If your preferred brand of gaming hero is prone to throwing themselves through burning tables or dunking people's heads in deep fat fryers, then you'll be pleased to learn that Eidos have just released a slew of new screenshots of trailer park trash-pleasing fist-fest Backyard Wrestling 2: There Goes The Neighbourhood.Indeed, you really wouldn't want any of this lot moving in next to you, with their proclivity for chainsaw-fuelled ultra-violence and all. Still, there is a method to the madness ...
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Rising Star Games has confirmed Baroque for a European release on Wii and PS2.

"Dark, addictively challenging and totally immersive, Baroque is a pure RPG experience," said the press release.

Baroque will be available on Friday, June 27 on both formats.

Full press release, including key features and plot summary, after the link.
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Atlus U.S.A., Inc., today announced that Baroque, the new dungeon-crawling action RPG for Wii and PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, is now in stores across North America. Dark, addictively challenging, and totally immersive, Baroque is a pure RPG experience, highly regarded by Japanese gamers and now finally available for Western audiences to enjoy.
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Tying in with the June release of the film, Batman Begins dips a clawed toe into the Dark Knight's even murkier past. Focusing on the brutal butchery of Bruce Wayne's parents, the plot of the movie and the game hinges on the dramatic moment that turned the little chap from millionaire brat into millionaire bat. As you can see from these new screens, the game also follows the film series in its ever-gloomier downward spiral, starring American Psycho's Christian Bale alongside those paragons of ...
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Millionaire, industrialist, crime fighter and philanthropist: yes, Bruce Wayne has it all, except for his marbles. While being full of brain-wrong doesn't seem to have hurt the dollar-rich but screw-deficient freak, how he ended up in this state does make for an interesting tale - and that's exactly where the Batman Begins.Named after the forthcoming film (which is due for release in June), this stealthy adventure is one of those games that the world has heard much about but seen very little ...
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Did you know they were making a movie about Batman's origins, revealing the reason he likes to dress up in rubber and beat people up at midnight? Surely Tim Burton's first effort covered all that in as much detail as an audience will ever need, but such trifling matters have never concerned Hollywood.And it doesn't seem to concern Electronic Arts that Batman has the unenviable record of being the worst videogame character of the last seven years, or at least starring in the most consistently ...
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Wednesday 29 March 2006 Sony has announced B-Boy, a dance-off game centred on stylish skills, for release on PSP and PS2 in September. Billed as a fighting game as much as a rhythm-action game, players are given access to over 800 motion-captured moves in order to 'toprock' and 'freeze' their way to the top of the freestyle pile, from lowly street battles through to the world championships. Makes a difference from 'shooting' and 'driving' our way to the top, at least. Developed by ...
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Game Informer have just sent out their newest edition to American stores nationwide and this months' review scores can be found below. Super Mario Galaxy receives the game of the month award, while Rock Band also impresses. Time Crisis 4, Soul Caliber: Legends and Jenga were this months' worst games.

Rock Band (PS3/Xbox 360/PS2, EA): 9,25 / 9,25
F.E.A.R. Files (Xbox 360, Sierra): 6,5 / 7
Beowulf (PS3/Xbox 360, Ubisoft): 5,75 / 5
Kane & Lynch: Dead Men (PS3/Xbox 360, Eidos): 7 / 7,25
Warhammer 40,000: Squad Command (NDS, THQ): 8 / 8,5
MX vs. ATV Untamed (Xbox 360/PS3, THQ): 8 / 8,25
Scene It? (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 8,5 / 7
Viva Pinata: Party Animals (Xbox 360, Microsoft): 5,5
Bee Movie (Xbox 360/PS2/Wii/NDS, Activision): 6,5
Time Crisis 4 (PS3, Namco Bandai): 4,25 / 4,5
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii, Nintendo): 9,75 / 9,75 **Game of the Month**
Smarty Pants (Wii, EA): 7,5 / 6
Rayman Raving Rabbids 2 (Wii, Ubisoft): 7,75 / 8
Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii, Capcom): 8,25 / 8
Soul Calibur Legends (Wii, Namco Bandai): 4 / 4
Ghost Squad (Wii, Sega): 7 / 6,5
Battalion Wars 2 (Wii, Nintendo): 7,25 / 7,25
Endless Ocean (Wii, Nintendo): 6
Trauma Center: New Blood (Wii, Atlus): 7,5
Medal of Honor: Heroes 2 (Wii, EA): 6,75
Dancing With the Stars (Wii/PS2, Actgivision): 5,25
Jenga (Wii, Atari): 2
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Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and Activision will battle it out for the Games Publisher Award, whilst individual titles Guitar Hero World Tour, GTA IV, FIFA 09, Fallout 3, Wii Fit and Call of Duty: World At War compete for Game Campaign.
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Taking place on Thursday April 23rd at The Brewery, Chiswell Street, London, this year's MCV Industry Excellence Awards will be the most hotly-contested ever, with 17 accolades up for grabs, across a diverse range of categories covering the entire industry.

Nintendo, EA, Ubisoft, Microsoft, Sega and Activision will battle it out for the Games Publisher Award, whilst individual titles Guitar Hero World Tour, GTA IV, FIFA 09, Fallout 3, Wii Fit and Call of Duty: World At War compete for Game Campaign.
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