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SOCOM 4 – Hands-On Multiplayer Preview

There’s a stigma attached to the SOCOM franchise. While dedicated players praised it for its competitive play, the high barrier to entry required to join their ranks has kept the series from lifting itself out of the hard...

by Sage Knox

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Halo: Reach Gets Versus Firefight, Forge Expands

During last week’s Comic-Con spectacular, Bungie revealed two major additions to its already beefy Halo spin-off, Halo: Reach. Both should be familiar to Halo fans, but might not be quite what they expected based on previous ...

by Sage Knox

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Transformers: War For Cybertron Double XP Weekend Kicks Off Today

I ordinarily don’t like tipping my hand in advance of a review going live, but in this case I think I can forgive myself a little. Transformers: War For Cybertron is pretty darn good. There. I said it. For those of you wh...

by Rob Thomas

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Lost Planet 2 – Crush! Frag! Review!

T-ENG. EDN III. Akrid. CAT-G. Vital Suits. NEVEC. Get used to this kind of nonsensical jargon because it’ll be force-fed to you for the duration of Lost Planet 2‘s “single player” campaign. From unneeded...

by Rob Rich

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Transformers: War For Cybertron Multiplayer Looks… Dare I Say, “Fun?”

Okay, so I’m not too big of a man to admit this: when Transformers: War For Cybertron was first announced, all I could think of was “Oh, great. Another crappy Transformers game on the way.” You’d have to...

by Rob Thomas

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We’ve Got A Halo: Reach Early Beta Key – Who Wants It?

UPDATE: Entries are now cut off. Winners coming soon! —– Hey, two beta code contests running at the same time! Who would have thought, eh? The fine folks at Bungie and Microsoft have generously provided us with a br...

by Rob Thomas

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New Halo: Reach ViDoc – “Carnage Carnivale”

Leave it to Bungie to kick off their newest video documentary on Halo: Reach‘s multiplayer the right way. The first sight to greet you is none other than former Kotaku/1UP alum, arch-nemesis of Shane Bettenhausen on the c...

by Rob Thomas

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ModNation Racers Gets Splitscreen, Pre-Order Characters, and Release Date

Since its reveal at E3 last year I’ve been following the development of ModNation Racers closely and it’s definitely one of my most anticipated titles of the year. So it’s with great joy and excitement that I ...

by Jason Smith

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Crackdown 2 Re-enlisting Agents This July

If you’re anything like me – and I know I am – you picked up the first Crackdown expecting an amusing distraction to play while waiting for the included Halo 3 multiplayer beta to go live. What you found inste...

by Rob Thomas

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