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It was definitely the tongue-twistingest title of the whole batch, and its cartoonish aesthetic stood out in stark contrast to the grimy violence of the Spider-Man: Edge of Time demo that stood beside it. But a number of cool and what I believe to be truly innovative features and unique peripherals that accompany the game made me walk away more than a little impressed. I'll fill you in after the jump.
Tags: Skylanders, Spyro
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The game was being updated regularly in its native Japan, but American Virtua Fighter fans have simply had to deal with Super Street Fighter IV and Mortal Kombat until Sega decided to bring one of these updates over.
Now, Sega isn't just porting the updates to the states, they're bringing all of them over in a shiny downloadable package encapsulating all the updates and the final fine-turning of Virtua Fighter 5. They're calling it Virtua Fighter 5 Final Showdown.
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At last week's PAX 2011, no attendee could turn around and not see FireFall's logo (which looks confusingly like the StarCraft logo. Jus' saying). This independant company is self publishing their game, but where did they get the kind of money to put window decalls on the bathroom and their name branded on every PAX sign?
After a few questions, I learned a surprisingly simple answer. I also played the game. Check both out after the jump.
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| This man wasn't at PAX, but look at that fine thing! |
Sometimes, the community comes together in other ways. For example, members of the Penny Arcade forum trade buttons with each other during the convention. Other people, however grow mustaches.
We aren't sure if this mustache craze was planned, but there were countless staches at PAX this year. I mean, there was even a company selling mustache monocles for those feeling left out! We've compiled a list of the ten best mustaches at the Penny Arcade Expo.
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I loved it. And I love that, unlike many of those similar titles, the Trials crew is bringing us a second iteration. This time, we get an even more lush and magnificent world to explore, with tougher obstacles and courses to navigate. You know the drill -- hit it!
Tags: Trials Evolution, Trials HD
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| This is the Gunzerker. He has guns and he 'zerks. |
The producers and development staff at Gearbox Studios are keen to this. In a tightly packed room at PAX Prime 2011, circled by an hours-long line, a few key members of the team showed off the upcoming Borderlands 2. And it was punctuated with fresh tune-ups and a glazed, candied aesthetic. In a word it was slick.
Tags: Borderlands 2, PAX Prime 2011
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The game takes place on a stage in a theater, and that's the most captivating part of the experience. The entire thing looks like a classical Chinese puppet show. Curtains go up, they go down, the background moves alongside the camera. It creates an atmosphere that looks great, but I can't help but feel that the overall aesthetics looks like something from an old Devil May Cry.
But then the game's mechanics come in and make the game a lot of fun.
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Battlefield 3's marketing campaign has put heavy, heavy emphasis on multiplayer. That's very obviously its main selling point, and the facet of its package that it is displaying to try and hunt down and capture Call of Duty fans. E3 had seven-hour lines for twenty minutes of play. It has been very prominent across the web.
But PAX brought us a new face of Battlefield 3 -- another portion of gameplay that has yet to be experienced. It's the co-op. The Battlefield 3 booth at PAX Prime 2011 was loaded with LCDs supporting two-player cooperative play. And I got to spend many, many minutes blazing through the map.
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Guild Wars 2 is another one of those games shooting to show the world what the next generation of MMORPGs could be, and it shows off quite well. The PVP-focused MMO has streamlined the genre's process by removing quests in place of public events, and has taken every step to remove menus in place of action.
It's kind of a foreign feeling when you start playing the game. After all, I'm really used to accepting quests after all these years, but Guild Wars 2 is doing clever things that could define new concepts for the genre.
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