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The Incredible Hulk Unlockables V (DS)

The Incredible Hulk comes to the DS with a little bit less flavor than it does on the home consoles. The game still has plenty of puzzles and destruction, but it's far less complex and a lot uglier than its larger brothers. But it's also a lot more simplified, as the DS version will never give you an un-Hul...

23 November 2009
07:24 GMT

The Incredible Hulk Unlockables IV (DS)

The Incredible Hulk comes to the DS with a little bit less flavor than it does on the home consoles. The game still has plenty of puzzles and destruction, but it's far less complex and a lot uglier than its larger brothers. But it's also a lot more simplified, as the DS version will never give you an un-Hul...

20 November 2009
04:56 GMT

The Incredible Hulk Unlockables III (DS)

The Incredible Hulk comes to the DS with a little bit less flavor than it does on the home consoles. The game still has plenty of puzzles and destruction, but it's far less complex and a lot uglier than its larger brothers. But it's also a lot more simplified, as the DS version will never give you an un-Hul...

19 November 2009
03:15 GMT

The Incredible Hulk Unlockables II (DS)

The Incredible Hulk comes to the DS with a little bit less flavor than it does on the home consoles. The game still has plenty of puzzles and destruction, but it's far less complex and a lot uglier than its larger brothers. But it's also a lot more simplified, as the DS version will never give you an un-Hul...

18 November 2009
06:11 GMT

The Incredible Hulk Unlockables (DS)

The Incredible Hulk comes to the DS with a little bit less flavor than it does on the home consoles. The game still has plenty of puzzles and destruction, but it's far less complex and a lot uglier than its larger brothers. But it's also a lot more simplified, as the DS version will never give you an un-Hul...

17 November 2009
09:33 GMT

Angelina Jolie Is One Dangerous Spy in ‘Salt’ Teaser Trailer

Columbia Pictures is already preparing for the release of what it hopes will be next summer’s big action blockbuster, the spy movie “Salt,” starring Angelina Jolie. In doing so, the movie studio has released the first teaser trailer for it, first with Russian dubbing and then for English-speaking ma...

5 November 2009
04:23 GMT

Risen: Worst Boss-Fight Ever

I put around 26 hours into Risen before putting an end to it. As a member of Don Esteban's little gathering of thugs, I completed most of the quests available and I was left with the one final, main quest in my journal when the stone gates opened and I was faced with the ultimate foe. I explored the entire map, ...

26 October 2009
13:01 GMT

Director George Miller Shows Off ‘Mad Max 4’ Cars

Much has been said about a fourth “Mad Max” movie but, until just now, nothing of that was ever confirmed. Fans knew one was being made with the original director George Miller at the helm but they were never offered more than tidbits of info. In a recent interview with ABC News, Miller not only proves hi...

26 October 2009
12:10 GMT

Another Infamous Game May Be in Development

Infamous proved to be a great game and, like any good company, Sony won't let any opportunity go to waste. Cole, the protagonist of the game, received very decent voice acting and even if the voice actor wasn't showered with compliments, he didn't really receive any complaints either. Still, it seems h...

14 October 2009
06:23 GMT

Clash of the Titans Game Announced

A remake of the Hollywood classic movie Clash of the Titans is in the making and due to arrive next year, but what is of more interest to us is that it will be accompanied by a video game that's part of the franchise. Namco Bandai Games America Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive, a division of Warner Bros. Home E...

14 October 2009
05:29 GMT

Dante's Inferno Living in God of War's Shadow

When a game keeps being associated with a different one of the same genre, sparks are bound to happen. Either the publishers will try to distinguish their game as better or more innovative, or the fans will start a fan-boy war wherever they can. But the team that works on Dante's Inferno doesn't seem to be ...

2 October 2009
06:55 GMT

First Details Emerge on ‘Rambo V: The Savage Hunt’

Not long ago, Sylvester Stallone was protesting that he would not make another “Rambo” movie, since the time had come for the franchise to come to an end and for him to stop putting himself through so much physical pain before it was too late. Like it or not, a fifth “Rambo” film is happening ...

7 September 2009
10:13 GMT

Nicolas Cage Signs for 3D Action ‘Drive Angry’

Movie studios are doing their best to meet all the demands of today’s moviegoers, as they have been since the early days of the industry. Studies and numbers show that 3D films are the way to go, since, despite the increased production costs, they average grosses superior to those of 2D films. Actor Nicolas Cag...

