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Give me Assassin’s Creed III or give me death!

Posted on March 1, 2012 by John Scalzo

Ubisoft released the boxart for Assassin’s Creed III today and, as rumored, the franchise will be jumping forward to Revolutionary War times.

While we don’t know which of Desmond’s ancestors this is, the white robe shows he’s definitely an assassin. And the tomahawk and quiver show that he’s likely part Native American (or he was captured as a child like Mary Jemison). But Native American or not, that Redcoat’s brain is definitely about to get very drafty.

Assassin’s Creed III will be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on October 30. More details will be revealed in a few days, probably during the Game Developers Conference.

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Kingdoms of Amalur’s story continues March 20 with The Legend of Dead Kel

Posted on February 29, 2012 by John Scalzo

The story for EA’s Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will expand next month thanks to the recently announced expansion, The Legend of Dead Kel. Man, I hope Kenan didn’t do it, that would break my heart.

Mildly obscure mid-90s references aside, The Legend of Dead Kel opens up the land of Gallows End, “a gigantic new continent to explore.” There, players will claim ownership of an estate and “experience new weapons, Twists of Fate and other perks against new enemies.” Finally, the expansion will offer “numerous side quests, multiple dungeons to explore and a colorful cast of characters.”

All this can be yours on March 20 for 800 Microsoft Points (from the Xbox Live Marketplace) or $10 (from Origin, Steam, or the PlayStation Store).

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Mass Effect 3 Hands-On Preview: Big Damn Heroes

Posted on February 28, 2012 by John Llewellyn Martin

Commander Shepard is coming back to finish the fight! Wait, that’s from another game. Regardless, s/he is returning in the final installment of the epic Mass Effect trilogy, looking to kick Reaper butt, save Earth, and maybe get a little alien snoo-snoo on the side. To help facilitate excitement for the March 6 release, BioWare and Electronic Arts have put out a demo to get fans hungry for the third act of this space opera. Is it more unbridled, space-faring fun? Or will it make you want to punch a reporter in the face? (more…)

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Epic will unveil Unreal Engine 4 at GDC behind closed doors

Posted on February 28, 2012 by John Scalzo

Two weeks ago, Epic’s Mark Rein told the world that the developer would reveal their Unreal Engine 4 sometime in 2012. Apparently he meant “really really soon” as the company has confirmed that the Unreal Engine 4 will make its worldwide debut at this year’s Game Developers Conference.

Naturally, the Unreal Engine 4 will be shown off “behind closed doors” during the March 5-9 industry gathering. Epic is also asking prospective clients to sign a non-disclosure agreement before viewing the UE4 demo, so I’m not getting my hopes up too high about learning something new about the next-generation graphics engine.

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Guild Wars 2 beta signups gone wild

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Melissa Niedringhaus

In an effort to keep gamers from ever seeing their friends or family again, NCSoft and ArenaNet opened the signups for the Guild Wars 2 closed beta on February 22nd for a mere 48 hours. In that short time, they received over one million signup requests.

For those of you that missed out, the next closed beta is scheduled for sometime in late March, and will provide you the opportunity to experience Guild Wars 2’s RPG elements, World vs. World battles and social gameplay before any of the slow pokes who can’t click the signup button fast enough.

If you want to see what all the hubbub is about, check out the official Guild Wars 2 website for more information!

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Mass Effect 3 goes live action with new “Fight” trailer

Posted on February 27, 2012 by John Scalzo

BioWare has released another trailer for Mass Effect 3, but this one’s different… it’s live action! If you watched last night’s episode of “The Walking Dead,” you’ve already seen it. But if not, prepare to fight and “Take Earth Back” by watching the above video.

Mass Effect 3 will be available for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on March 6. But you knew that already.

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New Releases: SSX, Binary Domain, Devil Survivor 2, More

Posted on February 25, 2012 by John Scalzo

With Sony’s Vita launch behind us, the rest of the video game world closes out February with a few big releases:

OK, that last one was a joke. You can check out the full list of the rest of this week’s new releases after the break. (more…)

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RE: Operation Raccoon City brutalizes the PC on May 18; new trailer released

Posted on February 24, 2012 by John Scalzo

According to Capcom, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be absolutely brutal. And if this new trailer is anything to go by, they’re right. Allow me to channel my inner Joe Bob Briggs for a second here as I catalog all the carnage…

We’ve got exploding zombies, flaming zombies, stabbed zombies, headshots, kneeshots, throat slashes, ninja-fu, bra-fu, and kicking-a-mutant-in-the-balls-fu. If Joe Bob Briggs were still on the air, I’m sure he’d say “Check it out!”

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on March 20 with a PC version to follow on May 18.

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