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The truth of the matter is that we are still recovering from E3 2010 here at Big Download, but we managed to come out of our coma to post up the highlights of the past week in our coverage of PC games. That includes our post-E3 coverage of a number of games we didn’t get to last week (if you missed our previous and massive amount of E3 2010 coverage check out last week’s Best of Big Download post).
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- E3 2010 coverage: We have our E3 impressions of F.E.A.R. 3, Red Faction: Armageddon, Rage, Portal 2, Dungeon Siege III, and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Plus check out our (different) E3 2010 awards and we list the PC games that didn’t make it to E3 this year.
- Magic The Gathering Duels of the Planewalkers review: We give our final verdict for this PC port of the collectible card-strategy game.
- Boot Disk: Clive Barker’s Undying: Our retro games feature checks out this excellent but underselling horror shooter from EA.
- All You Need To Know: We give you all the info we have so far on Portal 2.
Continue reading The Best Of Big Download: June 21 – 27
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After a week of game reveals, tech demonstrations, Cirque du Soleil freakshows, and a weekend of the deepest sleep us GI editors have ever had, E3 is over. Now that we've taken some time to separate ourselves from the madness, we've come up with our picks for the best that E3 had to offer.
Best Of Show
Portal 2
Navigating through the crowded show floor, one can expect to be assaulted by military shooters, big-budget crime games, and other flashy franchises both gratuitous and gory in nature. This truth makes it that much more impressive, then, that the sequel to Valve’s surprise critical darling garnered our vote for Best of Show. Intelligent, innovative, and massively entertaining, Portal 2 is easily one of our top anticipated games of 2011.
Best Of PlayStation 3
Infamous 2
In the original Infamous, you assumed control of a ridiculously powerful electric superhero that could throw lightning grenades and summon thunderstorms. We didn't think it could get much cooler than that, but Sucker Punch proved us wrong with Infamous 2. With a sweet new locale, an assortment of new powers (electric tornadoes!), and an intriguing story, we can't wait to see what's next for the electric man.
Best Of Xbox 360
Gears of War 3
Bulletstorm may be the new kid on Epic's block, but that doesn't mean we don't have plenty to look forward to in the Locust-slaying Gears series. With more variety in its campaign, visuals that top even the series high standards, four-player co-op, and the new Beast mode, Gears is looking better than ever.
Best Of Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Everyone knew we'd be seeing a new Zelda title this year, but that didn't take away any of our excitement for it. After some unfortunate technical hiccups during the Nintendo presser, we were thrilled to find that the game handled like a dream. Considering the only other Zelda on the system is essentially a Gamecube port, it's great to see a built-from-the-ground-up adventure made just for the Wii.
Best Multiplatform
Portal 2
While disappointed by the delay of Portal 2 to an undisclosed window
in 2011, the announcement that Valve is rescinding their ban on
PlayStation 3 development nearly made up for the agonizing wait. The
time already invested into the game shows – improvements to the
graphics, level design, and music were immediately apparent. Now that
the PlayStation 3 is on the platform roster, more gamers than ever
before will be able to enjoy Portal 2 come launch day.
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This roundup of last week’s highlights is a little late but we have a good excuse: We’ve been really busy producing all of our E3 2010 coverage. We’ll have some more E3 stuff to go over this week, but in the meantime here’s what we did in the past seven days. (Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’re going to take a quick nap!)
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E3 2010 Coverage: Not only did we venture to L.A. to check out some cool upcoming games, we went over the top with tons of interviews last week, including covering many games that were not shown at E3 this year:
- Interviews:Dogfighter, Entertainment Consumer Association, Alien Breed: Impact, Elemental: War of Magic, StarCraft II, Dino D-Day, Singularity, Bounty Arms, Postal 3, Skulls of the Shogun, Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, City of Heroes: Going Rogue, Red Orchestra Heroes of Stalingrad, Breach, The First Templar, Sword of the Stars 2, PC Gaming Alliance, End of Nations, Trine 2, Primal Carnage, The Grinder, The Witcher 2, Guardians of Graxia, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
- Previews: XCOM, Bulletstorm, Shogun 2: Total War, Spec Ops: The Line, Civilization V, Need for Speed Hot Pursuit, Crysis 2, and Homefront. We even have some post E3 hands-on impressions of the OnLive service.
- Video Blogs: Check out Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3 and Episode 4 of our exclusive and extensive video coverage of E3 2010 featuring tons of game footage and interviews straight from the E3 2010 show floor with the developers of, among other games, Call of Duty: Black Ops, Medal of Honor, DC Universe Online, Rage, Brink and many, many more.
- Booth Babes: You know you like to look so check out Big Download’s gallery of booth babe images from Day 1, Day 2 and Day 3 of E3 2010.
Continue reading The Best of Big Download: June 14-20
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Welcome to this week’s Movie/Music news roundup, containing new Japanese and Hong Kong Video and Music releases from this week listed at Play-Asia.com. Around 170 new items are covered in this week, including new J-Pop, Anime as well as Japanese, Hong Kong and Western movie releases and much more.
Up-beat, energetic, or touching, the bishojo theme songs always set the mood for the rest of the game. Brought to you by Exit Tunes and their team of fan singers, Best Extacy Complete Best contains 20 favorites such as Kimi ga nozomu Eien and Yuukyuu no Tsubasa.
Listen to the sweet voices and call up the memories of your perfect girl friend(s). With the 10% discount running, you can get it at an even cheaper price. Aside from songs, the Limited Edition comes with a figure, be sure to grab it before they are all gone.
No More Pain is the fruit of combined efforts between Kat-Tun and famous music producers from all over the world. The album contains strong beat rock songs, energetic dance beats that goes well with their live performances and sexy …[more]
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