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DS Preview: Crime Scene

by Jonathan Zungre on November 9, 2009 at 3:32 pm

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Crime scene is a detective adventure game for the hardboiled only. It earns its rare M rating on the DS with grisly, realistic depictions of crime scenes and cases involving murder-suicides and burnt bodies. Read more…

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Preview: Left 4 Dead 2

by Sam Naylor on November 9, 2009 at 8:06 am

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After my hands-on with the game at the MCM Expo a few weeks ago and a lot of time spent in the pre-release demo, I feel I’ve got enough experience to let you, our dear readers, know how I feel about the game. You may remember last year I did a similar thing with the original game, and I seem to have really rather enjoyed it. I felt that since I did one last year, I should run through some of my impressions of Left 4 Dead 2.

Can the sequel live up to the original? To answer that question, here are some words that I have typed on my computer which you will read. Read more…

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DS Preview: Wedding Dash

by Jonathan Zungre on October 28, 2009 at 9:31 am

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Wedding Dash tries to capture all the stress, creative thinking and excitement of being a wedding planner, which is, if the game is an indicator, a challenging and rewarding job. Read more…

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Aion Closed Beta Preview with Video

by Harrison Tune on August 3, 2009 at 6:25 pm

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Who needs a mount when you can fly. Plus, our armor is shiny and stuff!

Aion, lately, has been the talk of most MMO hoppers, and even some more devoted players. Its game revolves around the two races, and two parts of its world. Asmoade is the world of darkness, where its inhabitants have been covered in darkness, and Elysea, a world bathed in light. Read more…

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New Trailer & Tracks From The Beatles: Rock Band

by Demi Adejuyigbe on July 20, 2009 at 8:35 pm

September 9th is approaching quickly, and my rush to gather $250 for The Beatles: Rock Band is becoming a lot more difficult, but I’m starting to realize that it’s going to be worth the work.

Today, Harmonix added another trailer to the pre-order club site that is only accessible for people that pre-ordered the game, and the trailer reveals a bunch of new tracks from the Fab Four, including (but not limited to) Revolution, Paperback Writer, and Twist & Shout. But there are a lot more songs than the ones featured in the trailer being revealed soon.

Tomorrow, when all of the previews for the game go online, many new tracks will be revealed, and you can see the list of songs being revealed after the jump. Above is the trailer, so leave your thoughts on it in the comments!

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Ripten E3 2009 Predictions

by Ripten Staff on May 31, 2009 at 8:46 am

E3 is back, and so are our glowing and always insightful predictions. These are from the heart people. Grab a Kleenex and hit the jump. Read more…

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First ‘Full’ Modern Warfare 2 Trailer

by Rangebar Merani on May 26, 2009 at 10:01 am

Finally, enough with the teasers already! The first complete trailer for Modern Warfare 2 debuted this past Sunday night during the Eastern Conference Finals between the Cavaliers and the Magic (the Magic won by the way, sorry Lebron fans).

Running at just a second over two minutes, the trailer gives us a better glimpse of what MW2 is about and also goes onto tell us a bit about the story and the rise of villain Makarov. Not that we all aren’t already excited about the game, but this trailer just gives us another reason to be. Check it out!

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Batman: Arkham Asylum – Poison Ivy Trailer

by Dylan Duarte on May 23, 2009 at 2:36 am

That’s some sexy plant life. Now I’m even more bummed that Arkham Asylum was delayed. I look forward to oogling Poison Ivy’s voluptuous vegetation later this year.

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First Look at Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2

by Rangebar Merani on May 15, 2009 at 7:54 pm

GameSpy recently hooked up with Treyarch and got an exclusive first look at the new Call of Duty: World at War Map Pack 2. The new map pack will be comprised of three new maps: Banzai, Corrosion, and Sub Pens.

Map Pack 1 was a first hit with fans of World at War, buying more than a million copies in the first week alone. No wonder Treyarch was so quick to start on a second map pack. Hit the jump for a few videos of the upcoming Map Pack 2. Read more…

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Fight Night Round 4 Hands-On Preview: Making the Game Real

by Jonathan Zungre on May 13, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Fight Night Round 4 is the first game in over 21 years to feature Mike Tyson, and let me answer your first question right now: No, you can’t bite someone’s ear off.  EA goes to great lengths to capture the devastating power of the late 80’s-early 90’s Tyson rather than the hot mess that was ear-biting, post-prison Tyson.  The roster of over 40 boxers is also the first in 17 years to feature “Big” George Foreman, again, not the smiley grill salesman but the cinderblock-fisted monster who almost ended Joe Frazier’s career in the 70’s. I recently got my hands on the newest entry in EA’s successful franchise to see exactly how the skull busting will be going down.  Read more…

