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Guarding the entrance to the Funcom booths was the closest thing to a “booth babe” I’ve seen so far at E3. Two beautiful, but well-clothed, Asian Amazons stepped away from the door to let me enter the room and the lights dimmed, transforming the room into the ideal dark basement gaming environment for a guild. Each player of the three man group had their own three screens to play on, giving us nine times as much to drool at as we watched the battles from the perspective of each player....

Aside from the unnecessary use of the British accent by the main characters — possibly an homage to every movie set in Ancient Greece since the beginning of time — these brand newHeavenly Swordclips make every part of me ooze glee. Even the parts that don’t have glands capable of expressing glee have somehow started oozing it all over the place and … honestly, I think I should go to the doctor …Hit the jump for the second clip....

When I saw the logo forRenegade Opsat SEGA’s expansive booth, I felt my eyes dry up and shrivel with sheer, unadulterated apathy. The name sounds like a crappy generic military shooter from the likes of City Interactive or another lower-tier publisher. I can’t think of a less appealing title. It was much to my surprise, then, that I found outRenegade Opsis likeMicro Machineswith guns. A top-down shooter in which you control a little car that skids and rolls around with insanely fun physics,Renegade Opsplays exactly like a game NOT calledRenegade Ops....

Electronic Arts is a huge publisher with a long history, and so it stands to reason that it has a lot of old franchises. While it sometimes feels like EA doesn’t give a crap about its vast library, the publisher has urged fans that it’s always keeping the old classics in mind. “We constantly look at ways to grow the recent category of titles likeBurnout,Need for Speed,Road Rashare constantly things we think about,” professed EA Games boss Frank Gibeau....

Not that I’ve ever found the “Europe (and Australia) always get screwed royally” comments to be overblown, but man, theyreallyaren’t exaggerated. Case in point,Shantae: Risky’s Revengeis only now available for download on PAL DSiWare. Very much news to celebrate over, as evidenced byTony’s glowing review. WayForward’s sprite work alone is worth cheering for, in my book. Apologies for the delay, guys and gals in Europe. It’s especially sad given the digital distribution nature of this release....

IfPub gamesweren’t enough for gamers seeking an advantage upon booting upFable 2, then perhaps the new flash game will supply them that edge. Lionhead has finally tossed up theofficialFable 2website, and part of its stunning debut isa cute flash gamedesigned to give players in-game items as well as orient them into theFableuniverse. It’s a short and simple game, but it’s actually kind of hip. The game features a puppet-theatre setup where players can take control of the protagonist puppet and make impactful moral choices like killing people or tattle telling....

Hereare some facts aboutinFamous: Aren’t those facts fun! Actually it’s a little stunning to hear how much time and caffeine goes into the making of one of these blockbuster games. I don’t drink coffee, but if you’ve got an espresso machine in your office why do you need to go get Starbucks? Maybe it was for those sandwiches they have, those are good. Also, who keeps track of the number of sodas consumed?...

The concert seriesDistant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasyis going full force this July. There’s several dates this month all over the United States, so be sure to get your tickets as soon as possible. I know that the Friday, July 16th show in San Francisco will include theFinal Fantasy IVepic song “Dancing Mad.” That is going to be incredible. Here are the July dates. Know that all dates except the Washington D....

Following today’s announcement from Blizzard thatBlizzCon 2010will be happening on October 22 and 23 at the Anaheim Convention Center in — where else? — Anaheim, California, I set out on a mission to find the most perfect of pictures to go along with the story. I have yet to attend a BlizzCon, but from what everyone tells me, it’s unlike anything else — the tickets sell out in a matter of minutes, for crying out loud....

Queen’s Crownis today’s freebie. It’s a fairly straightforward hack n’ slash RPG with typically old school visuals and some nice music. Not too shabby, and well worth picking up for the price of nothing. I think I pretty much said everything in two sentences. This little bit here is completely extraneous. [Found a free App? Think it’s good? Hit upJim Sterling(iOS & Android) orMaurice Tan(iOS) and let ’em know. Please do so — finding good free games is hard!...

BothSuper Mega WormandSuper Mega Worm VS. Santa(iOS) have received an update that introduced the Mecha Wojira paid DLC. More importantly for you right now,Super Mega Worm VS. Santais now free so you should grab thatright here. The Mecha Wojira paid DLC gives you a mecha worm that won’t lose health if it doesn’t keep eating creatures, plus it has an infinite Death Beam, homing missiles, instant space jump and a special theme song....

Like Nex before me, I am dedicated to using Games of the Week as an excuse to force my obscure cultural interests on each and every one of you. This week I pay tribute to Jeff Lynne, the legendary producer/singer/songwriter who is most famous for his work as frontman of The Electric Light Orchestera. ELO was a Birmingham-based rock group that incorporated orchestral instruments into nearly all its tunes. Most famous for the songMr....

Dead Spacewas a love it or hate it game. While the atmosphere and sound were absolutely stunning one could argue that the mission structure got quite repetitive near the end of the game. I was one of the skeptics and addressed that toDead Space 2producer Steve Papoutsis, who talks about how they tried to learn from the first game and build on top of that one. We also talk about the demo they gave us a bit earlier at the show where we had a sneak peek further into some pretty great and very good looking levels of the game....