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Master Two Worlds With Fractured Soul

After releasing it little more than twenty four hours ago, N3V's trailer for their title, Fractured Soul, has received over 13,500 views and a slew of positive feed back in the comments section. Fractured Soul is a 2D platformer under development for the Nintendo DS that makes full use of both screens in a new and interesting way. Each screen represents a different world that the player can shift between on the fly. This creates situations in one world that you would not be able to get through without using the second world and vice versa. So all you DS owners, check out the trailer below the break and see if this game is something that you might be interested in.

Sid Meier’s Civilization V Final Box Art

The Civilization series is perhaps the best known of any strategy turn based pc game. It has provided a unique breed of fun to dedicated gamers time and time again with its addictive game play. Fans of the series are no doubt clamoring to learn more about the newest installation, Civilization V. They just can't wait to give hours of their life to the addictive strategy game play.

Above is the confirmed final box art for the game. So when you’re in line waiting for the store to open on launch day, this is what you'll be getting. Speaking of launch day, it's less than two months away on September 21st. I'm sure you’ll probably be playing Civilization IV until that time.

New Quantum Theory Screens Are All Sorts of Hot

Tecmo Koei's upcoming third-person shooter is looking pretty hot, wouldn't you agree? Check out the screens after the break for a glimpse of the visuals. This has so many things in common with Final Fantasy XIII. I mean, both games are more action-oriented, both games have a sleek, Japanese visual style that I love and both games have a world named "Cocoon". Now, if only Square-Enix was publishing, right? Okay, back to Quantum Theory. Yeah, it is looking great. Will the story stand up? Only time will tell.

New Combat Arms Update Details + Screenshots

Combat Arms, the wildly popular free-play online FPS, is getting a new content pack including new weapons and equipment, a new program and a new map. The game is by Nexon, the purveyors of free-play MMO games like Maple Story, and my personal favorite, Dungeon Fighter Online. The update, called Operation: Sector 25, includes various new guns like a portable sniper rifle and a powerful machine gun, among a variety of new items and equipment.

Also included in the update is a new recruit program that rewards players who get friends to sign up and play the game until they attain Sergeant Rank. The more friends players are able to recruit, the greater their rewards will be. New players are immediately gifted with a starter package which contains various weapons and items. This promotion runs until August 25th. Hit the break to see the new screenshots. Visit the website below to learn more about this explosive new update.

StarCraft Noob Files: First 30 Minutes of Multiplayer

Hello, I’m Chad and I’ve never played StarCraft before in my life. I used to play other, older RTS games back in the day, like Deadlock. I’m also a big fan of turn-based strategy titles like the Civilization franchise. But, when it comes to StarCraft, I haven’t had the gumption to take it on. There could be many reasons behind that, but the primary of which is probably the fact that I knew the sequel was coming out and would rather just wait for that to drop than pick up a 10-year-old game and try to start from scratch.

With some forceful nudging from a couple other editors here, I went out and claimed my copy of StarCraft II yesterday, slightly unsure how my laptop would handle it. I installed it and didn’t even realize it was running some sort of monologue in the background while it was doing so until it was nearly finished. Everything looks and runs great on my machine, albeit not at the highest settings. I’m still amazed how Blizzard can make some of the best games in the world and support a very high array of computer specs, more so than most new titles these days. I mean, c’mon, if I tried to play Crysis on my laptop it would spontaneously combust, setting my apartment on fire. Then I’d have to go through the trouble of turning in an insurance claim and all that jazz. Not worth it. Thank you, Blizzard, for not destroying my apartment.

NBA 2K11’s Star-Filled Soundtrack Revealed

2K Sports has just released the song track list for the upcoming title NBA 2K11. This soundtrack contains titles from some of today's biggest artists including Snoop Dogg, Kid Cudi and Drake. This set list includes a variety of artist so that anybody will be able to find something to jam to while taking the their favorite team to the NBA Championship. This is 2K Sports' biggest soundtrack to date and it coincides with the use of one of the sport's biggest super stars of all time, Michael Jordan. These aspects along with the new game modes and slight tweaks being made to this version of the game make it look like NBA 2K11 will be the basketball game to beat this year. So check it out the setlist below the break and see what you think or to learn more about the game itself, click here. 

