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MAGhas received a tame “Teen” rating from the ESRB. According the Ratings Summary provided by the watchdogvia its official Web site, the most graphic things players will see in the game are cute (and instantaneous) clouds of red after being punctured by a weapon and any postmortem damage after the fact. “Soldiers can be shot repeatedly, even after they have fallen to the ground (i.e., postmortem damage),” the summary reads. “When an enemy is shot or knifed, small red puffs of blood are visible (under 1 second on-screen)....

Criterion’sBurnout Revengeis due for another big update in the form of a landscape, but it won’t be free. Recently, Criterion updated fans onBig Surf Island. The DLC is a new area designed specifically to quench players’ apetites for big air. According toCriterion’s blog, the island will be around the size of the Downtown area in the main game. Unfortunately, all free things must come to a semi-end.Big Surf Islandwill be considered “premium content” and thus will require you to open your pocketbook if you want to experience it....

[Editor’s Note:Etirflitamade this awesome Choose Your Own Adventure game in the C-Blogs based on World 1-1 of Mario. Check it out and let us know what you think! — JRo] You come to in a strange land, temporarily blinded by the bright cornflower blue expanse of sky stretching in all directions. You pull your hat down to shield your eyes from an invisible sun, and brush flecks of dust from your overalls which are caked in the sweat of a hard day’s work....

Conservative Christian siteWorld Net Dailyis running a report on Hasbro’sThe Game of Life, with claims that it is “pushing the homosexual agenda” by allowing same-sex marriage in the game. “You know how kids are,” says one concerned mother, as she tried to overcome the trauma of thinking about gay people existing. “My daughter noticed right away (even before I did) and clicked on one of the girls instead of one of the men and then asked, ‘Mom, how come I can marry a woman?...

Detractors have said many negative things about Visceral Games’Dante’s Inferno. But let’s keep one key point in mind — many of them (in fact, most of them) haven’t played it yet. For PlayStation 3 owners, that changes today, as the demo for the game will hit PlayStation Network as part of today’s update. The demo consists of the entire opening of the game, cinematics and all. All told, it’s about 25 minutes from start to finish, and should give you a good idea of the direction Visceral have taken....

Yesterday,Isopod Lab’sVigilante 8: Arcadehit Xbox Live Arcade. The title is a remake of the PlayStation classic that also found its way onto the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color. I recently had the opportunity to celebrate the release ofV8: Arcadeby talking to Peter Morawiec, creative director of Isopod and one of the founding members of Luxoflux, the original developer ofVigilante 8. Early in the conversation we covered the decision behind the remake and then went into the mechanics of the title, including the addition of camera support....

The PlayStation Portable has become quite the role-playing gamer’s system as of late. Square Enix’sCrisis Coreis making big waves right now, but the string of good quality strategy RPGs have been the real highlight.Final Fantasy Tactics: The War of the Lions, Jeanne D’Arc, andDisgaea: Afternoon of Darknesshave all managed to keep fans immersed in portable strategy bliss for some time, and theWild Armsseries first departure from standard, turn-based RPG gaming looks to continue this run....

Eidos Montreal is partnering with Feral Interactive to put out a Mac version ofDeus Ex: Human Revolution. As far as relevant details go, about all that’s public so far is the “winter 2011/12” release target. If Feral doesn’t immediately sound familiar, know that this studio has worked on a few notable Mac releases in the past, likeBorderlands,BioShock,Rome: Total War, andTomb Raider: Anniversary. I thought that Nixxes Software did an admirable job with the PC version ofHuman Revolution, so here’s hoping Mac players get the same level of care....

[AwesomeExMachina referred to this blog inhis promoted post yesterday, and today it’s moving to the front page. For his Digital Distribution blog, manasteel88 looks at one of the positives of moving away from retail — the ability for small, indie companies to get in the market. Remember, you have until Monday to get in your blogs forthis week’s topic, Downloadables. If you haven’t started writing yet, you still have plenty of time!...

Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blogwas quite the internet sensation a couple of years ago when it released. Yesterday Doctor Octoroc, the chiptune genius who brought us the8-Bit Jesuscollection of holiday tunes, released the first of three Flash movies recreating the individual acts of the musical in the style of an 8-bit RPG. The sprite art and musical adaptations are excellent here and I love all the little RPG touches. I would totally play this game if it were real....

Destructoid went to theMarvel Vs Capcom 3launch party last week and I’m not going to lie to you guys. I got pretty damn drunk. So we thought it would be a good idea to interview Capcom’s Seth Killian,Marvel’s Agent Mand pro cosplayerVampy. We also talked to Ghost Face Killa from Wu-Tang Clan. Word, son. The party was pretty damn awesome. Nice balance of stations for people to play the fighting mash-up and they even hadSuper Street Fighter IV 3DSfor fans to play all while DJ QBert and other musicians performed on stage....

Dynasty Warriors 7has officially been dated for North America. The 3D enabled, Move compatible, online co-op enhanced “evolution” of theDynasty Warriorsfranchise will be available on March 22, with Europe getting it on March 25. The game nowhas an English site upwhich you’re able to check out if you like that sort of thing, and there are some new screenshots of the game’s “Chronicle” mode to check out as well, courtesy of the fine chaps atKoei Warriors....

I’ll come right out and say it: when the new Xbox 360 dashboard was unveiled duringMicrosoft’s press conferenceyesterday, I wasn’t really feeling the drastic change in design.Yes, it’s much prettier, more user-friendly, and contains some sweet new community features and Netflix integration, but it’s so radically different from the current dashboard which I’ve grown to love over the years.That (and the silly avatars) was my biggest concern about the upcoming update, until I saw the walkthrough video above....