E3 2009 AxeWielder Overview

Wow…What a week! E3 2009 was a huge, huge, HUGE success for pretty much everyone involved and since I was on-hand to check out the new titles, I thought I’d deliver a bit of insight into which ones I actually got some playtime with and which where my personal favorites. Before I get to that…

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New Gaming Guinness World Records Announced

On the heels of February’s launch of the annual Guinness World Records 2009 Gamer’s Edition, representatives were on hand at the E3 Expo this week to honor gaming publishers with brand new records.

Guinness World Record recipients included Shigeru Miyamoto, the creator of Wii Sports, who received the record for the Best Selling Video Game…

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New BioShock 2 Details, Images

2K has released a new fact sheet detailing one of the most highly-anticipated games in the industry…of course, we’re talking about BioShock 2. In addition, a few new images from the game’s multiplayer mode have been released as well. The fact sheet basically breaks down the single player campaign, which is described as…

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Recap – Metal Gear Solid: Rising

For the first time ever, a game bearing the Metal Gear Solid title will be released simultaneously on three platforms (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC) when Metal Gear Solid : Rising hits store shelves.  Series heroic-protagonist Solid Snake will be absent in this outing and gamers will control one of the most…

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Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Trailer

Back in February while hanging out with my coven around the cauldron I asked the fates if Konami was developing a Wii remake of the first Silent Hill.  The fates whispered back that this was indeed the case.  Nearly four months later, the fates have responded again with trailer for the reimagining of…

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New Batman: Arkham Asylum Screens

We’ve got sixteen brand spanking new screens from Batman: Arkham Asylum up in the EBA Gallery. The title was delayed from its original release earlier this year to August 25th; however if it plays as good as it looks, it’ll be worth every minute we had to wait. Stay tuned for more…

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Red Steel 2 New Vids and Screens

Red Steel 2 Developer Ubisoft did a great walkthrough of their upcoming western-tech shooter on the show floor at E3 this week. The vid shows off the games impressive visuals, plenty of gun play, and, of course, the one thing we all want to know: how is sword play with Wii Motion Plus?

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Metal Gear Solid on PSN in June

Fitting nicely between the previous news that Final Fantasy VII would be available for digital purchase and the slew of Metal Gear related news we’ve seen this week, we now bring word that the original Metal Gear Solid is coming to PSN. The original MGS not only put “stealth gameplay” on the map,…

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Trailer and Screens

Yesterday, Konami quietly held a small press conference and dropped a few interesting gems, not the least of which was the trailer for Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Developed by Mercury Steam with Kojima Productions providing unspecified support   (probably weekly infusions of awesome), LoS is a “re-imagining” of the Castlevania mythos.

While not being…

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Trine Headed to XBLA Courtesy of Atlus

Joystiq is reporting that Trine will also be headed to the Xbox 360, when it gets released later this year. Originally reported to be a PS3 console-exclusive (though its also coming out on PC), Publisher Atlus (Shin Megami Tensei, Trauma Center) has secured the publishing rights and is using them to bring the…

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