1 September 2009
04:17 GMT

‘Bad Boys 3’ Confirmed, in Early Development

It’s been six years since the second (and last as far as fans knew) “Bad Boys” film, but, for director Michael Bay, this long time lapse means almost nothing. A third film is currently in development, with all signs pointing that Bay will reclaim the director’s chair for it, while hopes are hi...

1 September 2009
03:51 GMT

‘Rambo 5’ with Sylvester Stallone Greenlit

Not long ago, Sylvester Stallone promised that the fourth “Rambo” would be his last, just like “Rocky Balboa” was the last “Rocky” film. At one point, the star even hinted that making another movie of the type would be too physically challenging for him, and suggested that he would...

31 August 2009
10:35 GMT

Gerard Butler for Teaser Poster for ‘Law Abiding Citizen’

Although starring such big stars like Gerard Butler and Jamie Foxx, the action film / thriller “Law Abiding Citizen” has gotten little press coverage until now, except for a couple of occasional reports of rifts between the main leads for reasons as insignificant as who of the two gets the most ladies. Wh...

13 August 2009
08:19 GMT

New ‘Ninja Assassin’ Stills Bring Rain on Fire

In November this year, James McTeigue of the “V for Vendetta” fame will bring fans of martial arts movies something that promises to be quite a treat: “Ninja Assassin,” starring singer turned actor Rain, whose name is already a household one on most markets. If, until now, the film garnered li...

12 August 2009
11:38 GMT

‘G.I. Joe’ Tops International Box-Office

Over the weekend, critics rushed to trash the latest Paramount action movie “G.I. Joe,” saying that the very move on behalf of the studio not to screen it for all critics was a sign that it did not have any faith in the project. As we were also saying then, in the end, it’s audiences who decide what...

10 August 2009
09:48 GMT

Overlord II

Evil. It is the center point for a lot of video games these days, as many tell the story of a brave and good character going up against the forces of evil and eventually vanquishing them in a tour de force. After that, all is well in the land, peace reigns and everyone can start hugging puppies and kittens until they...

3 July 2009
04:37 GMT

Assassin's Creed 2 Will Feature a Varied Gameplay

Assassin's Creed was one of 2007's most interesting titles, as it introduced some very interesting gameplay mechanics and placed an emphasis on exploring and knowing everything before you attempted an assassination during the Crusades of the 1100s. But sadly the game was quite repetitive, as the main chara...

12 June 2009
02:41 GMT

First Pictures of Angelina Jolie as a Spy in ‘Salt’

Initially, “Salt,” an action-packed film about a spy believed to be working as a double agent, was meant to have Tom Cruise as the main star. When he pulled out of the project, they had him replaced with Angelina Jolie, an actress who had already proven her worth in action movies such as “Tom Raider...

3 March 2009
10:48 GMT

New Details Appear on the Wolverine Game

Games have always had emblematic lead characters. Whether they were the faceless Master Chief or Gordon Freeman or the problematic Niko Bellic, gamers always wanted to know something about the character they were controlling in the game. Activision's future game based on the popular comic book hero Wolverine is...

6 January 2009
03:59 GMT

MadWorld Producer Says Making Black and White Games Is Hard

MadWorld is shaping up to be quite an interesting title. It will be an action adventure video game, exclusive to the Nintendo Wii console, which will showcase quite a lot of violence, but, in a more comical way, as its developers from Platinum Games have said.The game will place you in the shoes of a not so normal me...

8 December 2008
02:43 GMT

Avatar: The Last Airbender Cheats and Hints (PSP)

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a really good show that won an Emmy for the best American animated television series, and which follows the adventures of Aang and his friends, Katara, Haru, and Sokka, while they try to save the world from the Fire Lord, ruler of the Fire Nation. Debuting at the beginning of 2005, the s...

22 September 2008
08:46 GMT

Divine Divinity Gets Sequel

Back in 2002 an action RPG with a great title was launched, Divine Divinity, and it managed to win fans' hearts, even though the Diablo II LoD hype was still pretty high. And that, you can imagine, is a great achievement. However, there is one big surprise related to this title: the fact that it got no sequel un...

