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Yes, I realize that this is a day late. Yes, I realize that some of you have probably been crying like tiny kittens who have spilt their milk all over the linoleum kitchen floor. A combination of Internet failures and tiny, angry pixies have conspired to keep this update from you, but after three days of battling miniature people and bathing in the blood of mythical creatures great and small, I bring you the games that the editors of your favorite robot-themed gaming site have been playing for the last week....

Have you been holding out for a good deal before picking up the ludicrousDino D-Day? Well, it’s going free for the weekend on Steam, so you best get to it! The whole game will be free to play between now and Sunday, after which point it’ll be yanked from your clammy, quivering fingers. If you want to keep it forever, you can also buy it $4.99 during its free period, which is 50% off....

Dynasty Warriors 6was supposed to be the current-gen debut for the series, yet it was thePS2version of the game,Dynasty Warriors 6: Special, that was infinitely superior. This was mostly thanks to Koei de-cloning a number of characters and giving them unique weapons, such as Zhang He’s claws, Taishi Ci’s beatin’ sticks and Cao Pi’s sword. It was a strange move, but at least it now meansDynasty Warriors 6is heading to the PSP....

We wouldn’t be doing our jobs if we didn’t dance to Lady Gaga’s “Poker Face” inDance Central, Harmonix’s upcoming Kinect game. Some of us are already sold on the concept, because we’ll take any excuse to dance in front of a crowd that we can get. For the rest of you, well, enjoy this video of Nick Chester rockin’ it. And yes, there’s more where that came from — Rey dances to No Doubt’s “Hella Good” after the break....

Portal 2iscoming to the PS3! That big bombshell was announced during Sony’s press conference today and along with that announcement came this new teaser above. That mean robot bitch is still alive and she wants to play again, in the name of science of course. Portal 2will be out in 2011 for the PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Mac.

The boys ofBeat Down Boogie, masterminds behind theModern War Gear Solidweb series, are attendingDragon*Conthis weekend, and they’ve been gracious enough to supply us with oodles of photos of the various cosplayers. In the gallery, we have a batch of 99 images, all taken yesterday, with more to come throughout the weekend. Some characters and properties on display are ones that rarely get much representation. I mean, you’ve got Jago and B....

In a year that saw the release ofKane & Lynch 2,I’m Not Alone,Naughty BearandDead or Alive: Paradise, the experts atEntertainment Weeklyhave declared none other thanKirby’s Epic Yarnas 2010’s worst game. Red Dead Redemptionwas the magazine’s pick for best game, butKirby’s Epic Yarnwas voted the worst for being too cute and nice.Metroid: Other Mwas voted the second worst for being “infuriatingly clunky” and turning Samus Aran into “a glum functionary pining for her old boss?...

After seeing Nour Polloni’s walkthrough of thetech demothe other day (and your response), it’s clear that I wasn’t the only one to be impressed by the footage ofAlone in the Dark 5. No doubt about it, Eden games has done a fantastic job of piquing our interest for their upcoming survival horror sequel. Now comes news with a horrific twist of its own, and it involves a feature in the game that I don’t recall ever seeing before now — the ability to “wimp out” and skip the hard parts....

EA released one of those standard “the game is now out” press releases yesterday forMirror’s Edgeand it wasn’t exactly clear on the upcoming DLC. Turns out thatexclusive DLC comingto the PlayStation 3 is actually coming out on the Xbox 360 as well.GameCyte got in touchwith a rep from EA and they confirmed that this is indeed true. Surprised? You shouldn’t be! EA loves money and leaving downloadable content as a console exclusive means less money for them....

The DS version ofLEGO Harry Potterwon’t be like the Wii version. In fact, it’ll be something akin toZeldaaccording to lead designer Arthur Parsons. “This time the DS version is a completely different game,” Parsons told Official Nintendo Magazine in a recent interview. “LEGO Batmanwas a very similar game, whereasLEGO Harry Potteris completely different.” But what is? “It’s an isometric adventure style game,” he said. “You can use the stylus to guide your characters around....

This week’s fake game comes from forumiteFireofEvil. He only gave us the title,Hellgate: Lon Lon, but we assume you may figure out what follows. Hyrule is under attack. Demons have overrun the countryside — and we’re not talking about the friendly, wimpy kind of demons that Link can destroy with a swipe or two from the Master Sword. No, these bastards come straight from Hell itself, and they’ve devoured most of the kingdom....

We recently told youthat aFinal Fantasy Type-0demo was coming soon, and now we have a date: August 11. That’s when the “Natsubi” demo will hit the Japanese PlayStation Network. According to Famitsu this demo is basically the same as the demo that was recently shown off at a Tokyo event. That version offers four missions and seven characters, saysAndriasang. Those that play the demo will unlock costumes for the game’s characters....

I thought a North American release for the upcoming Square Enix PSP title was a given, but I guess it wasn’t.Final Fantasy Type-0is sounding pretty cool, so I’m glad that Tetsuya Nomura says that they are at least investigating a downloadable version and overseas version of the title. Thanks for thinking of us, I guess. This news comes out of a Q&A session from Famitsu. From this we’ve also learned that this spin-off game has 14 main characters....