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Week In Games: Heavenly Sword Edition

10:00AM Flynn De Marco | This week has a nice choice of titles spread out over various systems (sans the PSP). I’m trying to get to Heavenly Sword tonight so I can see for myself what it’s going to be like and I am anxious to check out Jam Sessions and Drawn to Life for the DS. I’ve avoided Oblivion for a while just because I’m afraid of getting sucked in, but the inclusion of all the expansions on one disc is intriguing. What to do, what to do? Heavenly Sword (PS3) Will Nariko and her moves rival Kratos? Skate (X360) Skate to your heart’s content and see what life is like without Tony Hawk. NHL 2K8 (PS3, X360, PS2) All the fun of Hockey without the broken teeth. More »

PlayStation Store Update: ….Is This Thing On?

10:40AM Michael McWhertor | The PlayStation Store has finally been updated for this Thursday’s refresh, bringing a slew of new content to PLAYSTATION 3 owners. Demos for EA’s NCAA Football 08 (728 MB) and Codemasters DiRT (553 MB) are up now and ready to download. New game videos include the new animated episode and a second “making of” clip for Ninja Theory’s Heavenly Sword, as well as new trailers for Folklore and Timeshift. New movie trailers for Pixar’s WALL-E, The Brothers of Solomon and The Lives of Others join new PS3 wallpapers for Blast Factor: Advanced Research and, again, Heavenly Sword. This update is so solid it makes me want to do our secret, multi-step handshake—you know, the one that ends with us doing a little hip bump and double finger gun snap-point at eachother? More »