Ever since Epic’s Gears of War plucked heartstrings with a cover of Tears for Fears’ “Mad World” game creators have been attempting to recreate that magic, forging an emotional bond between gamers and game through evocative music. Let’s see how good a job Transformers: Fall of Cybertron and BioShock Infinite did of it with their respective Spike VGA Awards debut trailers.
Can you imagine if this was one game? One shooting, stabbing, jumping, running, driving, flying master piece of gore, politics, character growth, feminism and dude-brotopia?
2K Games has released an initial, stand-alone gameplay trailer for The Darkness II, sequel to 2007′s under-appreciated gem The Darkness. The title will pick up where the last left off, with mafioso protagonist Jackie Estacado wielding an assortment of grotesque powers, including the ability to summon impish “Darklings” and to pilot yucky, stretchy tentacles and tendrils.
Of all Microsoft’s surprising Kinect reveals earlier today, none carries the weight of nostalgia – and potential – like the reimagining of cult mech combat title Steel Battalion.
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When it hits May 25, UFC Undisputed 2010 will introduce three new fighting styles – karate, greco-roman wrestling and fig-leaf gourd sambo. In this video, UFC coach Mark Layman compares them to the existing styles in the MMA series.
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Three new videos provide nearly everything you need to know about the multiplayer of Splinter Cell: Conviction, from Deniable Ops side games and Persistent Elite Creation system to the co-op story mode.
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