Dungeon Siege III Introduces Final Playable
Character, Anjali

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Square Enix and Obsidian Ent has released the final character trailer for Dungeon Siege III featuring an Archon named Anjali. Archons are fire spirits who serve their creator gods, however, Anjali has no recollection of how she was born, others of her kind, or the extent to her power. She’s also a shapeshifter. In her [...]

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Knight's Story Review (Facebook)

post from Gamezebo: Casual Game Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Tips, Forums, Free Games, and More on 21 April 2011 11:43:03 PM. © Gamezebo: Casual Game Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Tips, Forums, Free Games, and More

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Knight?s Story attempts to merge several different gameplay elements into one cohesive whole. You can explore new areas, fight vicious creatures, and build up a castle town. While relatively simple on their own, these elements end up working quite well together. But a solid, if not entirely original, premise and some great production values are wasted on a game with such stingy energy requirements that it will feel like ages have gone by before you make any real progress.

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KONAMI Releases New Details and Screenshots for
Otomedius Excellent

post from Gaming Nexus on 21 April 2011 11:16:00 PM. © Gaming Nexus

by: Russell Archey
NEWS - Konami has released some new details and screenshots for their upcoming Xbox 360 game Otomedius Excellent. The game, a sequel to the Japan-only game Otomedius Gorgeous, brings side-scrolling shooter action to North America and also includes local and online multiplayer. Key features include:

Classic Gradius-style gameplay gets a stunning update. Experience 2D side-scrolling shoot-em-up gameplay like never before.
Brilliant graphics and an excellent soundtrack. Environments are rendered in hi-definition and complemented by thrilling music.
Lovely characters to pilot through an expanded world. Choose from nine characters on-disc to battle through all-new stages of thrilling shmup action!
Three's company! Team up with a friend or two over Xbox Live® Arcade or on one Xbox 360 to have help obtaining hard-to-get items!
Eye-popping Gallery mode. View your unlocked stills and graphics in a new Gallery that grows as you progress through the game.

Check out some of the screens below.

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The Witcher 2 dev diary discusses witchery and
more

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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is less than a month away now, so here's another dev diary to hold you over. It covers a lot of the gameplay elements, such as the "witchery side of the game," the different skill trees, and how mutagens allow you to mutate some skills in one skill tree to make up for not being able to put points into other skill trees.

The devs talk a bit about how Geralt will be able to wield more types of weapons than in The Witcher, how crafting and using items works, and how you can combine items with magical attacks like setting fire to bombs. The game will also feature a permadeath difficulty mode where Geralt's death ends the game.

I wouldn't recommend starting out on that difficulty setting, as I died plenty of times while learning the combat mechanics in the beginning of the game and then made some stupid mistakes later on. It's cool that it's included though, as it doesn't exactly sound like the hardest thing to include for the more hardcore gamers. I wonder how it will work with quicksaves?

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Razer Hydra motion controller shipping in June
for $140

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I hope you didn't forget about the Razer Hydra. It's a motion-control device for PC, which might seem a little unusual at first, but the market is certainly there for this type of controller. Razer and Sixense have announced details for the Portal 2 bundle: it's shipping in June for $139.99.

Pre-orders will open in May for the bundle, which includes the crazy-looking base, two controllers, and a copy of Portal 2. The real draw seems to be the custom levels for Portal 2, as demonstrated here. The question you always have to ask yourself is "Will this thing be supported by software?"

Thankfully, it's shaping up nicely on that front. At launch, the Razer Hydra will be compatible with 125 games, and they're mostly games you'd want for this device. Head here to see the full list and more on the Hydra.

[Thanks, Matthew]

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Razer brings motion sensing controlling to the PC

post from Gaming Nexus on 21 April 2011 10:47:00 PM. © Gaming Nexus

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NEWS - Have you ever played Portal and just want to reach out and interact with some of the physics puzzles or literally shoot the portal gun as if you were holding it? Well now you can with Razer's new motion sensing controller, the Razer Hydra. The controller, which resembles the Wii's nunchuck with extra buttons on top, will allow you to extend your natural body motion into the game. The unit comes by itself or bundled with Portal 2 which contains exclusive content for the Razer Hydra.

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Pixar and John Carter of Mars Combined in
Adorably Epic Sci-Fi Art

post from The Escapist : Latest News on 21 April 2011 10:45:00 PM. © The Escapist : Latest News

What happens when you combine Edgar Rice Burroughs's Barsoom series with characters from Pixar's movies? Some of the craziest sci-fi artwork in recent memory.

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Hunted Call of the Forge Trailer, New Screens

Bethesda’s released a new video for inXile’s Hunted, “Call of the Forge,” that goes behind the scenes with the development team as they discuss the world of Hunted and the secrets it holds. Hunted releases May 31, 2011 in North America, Europe on June 3, 2011 for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC platforms.

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OpenFeint acquired for $104 million by GREE
(iPad)

post from Gamezebo: Casual Game Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Tips, Forums, Free Games, and More on 21 April 2011 10:15:17 PM. © Gamezebo: Casual Game Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Tips, Forums, Free Games, and More

When you get as big as you can at home, it?s time to go international. That certainly seems to be the case for OpenFeint. Arguably the biggest player in the US mobile social gaming market, they?ve just been acquired in a triangular merger by GREE, a mobile social company of similar standing in Japan.

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Real world social game Shadow Government gets $1
million in funding (Facebook)

post from Gamezebo: Casual Game Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Tips, Forums, Free Games, and More on 21 April 2011 10:12:02 PM. © Gamezebo: Casual Game Reviews, Previews, Cheats, Tips, Forums, Free Games, and More

Developer Playmatics has announced that it has received $1 million in investment funding for an intriguing upcoming game called Shadow Government. A social game with real world elements, the game will use economic and sustainability data combined with government-modeling software, to create realistic virtual governements for players to manage.

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