August, 2012

• 10 August

  Awesomenauts getting new character after first PC update

  

  Awesomenauts just launched on Steam (opens in new tab) last week, and according to a press release they just sent over, they’ve been enjoying some fantastic success on the new platform (which echoes what we’ve heard about other console downloadable games like Orcs Must Die! and Mondey Night Combat.) Although …

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• 10 August

  Teen Wolf 2.05 “Venomous” REVIEW

  

  Teen Wolf 2.05 “Venomous” review (opens in new tab) Episode 2.05 Writers: Nick Antosca and Ned Vizzini Director: Tim Andrew THE ONE WHERE The wolf pack hunts down the killer creature but have they got the wrong person? VERDICT Last week Stiles and Derek were attacked by the lizard-like creature …

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• 10 August

  Sleeping Dogs launch trailer asks “what makes a good man”

  

  The launch trailer for Sleeping Dogs asks us to ponder what makes a good man. Well, we’re not experts on this sort of thing, but we’re going to go out on a limb and suggest that Wei Shen, serial bad guy murderer, is probably not a good person per se. …

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• 9 August

  First banner poster for Kick-Ass 2

  

  Kick-Ass 2 is finally up and running, and in order to reassure fans that that’s the case, a new poster has been released for the film, promising its arrival in 2013. The poster is pretty much as simple as it gets, with the original Kick-Ass title logo now joined by …

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• 9 August

  Exclusive H+ Interviews

  

  (opens in new tab) Think web series are just failed movies cut up into three-minute chunks and shoved online? Think again. Going online today, post-apocalyptic drama H+ was made specifically for the web, and boasts top-notch sci-fi talent including X-Men director Bryan Singer and Buffy ’s Alexis Denisof. It’s set …

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• 8 August

  RaiderZ closed beta key giveaway

  

  Try out one of the newest MMO’s from Perfect World Entertainment, RaiderZ. Create your character, gather a group and battle giant monsters as they try to smash, grab and eat you alive. RaiderZ doesn’t tote the average MMO tropes, instead it features real-time combat where you’ll have to actively block, …

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• 8 August

  Minecraft selling 17,000 copies per day on XBLA as Mojang profits double

  

  According to Mojang CEO Carl Manneh, the company is having an amazing year in 2012 as Minecraft proliferates to many different platforms. MCV Nordic (opens in new tab) reports that Mojang took in around $8.9 million in profits in 2011, and now that number is poised to hit nearly $18 …

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• 8 August

  Microsoft denies they ever mentioned a new Xbox

  

  Two days ago we got a little excited because we thought we’d just heard – for the first time ever, amazingly – a Microsoft representative publicly mention thata new Xbox console is in development (opens in new tab). “We’ve had Hotmail and operated Hotmail for about 16 years, we obviously …

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• 7 August

  Angry Birds Trilogy preview Leaping out of phones and onto a TV near you

  

  We recently had a chance to go hands-on with the console version of the Angry Birds Trilogy, which plays just like the Angry Birds you’ve already put a few hundred hours into with its iPhone or iPad incarnations. You pull back on the slingshot with the analog stick (or circle …

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• 6 August

  Persona A beginners guide

  

  The newest fighting game from the Arc Systems, the team behind Guilty Gear and Blaz Blue, is out this week and for most fighting game fans, that’s all they need to know. But the game in question, Persona 4: Arena, has a ton of history attached, reaching back as far …

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