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“Everything is bigger in Texas,” Adel Chaveleh, president of TimeGate Studios, tells me with a smile, “except for our price point.” That’s his response when I tell him he’s crazy for releasing TimeGate’s upcoming first-person shooter,Section 8: Prejudice, for only $15. Going in, I was a bit skeptical over the quality of a game that would cost so little. Walking out of the demo, I was a believer. Section 8: Prejudice(PlayStation Network, Xbox Live Arcade [previewed], PC)Developer: TimeGate StudiosPublisher: TimeGate StudiosTo be released: Q1 2011MSRP: $14....

Jason Rohrer and I created a story together. Sleep is Deathis a game in certain senses, and a tool in others. One one hand, the act of playing is fraught with suspense and discovery, forcing a level of quick thinking and quicker reflexes that one normally doesn’t see outside of, say, RTS games. On the other hand,Sleep is Deathis a medium, a set of constraints from which both players can create their own, unique stories....

If the big shiny 360/PS3 version ofTransformers: Revenge of the Fallendoen’t suit your tastes, it also comes in two portable flavors: one developed for the PS by and the other fromVicarious Visions, who have actually two games to offer. you may either go withRevenge of the Fallen:AutobotsorRevenge of the Fallen:Decepticons, depending on your personal taste. Both games offer the same Grand Theft Auto-esque style of gameplay, but allow you to go stomping all over town beating up other bots and speeding around in your vehicle form....

Do you remember Delphine Software’s 1992 titleFlashback? If so, you’ll be especially pleased with this news. If not, you should read it anyway, because this is a game that could be worth checking out. It’s calledAmy, and it’s being made by Paul Cuisset, the man responsible forFlashbackandMoto Race. Set in the year 2034 and the fictional Silver City, Amy is about a comet that hits the Earth and causes humans to become enraged, violent monstrosities....

Apparently it’s not just thePC ownerswho got screwed when they boughtCall of Duty: Black Opsat the beginning of the month. A band of enraged PS3 owners are petitioning Activision for a refund over what they believe is an inferior version of the game. The PS3 users claim thatBlack OpsPS3 boasts “sub-par graphics, buggy software and less features” despite that fact that the console “can equal and/or outperform the Xbox 360 on many levels....

Engadget brings usa storyabout an item called the Wii PowerStation that is essentially a recharger dock for the Wiimote. Since it normally runs on batteries, one must replace those batteries at some point with much gnashing of teeth and swears, but with this rechargable dock, you’ll just pop the Wiimote in place when you’re done playing and you’ll always have a fully charged controller waiting to make your life easier when you come home....

If there’s one criticism I hear a lot from gamers, it’s that there are never any original or unique games out there, and that publishers spend too much time on sequels and rehashes. I would have agreed with such notions beforeMarvel vs. Capcom 2was announced for XBLA and PSN. As I saw pretty much the majority of the gaming community flip its lid with glee and delight over playing a ten-year-old game that they probably already own, I began to pay attention to what gamers themselves pay attention to....

To those who were eager to blow the crap out of a Venezuelan porta-potty with a surgical bomb this Holiday season — sorry! According to UK videogame Web siteTotal Video Games, Electronic Arts have confirmed thatMercenaries 2: World in Flameswill miss the originally planned Holiday 2007 release. The PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, PC, and PlayStation 2 title is now slated to hit shelves next year; retailer GameStopcurrently liststhe title for an April 2008 release....

Maybe that will be perceived as an exaggeration to some, but this sort of stuff can be pretty confusing for me. To help clarify matters for some who have had trouble grasping the intricacies of the combat inResonance of Fate, SEGA community manager Aaron Webber is here to guide you through it. Watching the way combat is supposed to be done makes the game seem really appealing to me. I know that I wouldn’t play it, but I’ve been trying to convince my friends to give it a look because I’m selfish and want to watch it played without having to go through that myself....

Tossing the word “Valhalla” in a videogame title is presumably an attempt to elicit some sort of favorable meaning to the individual. Unlike the upcomingToo Human, the Valhalla included in XSEED and Marvelous, Inc’s game is nothing more than the place a player’s characters goes when he dies. In fact, the theme ofValhalla Knightsis not the run-of-the-mill good vs. evil bit. The game is really about dying, because players will die a lot....

It’s likely that Disney Interactive’sGuilty Partyhasn’t been on your radar, despite being announced earlier this year. For the core Destructoid audience, it’s got a whole bunch of things working against it, including having the word “party” in the title and the phrase “50 fun mini-games” appearing on the back of the box. I can’t blame you, but developer Wideload Games’Guilty Partyis more than it appears on the surface — it’s a modern day (and admittedly more casual) take on the classic board game, Clue (or Cluedo to folks outside of North America)....

If you’ve ever playedDynasty Warriorsand wondered what it would be like if it was even more flamboyant and infused with overwrought Japanese man-drama, thenSengoku Basara: Samurai Heroesis the game for you. That almost sounds like an insult, but remember … some of uslikeoverwrought Japanese man-drama. If you’ve ever playedDynasty Warriorsand wondered what it would be like if it was even more flamboyant and infused with overwrought Japanese man-drama, thenSengoku Basara: Samurai Heroesis the game for you....

Sometimes I get to write about truly awesome things, like this music video which uses the song E=MC² by Ayreon. The song, paired withPortal 2video clips, is from the album 01011001 (that translates to y in case you were wondering) and tells quite the sad story. If you’ve played to the end ofPortal 2, then this music video is even more interesting as certain utterances (a direct nod to the multi-player mode) go quite well with the lyrics....