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The Good Guys Have Already Lost On The Cover Of Aliens: Colonial Marines

4:00AM February 10, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Hey there, alien, why so blue? Is it because you’ve already ingested that squad of marines and have nothing else to play with? You know what’ll cheer you up? A little Eiffel 65. More »


In Real Life

Here’s Your Covah Stah F’ MLB Th’ Showah

1:00PM January 20, 2012 | Owen Good

Boston first sacker Adrian Gonzalez holds down the box shot of MLB 12 The Show from Sony, breaking the two-year hold of Minnesota’s Joe Mauer. Before Mauer, the last cover star for Sony’s boutique baseball franchise was also a Red Sox, Dustin Pedroia, for MLB 09 The Show. Before him, it was Philadelphia’s Ryan Braun. More »


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Twisted Metal Creator Reveals The Tentative Cover Art, And Has A Special Message For Racists

3:30PM December 22, 2011 | Owen Good

While not officially saying this is official, Twisted Metal creator of David Jaffe acknowledges that the game’s cover art is up on GameStop’s web site and, hell, “I figured I’d share a bigger version of it with you guys.” More »


News

For The Second Time, Tiger Woods Will Share The Cover Of His Own Game

2:00PM October 27, 2011 | Owen Good

Golfers Rickie Fowler and Rory McIlroy prevailed in a three-week vote-off to determine the co-stars of the cover of Tiger Woods PGA Tour 13, which will be the second game in the series’ 15-year run to feature a second golfer in addition to Woods. More »


PC

NBA 2K12 Cover Adds Magic And Bird To Michael Jordan

1:00AM July 22, 2011 | Owen Good

When your last game cover features your sport’s greatest player ever, what do you do for an encore? If you’re 2K Sports, you get three of the greatest players ever. More »


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Spot The Difference In House Of The Dead: Overkill Extended Cut Covers

3:20AM July 15, 2011 | Mike Fahey

It’s obviously much colder in North America than it is in Europe. Spotted on the US and Euro PlayStation blogs by reader tomo_cjt.


News

NHL Cover Star Crowned At Tonight’s NHL Awards

12:00PM June 23, 2011 | Owen Good

At the NHL awards tonight, EA Sports revealed that Tampa Bay centre Steven Stamkos will grace the cover of NHL 12 when the game releases on September 13. More »


News

Madden 12′s Cover Is Brought To You By The Colour Brown

5:30PM June 1, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

I hope you like the colour brown, because it’s the real star of this year’s Madden 12 cover art, both versions of the game looking more like a Gears of War map than something from a game played on bright green fields. More »


News

Marketing Survey Leaks Cover Art For ‘Hitman: Subtitle’

9:00AM May 15, 2011 | Owen Good

Evidently circulated before IO Interactive settled on Hitman: Absolution for the title of the latest sequel, a marketing survey asked respondents how they felt about three potential cover designs for the game. All featured the wonderfully ironic Hitman: Subtitle, the naming convention for the game since Hitman: Codename 47 in 2000. More »


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Catherine’s Cover Art Too Hot For Some American Gamers

12:00PM April 28, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Atlus will bring the erotic horror puzzle platformer adventure Catherine to the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 this (northern) summer in North America. And it will do so with just one small change for one particular demographic: “more sensitive shoppers”. More »