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Capcom continues the run-up to tomorrow’s Xbox 360 launch of Marvel vs. Capcom 2 with two new trailers offering tips on how to play pugilists Strider and Spider-Man. [video]14846[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. Ported from the Dreamcast version by Backbone Entertainment with added online play and upscaling filters, the $15 downloadable title [...]

The beginning of this new trailer for Risen–the upcoming RPG from Gothic developer Piranha Bytes–is a bit formulaic. But eventually the camera stops lackadaisically drifting from side to side long enough to focus in on some action, albeit briefly. Risen arrives October 2 on PC and Xbox 360. [video]14849[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD [...]

Capcom today added the newly-released Bionic Commando and the previously-released Bionic Commando Rearmed to Steam. Bionic Commando and Rearmed are available for $40 and $10 respectively, or for $45 as a convenient bundle. Left, Bionic Commando. Right, Bionic Commando Rearmed. Bionic Commando Rearmed, the 3D remake of the original Bionic Commando, was originally set to [...]

Arriving on the tail end of last week’s Comic-Con news deluge are two new trailers for Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2, starring the angsty Penance and unstoppable Juggernaut. [video]14850[/video] Shackvideo users can use the HD Stream. Jump on in to find Penance’s moping and a wodge of screenshots. [video]14851[/video] Shackvideo users can use the

In Damnation players assume the role of hero Captain Hamilton Rourke as he embarks on an epic journey to reveal the sinister truth behind Prescott Standard Industries, led by industrialist magnate W.D. Prescott. Together with his fellow Peacemakers, Rourke will engage in high-octane gun battles against hordes of drug-enhanced soldiers and steam-powered mechanical monsters to [...]

Deep Silver, the games label of Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, just released a new trailer with scenes from the game, presenting many different aspects of the RPG. The new trailer is accompanied by the song “The Poet and the Pendulum” from Nightwish, the most successful symphonic/gothic metal band [...]

The Greatest of the Great Outdoors in One Video GameMINNEAPOLIS, MN – JULY 28, 2009 – Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) announced today that Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures will be released this fall on the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®2 and PLAYSTATION®3 computer entertainment systems, Wii™, and PC. Cabela’s Outdoor Adventures offers [...]

World Premieres and Internationally Developed Titles Take Centre StageLondon (28th July 2009) – Square Enix Europe, the business unit integrating sales and marketing forces of Square Enix Ltd. (Square Enix) and Eidos Interactive (Eidos), announced today its exciting line-up of combined titles which will be on show at GamesCom 2009, Cologne, August 19th – 23rd. [...]

The highly anticipated Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 online multiplayer trailer for all First person shooter fanatics to see! Footage of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2′s online multiplayer mode has finally been revealed onto www.youtube.com New weapons and a new customisable kill streak system to annihilate your opponent with shown in the trailer. [...]

With that fresh “new week” smell still lingering in the air, digital distribution outlets Steam and Direct2Drive have celebrated last week’s passing with a look at what was popular then. As you’d expect, The Sims 3 did well, as did the Monkey Island re-release. Direct2Drive’s Top Ten (7/19 – 7/25) The Sims 3 / The [...]

GameStop began a sale today that sees several console titles including Street Fighter IV and F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin slashed to a mere $20 in price. Other titles of interest include Wanted: Weapons of Fate (360, PS3), Silent Hill: Homecoming (360, PS3) and various Wii games such as MadWorld. The affected titles appear to be [...]

This new batch of Borderlands screens illustrates how developer Gearbox is using color mainly as a strategic, eye-drawing accent. See: important crate in screenshot two, burning person/huge rifle in screen three, weak point for massive damage in five. The shooter-RPG hybrid is coming to PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 20.

The phrase “open beta” usually indicates that anyone can get in, so when it was announced that pre-ordering Champions Online would offer “guaranteed access” to the so-called open beta of the super-powered PC MMO, well, it was a little confusing. Fortunately, clarification has arrived, with word that 50,000 public slots in the open beta will [...]

With over 100 tracks and more than 400 cars in Forza Motorsport 3, you have to wonder if Microsoft and developer Turn 10 will have revealed every vehicle in location in the Xbox 360 racing sequel by the time it arrives on October 27, or if some will be a suprise. I’m sure a bit [...]

While Visual Concepts’ NBA 2K10 won’t be available at retailers until later in the fall, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners will be able to get a head start on training custom players in September with the downloadable release of NBA 2K10: Draft Combine. Priced at $5 (400 Microsoft Points), the game lets players build [...]

With Splinter: Cell Conviction and Red Steel 2 pushed out of the crowded holiday season–both now due between January 1 and March 31, 2010–Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has explained that the delays stemmed from quality concerns. “Red Steel and Splinter Cell are going to greatly benefit from the additional polishing time,” he said in a [...]

Pre-ordering 5th Cell’s charming DS puzzler Scribblenauts from GameStop in the US or EB Games in Canada will net you a rather fetching red rooster bonnet style after hero Maxwell’s own in-game poultry headwear, publisher Warner Bros. has announced. Also the perfect addition to any Gamecock Halloween costume. Don the striking thinking cap to solve [...]

Tecmo Koei has announced that Team Ninja’s hackfest Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 will arrive September 29 on North American PlayStation 3s, then in Europe on October 2. A new trailer released in celebration shows off the online co-op mission mode, offering five minutes of bloody gameplay footage so raw you’ll wonder if the level will [...]

A cool summer breeze swirls the scent of the ocean around you, rippling through your hair as the golden sunlight warms your pasty skin. Birds in the distance chirp a cheery summer ditty, and all feels so complete. Experienced through an open window. Bah. It’s Tuesday July 28 and this, my friends, is video games.