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Batman: Arkham City Preview
Gotham transformed
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Gears of War 3 Beta Preview
Modes, maps, and weapons
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Halo: Reach Defiant Map Pack
We see the new stomping grounds
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ACB: The Da Vinci Disappearance
Ezio meets some new friends
Top Stories from Microsoft Showcase 2011
The third game to spawn out of Double Fine's "Amnesia Fortnight" brainstorming session is Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, an interactive story that revolves around some loveable monsters that we all know and love. This is obviously a game aimed at kids--more specifically the 4-to-8-year-old demographic--and it's meant to be played cooperatively with a parent or older sibling. Given the amount of care that has been devoted to the developer's recent releases, it's probably safe to say...
Continue Reading »Sophia Tong talks to Michael Wolford about an undead marionette in this interview for The Gunstringer.
Kevin VanOrd talks to Julien Laferriere about the upcoming downloadable content for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood - The Da Vinci Disappearance.
Giancarlo Varanini gives his hands-on impressions of Ghostbusters: Sanctum of Slime.
Maxwell McGee gives his hands-on impressions of Shift 2 Unleashed: Need for Speed.
Leave it to Twisted Pixel to come up with something quirky, silly, and totally hilarious. At the Microsoft February Showcase in San Francisco, we got our first look at The Gunstringer, where we played as an undead cowboy who was the star of a stage show. There's even a real-life audience in game to cheer you on between acts. This lone cowboy is out for revenge, and he's going to get it with your help as the puppeteer. It's an on-rail shooter that uses the...
Continue Reading »Next, we find ourselves chasing down butterflies and other organic-looking enemies.
At a recent Microsoft press event, we got a chance to check out the Xbox Live (as well as the PlayStation Network and PC) Ghostbusters top-down, twin-stick shooter called Sanctum of Slime. This particular game doesn't really take place anywhere in the proper Ghostbusters storyline (yes, there's a proper Ghostbusters storyline) as the characters and locations have been made specifically for this game. Unfortunately, that means no Spengler,...
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High-speed auto racing is not a passive experience. When you're flying down the track at speeds well over 100mph, your heart is racing, the tension is building, and all of your senses are keyed up for the slightest hint of danger. And at these speeds, a hint is all you're going to get. Shift 2 Unleashed wants to bottle some of that intensity to help set it apart from the competition. We got the chance to go a few laps around the track ourselves at Microsoft's February Games...
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