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• Video Game Release List for Week of 8/10

  Written by: Matt Cabrale Given pop-culture’s obsession with a romanticized notion of organized crime, it’s shocking we don’t see more games based on the subject matter. But outside of the Godfather titles and a handful of others, there’s just not that many opportunities for gangster-loving gamers to tote Tommy guns and spout “Fuggedaboutit” at NPCs. [...]

• Video Game Release List for Week of 8/10

  By Tim Mcdonald StarCraft 2 is a terrifying prospect. In the 12 years since StarCraft was released (yes, it really has been that long) we’ve seen all sorts of changes hit the real-time strategy genre. Emphasis on hero units! Control points! Squad focus! Cover systems! Morale! StarCraft 2 does none of these things. In a [...]

• Video Game Release List for Week of 8/10

  Game Review: Alan Wake Release: 5/18/2010 Genre: Psychological thriller, action Developer: Remedy Entertainment Available Platforms: Xbox360 Players: One MSRP: $59.99 ESRB Rating: Teen Website: On Xbox.com Alan Wake is one of the most intriguing and most excellent exclusive titles that I’ve had the pleasure to play on the Xbox 360 yet, even though this title was overshadowed by [...]

• Video Game Release List for Week of 8/10

  Game Review: Fat Princess Release: 7/30/2009 Genre: Action Developer: Titan Studios Available Platforms: PS3 Players: Two – player co-op & Multi-player MSRP: $14.99 ESRB Rating: Teen Fat Princess is a single and multi-player action game developed by Titan Studios and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It’s primarily a zero to thirty-two multi-player game with the [...]

• Video Game Release List for Week of 8/10

  Hasbro’s “Transformers” are a big deal right now. It’s like the ’80s all over again, except the graphics are much, much better. Prime time then for gamers to take a jaunt across Cybertron, first overthrowing the filthy Autobot overlords and then beating back the vile Decepticon usurpers. That’s exactly what players are tasked with doing [...]