Monthly Archives: May 2011

L.A. Noire out today, more new releases

L.A. Noire (Team Bondi/Rockstar Games) is out today. Tech-Out will have a review soon, but I have to leave the office and actually play it first. A number of co-workers who don’t often play games are familiar with the title, … Continue reading

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PSN Returns

It’s not a joke. It’s really happening. The official Playstation Blog writes that PSN was phased back into service inside the United States and Canada in the last several hours. The official Playstation Twitter had even given a play-by-play on … Continue reading

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New videos for Hunted and Fear 3

Here are a couple links to new videos for the forthcoming “Hunted: The Demon’s Forge” and “Fear 3.” Developers working for inXile entertainment talk about creating the villains for Hunted in “At War With Monsters.” The game’s publisher, Bethesda Softworks, … Continue reading

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Modern Warfare 3 teaser trailers released, or, violence is still awesome

Green “night vision” imagery, shouting, gunfire and explosions dominate new teaser trailers for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3. Activision released the images Friday on the company’s Call of Duty channel on You Tube. America, England, France and Germany each … Continue reading

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Developers Feel PSN Downtime Crunch

Computer and Videogames has a story in which they spoke to the producer of the upcoming action RPG, Dark Souls. Kei Horono admitted that “I would be lying if I said the problems with PSN hadn’t caused us some problems, … Continue reading

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New trailers: L.A. Noire and Honest Hearts

New trailers are out today for “L.A. Noire” and “Honest Hearts,” the next DLC episode for Fallout: New Vegas. I’m not supposed to embed trailers for Mature-rated games without age gates, so links to follow. L.A. Noire, from Rockstar Games … Continue reading

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Namco Bandai announces “Dark Souls”

Namco Bandai Games announced today that “Dark Souls,” a “spiritual successor” to popular RPG “Demon’s Souls,” will be released in October for North American and European players. The original Demon’s Souls, released in 2009, came out as a PlayStation 3 … Continue reading

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Gunfights and swordplay featured among today’s new games

Today’s new game releases include Bethesda Softworks, “Brink” a new FPS and Disney Interactive’s “Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game.” Brink is rated T for Teen and available for PC, PlayStation 3 and XBox 360. Lego Pirates of … Continue reading

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Review: Thor – God of Thunder (X360)

Movie tie-in games are a staple of the industry along with the notoriety that they often bear as quick cash-ins. Not every movie gets one, though whenever one is made, it’s usually greeted with a mixture of dread and fear … Continue reading

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Sony to offer AllClearID Plus protection against ID theft

Identity theft has been on quite a few people’s minds especially in the wake of the downtime that PSN and SOE have suffered after having personal information put at risk in hack intrusions. Now Sony has the details on an … Continue reading

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