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The above leaked trailer for WWE 13, assuming it hasn't been ripped from the pages of YouTube by THQ, shows off many of the wrestling acrobatics and tiny shorts one can look forward to performing and wearing this fall, when the game pile drives its way onto retail shelves come November 1.

Eagle-eyed readers will recognize wrestling legends The Undertaker, Stone Cold Steve Austin and Mankind, among newer faces like Sheamus, Mark Henry, CM Punk and Chris Jericho. Hey THQ, how 'bout bringing back some Doink?

JoystiqLeaked WWE 13 trailer shows off slams, jams and a Nov. 1 2012 release date originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 25 May 2012 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Quantum Conundrum's more than just fluffy pillows and super heavy stuff. It's also all about ripping apart space and time itself at your whim, with the helpful aid of a glove-enabled "shift device," as demonstrated in the trailer above.

JoystiqQuantum Conundrum's latest trailer blows the doors off time, our minds originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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What's all this "Diablo" hubbub today, you wonder? Well, you see, "Diablo" is another name for "Devil" (Spanish!) and you're this monk/warrior/witch doctor/wizard/demon hunter who's gotta kill thousands of demons to get to the main bad demon dude and ... okay, Blizzard does a much better job laying it all out.

JoystiqBlizzard's refresher course in Diablo's murderous history originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 15 May 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Despite Max Payne 3 not launching at retail until next Tuesday, Rockstar went ahead and released the "launch" trailer this afternoon. And despite Max's crippling addiction to painkillers and booze, he seems to be moving forward with his life, as seen in the clip. Where he's going ... that's another story entirely.

JoystiqMax Payne is moving forward (mostly toward next week's launch) originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 10 May 2012 18:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The gangs of Max Payne 3's multiplayer setting make us forget all about the balding alcoholic star of Rockstar's upcoming game. Instead, they're more reminiscent of a film classic from 2002 set in Rio de Janeiro's poorest neighborhood, City of God. Take a look at the new multiplayer trailer above, then compare with a trailer for the film below the break. We think you'll see more than a few similarities.

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JoystiqMax Payne 3's multiplayer footage gets us all nostalgic originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 03 May 2012 16:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The thing about barbarians is they like to kill stuff. After the events of Diablo 2, the group has scattered and lost its will to fight. But with Diablo's return, one barbarian has found it's never been a better time to have a dry blade. Good hunting!

JoystiqDiablo 3 trailer tells the tale of the Barbarian originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:35:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In the future, the Earth is in trouble -- humanity is at war with a species of invading alien bug things. Defiance, from Trion Worlds, brings MMO third-person shooting to consoles and the PC; events in both the game and show will play off each other.

You know what we always say: the only good alien bug thing is a dead alien bug thing.

Gallery: Defiance (PAX East 2012)

JoystiqDefiance dares to dish out new gameplay video, screens originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The first batch of DLC for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City drops next week and, in addition to its inherent freeness, it features explosions, squishy deadish things, and everyone's friendly neighborhood NE-α Type parasite-infused monstrosity, as shown in the trailer above.

JoystiqTake a peek at Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's first round of DLC originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 09 Apr 2012 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Similar to how combining peanut butter and chocolate dramatically improves both, Starhawk has discovered that combining jets and bikes, or jets and mechs, exponentially increases the level of wickedness associated with each craft.

JoystiqLatest Starhawk trailer showcases jetbikes, mech-jets originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 06 Apr 2012 18:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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In fairness, the trailer above for Spec Ops: The Line was likely cut and produced over the course of a few months. As such, its "ripped from current headlines" nature isn't really 2K Games or Yager's fault, but it does make for an awkward juxtaposition against recent news.

JoystiqSpec Ops: The Line narrative trailer ripped from the headlines originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Square Enix is moving away from the paltry world of dimension-based reveals, announcing actor John De Lancie as one of Quantum Conundrum's main actors. De Lancie is, of course, known for his part as "Q" in the James Bond series, aiding Bond in his interstellar travels of exploration and diplomacy. Or he was a popular Star Trek character -- one of the two.

Anyway, De Lancie is playing the part of Professor Fitz Quadrangle, advising the main character on gameplay and ushering story points forward (he is, after all, stuck in an alternate dimension, anxiously awaiting your help). De Lancie details his role and offers a taste of his voice work in the latest teaser, seen above.

