A game can't just be aimed at a single audience. For the crowded shooter market in particular, you've got to be good, and you've got to appeal to a broad swath of players. Aliens: Colonial Marines might be able to pull that off. It's got four-player, drop-in co-op for the entire campaign. It's got a ton of distinctive, cool-sounding weapons. It looks like it'll have some great setpieces and intense scripted moments. The shooting seems responsive and fast.
But there's a specific audience out there that's been waiting for Aliens: Colonial Marines. An audience that knows what planet Hadley's Hope is on,
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Four to six missions into the new campaign for Blizzard's Heart of the Swarm expansion for Star Craft 2, Kerrigan is again working with the Zerg. Blizzard won't say why, but it appears that Kerrigan, in her de-Zergified form, is fighting to reunite as many slimy, spiky creatures under her banner as possible. In this campaign she won't simply be a character that walks and talks, but a fully controllable, upgradeable hero unit useable in nearly all of Heart of the Swarm's 20 or so missions. No doubt many have questions about what Blizzard's doing with its multipl
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It has been ten years since the Raccoon City incident and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place in the belief that it will curb the current resurgence in bioterrorist activity. Due to be by the President's side is his personal friend and Raccoon City survivor, Leon S. Kennedy, but when the venue suffers a bioterrorist attack, Leon is forced to face a President transformed beyond recognition and make his hardest ever decision. At the same time, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance member Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack. With no country safe from these attacks and the ensuing outbreaks, the entire world's population is united by a c
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A lot of people are intimately familiar with DotA, its massive roster of heroes and its complex inner workings. This series isn't so much for the hardcore crowd as it is for those new to the title. We're highlighting the heroes on Dota 2's roster one by one, showing off their abilities and play styles. We know that entering into Dota 2 is going to be daunting for a lot of people, and choosing a hero is no simple task. We hope this helps you make that choice.
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The Devil May Cry series set a bold precedent for action games in the
early 2000s. Each of the first three games created challenging, stylish,
and intense experiences, forcing players to learn combat, special
moves, and evasion to survive. Now, Capcom and Pipeworks have brought the three original games together and
packaged them into an HD collection. After battling through roughly half
of each game in the set, certain elements gained clarity. The
collection delivers all the great content of the originals, but it feels
aged by the frustrating camera and lack of consistency in their HD
upgrades. The Devil May Cry: HD Collection includes Devil May
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