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The titular deal of the week, this week, offers a splash of something for just about everyone out there. Whether you’re into platformers, action and adventure, sports, racers, arcade …
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Sure, the slow-motion, dramatic action movie trailer can be a touch cliche. The back-to-back quick cut explosions set to adrenaline-pumping choir chant and thunderous shotgun percussion. We’ve all seen …
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The fifth title update to bolster Happy Wars‘ cartoonish combatants has come ashore, bringing with it an invading force of familiar faces. Developer Toylogic Inc. in collaboration with The …
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The sports-action-mayhem hybrid Ghetto Golf is headed to “Next-Gen” gaming platforms, according to Illfonic President and Co-Founder Chuck Brungardt. First spotted by eagle-eyed friend of XBLAFans, @lifelower, the news comes from …
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How long does it take to conjure a cybernetic combat whale complete with side-mounted weaponry and a nose cannon? If you’re Minicore Studios’ talented concept artist Devin Lawson — about five minutes. That’s the run time of a newly released video, first spotted by Joystiq, showcasing the speed-drawing conceptualization of the battle-ready giant for the upcoming Laika Believes. You can check out the video after the jump, which is set to a plucky chiptune arrangement pulled straight from the game’s soundtrack.

The action platformer takes place in an alternate history where the Soviet superpower has enveloped the known world in it’s robotic iron grip. Unlike the depressing fate of the real Laikia (the first animal launched into orbit), Laika Believes sees the titular canine return, cybernetic, super-intelligent and ready to save the day. We know very little about the forthcoming title, other than it’s certainly headed for steam while an Xbox Live Arcade offering is still being investigated as separate episodes.

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The first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows trailer spotlighting each of the titular foursome has made its way to the …
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As we continue the agonizing wait for Undead Labs’ State of Decay and its June release, any glimpse of the gritty open-world zombie apocalypse simulator is like a cool drink on …
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The highly anticipated cooperative heist game Monaco has been delayed on Xbox Live Arcade. Initially set to release tomorrow, April 24, Pocket Watch Games has stated that “an issue” discovered at the 11th hour will prevent the title from going live on schedule.

“We just discovered that there is an issue which requires that we push back our Xbox Live arcade game release date a little,” reads a statement on the official Monaco Facebook page. “We’ve already submitted an update to Microsoft to fix the problem, and as soon as we know that the issue is fixed we’ll have a new release date. I know our fans have been waiting a long time for the game, and hopefully they’ll have the patience to wait just a little while longer.  What’s mine will be yours very, very soon!”

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Southend Interactive, the development studio behind XBLA darling ilomilo and newly released Sacred Citadel has split with it’s former parent company, Tactel Holding AB, a Swedish IT consulting firm. As reported …
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Telltale Games’ downloadable poker extravaganza Poker Night 2 is well on its way to an April release. In the meantime, the folks behind the scenes have release a brand new trailer showcasing the many unlockables, collectibles and other attainable schwag stuffed with licensed goodness. The cross-promotional voodoo will allow you to customize your character in Borderlands 2 with a variety of aesthetic touches pulled from the other members seated at your virtual table.

Poker Night 2 features Brock, the berserk bodyguard formerly in the employ of Dr. Venture of Adult Swim’s The Venture Bros. Filling the remaining seats are Claptrap of Borderlands fame, Ash from Army of Darkness and the six-foot anthropomorphic canine with a nose for crime, Sam, of Sam & Max. Dealing the cards and high-stakes action is none other than GLaDOs, the murderous artificial intelligence.

In addition, Poker Night 2 offers platform-exclusive rewards for in-game play. Players who clean out the house on Xbox Live Arcade will be treated to a variety of avatar gear to deck out your digital self. Still not enough freebies? Well, Poker Night 2 features in-game unlockables to boot, allowing you customize nearly every aspect of the game as you play against the odds in Texas Hold ‘Em and Omaha poker. To take a peek at everything that’s on the table, check out the trailer after the jump.

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