Flank the blast doors and open fire; its time for another edition of EpicBattleCry! In this week’s skirmish, we investigate the Heavy Rain Chronicles, get the latest updates on the Final Fantasy franchise, get our name in the God of War III credits, and hope for the best from Transformers: War for Cybertron.

With Santa completely clueless and real game journalists otherwise occupied, we, the Axe Lords of EBC, take it upon ourselves to dish out the Naughty and Nice list for the game industry this year. Who brought their ‘A’ game and gave players everywhere reason to rally? Who acted a fool and bent us over a table? We’re dishing out candy canes, coal, and socks; who wants some?

The Battle Cry of the Week goes to the Robin Hood trailer, the latest Red Dead Redemption feature video, the Microsoft Surface adaptation of pen-and-paper D&D, and clarifying the Dante’s Inferno: Divine Edition.

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Wait till they’re over the wall then open fire; its time for another edition of EpicBattleCry! In this week’s skirmish we check out the next Team Fortress 2 update, ponder the PS3-exclusive Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition, discuss the details of Splinter Cell: Conviction’s recently unveiled co-op multiplayer modes, and revel in the news of Mega Man 10.

First up in the main course this week, we discuss star power and how the recently revealed celebrity voice cast of Mass Effect 2 may help or hurt that title. Next up, in light of the recent announcement of Dead Space 2, we talk survival horror and pontificate on whether or the burgeoning franchise can dethrone Resident Evil.

The Battle Cry of the Week goes to Fight With Photos: Photo Fighter X, Revenge of the Wounded Dragons, Shoot 1UP, and calls on developers to clone more than five people for their bad guy armies.

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Happy Saturday ye’ Children of the ‘Axe. DK/TAW here hoping that you’re July 4th is, uh, BOOMIN’

Ya know, every week there are literally hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of gaming-related videos that hit the net and compete for your attention. New trailers, new gameplay edits, developer diaries, promos, user movies…whatever…So, with all of the content floating out there in cyber space, I thought I’d “cut through the crap” and deliver my Top 5 Best and Worst Video Game Media of the week. Check it out after the jump…Oh, and I’ve also included links to all of the vids that are featured in the countdown so you can check out the full versions if you’re so inclined

ENJOY!.
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