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Apparently Dante is about a big of sugary, tendril-filled high fructose corn syrup beverages as he is a fan of the legions of Hell. Watch him lay waste to everything than stands for carbonation and damnation in this impressive new CG trailer courtesy of Capcom. Dante is coming to the 360 and PS3 to wage war on more cavities than Captain Novalin on January 25th.

Stay frosty, Marine. Sega and Gearbox are here with your mission brief. So strap on your pulse rifle and be ready for deployment when the Xenomorphs infest the 360, PS3, and Wii U on February 12th.

2012 has been a bittersweet year for the video game industry. While the industry has long been seen as something of an invincible Juggernaut,this last year has seen a record number of studio closures and diminishing returns on some of the gaming industry’s most successful franchises. With the doors being shuttered on studios such as Hudson Soft, Sony Liverpool, 38 Studios, and Psygnosis shuttered over the past year, 2012 has seen both new and old studios alike surrender to the hardships of the battered economy.   While this year has certainly had it’s share of downs, we’ve still had some very positive things come out of the year. We’ll fondly be able to look back on 2012 as a year full of some excellent video…

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As City of Steam’s fans keep feeding the insatiable Steam-o-Meter, the kindly folks at Mechanist Games are making good on their promises of beefing up their massively multiplayer game with added stretch goals to flesh out the game with a variety of items, dungeons, and a whole new race of characters. Recently the game’s supporters broke the million-point mark on the Steam-o-Meter, opening the doors for a very special bonus- savage developer humiliation, and the radiating beauty that is Femgab.

Alright Chiptune gurus, the weekend is here and it’s time to see if any of you have what it takes to name the game we lifted this tune from. Are you a bad enough dude to name this game?

Thousands of hapless Chinese imperial foot soliders died horrible deaths to bring you this Dynasty Warriors 8 trailer. But that’s OK, you’ll be too excited by the flashy attacks and shiny new visuals to care much about about their sacrifice. Developer Omega Force is bringing back the wholesale slaughter the Dynasty Warriors is known for, making you feel like a feudal-era Rambo while taking on entire armies with devastating Musou abilities, however, they’ve also added a few new features to help give this long-running beat ’em up franchise some renewed luster such as special abilities that require commander affinity and a counterblow ability which forfeits a character’s weapon in exchange for a new implement of destruction. The game also features an all-new cooperative campaign so…

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The newest playable God in Hi-Rez Studio’s battle arena bloodbath Smite is Xbalanque. This Mayan menace obtained immortality after vanquishing the fearsome Lords of Death who were responsible for the death of his father. This video highlights this vengeful warrior’s combat lethality. Xbalanque’s skill with his spinning bolas and silent blow-darts make him a force to be reckoned with in the arena.

Here it is, the top 5 games I’ve played in 2012. Plus a little bit extra! You can see it in HD by chasing the white rabbit thru this link….

Today ATLUS announced their plans to release their highly-acclaimed 1997 cyberpunk/horror-themed RPG Shin Megami Tensei:  Devil Summoner- Soul Hackers to non-Japanese speaking fans for the first time next Spring when it makes its way to North America on the 3DS. Originally released for the Sega Saturn and later the Playstation, this classic first-person dungeon crawler will be getting not only a fresh translation for English-speaking fans, the game will also be including a variety of new features such as the 3DS’s bottom screen functioning as a map to help with navigating the game’s maze-like dungeons, and an entirely new dungeon featuring Raidou Kuzunoha, the star of the previous Devil Summoner games. “Soul Hackers’ first-week debut at number two among all titles in Japan is a…

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Watch as Prophet brings some Hell to the operatives of CELL in the explosive first episode of The 7 Wonders of Crysis 3, directed by renowned filmmaker Albert Hughes.