Conduit 2 Box Art Revealed, Details Emerge

Conduit 2 is heading to the Nintendo Wii packed with content including single player campaign, split-screen, and online combat. This title is compatible with the Wii MotionPlus as well as a full-featured headset being released for the Nintendo Wii for all your online smack-talk and team-based strategy discussion needs. SEGA is proud to be dropping this title on the Wii world which may be feeling a little starved for mature content from time to time (rating pending on Conduit 2) so stay tuned for the video interview revealing more information on this title at DualShockers today. Enjoy the box art above (click for full size) showing the hellfire one must go through to hold things down while wearing the heavy duty armor in Conduit 2.

Transformers: WfC Double XP Weekend + Play w/ Devs

This weekend starting at 6pm Pacific Time on Friday, July 30th and ending at midnight on Monday, August 2nd Transformers: War for Cybertron players will be rewarded with double experience points. As if that wasn't cool enough you can even game with the developers of Transformers War for Cybertron on Xbox LIVE tonight from 6pm - 9pm Pacific (3pm-6pm Eastern). Check out the Community link here and enjoy the double XP action with the team that brought the game to launch.

Worms Reloaded Announced for PC w/ Full Featured Map Editor

Yet another 2D Worms rehash has been announced by Team17, which is great news for fans of the series as well as anyone who just enjoys a good time blowing stuff up and having a laugh while doing so. Over the 15 years and counting of its existence, Worms has moved over 25 million units proving that you don't have to have state-of-the art graphics to get attention, game-play will indeed shine on its own merits! Debuting on the scene with hilarious weaponry such as thrown Old Ladies, Super Sheep, and the Holy Hand Grenade, Worms has kept an upbeat, light-hearted sense of humor while at the same time delivering unique and stylized combat arenas that are fully destructible and great for online multi-player. Worms got its start on PC and its great to see Team17 developing more titles for the platform to reward long-time fans for sticking with them.

The exclusive PC title called Worms Reloaded will feature over 60 single player missions including a Warzone Campaign and Bodycount Mode. In addition to this you can expect to see another fully featured landscape creator with lots of customizable map creation, as the PC Worms titles are known for. You can bust out over 45 weapons complete with some recognizable arsenal from each of the Worms titles in the long-lasting series.

If you are a fan of Worms you already know what's up, time to get crazy on PC again, hit the break for release date and pre-order bonus information! If you are new to the game or haven't really given it a fair shot yet, you need to take a look at the trailer after the break and ask yourself if you honestly want to miss out on this much pure fun factor.

Dragon Quest IX Special Event Map

At participating locations, owners of Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies can walk in and stop by to download a free Special Event Map. These locations include GameStop, Best Buy, and Simon Mall. Each map will be available first at the locations mentioned, and will be specific to each retailer.

There are also giveaways promised at these events, so be sure to take home some 'schwaaag.' This can also be seen as a great opportunity for players to connect with other Dragon Quest IX players to have multiplayer sessions and to trade maps. For more details on times and locations for the events, please click here. Happy Questing =)

Attention All Trainers: Want a Rare Pokémon?

Beginning this Saturday, players who connect to Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection on their Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver versions will receive the Enigma Stone. What is the Enigma Stone you say? It will allow trainers to catch either Latias or Latios, depending on which is unavailable on the given version. The legendary Pokémon will come like the other half of the pair at Level 40.

In exchange for the Enigma Stone, players will also get the hold item, Soul Dew. When held, Soul Dew powers up the Special Attack and Special Defense of Latias and Latios. Please note: In order to obtain either Latias or Latios, players must have beaten the Elite Four, claimed the National Pokédex, and have two or fewer Wonder Cards. Lastly, the chance to capture this the legendary Pokémon ends August 27, 2010.

New Halo Reach Trailer Debuts

With Halo: Reach scheduled to invade Xbox consoles everywhere in 7 weeks, Microsoft and Bungie this morning dropped their latest trailer (see the trailer, below), teasing plot points of the campaign portion of the game - and it's looking awfully somber for Noble 6.  With the Halo lore being as rich as the multiplayer is going to be massive, how many of you are going to give the campaign the maiden playthrough? Or are you still heading right to multiplayer to work on your quest to be the next MLG pro gamer?