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The Dark Knight Finally Steps Into The Light

Gary Oldman inadvertently blew the lid off of the existence of an unnamed Batman title in the works during a video interview with G4TV. I figured the developer would have come clean at Comic Con this year. Turns out all parties involved were waiting on the cover of Game Informer to hit stands to reveal Batman: Arkham Asylum. Eidos and Warner Bros. will publish, Rocksteady is handling the development as well as the odd countdown mechanism thingamajig on their site. The press release is billing the PS3 and Xbox 360 title as “a haunting action detective game.” No word on whether or not you’ll be able to kidnap a boy from the circus and dress him up in gayly colored leggings and capes.

[Videogaming247]

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Eidos Officially Puts Alison Carroll’s Assets On Display

The Internets have already buzzed with the announcement of a new official Lara Croft model, Alison Carroll. I just figured it was time to put up a shot because the crop of this image I saw over at Game Life made me think of the three breasted alien from Total Recall. Carroll, a former receptionist and professional “display gymnast” (she apparently did some tumbling for Prince Charles at West Minster Abbey-do with that what you will), beat out a couple hundred of would-be models.

According to Eidos PR she’s about to dabble in some British SAS commando training including semi-automatic weapons and combat in Eastern Europe. Some Dorito-eater at a convention in the near future is going to to get one hell of a nut punch when he gets handsy. Check the full gallery, courtesy of Eidos, after the jump. Read the rest of this entry »

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Interviews

Tomb Raider: Underworld Brings Back Lara, Now With Naturally Heaving Cleavage

It wasn’t too long ago that Lara Croft was all but dead, following the much-delayed Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness, which became infamous for its shoddy gameplay. Eidos cleaned house after that debacle, closing down original Tomb Raider developer Core Design and turning the franchise over to Crystal Dynamics, which was best known for its Gex and Legacy of Kain games.

Tomb Raider: Underworld marks the third outing from the California developer, and the British bombshell has never looked better except for the times she’s portrayed by the MILF of the Millennium, Angelina Jolie. For the first time in the history of the game franchise the developers used motion-capture to map Lara Croft’s movement. There are thousands of animations and transitions used to make her actions fluid and lifelike, right down to her décolletage. Crystal Dynamics’ Creative Director Eric Lindstrom talks about the new game in this exclusive interview. Read the rest of this entry »

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Bruce Willis Wants To Bring The Bald To Kane & Lynch

Variety reported that Bruce Willis is “negotiating” to star as Adam “Kane” Marcus in the movie adaptation of Kane & Lynch: Dead Men. Seeing as he’s one of the producers we’re guessing the negotiation part only has to do with his rake and not whether or not he’ll get the role. Adrian Askarieh and Daniel Alter, the producers for the film adaptation of Hit Man (sucked!) have signed on as well. Take that for whatever it’s worth. Kane & Lynch moved around two million copies with middling reviews. Eidos also managed to stir up enough controversy to get their ads banned in Britain. No word on who will play the role of Lynch. If there was ever a time for Ashton Kutcher to grow a mullet, it’s now.

[Variety via Game Life]

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Review, The Ranting Insider

The Ranting Insider Reviews: Age of Conan

So I’ve been playing MMO’s for a long time, and I’m one of those people that still thinks that one day, someone will actually release an MMO that is purely skill based, and not a test of endurance, i.e. a FUCKING GRIND FEST! So that said, I will be reviewing the newly released Age of Conan: the Hyborian whatever the fuck up until level 20. That is as much as most people with a life will level until they find a way to get some Far East sweat shop to powerlevel their shit, or get perma-banned enough times and do what I do: hire an intern to do it for free. You know, the politically correct Western workaround. Read the rest of this entry »

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Preview

Gauntlet Makes A Comeback: Warrior Needs Food Badly!

Gauntlet rises from the ashes once again, this time for the DS platform, when it hits shelves in late June. We got a hands on preview and took the Warrior for a spin. It won’t disappoint fans of the arcade game, except possibly the screen size and playing the Wizard character with the express purpose of throwing elbows at the douchebags who play as the Elf.

The game still supports four-player co-op through local or Wi-Fi. But Eidos threw in a few new wrinkles with power moves for each character and online options like Death Match, Team Death Match and even voice-over-IP capability. You can still talk shit or reminisce about the days when Gauntlet first debuted in arcades/commiserate over shared fears of approaching middle age.
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Brits Stage Witch Hunt For Kane & Lynch

The island nation known for lapses in dental hygiene, hooliganism and a solid record of kicking the ever loving shit out of the Irish have turned their ire to Kane & Lynch. Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority has banned print and television ads for the game on the basis that they are too graphic. A story in the Guardian quoted the ASA ruling as stating, “Grittier and nastier in tone than anything you’ve seen before, the violence here is visceral, brutal and very, very real.” Eidos offered up an apology to the people of the British Isles, hung up the phone and went out for steaks and a trip to the jiggle hut to get titty slapped till dawn. You can’t buy this kind of advertising.

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