epic Elder Scrolls universe with their friends, something fans have long said they wanted.”

The world’s first look (including a teaser trailer and screenshots) at The Elder Scrolls Online will take place over at GameInformer.com throughout the month. As you can see to your left, the game has also been selected to grace the cover of the June issue of the mag (which will be shipped to subscribers on May 8).

Even ore information about the game will be available in the coming months, so to keep up with updates, check out the official Twitter account and Facebook page for the game, or the Bethesda forums, if you’re into that kind of thing.

Bethesda has given The Elder Scrolls Online a 2013 release date.

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