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Sega Tags Our Eyes with a Jet Set Radio HD Trailer

Still no solid date for this PSN and XBLA port, but Sega has given a glimpse at Jet Set/Grind Radio in motion.  It looks pretty damn exact to how I remember it on the Dreamcast back in 2000, and perhaps some memories should be unchanged (besides not being in physical form any longer).  But with a cult beast such as Jet Set, it’s unsurprising Sega...

Fight Off the Dark in Alan Wake’s American Nightmare

Ah, a launch trailer.  We’re not too far off from fighting Mr. Wake’s machinations, now.  On February 22nd, you can snatch up Remedy’s downloadable (but not “bite-sized”) entry to the Wake universe, American Nightmare, for 1200 MS points ($15 bucks to people living on Earth) on Xbox Live Arcade.

No, it’s not Part Two, but if you squint, you...

“You don’t seek the truth or save the world.  Deadlight is about Randall’s feelings and his desires, his problems. Everything that we take for granted now, like crossing the street, in Deadlight is a true challenge.”

 - Raul Rubio, CEO and creative director of Tequila Works, speaking to Joystiq.

I’m hard pressed to name any side-scrolling survival horror games. Probably because they don’t...

Check out a Couple of Minutes of Gameplay from Alan’s American Nightmare

“…sometimes the nail gun is mightier than the sword!”

If you have the strength to muster the less than radio-worthy narration in this video, you’re in for a treat.  The changes to Alan Wake are nuanced, but don’t let subtlety fool you into thinking this is anything less than a continuation in story and in gameplay.

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Still from the XBLA exclusive in the works, Deadlight.

Crafted by Tequila Works (featuring some of the creative forces behind the likes of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow and Diablo III), this puzzle platformer has you fending off the 1986 post-apocalypse.  You do recall the post-apocalypse of the late ‘80’s, right?