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Video Game Canon- Angry Birds, Dragon Quest, FIFA Soccer, and Silent Hill are the World Video Game Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026
- BAFTA Games Awards: All the Winners from 2003 to Today
- Clair Obscur Completes the Sweep by Winning “Best Game” at 2025-2026 BAFTA Games Awards
- Boss Fight Books to Get a New Look for Richard Moss’s “Age of Empires”
- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
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- Video Game Research Library
- We Pitched a Museum a 1993 Game Hint Line (And They Actually Said Yes) – Yarn Spinner (2026)
- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Most Recent: Xbox 360
New Releases: Borderlands 2, Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Set, F1 2012, More
The Fall gaming rush has definitely arrived as one of this season’s most anticipated releases, Borderlands 2 (PC, PS3, Xbox 360), will be available in stores this week. If wacky adventures on Pandora in search of loot aren’t your thing, then perhaps you’d prefer to punch it out with your friends thanks to the massive Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Collector’s Set (PS3, Xbox 360).
If neither of these options are to your liking, there’s always the open wheel racing thrills of F1 2012 (PS3, Xbox 360) and several other new releases that can be found after the break. (more…)
Fuse (formerly known as Overstrike) set for March 2013 release
Insomniac Games is working with EA on its first multiplatform release. Originally known as Overstrike, it’s now called Fuse. The official announcement trailer can be seen above, and it’s a bit different from the E3 2011 trailer.
While the Insomniac feel is still there – the crazy weapons, the giant enemies – there’s definitely a change in tone between those two trailers. Gone is the cartoony fun we know from Ratchet and Clank. There’s more of a Resistance feel happening here, but even that seems a bit stripped down. Hopefully teaming up with EA and going multiplatform isn’t choking the creativity out of this much-beloved studio.
First Earth Defense Force 4 trailer and details revealed
How many hours have I poured into Earth Defense Force 2017 and Earth Defense Force: Insect Armageddon. Probably more than most people would consider healthy. So it is with great sadness that I tell you that Earth Defense Force 4 still doesn’t have a North American release date. However, what it does have is a debut trailer and some fresh gameplay details courtesy of Famitsu (via Destructoid).
The fourth official game in the series takes place in 2025, eight years after the events of EDF 2017. The Ravagers left a little surprise for humanity after a lone soldier kicked their alien asses. A colony of giant bugs has been growing beneath the Earth’s surface and now they’re ready to strike!
But humanity has a few new tricks of their own. The EDF has been outfitted with weaponry scavenged from the Ravagers previous attack including the jetpack squadron known as “Wing Divers” with their “Foreigner” guns. And taking a page from Insect Armageddon, developer Sandlot also plans to expand on the online multiplayer offerings in EDF4.
Earth Defense Force 4 is in development for the PS3 and Xbox 360 and will be available in Japan next year. Let’s hope D3 announces a US release date soon or I might just be forced to unleash a real swarm of giant ants and spiders on the world to get my EDF fix.
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Tagged Earth Defense Force 2025
XBLA Today: Joe Danger 2 The Movie
In another special Friday update, Microsoft has added the further adventures of stuntman Joe Danger to the Xbox Live Arcade library.
Joe Danger 2: The Movie was developed by Hello Games and published by Microsoft themselves. You can download it now for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15):
Take Joe Danger on a death-defying thrill ride across the set of the greatest blockbuster movie ever made. Chase crooks on your police bike, destroy laser firing robots with a stolen jetpack, escape giant boulders in a minecart, time-travel to punch dinosaurs and divert the nuclear missiles on your unicycle! Beat your friends in fun 4 player multiplayer! Download endless new scenes from around the world, or create your own in the Movie Maker!
