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IGN – The Future of Entertainment on Xbox

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:09:55 +0000

IGN – On the current Xbox 360 Dashboard, “games” is the fourth tab to the right. It’s not quite hidden, but it’s buried in the middle of everything else. At this point in the console’s life, Microsoft isn’t concerned with games as much as broader entertainment. Rightfully so: More of us are using Xbox Live for entertainment.

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Star Wars: The Old Republic Review (Up to Patch 1.1) | GoozerNation

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:09:39 +0000

GoozerNation writes, “Star Wars: The Old Republic is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by BioWare. It was released on December 20, 2011 and is BioWares first MMO. As of February 1, 2012, there are over 1.7 million subscribers and over 2 million copies of the game has been sold.”

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Borderlands 2: Does Claptrap dream of electric sheep?

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:05:31 +0000

Borderlands 2 is one of 2012s most anticipated shooters. Its developed by Gearbox Software, the same team behind Duke Nukem Forever and the upcoming Aliens: Colonial Marines, but the details about the game have been scarce since last years unveiling at PAX Prime.

Not content to wait, GamesBeat caught up with Gearbox Co-Founder & CEO Randy Pitchford, Executive VP & Chief Creative Officer Brian Martel, and writer Anthony Burch to squeeze some Claptrap-related information out of the trio (along with the two pieces of exclusive concept art you see above and below). What is the likable-but-occasionally-diabolical tin can up to these days? What role will he play in the sequel? And most important, can robots love?

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Steam Deal Of The Day- Ceville

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:01:30 +0000

Steams deal of the day for February 22nd is Ceville. Also the sale will end in 24 hours, hence the deal of the day, so you have until 1pm EST or 10am PST tomorrow to grab this deal. Below is a description on the game as well as some important information.

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Gotham City Impostors Review (TechRomp)

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:40:02 +0000

Gotham City Impostors is an odd team based game. Its a crazy mash-up of movement and shooting set in Gotham city. As Batman is busy, groups of vigilantes dressed up in home made costumes and using improvised weapons fight for the side of the Bats or the Jokerz. Its grungy and ramshackle and has an absurd sense of humour to the whole thing, like screeching mohawked Jokerz or a guy with a Batman cowl and cape made of a painted cardboard box and a bath towel.

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MotorStorm RC Comes to PS Vita, PS3 on March 6th

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:24:02 +0000

PSBlog:
MotorStorm RC has very humble beginnings. It started out as a simple concept we were playing around with during lunch times, a pet project to challenge each other to set the fastest times, originally using post-its on the wall as a low-fi leaderboard!

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We won: On The Last Story and American release

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:35:38 +0000

Nightmare Mode analyzes the decision to publish The Last Story and wonders about the fate of the genre and why it took Nintendo so long to bring such an acclaimed game over.

“They take classic JRPG ideas and meld them with novel strategies, something which has to be exciting for any fan of the genre except the most hardened traditionalist. Because heres the thing: while the last two generations were defined by JRPGs (the Playstation by Final Fantasy VII, the Playstation 2 by Final Fantasy X and, in the minds of its rabid fans, Persona), in this one theyve barely been a footnote.”

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GamesEyeView – Playstation Vita: A Hands on Review

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:11:06 +0000

GEV says: Its amazing what Sony can accomplish when properly motivated. Its no secret that Nintendo has dominated the handheld industry for over a decade, and the battle between the DS and PSP wasnt even a contest for Nintendo. PSP, while an ambitious system was riddled with many flaws, in not only the design, but execution of its features. The system was simply a portable PS2. It was clunky, uncomfortable to hold, and didnt bring anything new or ambitious to gaming. It was no surprise that Nintendos DS was the success it was. Times have changed for Sony. Going up against the Nintendo 3DS, Sony has finally released its new handheld, the Playstation Vita, and what a game changer it is.

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Albatross Revue | SAS: Secure Tomorrow Retro Review

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:04:58 +0000

Albatross Revue take a look at the bad boys of special ops and come away very disappointed

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Alan Wake’s American Nightmare – AUN Review

The Game Guru — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:32:46 +0000

James writes – “There arent too many games out there with the ability to capture the very essence of atmospheric horror quite like Alan Wake. Thats for sure. Every little detail, down to the last creak of a door slowly swinging open is important to add that feeling of sheer terror.”

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