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Warrior Epic Preview: MMORPG Rewards You for Killing Your Character

by Jonathan Zungre on May 6, 2009 at 2:45 pm

Warrior Epic is the first RPG to reward players for letting their created characters die.  Having your created character bite the dust brings one of two benefits: you can either infuse the dead character’s soul into a weapon or one of your living characters can carry their spirit and use it as a powerful spell.  You don’t have to find your body and you don’t lose experience or progress.  It’s Warrior Epic’s way to turn a negative into a positive.   Read more…

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Ripten Exclusive BTS Promo of Jace Hall Episode 6

by Dan Landis on April 22, 2009 at 5:47 pm

Another behind-the-scenes promo for The Jace Hall Show, this time for episode 6 which airs tomorrow. In this clip, Jace plays golf with Kelly Hu, unfortunately wearing more clothing than we would’ve liked. We’re referring to Jace, of course. When is he going to go topless? Read more…

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Preview: Diner Dash

by Emily Balistrieri on April 9, 2009 at 1:56 am

Diner Dash must be really popular to warrant three new ports five years after its original release, since Hudson has announced that it’s coming to WiiWare, PSN, and XBLA. They’re even throwing in some multiplayer. Read more…

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Preview: Water Warfare

by Emily Balistrieri on April 8, 2009 at 12:00 pm

After announcing Onslaught earlier this year, Hudson unveiled a second WiiWare FPS during their GDC meetings: Water Warfare. It’s about as family friendly as you can get, with players running around a playground (beach, Venetian city, and or dessert) as a kid with a squirt gun and a wetter and wetter t-shirt representing their health bar. Read more…

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Preview: Military Madness

by Emily Balistrieri on April 7, 2009 at 8:08 pm

Way before Advance Wars, there was Military Madness for TurboGrafx-16, and now, here it is again, only for XBLA, PSN, and WiiWare. Hudson is doing a full 3-D remake of the original campaign, but also throwing in a brand new multiplayer mode.

Obviously a classic turn-based strategy game is going to play like one, so you’ll be hoofing your infantry around a hex grid map to take bases, or fulfilling kill all missions. Tanks and other vehicles play their roles in the color-coded faction war as well.

Four player local (including hot seat) or online multiplayer battles, though, that’s where the excitement is this time around. You can play free-for-all or on teams, with a turn or time limit set to however long a match you’d like to squeeze in. Plus, in multiplayer only, they’ve introduced a commander unit with special abilities — a bit of a modernizing touch.

Military Madness is expected to appear on at least one of the platforms by this summer, with the other two to follow shortly.

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GDC09: Two Games That Need to Stay On Your Gaming Radar

by Jonathan Zungre on March 27, 2009 at 3:49 pm

Hey, Jonathan Zungre here, reporting to you (not so) Live from GDC 09 and I’ve got two games that you may not know about but you really should. Mount and Blade and Majesty 2 are two games that really need to be on your gaming radar. Listen to my video preview so I can tell you why giving quests may be cooler than going on them.

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Behold the power of Twitter!! In the span of about five hours Geoff Keighley, of GTTV fame, unleashed two noteworthy updates in the form of tweets on his Twitter page.

The first reveals that new information regarding the Mass Effect sequel will be presented on GameTrailers TV this Friday, March 27th, and even included an image of the in-game interface plastered on a flatscreen TV. The second post added that there would be a total of six world of exclusives premiering on the show as well. His posts can be seen below.

Make sure to watch Spike next Friday night, we’ll be telling you a lot more about ME2″

“Working with our team on next week’s GTTV. Going to be an epic show with around 6 world exclusives…and a few big surprises!”

You snooze you loose — don’t say we didn’t warn you. I’m going to get back to eating my dinner now.

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Morbid Adventure Gaming Comes to the DS

by Dan Landis on March 12, 2009 at 9:23 pm

What’s this? An adventure game!? Yes, it’s true. Unfortunately for all the next-gen graphic whores out there, modern adventure gaming doesn’t seem to make it far past the Nintendo DS. Lux-Pain, however, seems to have a much more adult audience in mind than your average DS gamer.

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Red ring of death joke, haw haw haw.

Although we’ve known about the existence of “Big Sisters” in Bioshock 2 for a little less than a week, (thanks to Bioshock 2’s teaser site) seeing the Big Sister now is still a sight to behold, thanks to the April issue of Game Informer. Who says print is dead?

The April issue of GI, while also chock full of Dead Space: Extraction and RE5 details, has a 10-page cover story on Bioshock 2: Sea of Dreams details, including new information, new screenshots, and the first glimpse at the game’s Big Sister, who appears to be more slender and more threatening than the Big Daddies. (even with the cute wittle cage for the cute wittle sisters)

You can be sure that we’ll hear more about this game at GDC later this month. Click the image above for the full resolution cover.

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Assault on Dark Athena Demo Now on Xbox Live

by Dan Landis on March 4, 2009 at 2:38 pm

Assault on Dark Athena, the semi-remake/sequel/expansion to the Xbox hit Chronicles of Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay, is now available on Xbox Live in demo form. Check out some gameplay footage, conveniently posted here for your viewing pleasure. Read more…

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