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Action EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag See The Watchers in Dark Void 8 So I guess this Dark Void game is going to be a pretty big deal. What with the movie tie-ins we can easily conclude that Capcom is looking to make this a major franchise. Maybe it's because I ha... Captain Obvious: GTA V being developed 32 In a recent interview with The Times of Lodon Dan Houser, one of the big wigs at Rockstar, has been caught talking about GTA V, which we all knew was coming out, but it's always good to know wher... Rumor: God of War III to feature co-op 25 Technically this rumor has been around for quite some time, but there's some new evidence that God of War III is going to have online co-op in it. Nick McCandless, from The Gamer Access, played t... The complete, 35 minute long Assassin's Creed: Lineage 24 It's 4 a.m. in the morning where I am, and if you're up right now you've either just gotten home from a fantastic night and can't even read these words, live in a place where the time is differe... Avalanche live streaming Just Cause 2 later today 5 There are some videogames that are almost more fun to watch than they are to play. Having not played Just Cause 2 myself, I can't say for sure if it will be one of them, but it sure does look to ... Please be true: Alan Wake rumored to be out in May 16 Horror/thriller game fans, it's been a long wait. During the last E3, when it was announced that Alan Wake would be ready in time for a spring 2010 release, I was just happy to hear the game wasn... The Memory Card .75: The blind fighting the blind 21 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. Regardless of their varying types ... The latest look at Dante's Inferno brings us to Heresy 13 Dante's quest will take him through all of the Circles of Hell and the latest developer diary for Dante's Inferno brings us to Heresy. As Dante gets lower in Hell, the more Hellish things become... Comparing stuff: Original GoW games vs. GoW Collection 23 For those of you, like myself, who have never played any of the God of War games (waits for shouts of anger to stop) the GoW Collection is a godsend. Here we have both classic games running on th... The martial art of Splinter Cell: Conviction 17 One of my biggest concerns with Splinter Cell: Conviction is that it will be too much like prior installments, even though the goal seems to be making a brand new type of Splinter Cell game, or ... Watch things blow up in this Just Cause 2 trailer 18 I’ve never played the original Just Cause, but I sure hope that Rico Rodriguez, the protagonist of that game and its upcoming sequel, Just Cause 2, is a tongue-in-cheek character in the ve... Let's try this again: A much better Fort Zombie trailer 11 Look, we here at Destructoid are nice people. Usually. That's why we wanted to give Kerberos Studio a second chance. Perhaps you saw this footage of budget PC action RPG Fort Zombie the other da... Assassin's Creed 2 Achievements/Trophies possibly leaked 11 Two separate sites are reporting that they have uncovered the Achievements and Trophies for Assassin's Creed 2 and they are all achievable. They also give you gamer cred or whatever and there's p... Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain screens have facts 30 Well, it's about two years too late to really be timely with the whole Chuck Norris meme, but Chuck Norris: Bring on the Pain for the iPhone is finally about to get a release. The game, which for... The Memory Card .72: The collapsing building 55 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time.For the last two weeks, The Memory ... In case you've forgotten: 20+ new La-Mulana screenshots 8 I'll be the first to admit that I'm not familiar with Nigoro's action-adventure Metroidvania La-Mulana or the MSX games (like Maze of Galious) to which it pays homage. (In brief, you have to guid... Batman: Arkham Asylum's 'less is more' design explained 20 Having done virtually all there is to be done in Rocksteady's decidedly solid Batman: Arkham Asylum, I still find myself wanting to jump back into those challenge rooms on the weekends. Something... Dante's Inferno comes to the world of action figures 4 If you were unsure that EA was making a franchise out of Dante's Inferno here is another hint. Dante is getting his own action figure. I think the movie adaptation in the works was probably a big... Torchlight getting a day-and-date Steam release 8 It may look like yet another one of those typical action RPGs with procedurally-generated dungeons and fat loot, and by many accounts it will be, but there's something about Torchlight that makes... Dante enters anger, hits things with his scythe 23 Another month and another layer of hell in the videogame version of Dante's Inferno. This month brings us to Anger, in which things get really angry... or something. According to the devs anger m... Magicka: A tale of Norse mythology and bloody explosions 