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GAME & MOVIE NEWS: Need For Speed Movie Pics Released

DreamWorks have issued a pair of images from the upcoming Need For Speed movie, which, of course, is based on the long-running video game series.

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GAME NEWS: Star Wars Pinball: Balance Of The Force Announced

Zen Studios and LucasArts have announced that Star Wars Pinball: Balance Of The Force — the second collection of Star Wars pinball tables — will be available this fall.

The collection will consist of three tables, all of which are based on the original trilogy.

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“Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes” Video Game Preview

 

At a recent event held, in part, to announce the opening of their new Los Angeles studio, Konami and Kojima Productions revealed new details about the upcoming stealth action game Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes.

Set in the studio’s theater, the event consisted of a previously seen trailer, a live demo — which was running on a PC and is representative of how the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of the game will look — and a Q&A session with director Hideo Kojima and art director Yoji Shinkawa that we were not allowed to record.

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GAME REVIEW: Puppeteer

With lots of running and jumping in a two-dimensional world so photorealistic that it looks like it’s made of wood, cloth, and Elmer’s glue, Puppeteer is going to remind a lot of people of the LittleBigPlanet games. Heck, it’s even got a British narrator. But this adorable and inventive platformer from SCE Japan Studio (which Sony is publishing for the PlayStation 3, naturally) is different enough that both lovers and haters of L.B.P. might get a kick out of it.

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GAME & TOY NEWS: Borderlands’ Gentlemen Caller Claptrap Announced

NECA have announced that they will release an action figure called Gentleman Caller Claptrap, a dapper version of the robot from Borderlands, in mid-December.

The 7-inch tall figure is modeled to look like the ’bot when he’s running the bank, hence his top hat, cufflinks (and cuffs), monocle, and mustache.

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Game News: Watch Dogs Clothing Announced

The British video game-themed clothing and apparel company Insert Coin Clothing have announced that they will release a line of shirts, hats, and other apparel based on Ubisoft’s upcoming cyberpunk action game Watch Dogs.

According to the announcement, they’re hoping to launch the collection “as soon as possible at the end of the year.”

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GAME REVIEW: Killzone: Mercenary

In their continuing quest to show that the PlayStation Vita is a viable system for first-person shooters, Sony proudly presents Killzone: Mercenary, a sci-fi shooter from Guerrilla Cambridge (the studio formerly known as SCE Cambridge). But while fans of this long-running series will think this portable edition feels just like the home games, that same feeling will be an issue for those who’ve had problems with this series in the past.

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TOY NEWS: New Pics Of Tomb Raider Minimates Released

Diamond Select Toys will be releasing the first series of Tomb Raider Minimates next week and, in honor of this, they’ve issued new pictures of what I can only assume is them vacationing on some tropical island.

There will be 12 figures in all, with different sets of two available in different stores.

One collection, which pairs Roth

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with Storm Guard General

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will be only available only online, at comic book stores, or at specialty toy shops, as will the two-fer of Sun Queen

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and Father Mattias (who apparently missed the vacay).

Similarly, the pack with the Scavenger (who also missed this trip) and the and Scavenger Archer…

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will only be sold at Toys “R” Us, as will the one with Storm Guard (also not pictured) and Storm Guard Stalker.

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Meanwhile, the collections with Lara

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and Scavenger Scout

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will available everywhere, as will the pairing of Battle Damaged Lara Croft and Armored Scavenger. Who are seen here reenacting a scene from Othello.

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Regardless of where you buy them, all of the Tomb Raider Minimates will retail for $9.99 each.

 

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GAME REVIEW: Killer Is Dead

Much like the movies and TV shows of David Lynch, the music of Primus frontman/solo artist Les Claypool, and the writings of Mark Leyner, the video games made by Suda-51 are esoteric, never generic, and always unique. And his latest, Killer Is Dead, is no exception. But while this means his detractors will hate it and his acolytes will love it, what about the rest of us? What indeed.