EA has released a new video for Medal of Honor, which shows off some of the single player campaign. The clip shows helicopters circling around an village, where enemies are relentlessly trying to shoot them down with guns and of course, the dreaded rocket launcher. While the scene is a playable level, it’s definitely more of a rail-shooter, and is probably only a small portion of the game.

While already know EA is doing everything in their power to to snag a portion of the Call of Duty audience, and to be honest, this video reminds me of the Lockheed AC-130 level of CoD. Although, that isn’t a bad thing at all.

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Sony has just released what we should expect from them at the Tokyo Game Show. What’s not surprising is the company will relentlessly try to push the PlayStation Move and its 3D technology. Obviously, the way they publicize this is by showing off their exclusive videogames that will appear on their systems that take advantage of both features.

Like you would imagine, Sony is highlighting the franchise titles like LittleBigPlanet 2, Gran Turismo 5 and SOCOM 4; however one title is noticeably absent from the list — The Last Guardian.

The Last Guardian has been under pretty much every hardcore gamer’s radar as a project to watch out for, and for good reason. The game is being developed by the ultra talented Team Ico studio, the makers behind such works of art as Ico and Shadow of Colossus. Not only that, when the first trailer leaked on the Internet just days before the unveiling at E3, the buzz about the title has been enormous and never ending.

Of course, not much as been shown since the first time we were in awe of the venture. The game’s designer Fumito Ueda had made numerous claims that we would be getting a lot more info about The Last Guardian in 2010 and since TGS is the last big convention of the year, most of us thought that must be the time we finally get to see the game in action. But as of now, we won’t because the game is not listed as a Sony game that is expected to be displayed during the show. Although, that could change and hopefully it does!

After the jump, check out what games will be shown, thanks to andriasang.

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What the hell is going on with this music video from the Swedish group Bondage Fairies? I really don’t know, but I LIKE IT!

It should also be noted that the band self-titled themselves as “the only Nintendo-death-punk band that the cold country of Sweden has squeezed out from its fleshy womb.” Awesome!

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Sony has released a PlayStation Move video with Anton Mikhailov, from the Research and Development team. The five and half minute clip does not show off any gameplay whatsoever, instead we get a better understanding on how the PlayStation Move works, by watching seeing several tech-demos throughout the video.

Mikhailov mentions on how previous motion controllers, like the Wiimote, is nothing more than a gesture button. For instance, when you swing your arms one way, you’re doing nothing more than telling the system to act in a certain way. It didn’t measure the speed of your movements, or what what other ways your arms were shifting. It’s a problem I’ve always had with the original Wiimote. For example, if you were playing a baseball game on the Wii you were pitching, the system couldn’t tell how fast or what direction your hand was moving, accurately.

The PlayStation Move can in theory, do all that — plus more — which the video up top tries to prove. While it’s certainly looks like the device has the potential to do some great things, it ultimalty comes down to the developers. And I don’t see many companies solely focusing on the PlayStation 3, just so they can create a Move title.

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Going to PAX? Love Killzone? Then you’re going to love this next post because Sony has confirmed that Killzone 3 will be playable on the show floor. There will be 16 stations, that will offer one big team multiplayer battle.

That’s not all. Sony is going to offer another section which will include seven more dedicated TVs for the first-person shooter, where gamers can experience the single player portion of the game…in dazzling 3D!

It should also be noted that if attendees head over to the Sony booth, they can win codes for the Killzone 3 beta. Yeah, Sony wants to be the popular guy at PAX this year.

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Back at E3, Telltale Games (Strong Bad’s Cool Game for Attractive People) announced they were working with Universal Studios and developing an episodic videogame based off of the Back to the Future films. While the news has been pretty scarce since the unveiling, the USA Today has reported some pretty awesome things concerning the games.

First of all, Bob Gale — the screenwriter for all three Back to the Future films — is the penning all five of the videogames that will first appear this winter for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC and Mac.

While we don’t know what the exact plot of the games are, we do know a few things about what to expect. The actor who played the exuberant Doc Brown from the films, Christopher Lloyd, will lend his voice to the game. We also know the likeness of Michael J. Fox‘s character, Marty McFly, will be part of the story. Although, it’s sounds unlikely that Fox will reprise his famous McFly role. Additionally, other memorable characters from the sought-after films will make cameos,

Telltale told the publication that the famed Delorean time machine will make an appearance and the saga will be told in the fictional California town Hill Valley. Obviously Back to the Future is about time travel,  because of that we don’t exactly know what the main time period of the plot will be told in; however, we do know 1985 will play a big role.

If you played any other Telltale game, you’ll know they solely focus on the point-and-click adventure genre. They also like to throw a lot of sarcastic humor in with their games, more so than the Back to the Future movies. Because of their history, I know they’ll nail down the adventure part. But I’m a little concerned how the humor will turn out. While the Back to the Future series has a lot of comedy elements to it, it doesn’t have the dry humor Telltale’s title generally have. So, it will be interesting to see if the studio can actually find a happy-medium for their newly acquired license. Having Bob Gale should help.

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Rockstar Games has just announced that Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars is coming to the iPad.

Officially called: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD, the sandbox title will have a complete high-def makeover, but still maintain the 50+ levels, side-missions and the other great features that helped made the game on of the best reviewed portable titles ever.

Not only that, players can create their own radio station with the music on their iTunes, just by switching to the Independence FM station in cars inside the videogame.