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Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 starts scoring on September 25
Get your studs on, because Konami’s FIFA rival Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 is coming to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC on September 25th. The company hopes to hand players an unparalleled level of control over the on-pitch action, making sure every pass, tackle and shot is performed as the gamer intends. As well as the UEFA Champions League, which has appeared in past games, for the first time a Pro Evolution Soccer game will feature all twenty teams from Campeonato Brasileiro Serie A.
As well as the teams, the players will be controlled by what Konami has dubbed ProActive AI, meaning players will not just look like their real-life counterparts, but also behave like them, from how they run and tackle, to which foot they favour when they shoot.
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Tagged Pro Evolution Soccer 2013
Borderlands 2 Mechromancer DLC coming October 16
The Borderlands 2 pre-order bonus news is finally official: you’ll be able to play as Gaige the Mechromancer, pictured above, starting October 16. The DLC will be free to those who pre-order the game at participating retailers (which, according to the Blands 2 website, seems to be just Amazon, Best Buy, or GameStop). For those who don’t have the Premiere Club Membership, the DLC will cost $9.99/800 MSP.
I am so excited for Borderlands 2 that I can’t stop playing the 16-bit demake. Also, have you seen the skill trees yet? How is it not September 18 already?!?!
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XBLA Today: Double Dragon Neon, Red Johnson’s Chronicles 2
Take a trip back in time with today’s Xbox Live Arcade update!
The Lee brothers are back in Double Dragon: Neon and this time they’re taking on Skullmageddon to save “their shared love interest, Marian.” Wait… what? Shared love interest? What exactly was going on in the world of Double Dragon when I turned my NES off for the night?
Billy and Jimmy Lee are back to save their shared love interest, Marian from the evil Skullmageddon across 16 brawling levels filled with elaborate missions, malicious enemies and over-the-top battles. Trained by their sensei in a special form of martial arts, Billy and Jimmy are equipped with lethal combat skills and weaponry to bust some faces and battle the baddest goons around as they journey across the galaxy to rescue the love of their lives.
Also available this week is Red Johnson’s Chronicles: One Against All, a noirish point-and-click adventure starring the titular detective. One Against All is actually the second Red Johnson game as the first was a PSN exclusive.
Get ready to solve a unique puzzle-based investigation that will immerse you in a noir world. Red Johnson, one of the best private investigators in Metropolis City has recently gained a fame that turns out to be deadly. A price on his head and a brother that has been abducted will force him to give the best of himself. To sort out this situation, you will need to use you wit, your persuasion skills and even your fists sometimes.
Double Dragon: Neon and Red Johnson’s Chronicles: One Against All are both available to download now for 800 Microsoft Points ($10) apiece.
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Tagged Double Dragon: Neon
Terraria announced for PSN, XBLA
Get ready to build yourself into the wee hours of the morning! 505 Games has announced it’s bringing the popular PC side-scrolling block-building game, Terraria, to the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.
In Terraria, you can collect a huge amount of items and materials to build a giant home base so you can protect yourself from the perils of the outside… as well as craft even more items. The massive world is full of monsters just ready to eat and/or provide sweet drops for you.
Terraria was first released in 2011 by creator and developer Andrew Sprinks’ studio, Re-logic. The game’s 1.6 million players have added much to the world, and hopefully console players will bring even more.
Tim Woodley, Head of Global Brand for 505 Games, said, “The block-building genre has taken the world by storm and Terraria has garnered a massive following through its increased focus on adventure and discovery. We’re looking forward to bringing an already hugely successful experience to a brand new console audience and we can’t wait for the existing Terraria fan base to experience all-new content”.
Sprinks is excited as well. “I can’t say how excited I am to finally have Terraria come to Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3!” he said. “To see it come so far is a complete shock, especially after such humble beginnings. It’s always been my dream to have as many people as possible know and enjoy Terraria as much as I have, and this is another big step in that direction! It’s been awesome working with 505 Games, and I can’t wait for everyone to see the additional features that they’ve been able to bring to this new edition of the game.”
Terraria will be available on the PSN and XBLA in early 2013.