11 August 2008
04:36 GMT

Mount & Blade Release Date Announced

Mount & Blade, the role playing game title that made so many people go crazy several years ago with its realistic horse-riding and fighting sequences, is finally going to be released, after completing the beta-stage (which also lasted several years). The game, developed by TaleWorlds Entertainment, will be published ...

31 July 2008
02:50 GMT

Microsoft Announces European Release Date for Too Human

As it usually happens in the gaming world, Europe is going to receive the highly anticipated Too Human a bit later than the North Americans but, this time, it's only a ten-day delay. Yes, this means that Too Human is coming to European consoles on the 29th of August this year (if you don't want to do the ma...

28 July 2008
03:04 GMT

Dark Void Brings You the Real Sci-fi Action

Capcom has finally decided it was time to give us more details about Dark Void, the new sci-fi action-adventure game they had announced late last year. The game will be released as a multi-platform on Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles, as well as PC systems. It is a really hardcore one that looks amazing - if we are to belie...

4 June 2008
04:48 GMT

Guns, Wheels & Madheads 2 To Bring Chaos On Mobiles

Qplaze, the Ukraine-based mobile content developer, has announced the future release of "Guns, Wheels & Madheads 2," a new mobile game that comes as the sequel of an older one, named exactly the same (minus the "2" part, of course). Guns, Wheels & Madheads 2 is an action game that features car races, various weapo...

3 June 2008
12:14 GMT

Blue Dragon Achievements (Xbox 360)

First of all, top RPG fans waiting for the game to hit their consoles (if it hadn't already) should know that Hironobu Sakaguchi was assigned to carry out most of the work for Blue Dragon, only because he's a pure Japanese developing talent. However, it's Akira Toriyama who handled the lines and curves...

29 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Ready for Some Dinosaur Battle?

Ever since I saw the new King Kong battling dinosaurs, I wanted to kick some dinosaur arse. I am sure the same statement is true when it comes to you and the stuff you'd like to beat the crap out of. Thankfully, since everything is possible in the games world (well... everything except the release of a new Duke ...

20 May 2008
02:35 GMT

Get Ready to Become the Protector

Whenever a newly formed developer announces a big project, you tend to take the news with a grain of salt, while praying to God to let the devs do their job as they should - flawlessly. But until we really get the chance to test the product, let's learn more about the facts: Gingerbread Studios, a new Polish dev...

19 May 2008
02:33 GMT

Horror Action Brought to Life with Larva Mortus

Every now and then, a small little game gets released and it offers you a few unforgettable hours: lots of fun, mad mouse clicking and countless enemies to destroy. It just happens that this week's game responsible for all the "during-breaks" fun is called Larva Mortus, coming from the Czech developers Rake in G...

13 May 2008
15:06 GMT

Activision Brings the Big Adventure to Wii

The games in the Pitfall series have sold more than 10 million units to date and it seemed as if it was only a matter of time until a new Pitfall game was released. Apparently, the wait will be over by the end of the year, since Activision plans to release Pitfall: The Big Adventure to the Nintendo Wii consoles this ...

13 May 2008
13:06 GMT

Iron Man for Mobile Phones, from Hands-On Mobile

Hands-On Mobile, in collaboration with Marvel Entertainment, released Iron Man for mobiles today, a new game based on Marvel's famous (and fictional) Iron Man character. Besides the game, exclusive Iron Man mobile content is available, as of now, from select operators around the globe. In the coming weeks, more ...

30 April 2008
18:06 GMT

Today, The World Ends With You

The creators of Finaly Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts have been working for a while now on a new Nintendo DS action RPG title, dubbed The World Ends With You. According to Square Enix, the game released in Japan under the name of Subarashiki Kono Sekai, has been already shipped to North American retailers and it is silen...

23 April 2008
04:02 GMT

Prison Break Game for Mobiles, Soon

Prison Break, the hugely popular TV series that concluded its 3rd season at the beginning of 2008, will soon be available on mobile phones. Not as a film, but as a game that will try to bring the TV series' intense drama to our handsets. Produced by Vivendi, Prison Break for mobiles is an action game (couldn&#...

16 April 2008
04:16 GMT

Explosive Helicopter Action to Be Brought to PSPs

I bet you haven't played a quality helicopter game in a while and you're starting to miss the thrills of flying and laying waste with your next-gen chopper. But things are about to change since Mountain Sheep and v.2 Play have teamed up to bring a great action-arcade game to your PSP consoles this May. So, ...

