THQ sends along a new pre-rendered Darksiders II trailer that showcases how badly the deadliest Horseman of the Apocalypse outmatches even the most colossal of foes.

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Tails spent his early Genesis days as Sonic’s co-op partner. Dedicated player twos across the world used the sidekick’s flight ability and invincibility to help the hedgehog exact revenge on Dr. Robotnik. Unfortunately, the two-tailed fox was always left choking on Sonic’s dust when things picked up speed, thus 2D Sonic co-op never felt truly balanced. For Sonic 4: Episode II, Sega attempts to create a compelling two-player experience whether you’re controlling Sonic or Tails. Thanks to the characters’ shared vitality and some egregious levels and boss fights, the end result is an awkward mess.

Episode II follows the first installment’s formula closely: Pick from one of three zones, play special stages to earn chaos emeralds, and beat them all to unlock the final stages. This time we’re treated to gorgeous castle ruins, a snowy amusement park, and a desert level filled with oil slicks. While all the Sonic 2-inspired environments look crisp and vivid, the level layouts are riddled with boring, spring-to-spring autopilot stretches and cheap shots from out of the blue. During one underwater segment, robotic enemies create impenetrable ice barriers, imprisoning Sonic and Tails while you watch them drown. The overly zoomed-in view of the action makes avoiding tricky oncoming hazards even more troublesome.

Co-op is available locally and online, but you’ll likely lose any friends you finagle into playing it with you. Episode II fails in its main goal: Make playing as Tails fun. Joining ...
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Who has time to accumulate cash then wait for a game to launch before actually paying for it? In this work-a-day world, we need to prepare for such things; we need lead time. And if you're of a similar mind, it may please you to know that Sorcery will be the first game to kick off a new pre-purchase feature on PSN.

Right now, you can log onto PSN and pay for Sorcery, triggering a download ...
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A Swedish game designer’s game concept is capable of bringing “survival horror” back, with his concept video of a game he’s working on called “Sound of Silence”.

A post on Reddit  has brought this development to the forefront, as this concept video is now getting wide stream attention for its unique premise: playing on player’s personal fears.

Michael Chiniquy, 20, created the video utilizing Unity3D and Adobe After Effects. The idea? To build a game that changes based on player’s personal fears.

In the video, he demonstrates how a player with a fear of darkness and loneliness can react to the situation they are placed in, by being dropped on a lowly, deserted road near a dark, abandoned house without reason or explanation.

The next concept Chiniquy hopes to see brought to life is through interchangeable rooms, which would provide the player with their own unique playing experience based on their greatest fears.

According to an article on sticktwiddlers.com, Chiniquy has been flooded with e-mails from programmers hoping to help make his dream a reality.

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Batman: Arkham City's story-based download content Harley Quinn's Revenge hits May 29. Warner Bros. put out a new trailer to show what you can expect.

The content will run you .99 if purchased through Xbox Live, PlayStation Network. It's also added as a bonus in the upcoming Game of the Year edition, which ships the same day. It also includes ...
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Poor Harley Quinn. First the Joker breaks her mind, and then The Batman breaks her heart. It's nice to see that she's not wallowing in self-pity, though, and that she's got the initiative ...
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Having made a lifelong profession out of pocketing items of high value, Sly Cooper should feel right at home on the PlayStation Vita. Sony and developer Sanzaru Games, which updated and packaged Sly's PS2 adventures in an HD trilogy collection, have announced that Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will also launch on Vita, day-and-date with the PlayStation 3 version.

In addition to being portable and cross-save compatible with the PS3 version, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time will offer a few augmentations specific to the Vita hardware. When Sly dons an ...
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Our third Test Chamber episode of the week brings you a (mostly) spoiler-free look at Act III of Blizzard's long-awaited action/RPG, Diablo III.

Game Informer's Adam Biessener does his best to answer Jason Oestreicher and my questions without getting his barbarian killed too often. It turns out talking and playing Diablo at the same time leads to hilarity. Adam does a fine job, and shows off just how awesome it is to be ...
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