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In honor of Halloween,GameTaphas pulled together a pretty solid list of games that feature Mr. Death himself, the Grim Reaper. The list includes obvious nods toDeath Jr.andGrim Fandango,both stellar games that feature a reaper character. They even manage to throw in retro entries likePaperboyandGauntlet. Major nerd props (and gamer cred) to GameTap staff for the inclusion of bothRomancing SaGaand games from theShin Megami Tenseiseries.Anyone who’s playedPersona 3will tell you that it’s time to haul ass when you hear Death’s chains dragging on the ground in the distance....

It looks like IDW Publishing’sDragon Age: Originscomicsneed more time in the oven. According toBig Download,who spoke to IDW editor-in-chief Chris Rydall, the comic will see an April release instead of March. The second issue of the series, co-written by Orson Scott Card, will see a June release. No reason was given for the delay, but we’re guessing it had something to do with a failed attempt to contain all the awesome ofDragon Ageinto itsy-bitsy panels and speech bubbles....

We first talked aboutDust: An Elysian Taila few months ago, where we called it “Odin Spherefor Furries.” However,pleasedo not let this game’s furry leanings put you off, becauseDustis so gorgeous, I’m having trouble believing it will appear on the Xbox 360’s Indie Games Channel instead of Xbox Live Arcade, especially with thisnew trailer. It’s a sidescrolling brawler at heart, with a storyline based on ananimated feature filmcurrently being created by Dean Dodrill....

I don’t ever like to be too harsh with my opinion, butWii Musiclooks like vapid trash. Hey, Icouldbe wrong, but I get a kind ofvapid trash-esquevibe from it somehow that I just can’t seem to shake. Design legend Shigeru Miyamoto knows more about it than I do, however, and has stated that his new pantomime horse is “more interesting than a videogame.” MTV’s Stephen Totilogot the wordfrom the man himself: At a Nintendo developer’s roundtable event this evening in Los Angeles, a German journalist asked Nintendo designerShigeru Miyamotoif it would be more appropriate to call “Wii Music,” which lacks goals and points, a” toy” rather than a “video game....

Treyarch studio head Mark Lamia, at Microsoft’s E3 2010 press conference, gave a demonstration ofCall of Duty: Black Ops. Haters are gonna hate, but I thought it looked quite cool. Very, very muchCall of Duty-like, but cool nonetheless. The demo started off inside a tunnel, complete with mutilated bodies and rats. From there, a fellow soldier was stabbed right before your eyes, and after a quick battle inside the underground, the presentation skipped forward....

This is probably the last video featuring the cheeky Hollie Bennett and shiny-headed Jonathan Holmes that you’re going to see, at least for the next twenty minutes. Here we get some time in withDead Rising 2. In the first video, seen above, Hollie beats some zombies into second-death with a paddle, only to eventually succumb to the dreaded “zombie B.J.” fatality attack. After the jump, see a real-life zombie paw at Hollie and Holmes as they sit atop a motor bike and talk about the game....

Earlier this week, Electronic Artsrevealed their upcomingline-up for the next year. All of the games mentioned are internally developed titles and externally developed games such asRock BandandLeft 4 Deadwere nowhere to be seen. Nowcomes word thatEA is moving away from their distribution plans. The main reason for this? Why money of course! EA sees better profits from in-house production compared to partnerships with Valve, Harmonix and others. Now this of course doesn’t necessarily mean that EA won’t publish titles such asRock Bandanymore....

Yesterday, we got to see the first everTheatrhythm Final Fantasytrailerand I said it looked like the bestFinal Fantasygame to release in ages. Despite ensuing debate, I remain resolute in that opinion, and I bring screens to back me up! Well, they don’t really prove anything, but they’re quite cute, so let’s all look at them! I’m pretty eager to get my hands on this one, and if you don’t think it looks promising, you can suck it....

A new European site forLast Window: The Secret of Cape Westhas opened up with a bunch of screenshots, the above video and more. There’s a great prologue in there which fills in some of the gaps between the events ofHotel Dusk: Room 215andLast Windowwhich is worth the time to read. If you did not playHotel Dusk: Room 215, you missed out on a fascinating and well-crafted game for the DS. And if you live in the United States and didn’t buy the game, I’m blaming you for there currently being no announced US release....

Wii fever is (fortunately or unfortunately, depending on who you are) still gripping America with its motion-controlled simplicity. So much so, in fact, that TVs and PCs set to debut next year are including “gesture” control that isalready being comparedto Nintendo’s white box o’ waggle. The runaway success of the Wii and the appeal of touch-screen devices like the iPhone are being said to have influenced this new look at gesture technology, with advances in camera technology making PCs and TVs that recognize movement a very realistic proposition....

Get ready to jump intoF.E.A.R. 2again this August.IGNrevealed that the creepy shooter is receiving a downloadable campaign add-on (dubbedF.E.A.R. 2: Reborn) at some point next month. The DLC won’t extend the core story of the game past the epic conclusion, but it will provide a different angle on the events ofF.E.A.R. 2. Monolith is keeping quiet on plwnty of details, however, we do know that the DLC revolve around the mysterious replica soldier Foxtrot 813, not the dude you played as in the main game....

A crate did the job of my floor mat this afternoon when I found one sitting in front of my door after having spent an hour or two outside of The Fortress of Metal (aka Nicholson HQ). Thinking bomb, I didn’t mess with it, opting instead to walk around the massive wooden box to get into my apartment. A few minutes later, I came to realize it was probably videogame swag — something I need to get in the habit of reporting to the FTC like a good little American....

Man, there really is no fooling you guys. When the outlines for the full cast of PC- and Mac-exclusiveSuper Meat Boycharacters was shown, a bunch of people came out of the woodwork to guess Naija fromAquariaand RunMan fromRunMan: Race Around the World. You guys were spot on, as usual. For me, the real surprise was seeing how these characters would appear under a different art style. Look how goddamn happy RunMan is!...