7 April 2008
15:06 GMT

Charlie's Angels - Hellfire Brings Tough Girls On Our Mobiles

Charlie's Angels - Hellfire is the latest title brought to us by "ze Germans" from Ojom, known for publishing cool mobile games around the world. Ojom got the rights for making the game straight from Sony Pictures Entertainment (who produced the Charlie's Angels movie). Staying true to the movie, the mobi...

7 April 2008
02:56 GMT

Prepare to Hunt Dragons on Your DS

Dragon Hunters is an animated series, produced by French company Futurikon, that chronicles the adventures of Lian-Chu and Gwizdo, two young dragon hunters. The universe in which the life is made up of floating land masses separated by gaping voids. Travel is restricted to airships and most of the people are terroriz...

14 March 2008
13:31 GMT

Commando: Steel Disaster to War on Your DS

Heavy weapons, big shots and other things for the "big bad guys" will be soon available via the rather peaceful Nintendo DS portable console, since Lexicon Entertainment has announced that Commando: Steel Disaster will be launched in Europe starting the 9th of May.As for the plot, you play as the heroic Storm who mus...

14 March 2008
06:48 GMT

Sexy Witches, Scary Monsters Detailed for Males Aged 18-35

It was just one or two days ago when I said that sexy girls in video games (with a bonus from nakedness) help these games sell, even if they are not exactly what you could call a good game. I made fun of X-Blades just because it features a heroine wearing thongs and a little bra, together with big weapons. But now I ...

6 March 2008
04:55 GMT

Rocketmen: Axis of Evil Goes Live

It's no secret that gamers have saved the world or even the entire galaxy more often than Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone together – and we'll keep doing this for sure without ever getting bored, probably. We'll do the same thing in Capcom's RPG-styled shooter, Rocketmen: Axis of Evil, a game ...

4 March 2008
03:24 GMT

The World War II Strikes Back: Partisans Ready to Invade!

Whoa, I am so excited: another WWII-based game is going to be released this year! I was starting to miss the announcements that sounded like: "revolutionary game, intuitive gameplay, great story. It's World War II..." and nothing else matters, if Metallica doesn't mind. Anyway... this particular game we...

20 February 2008
03:12 GMT

Roots of Terror: Action, Real Time Strategy and... Terror

Like everybody else on this planet, except the game developers, we were getting really tired of titles based on the World War II - we want something new, unique, a different experience. Strangely, such a title will come from the developers of Pacific Storm (yes, that game based on the WWII), Lesta Studio. 9th Company...

13 February 2008
06:13 GMT

Get Ready for Sin City in Midway's "This is Vegas"

Midway seems to know very well what people really want from a game: an open world, freedom, a great story and some superb characters. Add to these a great lifestyle action experience that will allow you to drive, fight, gamble and party like a rock star in Sin City and you already have an idea how will the next title...

7 February 2008
05:47 GMT

Become the Multi-Platform Crash Test Dummy!

You've been the bad guy that killed for no apparent reason, the super hero that saved the world and, probably, everything you can imagine. But you've never been a bored crash test dummy that is about to become a prince that's going to save the princess. So, if you think that would be a fun mission, you...

5 February 2008
05:14 GMT

Dynasty Warriors 6 Available Starting February 2008

KOEI has announced that the latest game in the Dynasty Warriors series will be shipped to North American retailers starting the 19th of February and it will be available for your Xbox 360. The game will deliver some 720p HD visuals, it will support 1 or 2 player modes and we can't say yet what's the minimum...

19 December 2007
05:57 GMT

"Assassin's Creed" Makes the Holy Crusades Mobile

Gameloft just announced the launch of "Assassin's Creed", the mobile game based on Ubisoft's critically acclaimed new franchise console title. This brings intense action and hours of mobile fun for its players.The game's action is set in Jerusalem, 1191 A.D., when the Third Crusade is tearing apart the...

16 November 2007
05:02 GMT

Delta Force for Mobile Phones, the New Version

Vivendi Games Mobile announced today the availability of the latest Delta Force game for mobile phones, sequel to the award-winning mobile Delta Force launched last year by the same company. The game is based on the well-known Delta Force Black Hawk Down: Team Sabre from NovaLogic. In the new game, players control th...

27 September 2007
09:37 GMT


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