12 Now when I say "Magicka," I'm not referencing Oblivion -- it's the name of an upcoming action adventure game from Swedish indie developer Arrowhead Game Studios. At first glance, it may... Max Payne 3 will revamp bullet time and be awesome 28 In case you hadn't noticed the artistic direction of Max Payne has shifted a bit from the first two games. Gone are the noir like shadows and leather coats and in their place is sunny San Paulo, ... Tim Schafer talks Brutal Legend on Late Night 34 I don't watch Late Night at all, so far be it from me to pass judgment on the quality of the show, but if this is how Fallon runs all his interviews it has to be the most awkward show in the worl... WarDevil is going to look pretty if it exists 21 OK, step one of this post will be to remind you what WarDevil, a previously thought to be PS3 exclusive third person action game, is by linking to the only other post Destructoid has ever do... Uncharted 2 demoed on the big screen 7 There's a simple rule in gaming; the bigger the screen, the better the experience. A 22" television is easily trumped by a 46" television and so on until you arrive at playing videogame... Shank impressions to live by: kill or be killed 14 If you didn't listen to Podtoid 114, you might've never heard of Klei Entertainment's Shank. Since it doesn't have a publisher or a platform (although I did demo it with an Xbox 360 controller) a... TGS 09: Fight skeletons on motorcycles in Final Fantasy: The Crystal Bearers 48 [Surprise, a Destructoid Exclusive -- you saw it here first!]Given that 87% of Square Enix' total sales come from the Land of the Rising Sun, it's no surprise that they would try to promote one o... Ninja Blade is coming to PC ... uh, hooray? 15 If there was one console-exclusive videogame that PC gamers have been dying to play more than anything else, it's got to be Ninja Blade. Thankfully, the port we've been longing for is indeed happ... TGS 09: Capcom debuts Sengoku BASARA Samurai Heroes 12 Sengoku BASARA Samurai Heroes is an action adventure game for the PlayStation 3 by way of Capcom. It's set in 16th century Japan and involves, you guessed it, samurais fighting. After watching th... Rumortoid: Yakuza 3 will be landing in the West 28 It's been rumored non-stop and begged for since the game came out in Japan, but now it's been backed up by those close to the game: Yakuza 3 is coming to the West for all us gaijin to enjoy. 1Up ... Flashy Avatar dev diary builds hype like whoa 19 During E3, James Cameron came out on stage at Ubisoft's press conference to talk about one of my most anticipated films of the year, Avatar, and the game tied into it. He then spent 30 minutes pu... Desperate Struggle details confirm, debunk and explain 33 If you're not salivating over No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle then we can no longer be friends. I may be a little obsessed with Grasshopper Manufacture and Suda51's games, but NMH 2 is looki... Way of the Samurai 3 coming to NA Oct. 13 25 I believe that Way of the Samurai 3's official trip across the Pacific on Oct. 13 was not the best kept secret in the world, but now that Agetec and UFO Interactive have officially announced the ... On Assignment: Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 9 In a excessively large, 50,000 square ft warehouse in upstate New York, Vicarious Visions has developed over 100 titles in the past 10 years. They've trekked the hardware plains of all of our fav... Letting the Dust settle: impressions of An Elysian Tail 15 Of all the upcoming indie games created with Microsoft's XNA tools, Dean Dodoril's Dust: An Elysian Tail is perhaps the best known. This is because a.) it's beautiful and b.) Dodoril's lupine pro... Game SERIES Debate to the Death! Metal Gear VS Metal Slug 130 Last week we stepped on another sports course to watch another industry rivalry. With a long line of games on other consoles in both series' pasts, it was tied for the first half of the votes. Ho... Tokusatsu fans, look! Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight screens 21 What's tokusatsu, you ask? Well, it's a Japanese word that roughly translates to "special effects", referring to live action films with superheroes. Kamen Rider fans already know this a... Spyborgs gameplay is full of punching and shooting 16 I may be in the minority here, but I'm really looking forward to Spyborgs. Not so sure why as our impressions of the game aren't too impressive, but something about the game speaks to me. Maybe I... Rumortoid: AGENT landing in 2010 14 At E3 this year the Sony press conference had a bit of very good news for the company. The PS3 would play exclusive host to Rockstar's upcoming game AGENT. Those in attendance saw the word agent ... PAX 09: Red Dead Redemption is at PAX, you can see it 11 Hello everyone at PAX. I hate you. We're not friends and I'll probably attempt to stare you to death with an evil stare the next time I see you. While you have fun I sit here