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Spike TV VGAs: Respect my authoritah and watch this South Park RPG trailer

Posted on December 8, 2012 by John Scalzo

I haven’t watched South Park in years. I don’t know why, really, I guess we just grew apart. But man, the 2012 Spike TV Video Game Awards “World Premiere” trailer for THQ’s South Park: The Stick of Truth was pretty entertaining.

South Park: The Stick of Truth is in development at Obsidian and will be released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 next Spring.

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Spike TV VGAs: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 takes a bite out of modern day

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 is not messing around. Gabriel Belmont wakes up weak and unable to remember how he got to where he is. “Waters of life flow ever on, never stopping,” he says. He is weak and thin, but he remembers when he was regal and powerful. The trailer features huge monsters, gorgeous gamescapes, and… surprise! It’s in modern time. Get ready to have a modern-day vampire experience with a Castlevania game. I guess I better go buy the first one.

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will be released for the PS3 and Xbox 360 sometime in 2013.

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Spike TV VGAs: The Last of Us will be released on May 7

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Nicole Kline

For the first time, we get to see the characters we know from The Last of Us interact with other groups of survivors. “Once upon a time,” a character says as the trailer begins, “I had somebody I cared about. And in this sort of world, that’s only good for one thing: getting you killed.” There’s more gameplay, more gamescape, and more of those crazy rage monsters. Naughty Dog has hit it out of the park yet again.

I can’t wait until The Last of Us’s release on May 7.

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Spike TV VGAs: Lara Croft doesn’t raid any tombs in the latest Tomb Raider trailer

Posted on December 8, 2012 by John Scalzo

Lara Croft does a lot of things in the latest Tomb Raider trailer, which was unveiled last night at the Spike TV Video Game Awards. She uses a bow to shoot would-be attackers. She jumps onto a moving helicopter. She sneaks up on a guy and suffocates him. She blows **** up real good. But you know what she never does?

Lara Croft never raids any tombs in this Tomb Raider trailer!

Oh well, at least this reboot looks like a great survival story. And we’ll get a chance to play it ourselves when Tomb Raider is released for the PC, PS3, and Xbox 360 on March 5, 2013.

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Spike TV VGAs: Check out the latest BioShock Infinite gameplay trailer

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Nicole Kline

Ken Levine was on hand at the 2012 Spike TV Video Game Awards to introduce the world premiere of some new BioShock Infinite gameplay. He didn’t mention the game’s delay, but went right into discussing the trailer and what to expect.

First, we see Booker in his first meeting with Elizabeth (and, for the first time, I notice that her right pinky finger is missing, and there’s a thimble in its place). He gives her a key with a songbird on it. They transition into the second scene, in which we see a chaotic battle fought in the sky. Booker uses his special hook hand to jump the rails while shooting at enemies below. We also get to see the Handyman jump onto a ship and smash it in half with his giant hands. He jumps up on the rails and electrocutes them, forcing Booker to jump down. Oh, and Elizabeth tosses you ammo as you’re fighting. At the end, she does her weird terrain-changing trick, and the clip is over.

Can March 26 get here any more slowly?

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The Walking Dead shambles away as the big winner at the 2012 Spike TV VGAs

Posted on December 8, 2012 by John Scalzo

The tenth annual Spike TV Video Game Awards have been handed out and The Walking Dead has come away the big winner, trouncing more ambitious (and expensive) titles such as Halo 4 and Mass Effect 3.

The episodic adventure game based on Robert Kirkman’s comic book series won Game of the Year, Best Adapted Video Game and Best Downloadable Game. Developer Telltale Games also won Studio of the Year while Melissa Hutchinson was honored in the Best Performance By a Human Female category for her role as Clementine.

The other big winner of the night was thatgamecompany’s Journey, which nabbed three awards: Best PS3 Game, Best Independent Game, and Best Original Score. Gearbox’s Borderlands 2 also took home three awards: Best Shooter, Best Multiplayer Game, and Best Performance By a Human Male (Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack). The viewer-voted Best Character award was also given to Borderlands 2’s Claptrap.

Hit the jump for a complete list of winners from this year’s Spike TV Video Game Awards, which also includes XCOM: Enemy Unknown, New Super Mario Bros. U, Sound Shapes, and many others. (more…)

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Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch Hands-On Preview: Get Ready For a Beautiful Adventure

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Nicole Kline

There are many Japanese games I get excited about, even if they never end up coming here. But there’s one that I’ve been especially excited to see hit these shores for a very, very long time. I was pleased to finally be able to check out a demo – anything is better than nothing! And I can confirm that the demo for Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch is just as amazing as all of those words make it sound. (more…)

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BioShock Infinite release pushed back to March 26

Posted on December 7, 2012 by John Scalzo

If Irrational Games had stuck to their original schedule for BioShock Infinite, we’d all be playing it right now. But delays happen and usually that’s for the better. As Shigeru Miyamoto attests, “A delayed game is eventually good. A bad game is bad
forever.”

But today, Irrational’s Ken Levine has revealed that BioShock Infinite will miss its second release date. Previously set for a February 26 debut, the game will now be released on March 26.

According to Levine, the delay was approved to give the team at Irrational more time for final polish and bugfixing. “We know that this is going to ruffle some feathers,” Levine said. “But we’re willing to take the heat to make sure that BioShock Infinite is 100% the game our fans deserve.”

But have no fear, it’s only a month and a new BioShock Infinite trailer will be unveiled during tonight’s Spike TV Video Game Awards.

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