It’s been a busy 2009 thus far for the WWE. On SmackDown, reigning champ CM Punk has driven Jeff Hardy into premature retirement after an epic summer-long battle, and now seemingly has the backing of WWE management as he enters a feud with the Undertaker over the World Heavyweight Title. Meanwhile on Raw, both D-X and John Cena have endured a miserable year thanks to the attentions of Randy Orton’s Legacy group. ...

This video will bludgeon you with reasons to be hyped for Assassins Creed II. Watch it and you’ll see why Assassin’s Creed II is among our most anticipated games this year. We cut this trailer-style video ourselves out of a crapton of random b-roll footage Ubi provided for our hands-on preview.  So you want a peek at Ezio’s new tricks, right? What are you waiting for, click play already!! ...

Borderlands is pretty awesome. Don’t believe us? Then why not read why you should fork out for it in our Super Review. Adverse to the idea of having to shell out actual human coinage for a game? Then, rejoice. Because we’ve got copies of the game to give away, along with a super sexy PS3 Slim and Borderlands-branded t-shirts and caps.

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We fear the unknown. Psychologists have proven that nothing troubles the human mind more, in fact, than that which cannot be predicted. Our phobias of death, darkness and strangers all stem from this single, simple truth. Apparently, so does our predictable taste in horror games. ...

THE INFO BOX
Post date: October 23, 2009
T-Dar 74 length: 2:19:46
Intro song by: Anamanaguchi
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The history of advertisements for 3D movies is an embarrassing testament to how silly people look in 3D glasses. A typical example shows a slack jawed audience while a poorly rendered tyrannosaurus breaks free from its two dimensional cage, terrifying the crowd with its jaws wide open, ready to bite everyone’s head off. Welcome to the third dimension, bitches. We hope you were wearing diapers. ...

This year's premier wrestling game, SmackDown vs Raw 2010, is just a few days old, but we're already filled with giddy excitement for the future. One of our favorite features mentioned in the review is the online community used for sharing created content, chief among them user-created wrestlers. ...

Blizzard loves its Easter eggs, and so do we. There are literally hundreds of hidden references to popular movies, television shows, music, and videogames. There are even nods to classic literature for you wordy types. Here’s a collection of some of our favorites along with details on how to hunt them down. ...

There’s a widespread notion in the videogame industry that game reviews can have a profound impact on game sales, and for the most part the evidence bears that out. But as tempting as it is to gloat about the supposed power that we, the videogame press, hold over the livelihoods of publishers and developers, it’s not always true. In fact, history is littered with countless examples of megahit games that had originally been ripped to shreds by reviewers ...