JoystiqQuantum Conundrum gets an extra Q originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Don't get too excited -- there's still no North American release of Pandora's Tower to speak of. But in the meantime you can still enjoy this (kind of gross) English trailer for the Japanese export, coming out April 13 on the Wii in Europe.

JoystiqPandora's Tower gets an English trailer from Nintendo of Europe originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Mar 2012 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Continue reading See Ninja Gaiden 3's new DLC weapons in action

JoystiqSee Ninja Gaiden 3's new DLC weapons in action originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 20 Mar 2012 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Team Ninja's Yosuke Hayashi said that he and his team would be toning down the Dead or Alive franchise's trademark dependance on sex and violence, and from this trailer we're actually starting to believe it. It's still violent, sure, but Hitomi and Ayane almost look like human females.

Continue reading Ayane whomps Hitomi in this new DOA5 trailer

JoystiqAyane whomps Hitomi in this new DOA5 trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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This little indie ditty has been on our radar for a few months now, intriguing us with slick graphics and a mysterious, vague storyline that seems to smear the line between Dear Esther and Amnesia. Anna takes inspiration from ancient legends in Val D'Ayas, a scenic valley in northern Italy, developer Dreampainters says. Anna is a PC-exclusive, point-and-click exploration title which, as is obvious in the above trailer, has a dark, subtly terrifying edge to it.

It has three different endings, each taking about three hours to complete, thus bringing the entire experience to around nine hours. Anna is coming at a "budget price," according to Dreampainters.

Update: That's definitely the release date at the end of the trailer up there, so keep a lookout for Anna on May 18, 2012. We'd look out for it ourselves, but apparently we need to get our glasses checked.

JoystiqFirst trailer for Anna, a pretty, spooky and pretty spooky title from Italy [Update] originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 13 Mar 2012 01:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Medal of Honor Warfighter is apparently EA's big holiday shooter this year, with a leaked European trailer indicating an October 23 launch date. The sequel to 2010's Medal of Honor is also being handled by EA's Danger Close studio, though DICE isn't picking up the multiplayer slack this time around. As October 23 is a Tuesday, it looks like that will also account for a US release date, but we've reached out to EA for clarification all the same.

Update: EA released the US trailer as well now, which shows October 23 as the release date too. So there's that!

JoystiqMedal of Honor Warfighter launches October 23, teaser leaks originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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As previously promised, here's that gameplay footage of Kung Fu Strike: The Warrior's Rise, which is 7Sixty's Western, XBLA-targeted version of HurricaneX2. Flashy chop-socky on a large scale? Looks groovy to us.

JoystiqKung Fu Strike is beat-em-up with a kick originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 22 Feb 2012 03:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We don't know about you, but whoever that dude was in the previous Mass Effect 3 trailers sure looked out of place. We're feeling much better about this latest one, but that's at least in part due to an alien getting his face straight stepped on near the end. See for yourself!

JoystiqSee some stupid alien get curbstomped in the latest Mass Effect 3 trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:49:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Four years ago, Curt Schilling opened a game studio. Two years later he told us the team's upcoming game woud be a marriage between God of War and Oblivion." And today, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning launches, letting you decide whether that union's worth the money. (Don't worry, we'll help you with our upcoming review!)

JoystiqKingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning launches with trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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We're pretty dubious of any time-travel methods that don't involve police boxes from the 1960s, but Final Fantasy XIII-2's horcrux Historia Crux and time gates look like a fairly stable, albeit significantly less British, way to traverse the annals of history.

JoystiqExplore menus and giant crystals in this Final Fantasy XIII-2 Time Travel trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Namco Bandai is really ramping up its trailer output ahead of SoulCalibur 5's January 31 arrival in North America. This time, we get a look at the cinematics contained within the game's story mode, and from what we can tell the whole experience can be summed up in three words: Glowing bloom filters.

JoystiqThe Theater of History: SoulCalibur 5 story mode trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 15 Jan 2012 10:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like the rumors were right, at least partially: Alan Wake's American Nightmare will be an XBLA exclusive title wherein our titular hero is pitted against Mr. Scratch, an apparently egotistical and especially evil version of Alan. Evil birds, evil satellites and everything you'd expect lurks within the Spike TV Video Game Awards trailer, as well as in your very soul.

