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  • Doctor Lautrec Gives Professor Layton a Run for His Money on 3DS

    Doctor Lautrec Gives Professor Layton a Run for His Money on 3DS

    Doctor Jean-Pierre Lautrec is a bit of an oddball, but when it comes to solving puzzles and unraveling mysteries he is without rival. The great puzzling adventure of Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights, the brainchild of Zone of the Enders director Noriaki Okamura, comes […]

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  • Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Zone of the Enders HD Collections Coming to PS3 and Xbox 360

    Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Zone of the Enders HD Collections Coming to PS3 and Xbox 360

    Contra teaser aside, the only real headline-maker of Konami’s pre-E3 show was the unveil of not one, not two, but three different HD collections for three of the publisher’s proudest franchises. Metal Gear Solid, Silent Hill and Zone of the Enders are getting the HD […]

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  • Konami Teases the Return of Contra

    Konami Teases the Return of Contra

    Konami streamed a pre-E3 video showcase earlier this evening — which you can watch here, if you can get the site to actually load — and during the closing sequence an animation of a fireball shooting across the screen played before taking the shape of […]

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  • Contest: Hard Corps: Uprising XBLA Giveaway

    Contest: Hard Corps: Uprising XBLA Giveaway

    Released earlier in the year as part of Microsoft’s ‘House Party’ promotion, Hard Corps: Uprising is Konami’s spiritual successor to Contra. I know it’s been out for a couple of months already, but we dug up a leftover Xbox Live Arcade code for the retro […]

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  • Contest: Rush’N Attack: Ex-Patriot XBLA Giveaway

    Contest: Rush’N Attack: Ex-Patriot XBLA Giveaway

    One contest ends, another begins! This time we have a code for Konami’s new Xbox Live Arcade Rush’N Attack reboot to hand out. So, who’s up for a little 2.5D Cold War stealth action platforming? Prize: 1 code to download Rush’N Attack: Ex-Patriot for Xbox […]

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  • Review: Battle: Los Angeles

    Review: Battle: Los Angeles

    Wanna know why movie games have such a dubious reputation? Because of crap like Battle: Los Angeles! I started playing this supposed “AAA” downloadable FPS last night, little knowledge of the movie it’s linked to, but half expecting a fun ride. Saber Interactive developed the […]

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  • Metal Gear Solid – Tactical Espionage Fashion

    Metal Gear Solid – Tactical Espionage Fashion

    Last year’s PSP title Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker was already one of the most heavily cross-promoted game releases in history. There were audio headsets, limited editions, bundles, t-shirt lines, in-game product placements, and even a camoflauge Sony Walkman. Now brace yourself for ‘Metal Gear […]

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  • Nintendo 3DS Trailer Round-Up

    Nintendo 3DS Trailer Round-Up

    Loads of new 3DS game trailers flooded in today following Nintendo’s press extravaganza confirming the device’s launch date and price, and while there is no way to see the 3D effect without a 3DS live and in your hands, it’s still nice to see what […]

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  • Nintendo 3DS Launch Window Game Lineup Looks Like This

    Nintendo 3DS Launch Window Game Lineup Looks Like This

    The Nintendo 3DS hardware is very impressive, but all the fancy bells and whistles will be meaningless without good games to play. Fortunately, it looks like Nintendo is putting together a solid roster of both first- and third-party games to get the system off and […]

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  • Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Gamescom Trailer and Screens

    Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Gamescom Trailer and Screens

    Castlevania: Lords of Shadow is shaping up to be rather epic, wouldn’t you agree? I certainly haven’t been this jazzed up for a Castlevania game in a LONG time. [nggallery id=1398]

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