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Buy Commando 3, get on Street Fighter beta next week (Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3)

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

Capcom’s Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 (reverse the Wolf and Command parts for the UK title) is hitting Xbox Live Arcade on June 11, the company has confirmed.

The promising co-op shooter comes in at 800 Microsoft points and if you buy it you’ll automatically be invited to the Super Street Fighter II: HD Remix beta test. That’s worth it, isn’t it?

Wolf of the Battlefield was released on the North American PlayStation …

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BioShock movie to coincide with BioShock 3 (BioShock)

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

No, it’s not a mistake. Take-Two head honcho Strauss Zelnick has actually said that the Gore Verbinski-helmed BioShock movie will be released alongside number three in the series, not the currently-in-development sequel.

Zelnick mentioned the third game in an investor call related to the newly released Q2 financials (via Kotaku). “It’s more likely that it would be released coincident with BioShock 3,” he said.

We …

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"iPhone could kill Nintendo DS," says Forbes (Nintendo DS)

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

The introduction of gaming to Apple’s iPhone could “kill” Nintendo DS’s success, claims a report in Forbes magazine.

The article, titled ‘Why Apple Could Kill The Nintendo DS,’ says that the iPhone’s combination of motion sensing and touch-screen tech could leave it as a more desirable format for both consumers and developers.

“The ability to pour fresh software into the iPhone, wirelessly, at the touch of a button already has …

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Grand Theft Auto IV DLC delayed (Grand Theft Auto IV)

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

Our buddies at CVG spotted what looks like a delay in the release of downloadable Grand Theft Auto IV episodes. The Xbox 360-exclusive content was set to go live in fall of 2008, but Take-Two CEO Ben Feder has stated that the company is voluntarily delaying the release until the “first quarter of the 2009″ fiscal year.

“The reason we moved it is more about portfolio balance than anything else… the delay is not about …

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Sonic Chronicles trailer looks sweet (Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood)

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

Sega has released a trailer for Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood, and it’s almost got us believing the blue hedgehog is on the edge of a comeback.

We say almost, because the music sounds like it was ripped straight out of Baldur’s Gate. That worries us in the same way it would hearing that the Spice Girls were going to score the new Batman movie.

Aside from that minor - and fanboyish - complaint, it’s looking like the …

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Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Conspiracy Review

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

Jason Bourne’s quick-fisted head-busting combat style makes the transition to consoles with panache.

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Dracula: Origin Review

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

Spooky atmosphere and a great story save Dracula: Origin from being a formulaic pixel hunt.

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Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo’s Dungeon Hands-On

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

We sink our talons into some light dungeon-crawling action with Chocobo and friends.

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Dead Space Hands-On

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

EA’s first survival horror game is now in alpha, and we got a chance to scare ourselves stupid with a new build of the game.

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IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey Hands-On

Giugno 7th, 2008 by admin

One of the PC’s premier flight sims soars to consoles. How’s it play?

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