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“Mr. B… Big Sister doesn’t want you playing with me” : BioShock 2 Gameplay Trailer

GameTrailers have the exclusive first look at BioShock 2’s gameplay.  Yes, you definitely are a Big Daddy, the Big Sister is definitely a foe, you can use Plasmids and you carry both a drill and the rivet gun. Trailer after the cut…

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Borderlands goes Cel Shaded

When Borderlands was last properly shown, it was a sort of gritty, grimy (and, unfortunately, fairly generic looking) effort. Since then, the game has had a visual overhaul which has been revealed in this months PC Gamer (i’m assuming the US print edition) which Gearbox have claimed is to keep the games visual style as […]

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“Thanks fer standin’ still, wanker!” : TF2 Sniper Update

Hot on the heels of the Scout & Heavy updates, themselves not inconsiderable, comes the latest TF2 update, this time catering for everyones long-range homicidal maniac. Valve are selling this update as the biggest yet, including… multiple new maps and a bunch of gameplay tweaks Not much more information yet, but there is word that […]

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Can you bind blood?: Call of Juarez prequel trailer

I picked up the original Call of Juarez for next too nothing in a Steam sale a while back.  I never finished it, largely because the OTT pseudo-religious fun that was the bible-quoting gunfighter Rev. Ray was totally overshadowed by the intolerable FPS platforming involved in Billy’s levels. Still, Techland are back to have another […]

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Virtually Defying the Virtual Laws of Virtual Physics?: The Saga of OnLive

If there was one story that took the GDC by storm, it was OnLive. The streaming game service from one of the guys behind Quicktime that aims to end the console wars by, well, ending them alltogether and offer even the most basic laptop the opportunity to play Crysis with all the settings ramped up […]