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  • The Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Trailer Stirs Up My Inner Running Man

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    Photo courtesy stickskills.com

    Holy Ronald Reagan Oingo Boingo John Carpenter Roddy Piper Jane Fonda TBS Superstation Space Mutiny fuck balls.

    That was roughly what was running through my head as I watched the reveal trailer for Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon in all its VHS tracking glory. I will give you a chance to watch it below then keep scrolling.

    Has your mind been sufficiently blown?

    Are you thinking, like me, that you will now name your firstborn male child Rex “Power” Colt?

    If you want to see more of just how batshit insane and awesome this game is going to be click here for the first fifteen minutes of the game from IGN.

  • New Posters For The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

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    Photo courtesy IGN

    The Victory Tour has begun for Katniss and Peeta as the first posters for The Hunger Games: Catching Fire have gone online.

    The two faux loves are thrust back into the games for the 75th annual event which takes previous winners and has them fight it out again as civil unrest begins to rise up between all the districts.

    The Hunger Games: Catching Fire releases on November 22nd.

    Photo courtesy IGN
    Photo courtesy IGN

  • Ziff Davis Layoff Employees, Shut Down Major Parts Of IGN

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    Sad news today as IGN has announced that the 1UP, Gamespy and UGO sections of the company are being shut down and a large group of employees are being laid off.

    A spokesman for IGN had a statement:

    “We are focusing on our two flagship brands, IGN and AskMen. Unfortunately, as a result, we have made the decision to close sites and restructure our teams accordingly.”

    IGN was bought recently by J2 Global which is the parent company of Ziff-Davis Media.

    We hope all those affected get snatched up quickly by other companies and that they land on their feet soon.

  • IGN Finally Finds A Buyer

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    Photo courtesy Mediatonic

    IGN Entertainment has a new owner. After being on the auction block for six months J2 Global (parent company of Ziff Davis) has purchased the internet gaming giant for an undisclosed amount from News Corp.

    News Corp. bought IGN back in 2005 for $650 million and rumors suggest that the sale was for much, much less than that amount. The sale will include all of IGN’s other networks and sites like 1UP.com.

  • God Of War: Ascension Single Player Trailer

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    Sony has released this 30 second video for [amazon_link id=”B0050SXCQ6″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]God of War: Ascension[/amazon_link]. In it, Kratos is chained up and is all mopey and depressing. You know…Kratos. Then he gets all revenge-y and we see some great looking gameplay that the series is always known for.

    Go check out the video below and get your Kratos fix until March 12th when God of War: Ascension is released.

    Video courtesy of IGN

  • IGN, Kotaku, Others Hand Out Their Game Of The Year Awards For 2012

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    While our own “Best of 2012” will be out in a little while I thought it would be good to share the games that were honored as games of the year by other sites. There was not a whole of of differing opinions between most of the major video games sites. Take a look below to see which games were 2012’s best and be sure and keep an eye out when we announce our “best of” awards.

    IGN– Journey
    Joystiq– Journey
    Kotaku– [amazon_link id=”B006WQR3V0″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]XCOM: Enemy Unknown[/amazon_link]
    Rev3Games– Journey
    Game Trailers– XCOM: Enemy Unknown

    With The Walking Dead winning GOTY at the VGA’s, this year was really a great year for smaller games. XCOM may surprise some people but it is good to see the turn based RTS get back into the premier game talk and on consoles no less.

  • WWE 13 Roster Reveal Video

    THQ may be on hard times right now but one thing we can still be assured of is that we will see the release of WWE 13 this October and they are swinging for the fences with the largest roster in the game’s history. Over 80 wrestlers including a slew of Attitude Era superstars will be appeating in this year’s version. Here is the full roster on one handy video. Enjoy !

    Video from IGN.