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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Review: It Takes Two, Baby
7:20AM Mike Fahey | Marvel’s mightiest heroes converge once again in Activsion’s Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 to face a foe far deadlier than any they’ve encountered thus far: themselves. More »
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The Big Bosses Of Dead Space: Extraction
9:00AM Brian Crecente
When Dead Space hits the Wii later this month it will be a mostly on-the-rails shooter. But that doesn’t mean it won’t be scary. More »
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DSi Not Popular Enough To Justify Band Hero Development
8:40AM Brian Crecente | There aren’t quite enough DSi owners around yet to justify Vicarious Visions adapting their portable version of Guitar Hero to work with Nintendo’s latest portable, the developers told Kotaku this week. More »
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Guitar Hero 5 Trailer Gives My Parents Four Good Reasons To Play
9:00AM AJ Glasser | If Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”, The Rolling Stone’s “Sympathy for the Devil”, Santana’s “No One to Depend On” and Johnny Cash’s “Ring of Fire” can’t convince my hippie parents to play Guitar Hero 5, nothing will. More »
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Guitar Hero 5 Wii’s Roadie Battle Preview: Bring On The DS
3:00AM AJ Glasser | The last time I previewed a Guitar Hero game, I was drawn to the Wii version because it attracted a less-competitive crowd of music fan. Now I’m drawn to it to kick some arse. More »
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No Friend Codes For Guitar Hero 5 On Wii
9:30PM Luke Plunkett | Vicarious Visions, developers of the Wii version of Guitar Hero, have some good news for Nintendo’s long-suffering online gamers: Guitar Hero 5 won’t be using Friend Codes. More »
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Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 Hands-On At Comic-Con
5:40AM Michael McWhertor | Activision brought a playable Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 to its Comic-Con get together this week, giving us our first hands-on opportunity with the sequel, which has changed developers from Raven Software to Vicarious Visions. More »
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Dev: DSi Is “A More Powerful Platform” Than DS Lite
1:40AM Stephen Totilo | One of the top DS development houses in the industry doesn’t see the DSi as just a DS Lite plus gimmicks. More »
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Band Hero DS Braces For The Skeptics, Offers A Lot
3:00AM Stephen Totilo | They know some gamers will groan. But they’re confident: you just need to try it. “It” is not Guitar Hero 5 DS, which you might have expected this fall. There’s no such thing. Enter Band Hero DS. More »
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