Trailers

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Behind The Music Of Transformers And BioShock Infinites’ Moving VGA Trailers

4:40AM December 13, 2011 | Mike Fahey

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. More »


In Real Life

What’s Wrong With Video Game Trailers

5:00PM August 12, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

I love video game trailers, but I love them for the same reason I love concept work: I see them as entirely separate art forms from an actual video game. More »


News

The Single Greatest Trailer For The Greatest Games Of E3

4:00AM June 14, 2011 | Brian Crecente

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? More »


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The Darkness II Displays Some Vibrant, Comic-Book Color In Debut Gameplay Trailer

4:20AM June 3, 2011 | Drew Cohen

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. More »


Steel Battalion’s Trailer Brings Giant Robot Warfare To New York City

1:20PM September 16, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

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. More »


The Three New Techniques In UFC Undisputed 2010

8:20AM April 10, 2010 | Owen Good

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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. More »


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Welcome To Crysis 2

The official trailer for the sequel to EA’s first-person shooter has just been made available for the interwebs to ogle at. It’s creepy, it’s sad, and it’s awesome. Coming late 2010 to Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

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Why M-Rated Trailers Must Stand Behind A Swinging Gate

12:30PM March 9, 2010 | Owen Good

Age gates on trailers are a delay, not a barrier, a figleaf that does no more to stop kids from seeing violent content than the third-base line stops a foul ball. How many have claimed birthdays of January 1, 1902? More »


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Splinter Cell: Conviction’s Multiplayer Experience In Three Parts

8:20AM March 2, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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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. More »


Two New Mass Effect 2 Trailers: Assassin And Savage

11:00AM December 29, 2009 | Owen Good

Mass Effect 2 trailers! (*fires shotgun*) Mass Effect 2 trailers here! (*fires shotgun*) Get your Mass Effect 2 trailers! Who’s ready? (*fires shotgun*) Mass Effect 2 trailers! More »