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Every Game Has A Hero. Video Games’ Expendables Has Them All.

A while back, I mused about what iconic characters would best make for a video game version of The Expendables.. Artist Vernon Villaneuva riffs on that idea over on Deviant Art and came up with the gorgeous results above.


The Expendables 2: The Kotaku Review

The Expendables is all about elite mercenaries, intense action sequences and a lot of meat-headedness. Seems like it could be the perfect fit for a trigger-happy group of friends to virtually tear through an onslaught of enemies, no? The shooting would be rampant and fun. The characters would be amiable, muscular soldier types with a penchant for appropriately cheesy dialogue. Right?


The Greatest Dialogue Hits Of The Meat-Headed New Expendables Game

That’s the point of The Expendables, right? That they’re a bunch of meatheads from another era who are Back To Kick Some Ass?


Who Should Star In A Real Video Game Version Of The Expendables?

Duke Nukem is Sylvester Stallone. Kind of. The Rocky actor wants you to believe that he can still explode the living hell out of armies of bad guys. So does Duke. And, with the right vitamins (or developers), they both can! We hope.


The Expendables 2 Video Game Feels Just Like An Over-The-Top Action Movie

Remember Watchmen: The End Is Nigh? A movie tie-in game that looked improbably good for a downloadable and then wound up playing like the most uninspired crap? That experience made me sceptical about the Expendables 2 video game.


The Expendables 2 Game Is Not Developed By Wright, Meier, Carmark And Garriott

Based on the upcoming sequel to the hit action ensemble film starring every action hero still able to pick up a weapon, Ubisoft’s The Expendables 2 is missing a real opportunity to assemble the greatest team of game developers that ever coded.


Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Disappointing Box Office

In its first weekend in theatres, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World pulled in a little under US$11 million. That’s… not good.


The Expendables Gets The 8-Bit Contra Clone It So Richly Deserves

Step into the boots of action stars Jet Li, Sylvester Stallone and Jason Statham in an 8-bit Facebook action game based off of their upcoming movie, The Expendables.


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