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10.15.12

No matter your age and no matter your gender take a moment to think back to your childhood toys. Remember that one teddy bear that you had? Some of you may even have had more than one. Now imagine that same cute and cuddly teddy bear as a homicidal murder weapon wielding manic whose goal is to dismember every other living creature in sight! That in a nut shell is “Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise”. “Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise” is the downloadable sequel to 2010’s “Naughty Bear”. “Naughty Bear: Panic in Paradise” takes the best parts of its predecessor and adds a ton of new features. Do these new features make the game worth downloading? Let’s take a stab at it in our review. 

10.09.12

There have been times in history where near the end of a console’s life cycle, a great game is created. A game that challenges and rewards the player while providing a story that the gamer wants to see continue into the next generation of consoles. With the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 currently nearing the end of their current lifespans, is “Dishonored” the final original gem of this console generation? The answer is… Yes. 

10.04.12

Rovio has returned to once again dominate your mobile screens with the newest follow up to the “Angry Birds” franchise. With a new focus and new gameplay mechanics, does “Bad Piggies” measure up to “Angry Birds”? Let’s find out as we review "Bad Piggies" on the iPhone. 

10.02.12

Hell Yeah! Wrath of the Dead Rabbit is the video game your grandmother hates. A weird postmodern jumble of gratuitous gore, gaudy colors and vulgar creatures. Here a robot-legged panda will shoot at you with bouncing tic-tac-shaped lasers, as elsewhere a huge Spartan-masked scorpion spews waves of neon-bordered playing cards from its stinger. In this 2D platformer, your victims—98 more abominations like the ones above—must pay the price for having enjoyed humiliating photos of you in the bathtub. Anything goes.

09.28.12

THQ is bringing Death along for the launch of the new Nintendo Wii U console. Gamers can play as Death, the most feared of the legendary Four Horsemen, able to destroy entire worlds and battle forces beyond Heaven or Hell. The world of this game was brought to life by comic book legend Joe Mad. There are thousands of weapon and armor items, three diverse specializations, along with customizable Harbinger & Necromancer Skill Trees that allow players to create their own Death. The game offers a huge open world for exploration with side quests, endless equipment combinations, Skill Tree customization and a leveling system. THQ talks about what's in store for Wii U gamers in the exclusive interview below.

09.28.12

The Dark Knight Rises comes home just in time for Christmas on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital Download. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group is bringing the epic conclusion to filmmaker Christopher Nolan's The Dark Knight trilogy home on December 4. In the third film, Gotham City is threatened by the masked terrorist Bane, forcing Batman to return from an eight-year absence and fight for his city one more time.

09.24.12

With its launch in the middle of a very busy fall last year, not as many gamers got their hands on Saints Row: The Third as THQ would have liked. Now, in the middle of an even busier fall game release schedule, THQ is hoping gamers have $50 to invest in The Full Package edition. Available November 9, the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 game features a cast of characters, including Hulk Hogan. See the exclusive video with the WWE Hall of Famer below.

09.24.12

Composer Lorne Balfe (Skylanders: Spyro’s Adventure, The Sweeney) returns to the Skylands with the soundtrack for Skylanders: Giants. The soundtrack is currently available digitally through all major providers in advance of the release of the Activision game on October 21st. Developer Toys for Bob talks about the new Skylanders: Giants Wii U launch game in the exclusive video below.

09.19.12

When it comes to video game characters, Lara Croft is without a doubt the most popular female heroine out there. With a pair of blockbuster movies (and a third in the works) and millions of bestselling games, Square Enix is rebooting the franchise in March. The actress at the center of this new game is Camilla Luddington, who most recently starred in HBO’s True Blood series. The actress talks about her virtual adventure in this exclusive video interview below.

09.18.12

“Dexter” composer Daniel Licht scored Arkane Studios’ award-winning video game Dishonored. The first-person perspective action game from Bethesda Softworks also features the voice acting of Hollywood talent like Susan Sarandon, Brad Dourif, Carrie Fisher and Chloe Grace Moretz. The October 9 release for PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 will offer Licht fans a double feature, of sorts, as the new season of Showtime’s “Dexter” will also be on TV.

09.16.12

After its success with TRON: Revolution and TRON: Uprising, Walt Disney Studios is exploring a brand new video game world. Wreck-It Ralph, hitting theatres November 2, tells the story of an arcade game bad guy who embarks on a quest to prove he’s really a good guy. The 3D computer-generated movie sends audiences on a journey through wildly diverse arcade-game worlds, including the ‘80s-era, 8-bit video-game world of Fix-It Felix, Jr., the ultra-modern first-person shooter game Hero’s Duty and the candy-coated cart-racing game Sugar Rush. Helping to differentiate these worlds from one another are unique cinematography, animation, effects and music.

09.15.12

LOS ANGELES – Michelle Rodriguez got the change to play double in Paul Anderson’s new Resident Evil: Retribution from Sony Pictures. This time around, there’s a good and an evil version of Rain Campos – a character that was killed in the original film, which served as a prequel to the Capcom game franchise. Rodriguez talks about coming back from the dead in Resident Evil and Fast and Furious in this exclusive video interview below.

09.14.12

Resident Evil: Retribution, the fifth movie in the series based on Capcom's beloved zombie video game franchise, offers intense 3D action that's non-stop and intense, just like the video games its based on. The scope is epic and global, with backdrop locations such as Tokyo, Moscow, New York City and SIberia. And the CGI special effects are great especially if you like the "gimmicky 3D" stuff flying in your face kind of 3D visuals. If that's what you're looking for or just Milla Jovovich in a tight body suit and most Resident Evil gamer fans probably are, this is the movie for you. If you are looking for good plot or dialogue, this isn't the movie for you.

09.14.12

LOS ANGELES – Actress Milla Jovovich reprises her role as Alice in the fifth Resident Evil movie. Gamers are getting a triple threat of content this fall with Resident Evil: Retribution from Sony Pictures, Resident Evil 6 from Capcom and Resident Evil: Damnation from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment. Jovovich, who is married to the film’s director, Paul Anderson, talks about bringing Alice over to the video game franchise in the video below.