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First Look At Shadowrun Returns In Action Shows $1.8 Million Well Spent

Last year, Jordan Weisman’s Harebrained Schemes raised $US1,895,772 via Kickstarter to create the ultimate game based on the magic-meets-technology pen-and-paper role-playing game, Shadowrun. Today we get our first look at Shadowrun Returns gameplay. So far, it’s everything I wanted it to be.


6 New Challengers Appear For Street Fighter X Tekken

With Street Fighter X Tekken due out in early March, now is not the time for a tight trickle of new character reveals. That’s why Capcom has dropped six new fighters on us today, three from their team and three from the opposition. Has your favourite character been confirmed?


How Marvel’s Mightiest Have Changed In Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3

Ultimate Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 isn’t just an additional 12 characters and a few new game modes, it’s a chance for Capcom to tweak the mechanics and balance of the original game in such a way that it requires four videos to detail the changes to just the Marvel side of the cast.


Meet The Lovable Mumbling Supporting Cast Of Okamiden

While the story of Capcom’s upcoming DS adventure Okamiden is that of tiny wolf god Chibiterasu, it’s the characters the young deity meets that paint the picture of a Nippon worthy of being saved from rampaging demons. Let’s meet some!


Anarchy Reigns’ Big Bull Nails You With The Jet Hammer

You want a piece of Big Bull, the latest competitor unveiled for PlatinumGames’ Anarchy Reigns? Oh he’s got a piece for you, and you’re not going to like it one bit.


Gears Of War 3 Multiplayer In Stills

New weapons, new maps, new characters. Gears of War 3 has them all.


What Defines The Player-Character?

“The world lies on the brink of destruction. Only a select few may be able to save it.”


The 10 Best Video Game Characters

We remember the great games we’ve played. But sometimes it’s the characters we played as or those we encountered that linger longest in the memory.


First War For Cybertron DLC Dated, Priced, Set To Music

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Activision confirms the downloadable content details leaked earlier this month for Transformers: War for Cybertron, with five “new” characters and four new multiplayer maps coming in the first character and map pack, due out next week.


In Defence Of The Cut-Scene

A lot can (and has) been argued against the use of cut-scenes in games. They are broadly seen as an archaic film mechanic that stumbled into gaming convention in an age when games were too young and naïve to put forward any other alternative.


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