JoystiqAlan Wake's American Nightmare is a spooky XBLA battle between light and dark originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 10 Dec 2011 21:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Some people are content with letting Hollywood fat cats license, interpret, reboot and reinvent the world's most beloved gaming franchises, but not the team at InfectionDesigner. They've been doing it themselves for years, and apparently have no plans of stopping.

JoystiqHalf-Life: Origins, a trailer from the people behind Beyond Black Mesa originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Infinity Blade 2 studio Chair Entertainment say the project is much more than just a game, calling it an "artistic experience" in the latest dev diary. As such -- just to be safe -- we'll play the iOS title in a local museum when it arrives next week.

JoystiqWatch Chair pitch Infinity Blade 2 as an 'artistic experience' originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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When Unit 13 arrives "near" the PlayStation Vita's February 22 launch date, it'll come with a quartet of selectable, familiar operatives. Can you spot the tank?

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If there's one thing that Serious Sam needs, it's more story. Also, there's a gun that shoots enormous balls. So it's still totally Serious Sam.

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It's very likely that this is the first and only trailer you'll see in which a driver is attacked by a tiger from the back seat. You have Saints Row: The Third and developer Volition Inc to thank for this moment.

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There's more explanation in this YouTube video, in which one of the researchers behind the series explains that the goal of the project was to raise awareness in the Netherlands about the historical issue of slavery, and "create attention" about the issue. He also says that the American media "reacted much heavier" to the trailer, "because the topic of slavery has had much more attention."

So it sounds like a culture clash of sorts, with a message meant for Netherlands viewers sneaking out to a much larger, and somewhat more sensitive, audience. The NTR series is set to start up on Dutch TV later on this month, and there is even a "children's version" of the series, called "De Slavernij Junior" starting at the same time.

[Thanks, Jim N]

Joystiq'Slavery the Game' revealed as a viral ad for Dutch TV history series originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 07 Sep 2011 20:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Will the man with the flamethrower ever learn? As seen in the latest trailer for id Software's upcoming shooter, Rage, he clearly still hasn't. What's that, flamethrower man? You didn't realize your gas tank was explosive? Incorrigible, we say!

JoystiqThe plight of the flamethrower man, care of Rage originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 27 Aug 2011 01:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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While some folks in the X-Men universe didn't have much of a choice in their particular mutation, the characters of X-Men Destiny seem more than happy to forfeit their boring old humanity for a taste of the wild side. That very choice becomes yours when X-Men Destiny launches next month.

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Germany's Gamescom show has brought us this debut trailer for Lollipop Chainsaw, a new title in the works from developer Goichi "Suda51" Suda's Grasshopper Manufacture. As you can tell from the (scandalous!) footage above, the game's about a cheerleader named Juliet -- who also happens to be a zombie slayer with a chainsaw.

The official site lists the location as "San Romero High School," and since American horror/comedy director James Gunn is also along for the ride, you can probably expect plenty of sly references like that one in the game. Lollipop Chainsaw is targeting a 2012 release on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

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Remember when we told you about John Goodman's major voice role in id Software's upcoming shooter, Rage? Now we've got a trailer to prove it, fresh from QuakeCon 2011.

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Sine Mora takes place in a world of retro-futuristic submersible biplane things, mecha steamships, giant octo-bots, and overwrought voiceover. We'll get the opportunity to inhabit this world (and shoot everything in it, of course) via XBLA and PSN "this winter," the trailer reveals.

JoystiqSee more of Sine Mora in its first trailer originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Next week, on July 27, a new OK Go video will be released and Nintendo will post the 3D version on the service -- it'll be the second OK Go clip to be released as a 3DS video. Other content teased by Nintendo includes "exclusive 3D videos from Jason DeRulo, Foster the People, CollegeHumor and the world-renowned Blue Man Group, plus extreme sports and action videos, animation from various independent studios and 3D trailers for upcoming Hollywood movies."

Of course Nintendo will be removing old content when new content is released, so if you have any interest in seeing the initial offerings, check them out soon.

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Half god, half severe weather alert, Rain originally debuted in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. It looks like he's retained all of his old tricks, including his lightning bolt, water levitate, and magical-compulsory-teleportation feet. Rain will be available for 400 MS Points ($5), or as part of the Season Pass.

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