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Sink your teeth into Primal Carnage

September 3, 2012

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Lukewarm Media and Reverb’s multiplayer dinosaur romp Primal Carnage is up for preorder on the PC, complete with beta access and a feathery perk. Gamers who plunk down their $14.99 USD for a preorder on the game’s official site will get a beta key (usable on Steam) so they can dig…

Trailer: Plants vs Zombies vs Pinball

September 3, 2012

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Popcap and Zen Studios had a zombie up their sleeves with the surprise announcement of a Plants vs Zombies pinball table that’ll be launching this week PvZ pinball won’t actually be a stand alone title, it’s an add-on compatible with the popular Zen Pinball 2 and Pinball FX2 game platforms…

Video: Five great Nintendo Wii games you might have missed (Part One)

September 3, 2012

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The Wii had a bit of a reputation for being a console of shovelware and great Nintendo first-party titles, but the reality is that there were a lot of great releases that flew under the radar. In this semi-regular feature we’ll pick out some of the forgotten classics from the…

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September 2, 2012

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Hack and slash fans, get your clicking fingers ready because another Sacred title is on the way for 2013. Deep Silver announced the first details this week for the third game in the popular Sacred series. This actually makes two Sacred games that are on the way as we already…

New Dead Island Riptide news rises from the surf

September 2, 2012

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Dead Island Riptide is gnashing its teeth and getting ready to bubble up from the surf sometime next year. New screens, info, and a very cool preorder bonus after the break. If you played the original Dead Island, then you know the setup: lush tropical setting, zombies, mutants, melee combat.…

The Sunday Board Game: Lords of Waterdeep

September 1, 2012

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Lords of Waterdeep is an interesting experiment by Wizards of the Coast. Rather than a genuine attempt to capture Dungeons & Dragons in a board game format (which it has already achieved admirably with games like Dungeon Command), Lords of Waterdeep is a crack at a Euro-style game. Aside from…

The weekend discussion: Your favourite games platform, and why!

September 1, 2012

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At risk of kicking off a full-scale war that will melt the Internet and destroy humanity as we know it, we’re going to do the console wars this week (but seriously, no fanboy flaming, please). Of all the current-generation game platforms out there, which is your personal preference for gaming,…

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September 1, 2012

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Bethesda and Arkane’s upcoming Dishonored is about a supernatural assassin taking cold blooded vengeance on those who’ve wronged him. Rat Assassin, the iOS companion to the game, is about killing rats. They are dangerous rats, to be fair. RA is a completely separate gaming experience than the FPS/action title Dishonored…

Review: Rage of Bahamut (iPad/iPhone)

September 1, 2012

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I have had a pair of iPads bouncing around my house for some time, but they are usually in use by other members of my family while on the road, and when I am at the house I generally fire up a game on one of my consoles. So while…

It’s a free Gotham on the PC

August 31, 2012

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Batman-themed FPS Gotham City Impostors makes its PC debut the best way- free. The multiplayer shooter casts players as a member of one of two gangs (the Bats or the Jokerz) as they vie for supremacy over the back alleys of Gotham City in up to 12 player matches. Gotham…

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