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  • Killzone: Mercenary Hates Male Genitalia

    One of the reasons to love your Vita right now, besides the fact that Sony is giving you a long list of free or cheap games on PS Plus, is Killzone: Mercenary. The guys at Guerrilla are really trying to make sure that this is the best looking Vita game and that it will be the first quality shooter on the console.

    This new developer video shows how the team is using the power of the handheld to bring a true console experience. The game looks decidedly Killzone which is to say dark and dystopian, but it also is stunning considering it is on a handheld.

    The reason for the title?

    Watching the video you see how simple touch screen swipes will handle the melee kills in the game and one of these being you straight up stabbing guys….in the dick. Yeah, I may hate my enemy, but come on, do you really need to stab them in the dick?

    Oh, we do?

    OK, well let’s get to some dick stabbing!

    [amazon_link id=”B0050SWYTC” target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Killzone: Mercenary[/amazon_link] releases on September 17th.

     

  • VGA 10 Awards Rundown

    Unlike The Oscars, They Got It Right.

    OK, I can admit when I am wrong. I can be the bigger man (not just body wise) and say that while I did make fun of the VGA’s in last Friday’s post I actually enjoyed watching this year’s show. True they did not give out a lot of awards but they did place a good importance on the awards that were given out. It seems they heard the cries of years past that the show was merely a bloated preview special. Don’t get me wrong, it was certainly bloated but not to the point of being useless.

    Three things that I took away from the VGA’s:

    1. It was a breath of fresh air to see a deserving game like The Walking Dead win Game of the Year over the more obvious choices.

    2. The Last of Us is coming out on May 7th. I think I lost man points with the excitement I showed in front of my girlfriend when this was announced.

    3. Although Zachary Levi had a reason for his blonde hair (filming the Thor sequel) there was no reason for what happened to Alison Haislip’s hair. Not being too critical because she is uber-hot but….dang.

    Here is the rundown of all the winners from VGA 10.

    • Game of the Year- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
    • Game of the Decade- Half-Life 2 (Valve)
    • Studio of the Year- Telltale Games
    • Best PS3 Game- Journey (thatgamecompany)
    • Best 360 Game- Halo 4 (343 Industries)
    • Best Wii/Wii U Game- New Super Mario Bros. U (Nintendo)
    • Best PC Game- XCOM: Enemy Unknown (Firaxis)
    • Best Handheld/ Mobile Game- Sound Shapes (Sony/Queasy)
    • Best Shooter- Borderlands 2 (Gearbox)
    • Best Action/Adventure Game- Dishonored (Arkane Studios)
    • Best RPG- Mass Effect 3 (Bioware)
    • Best Multiplayer Game- Borderlands 2 (Gearbox)
    • Best Individual Sports Game- SSX (EA)
    • Best Team Sports Game- NBA 2K13 (2K)
    • Need For Speed: Most Wanted (Criterion)
    • Best Fighting Game- Persona 4 Arena (Atlus)
    • Best Adapted Video Game- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
    • Best Independent Game- Journey (thatgamecompany)
    • Best Graphics- Halo 4 (343 Industries)
    • Best Song in a Game- “Cities” by Beck for Sound Shapes
    • Best Original Score- Journey (thatgamecompany)
    • Best Male Performance- Dameon Clarke as Handsome Jack in Borderlands 2
    • Best Female Performance- Melissa Hutchinson as Clementine in The Walking Dead
    • Best Downloadable Game- The Walking Dead (Telltale Games)
    • Best Social Game- You Don’t Know Jack (Jellyvision Games)
    • Best DLC- Dawnguard for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Bethesda)
    • Most Anticipated Game- Grand Theft Auto V