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The Huntress

The huntress is a ranged weapon specialist who devastates from afar, utilizing traps to help out in the fight. She has the greatest variety of weapons in …
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The Monk

The Monk is the ultimate supporting role. Armed with a spear and his qi (chi), the Monk can take to the hordes with sweeping spear attacks or …
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There’s a lot to learn about Dungeon Defenders, and it isn’t all in the tutorial. The load screen tips are a great source of knowledge as well, but who has …
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The Apprentice

The Apprentice is the magiest of mages in Dungeon Defenders (considering he’s the only mage) and as such is the burstiest of bursters when it comes to …
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Burnout Crash was developed by Criterion Games and published by EA. It was released September 21, 2011 for 800 MSP. A copy of the game was provided for review purposes.

Crashing cars has always been the appeal and the overall point of the Burnout series. Up until the last installment in the series, Burnout Paradise, Crash mode had been a staple that rivaled the the core racing game in popularity. Believe it or not, six years have passed since Criterion’s puzzle-like mode has seen a release of any kind. The wait has been far too long.

In Burnout Crash, the series is taken to new levels of absurdity as players wreak havoc in Crash City; a city with locations as diverse as those at a movie studio and more natural disasters than a town in Sim City. The game consists of 18 intersections ready to be deconstructed in 3 game modes. Each revolves around the concept of driving a car into a busy intersection and using a recharging explosive blast, known as a Crashbreaker, to how much damage can be done under a given mode’s conditions. How does Crash hold up in it’s solo debut?
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Robot Entertainment has announced that its upcoming action-strategy game Orcs Must Die! will be hitting Xbox Live Arcade on October 5. Players take control of a War Mage who …
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Renegade Ops was developed by Avalanche Studios and published by SEGA. It was released on September 14, 2011 and retails for 1200 MSP.  A copy of the game was provided for review purposes.

Avalanche Studios have quickly become known for over the top action, the Just Cause games allowing players to perform the craziest action movie stunts. Who hasn’t wanted to ride a motorbike off a cliff, open a parachute and glide to safety? No one, exactly. With Renegade Ops Avalanche have brought their brand of over the top action to Xbox Live Arcade in the form of a twin stick shooter. Admittedly it’s not quite as extreme as Just Cause but it easily manages to be just as fun.

You play one of four members of the Renegade Squad, a group setup by the disillusioned General Bryant to bring down the maniacal supervillian Inferno. Each character has a unique special ability to go with their personal vehicle, all of which are equipped with a roof mounted machine gun. Armand has an APC with a shield ability which brings down tough armor plating making him impervious to enemy fire. Diz drives an armored truck which comes with an EMP that can disable enemy weapons. Roxy rides in an especially bouncy buggy and can call down a devastating air strike. Gunnar jumps around in a jeep which has a heavy gun that inflicts way more damage than his regular machine gun, he can’t move while using it though.

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Over the last couple weeks, we’ve learned that perennial WWE game developer Yuke’s Co. Ltd’s new movie tie-in Real Steel will release in October for the price of 800 MSP. Today, an article translated for us by the ever-helpful @lifelower provides a first look at a lot of the mechanisms of this interesting robot fighting game. While the trailer posted last week showed off a lot of the gameplay, the information released today fills in a lot of details about exactly how robots box. See after the break to get all of the juicy details.

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After launching on September 7, Digital Reality’s SkyDrift quickly became a favorite of many of us at XBLAFans. One of the things we mentioned in our review that we loved was the variety of planes we were able to fly around SkyDrift‘s beautiful levels. Well, beginning on Wednesday there will be even more to love! Digital Reality has released a nifty teaser image showing three new and varied planes and labeled with the date 21-9-2011. We’ve included the image after the break, or you can check it out with the announcement on SkyDrift‘s Twitter or Facebook page.

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Red Bull X-Fighters was developed by Xendex and published by Konami Digital Entertainment, it was released on September 14, 2011 for 800 MSP. A copy of the game was provided for review purposes.

Red Bull X-Fighters is the game iteration of an international freestyle Motocross competition. This action packed release comes with high flying action, spread across several major world events. Each stop on the tour is a new location. Pitted against time and score you must pull off jaw dropping stunts in order to stand out and be number one. Immediately reminding you of Trials HD when you first see it, and having a very similar feel, is it enough to set this highly overlooked genre back on the radar?
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