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Comic-Con 2009: Revenge Of The Round Up
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | Just in case you missed some of our exhaustive Comic-Con coverage this year, we’ve collected the dozens of stories we wrote before, during and after the show. Somewhat unbelievably, we’re not done just yet. More »
Features
How Shadow Complex Was Inspired By Super Metroid
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | Chair Entertainment’s Shadow Complex is due to land on Xbox Live Arcade this summer, a two-dimensional adventure that’s unabashedly inspired by Nintendo’s Metroid series, only rendered in 3D—pretty much exactly what Metroid and Castlevania fans regularly demand. More »
Media
First Footage Of Clank’s ‘A Crack In Time’ Gameplay
8:40AM Michael McWhertor | Insomniac Games debuted new footage of Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack In Time at this year’s Comic-Con, showing off some of the time-shifting, cooperative single-player gameplay starring Ratchet’s sidekick Clank. That video is now available for everyone else. More »
Hands On
Dragon Age: Origins Xbox 360 Hands-On: Have You Considered PC?
8:20AM Michael McWhertor | BioWare brought the console version of Dragon Age: Origins to Comic-Con, our first opportunity to go hands-on with the game we’d seen in many hands-off demos and always on the PC. The experience was impressive, save for one negative. More »
Culture
First Look At Prince Of Persia LEGO
2:30PM Luke Plunkett | No, not LEGO Prince of Persia. Prince of Persia LEGO. There’s a difference! Because for the first time, instead of a game based on LEGO, we’ve got LEGO based on a game. Well, a movie based on a game. Close enough. More »
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Army Of Two Sequel Will Pit Europe Vs. America In Morality Test
11:20AM Michael McWhertor | Army of Two: The 40th Day will expand its cooperative gameplay hook with “Morality Moments,” moral decisions that players will have to make together. An interesting twist on a familiar tactic. What’s interesting is what EA’s doing with that data. More »
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How Did Depeche Mode Find Its Way Into Left 4 Dead 2?
10:20AM Michael McWhertor | The zombie apocalypse isn’t where one expects to find product placement, so it was a little surprising to see Rochelle, one of the new Survivors in Left 4 Dead 2, sporting a pink Depeche Mode t-shirt. More »
Hands On
Uncharted 2 ‘Gold Rush’ Co-op Hands-On Impressions
9:00AM Michael McWhertor | Naughty Dog was one of the few developers nice enough to show off something new at Comic-Con, giving us our first chance to play Uncharted 2: Among Thieves‘ recently revealed “Gold Rush” co-op multiplayer mode. How’d that go? Beautifully. More »
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