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3 Shots: The Conduit

Forget the marketing-spun hype and back-of-the-box bullet points--Play goes straight to the source to find out why developers think their games rock.

	gamesReviewMatt Cabral29th June 2009 Prototype Matt Cabral tears up NYC as Alex Mercer in Radical Entertainment's latest open-world romp.
	mediaFeatureDavid Chapman26th June 2009 Recommended Reading: Prototype Prototype consumes the panelled page, as David Chapman checks out WildStorm's comic adaptation of Activision's new open-world actioner.
	gamesReviewKyle B. Stiff25th June 2009 Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Freedom Unite is the full flowering of the Monster Hunter franchise and is, in some sense, the “ultimate game.”
	gamesNewsMatt Williamson24th June 2009 Bethesda and id Software Under the Same Umbrella ZeniMax Media acquires id Software to form a super group of developers.
	gamesPreviewMatt Williamson24th June 2009 E3 '09: PixelJunk Shooter The PixelJunk series takes on a new genre since racing games, strategy games, and platformers are already safely conquered.
	gamesFeatureEric L. Patterson23rd June 2009 Game Critics Awards E3 '09 Winners The game critics have spoken, and the awards for the best games of E3 2009 have now been announced. Check out who won inside!

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	gamesReviewDave Halverson FUEL With so many vehicles and so much ground to cover there really isn’t ever a dull moment.
	gamesReviewDave Halverson Cross Edge As with any RPG at some point the allure of technology (or a lack thereof) slips away, leaving only its core elements to finish the job, and at its core Cross Edge is like a big slab of RPG and anime fan service.
	gamesReviewBrady Fiechter Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood In a game about war, blood, guns and obsession, it’s the few quiet moments that really stick.
	gamesReviewMatt Cabral Prototype Matt Cabral tears up NYC as Alex Mercer in Radical Entertainment's latest open-world romp.
	gamesReviewKyle B. Stiff Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Freedom Unite is the full flowering of the Monster Hunter franchise and is, in some sense, the “ultimate game.”
	gamesReviewEric L. Patterson Miami Law Out-of-control cops, foxy FBI agents, drug dealers, bitching about reviews, and more-this week on Miami Law!

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	gamesPreviewMatt Williamson E3 '09: PixelJunk Shooter The PixelJunk series takes on a new genre since racing games, strategy games, and platformers are already safely conquered.
	gamesPreviewMike Griffin Torchlight Torchlight is top pedigree, being raised by crafters with a grand history of victories and only one minor defeat.
	gamesPreviewEric L. Patterson, Steve Haske E3 '09: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Steve and Eric brave the frozen hell of Silent Hill to bring word back of Silent Hill: Shattered Memories.
	gamesPreviewSteve Haske E3 ’09 Hands-On: A Date with Bayonetta The throngs of anxious fanboys surrounding the demo booths at Sega should have been a confidence boost, but it was just nerve racking. How was my hair? Did I look ok? Everything had to be perfect for our first meeting.
	gamesPreviewMatt Williamson E3 '09: Astro Boy Matt takes a look at the upcoming Astro Boy game and talks with producer Cameron Rains.
	gamesPreviewMatt Williamson Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman!: What Did I Do To Deserve This? Part ant farm and part role-playing game simulator: Holy Badman is looking great.

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	gamesNewsMatt Williamson Bethesda and id Software Under the Same Umbrella ZeniMax Media acquires id Software to form a super group of developers.
	gamesNewsMatt Williamson GTAIV: The Ballad of Gay Tony Episode Announced Do not adjust your screen; there is no mistake here. Rockstar has announced the next GTAIV episode.
	gamesNewsMatt Williamson Metroid Prime Trilogy Heading to Wii You know you’ve wanted it since the Wii was released, and now Nintendo has officially announced it. Play has your first look at the new Wii controlled Metroid Prime Trilogy.
	gamesNewsEric L. Patterson Sakura Sets Sail for The New World Thanks to NIS America, the Sakura Taisen series will finally get a chance to be played and enjoyed on our shores later this year.
	gamesNewsMatt Williamson Faith Fighter Pulled for Fueling Intolerance The independent spoof game Faith Fighter was pulled after the OIC argued that “the game would serve no other purpose than to incite intolerance.”
	gamesNewsEric L. Patterson Ignition Gets Nostalgic Ignition Entertainment today announced the upcoming release of Nostalgia, the North American version of Winds of Nostalgio.

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	gamesReviewDave Halverson inFAMOUS The gameplay is far and away the most diverse, and altogether awe-inspiring, that exists in a single game today...
	gamesReviewSteve Haske Ghostbusters For a lot of us, Ghostbusters isn’t just a game. It’s a realization of a childhood dream, and one that we played out countless times with plastic ghost traps, PKE readers and other Spengler-created equipment when we were kids.
	gamesReviewDave Halverson Black Sigil: Blade of the Exiled I’m reminded of Lunar, Vay, Final Fantasy and every other RPG I adored during the 16-bit era, because that’s exactly what Black Sigil is; a superbly polished throwback RPG consisting of gorgeous top-down regions separated by over world maps.
	gamesReviewDave Halverson Bionic Commando The people at Grin and Capcom who crafted Bionic Commando were put on this earth to make this game; what they do from here is pure bonus material.
	gamesReviewMatt Cabral Sacred 2: Fallen Angel RPG fans looking to hone their epic adventuring skills before Dragon Age: Origins arrives, may want to give Sacred 2: Fallen Angel a spin.
	gamesReviewKyle B. Stiff Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume Kyle makes a covenant with the servants of Hel in order to bring us a review for Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume.

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games 30th June 2009

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger

U.S. Release Trailer

A new BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger trailer to celebrate the game's North American release.

games 26th June 2009

The Conduit

Heroic Age: Part 2

A galactic-sized giveaway from FUNimation and Play magazine

Who is going to have the biggest surprise this year at E3?

June 2009

Summer gets even hotter with our June 2009 issue, as we go face-to-face with Bayonetta, the lovely and lethal new heroine from Sega. We check out the game, then speak with Bayonetta's director Hideki Kamiya, as well as producer Yusuke Hashimoto. From there, we talk tech as we look at Crytek's Cryengine 3 and Blitz Games Studio's amazing work on Tak and the Guardians of Gross for Wii, review games like Bionic Commando, inFAMOUS, Punch-Out!!, and Devil Summoner 2, check out anime collections, and much, much more!