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Pirated Games Go For Two Bucks A Pop In Indonesia

9:00PM Yesterday | Brian Ashcraft

Spotted at an Indonesia game shop by Japanese site Game Watch Impress. All these Wii games are priced at Rp20,000 or around $2. More »


In Real Life

Watch The Hilarious Intros And Entrances For Street Fighter X Tekken’s Tag Teams To See Why They’re Working Together

7:01PM Yesterday | Evan Narcisse

Street Fighter x Tekken is more than just the crossover of two powerhouse fighting game franchises. It’s also a fusion of the sensibilities behind the two universes. Similar plot points — lethal government agents, shadowy underworld crime syndicates, etc. — get used in various Street Fighter or Tekken games, but the latter series tends to feel more self-serious than the former. More »


In Real Life

Inside A Chinese Hacking Den

7:00AM Yesterday | Brian Ashcraft

Located in a South China shopping center, this shop doesn’t merely “fix” consoles. It fixes them so they can run pirates games. Common throughout the country, the “Chinese pirates hacking den”, as website China Underground called it, specialises in flashing (modding) Xbox 360 and hacking consoles like the PlayStation 3 and the Wii. More »


PC

Sleeping Dogs Reveal Trailer Has Nothing To Do With Video Games

2:00AM Yesterday | Jason Schreier

There’s a lot of action in this trailer for Sleeping Dogs, once known as True Crime: Hong Kong, which publisher Square Enix officially re-announced today. Unfortunately, none of it looks anything like a game. More »


In Real Life

Let This Asura’s Wrath Figure Punch Your Face In

10:30PM February 8, 2012 | Brian Ashcraft

Ah, Asura’s Wrath. The game that allows you to punch heavily armed Buddhas and giant elephants. If you are planning on picking up the game early in Japan, good news. More »


Nintendo

Here’s How Giants Will Fit Into The Next Skylanders Game

9:00AM February 8, 2012 | Jason Schreier

As you might have guessed from the screenshots, trailers or your ability to read words, Activision’s upcoming Skylanders Giants will feature a set of new figures called Giants. You’ll be able to collect up to eight of the hulking creatures, which are twice the size of normal Skylander action figures both in-game and in real life. More »


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Man, That’s A Lot Of Gotham City Impostors DLC

8:30AM February 8, 2012 | Nick Vannucci

Gotham City Impostors doesn’t hit Xbox Live until tomorrow, but you can get all of the Gotham City Impostors DLC you could ever want today. For a price. More »


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Kinect Star Wars Xbox 360 Bundle Out On April 3

3:45AM February 8, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

Those rumours about an April debut for the Kinect Star Wars game — and the fancy console associated with it — have turned out to be true. Xbox exec Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb confirmed an April 3 date on Twitter and an official press release cites a $US450 price for a console + Kinect + game bundle.


In Real Life

Sadly, Portal-Themed Combustible Lemon Does Not Actually Combust

9:30AM February 7, 2012 | Jason Schreier

Portal 2‘s Cave Johnson rants about citrus fruit in this trailer for an “Electronic Combustible Lemon”, which, when ignited, plays an ominous ticking countdown followed by what I presume is the sound of lemons exploding. Sadly, the lemon itself does not explode. More »


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Alan Wake’s American Nightmare Takes A Trip To The Desert In These New Screens

3:00AM February 7, 2012 | Evan Narcisse

You won’t be seeing much in the way of trees in the upcoming Alan Wake game. Where Remedy’s first outing with the writer-turned-hero took place in the creepy forests of the Pacific Northwest, American Nightmare puts players in a haunted desert. New weapons — including what looks like a nail gun — and new enemies shop up in these shots. More »