reporting the news a... Preview: WET 21 WET is one of those games that had to jump through special hoops to simply exist. Since the game was one of those victims of the Activision Blizzard merger, the very fact that the game still exis... GC 09: Folklore dev announces Majin: The Fallen Realm 17 Given how hard it is to launch a new IP, it's really no surprise that most people seem to have completely overlooked Game Republic's Folklore, even though it was a very strong addition to the Pla... GC 09: Bayonetta 80% finished, I'm 100% horny for it 22 Erection-inducing action game Bayonetta is almost ready, with producer Yusuke Hashimoto proudly proclaiming that it's 80% done. That's good, because my penis is 100% hard right now, just thinking... View all the circles of Hell in new Dante's Inferno trailer 21 EA released a brand new Dante’s Inferno trailer today which shows off all the circles of Hell you’ll be visiting throughout the game. It’s an interesting trailer, only for the ... Spore descending on Nintendo systems with Spore Hero series 8 EA announced today that two new games in the Spore franchise will be appearing on Nintendo's consoles this coming fall. Spore Hero and Spore Hero Arena will be making their way to the Nintendo Wi... Scrapped MadWorld finisher will blow you away 55 There are 60,000 or so of you out there who get to watch the video below. That's because you went out and bought MadWorld and loved how awesome it was. Maybe, like me, you're still trying to figu... Remember Blue Dragon? Here's a video of the new game 20 A few days ago, I caught myself wondering about Mistwalker -- I was (and still am) a big fan of 2007's Lost Odyssey, but the company has been relatively quiet recently. ASH looked promising, but ... Recap: Guitar Hero 5 blowout 5 If you missed some of our comprehensive coverage of Guitar Hero 5 today, you’ve come to the right place. This is where you can get caught up on the day’s GH 5-related posts and keep t... EA Denmark lets Brutal Legend soundtrack slip (Update) 68 I don't know if the soundtrack for a game has every truly been "hotly anticipated," but if one had to choose the most "hotly anticipated" soundtrack to a game ever it might ju... Spyborgs trailer teases some solid action 10 As I alluded to in my previous post, many people don't use their Wii. This isn't the case for me as with Roogoo: Twisted Towers, Monkey Island, The Conduit and Wii Sports Resort my Wii has be eff... Resident Evil 5 PC system requirements? Yep, we got 'em 14 There's no short supply of vocal people around these parts who didn't enjoy Resident Evil 5. Why? My guess is they didn't find it scary enough, it was too similar to Resident Evil 4, and it also ... NGS 2 Collector's Edition has a book 7 Special editions. They aren't so special anymore. They come with every major release these days and someone buys them and then life goes on, and despite all that modern special editions come with... First glimpse of Resident Evil 5 PC's exclusive costumes 25 One thing I always loved about the Resident Evil series was its completely wacky unlockables that you could obtain after playing the games seriously your first time through. The trend continued w... Resident Evil 5 hitting PC this September in glorious 3D 19 It sure is nice to see Capcom supporting PC properly, isn't it? Coming to store shelves on September 15 for North America and September 18 for Europe is none other than the PC version of Resident... First footage of Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines 29 Our first look at Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines for the PSP has finally arrived. Bloodlines picks up right after the events from the first Assassin's Creed. You will be playing as Altair again as ... Undead Knights rises in October 3 Jim Sterling and I both got our hands on Undead Knights at E3 and came away from the game with a delicious taste in our mouth. It was the taste of fun. Before this day we didn't know when we woul... Kawata: Resident Evil 5 could be a Wii possibility 36 Poor, poor Wii-owning Resident Evil fans. All you guys want (I think) is a properly numbered RE title on your little miraclebox, and Capcom keeps throwing you downgraded, light-gun scraps. Person... Prototype is cheap on Amazon today 13 For the most part, we liked Prototype. I would -- and did -- encourage you to run out and buy it. But I'm sure some of you were still on the fence, unable to see how Prototype was blatantly bette... I'm interested: new Monster Hunter Tri trailer is convincing 36 Ok, ok, I get it: Monster Hunter is Godzilla-huge in Glorious Nippon. They can't get enough of the stuff. For the past month or so, it seems like that's all I ever hear about -- we get tips about... New Magnacarta 2 features an abundance of highlights 14 If you've still got a nasty taste in your mouth after 2004's Softmax-developed Magna Carta: Tears of Blood, it may be time to reconsider. 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