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It appears the spoiler-heavy trove of information that leaked out about Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 yesterday correctly outed at least two aspects of Activision's upcoming shooter: it will take place, in part, in New York City and London. The proof is in the teaser trailers from the publisher itself. Click on through to see MW3. Read More »
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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings drops next week, and CD Projekt has one final teaser taste for fans in the form of the official launch trailer. Click on through for a glimpse of the adventure ahead for Geralt of Rivia. Read More »
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With a mix of dark Force powers, stealth, and treachery, the Sith Inquisitor is capable of becoming a sinister sorcerer or a shadowy assassin. See both specializations for the class at work in the latest trailer for BioWare's upcoming MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Read More »
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It's tough to keep things under wraps when you're the biggest entertainment franchise in the world. So it should come as no surprise that the first details of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 have leaked. What is surprising is the absolute deluge of information that hit the tubes today. Hit the jump for the lowdown on Modern Warfare 3. Read More »
Blizzard is trying to get its highly anticipated top-down action RPG, Diablo III, out the door before 2012, and today the studio revealed a few of the new friends it hopes to introduce you to in time for the holidays. It's the Diablo III Followers trailer. Come on in and meet your AI companions. Read More »
Proving that you just can't replace 'C' with 'K' enough, Warner Bros. Interactive announced today that the Mortal Kombat Arcade Kollection, featuring the first three games in the trilogy, will be ready for digital download this summer. Read More »
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Long story short: I just missed the roughly 40 minute demo Curt Schilling and the guys from 38 Studios put on at Pax East in March for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. The good news for me and everyone else that couldn't make it is that the highlights of the demo are now available in trailer form. Click on through to see Reckoning in action. Read More »
Nearly 13 years and millions of medieval online adventures after its 1998 launch, the original Lineage will shut down permanently in North America on June 29. South Korean developer/publisher NCsoft announced that maintaining the game's servers is no longer financially viable in the West, and as of today, no new accounts can be created. Read More »
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Yar! It's time to venture to the pirating city of Lion's Arch. In the latest promotional video for Guild Wars 2, ArenaNet takes us on a tour of the place where beached ships and nautical equipment has become re-purposed for life on land. Click on through to see it for yourself. Read More »
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The first of three new DLC packs for Fallout: New Vegas is set for launch next week, and in Honest Hearts, we see a side of the Mojave wasteland we've never seen before. Click on through to get a glimpse at the beauty of Zion National Park and its savage inhabitants. Read More »
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Admit it: while playing through Portal 2, you couldn't help but devise your own devious test lab puzzle. Well, now is your chance to make that turret-bot filled vision a reality. Valve has released the Portal 2 Authoring Tools on Steam. Read More »
Earlier today, publisher Trion Worlds announced the latest in its long list of incentives to attract new players to its debut MMORPG, Rift. Starting today, wannabe Defiants or Guardians can take the game for a week-long spin for free as part of the Rift 7 Day Trial program. Alternately, those already playing game can invite unlimited friends to join them for a free week as part of the just-launched Ascend-a-Friend program. If those friends decide to buy the game, the gifter can earn a number of juicy rewards, including a canine companion named Courage and the flaming Swift Ember Steed mount. Click on through for more details. Read More »
We here at GameSpy love Half-Life 2: Episode Two (though really, who doesn't?), but apparently we don't love it as much as Patrick Murphy, Andreas Wilcox, and Oliver Boson. These three gentlemen love the game so much that they took it upon themselves to create one of the most impressive Half-Life 2: Episode Two mods to date. Precursor takes place in the days before Gordon Freeman stepped foot in City 17 and tells the tale of a wanted Resistance member that's trying to escape from an attack by the Combine forces. Hit the jump for more info and a download link. Read More »
The bald, barcoded assassin is back. Square Enix and Io Interactive ended years of speculation and rumors today, officially unveiling the fifth game in the Hitman franchise, Absolution. Cap the jump for the teaser trailer. Read More »
For fans of Splash Damage's lauded Enemy Territory franchise, Brink's learning curve will be brief. For console gamers unfamiliar with the dynamics of class-based first-person shooters, it will be steep -- and some will likely retreat to Call of Duty's cozy confines before getting over the hump. It's a shame, because on the other side of that learning curve is a rewarding multiplayer experience. Despite some red flags, Brink is a blast, and injects new life into a genre that is quickly becoming stiff with rigor mortis. Read More »