One of the cooler aspects of this version of the title in my opinion, is the ability to play on the gorgeous 9.7 inch screen.

Obviously, this will mark the first time this game is able to be ‘played in HD;’ but playing it on the screen that is that big, is exciting.

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars HD will be available in the App Store on September 9th and come with a $9.99 price tag.

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Sony has confirmed that a firmware update for the PlayStation 3, which will allow Blu-ray 3D playback, will be released in October. The announcement was made during the IFA, which was a surprise to some considering rumors suggested the upgrade would be available to download in just a few short days.

Of course, this isn’t a huge deal either way because of the number of homes that actually own a 3D capable television. In addition to that, there are only a handful of films on the media that are actually gettable in 3D.

So, if you own a 3D TV, have a PlayStation 3, then you should probably just download Motorstorm 3D and Wipeout, plus a handful of demos that are in the third-dimension. That might hold you ever for a little but, right?

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Konami has just released what games will be at the Tokyo Game Show this October. All you Metal Gear fans can rest easy because Metal Gear Solid: Rising will have a presence at the show. Unfortunately, the publisher didn’t reveal which games are going to be playable, so we have no clue if Rising will actually be playable on the show-floor, or if we’ll just see a new trailer.

Some other notable games that will be at the convention are Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Zack & Ombrea and Catherine, which is developed my Atlus.

After the jump, check out what Konami titles will be at the show.

Source: siliconera

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Four New York City have been arrested for conspiring by stealing videogames from Toys “R” Us’ up and down the East Coast. Rodney McCreary, Derrella Winfrey, Gilberto Matos and Wilfredo Matos were caught by an off-duty officer, who saw the suspects stuffing their pants with videogames inside a Toys “R” Us in Annapolis, MD.

Once the men left the store, the cop followed them to their car and called on-duty law-enforcement to apprehend the men. The police searched the vehicle and to their surprise, found 219 games and a long list of other Toys “R” US’ and a map detailing how to get to reach them.

According to HomeTownAnnapolis, the police are now investigating which stores were hit, while each of the the four men have been released on a $50,000 bond.

Believe it or not, something like this is not uncommon. When thieves have confidence on how a particular retail corporation works, they will rob as many as they can — especially if they ‘know’ they can’t be caught by store employees. The officer was just at the right place at the right time. Imagine if he wasn’t there, these guys would still be traveling around the area and looting the remaining stores on their map.

via: kotaku

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Activision still believes in Spider-Man, or at the very least, is milking the franchise until their contract with the property expires. Today, they released the launch trailer Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions, which is due out on September 7th.

The game will offer four different Spider-Mans that are all playable and at one point, had a comic series that starred them. The playable characters are: Noir Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2099, Amazing Spider-Man and Ultimate Spider-Man.
While I like the new art direction, which now uses a cel-shading to emulate the comics, the gameplay still looks like it’s using the stale engine, that some of the older Spidey games used. Hopefully, things have changes — but I’m not holding my breath.

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Yesterday, we were first to report that Microsoft was going release a controller for the Xbox 360 that had its d-pad redesign. We also wrote that Microsoft would officially announce the newly revamped device and up top is a video with the actual redesign.

Like we said, the d-pad can be popped-up by routing it 90 degrees, giving the player the feel of a four-way directional pad, instead of eight. The controller is supposed to gear towards the fighting fan, who in the past, complained about the original Xbox 360 control pad and some even refused to buy one for the system.

One thing we didn’t know was the price, but now we do. According to Microsoft, the controller is going to cost $65 when it’s released on November 9th, which is $15 more than the original wireless one.

After the jump, watch Major Nelson fool around with the controller and not a sexual way, either!

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In a little more then a month-and-a-half, Fallout New Vegas will be available. With almost every game that is released, the achievements/trophies have been leaked early. If you’re an achievement whore, or a person who is so obsessed with the Fallout series and needs to know every little thing about each game, check them out after the jump.

There are over 50 achievements in total and if the player gets everyone on Xbox, they will ad 1000 points to their Gamerscore…yay.

Fallout New Vegas will be released on the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.

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THQ has revealed specifics of what to expect when WWE SmackDown Vs. Raw 2011 is pre-ordered. Like other titles, where you reserve the game, is what you get. Here’s the scoop:

* Best Buy (or any retailer in Canada): Brett Hart playable character
* Toys R Us: Undertaker’s “Ministry of Darkness” gear
* Amazon.com: Three outfits for Randy Orton (T-shirt, suit and referee uniform)
* Walmart: “Tribute to the Troops” arena

I would probably pick the Best Buy option. Although, I wonder if it’s the Brett Hart of yesteryear, or the modern, fat, slow, old version of Brett Hart.

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Sony has just released images for their God of War: Ghost of Sparta themed PSP. The look of the actual PSP is pretty badass, but the Darth Vader inspired PSP still is number one in my heart.

The PSP is actually packed in with a Ghost of Sparta bundle, which includes:

* Black and Red Two-Toned PSP-3000

* God of War: Ghost of Sparta UMD Game– After God of War concludes, Ghost of Sparta begins with the story of Kratos’ ascension to power as the God of War.

* God of War: Chains of Olympus PlayStation Network Downloadable Game Voucher – Before the events of God of War, experience Kratos’ journey during the 10-years of servitude to the Gods of Olympus in one of the most highly acclaimed action titles of all time!

* Kick Ass – UMD Movie (Wait, they still make these?)

* 2 GB Memory Stick Pro Duo

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