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Rent Video Games
Apr
30
This is Vegas … sorry, Vega! New Street Fighter IV shots of Shadaloo’s finest
Category: Wii Xbox 360 Playstation 3 | 
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This is the one I’ve been waiting for. While not a fan of one-on-one fighters, there are a few characters that always catch my eye, and when Street Fighter IV was revealed, there was one character I couldn’t wait to see. Finally, Vega has gracefully debuted, and he looks as beautiful as ever.
Also packing some […]
Apr
30
5 Reasons Why I’m Not Playing Grand Theft Auto IV
Category: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PS3, Grand Theft Auto IV | Leave a Comment
While everyone in the world is either waiting in breathless anticipation to get their hands on a copy of GTA IV or already in their non-stop GTA IV sessions, I’m one of the few people that doesn’t have any plans on playing the game any time soon. Why? Well, here’s my top five reasons […]
Apr
30
Konami’s Time Hollow to be localized and released in August
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When I checked out Konami’s new offerings last year at TGS, I remember coming across Time Hollow (and its awesome booth) and thinking how great it looked and how we’d probably never see a localized release. Well, I’m glad to say that I was wrong.
The DS title tells the story of a guy who comes […]
Apr
30
Instant Goosebumps: Final Fantasy IV site is live
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Before you do anything else, turn your speakers up and click this link to the newly launched North American site for Final Fantasy IV.
Wow, right? Did you not just get instant geek goosebumps? What a great looking and sounding Web page! If this did nothing for you, you either have (a) no soul, or (b) […]
Apr
30
Oops: Canadian retailer uses Saints Row images to promote Grand Theft Auto IV
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Grand Theft Auto IV is many things, but one thing it is not is THQ’s Saints Row. But maybe someone should tell Canadian retailer Future Shop (owned by Best Buy Corporation), who clearly doesn’t seem to know the difference.
Destructoid community member Zero Iscariot sends us this photo of a poster used to promote a GTA […]
Apr
30
Joe Satriani tunes coming to one of those games that uses a guitar peripheral
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With Activision’s Guitar Hero seemingly headed full speed down the path of finger blistering fret board wankery, it was only a matter of time before some Joe Satriani tunes found their way into the mix. When Guitar World magazine asked Satriani about his thoughts on the success of Guitar Hero and Rock Band, the legendary […]
Apr
30
French mag has first details on new Prince of Persia, Internet fires up scanners
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It’s only two days after Ubisoft had officially announced a new Prince of Persia title, and already scans of a magazine article revealing details and screenshots has hit the net. French magazine Joypad has the scoop on the new Prince of Persia title (which they do not, by the way, refer to as Prince of […]
Apr
30
Sony dishes first details on PixelJunk Monsters: Encore
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Sony has revealed the first details on the forthcoming expansion, PixelJunk Monsters Encore, and as far as I’m concerned, it might as well be an entirely new game.
The expansion adds one new island to the game, Toki Island, which will offer up 15 new levels, and five new musical tracks by Canadian musician, Otograph. Additionally, […]
Apr
30
GameSetLinks: Into The Cabbage Patch…
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Hurray for more GameSetLinks! This time round, we’ve grabbed and gazoinked all kinds of fun stuff, including Alex Handy’s look at his flea-market dumped ColecoVision ROMs (pictured!)
In addition, there’s a discussion on ‘making gaming better’ (no small conversation there!), as well as a discussion of a competitive strategy game about ‘picking up chicks’ - […]
Apr
29
[“Why We Play” is a new weekly column by freelance writer and HardCasual blogger Chris Plante that discusses how video games benefit us when we are away from them, in the real world, and what brings us back. This time – serving time for Grand Theft Auto IV.]
Last night, I joined a large group […]