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The Toronto of Scott Pilgrim is reality, if it were created in the image of a game-obsessed perpetual slacker. Needless to say, it makes perfect sense to me. A traditional 2d Beat-‘Em-Up from the River City Ransom school, Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game plays like a love letter to the first generation that truly grew up around console gaming, and it is a thing of beauty. Find out more after the jump.

If there is anything an in-depth look at fighting games will show us, it’s that the genre suffers from being difficult to approach (funny, I think I’ve written something about that before). When the top priority is creating a deep, competitive, balanced combat system, it’s very easy to forget that there are consumers out there in the world that are not hard core gamers.  BlazBlue: Continuum Shift does its best to open up and appeal to those who know very little about fighting games, but does it succeed where others have failed? Find out after the jump.

After two solid editions of Rock Band, an upcoming third, massive amounts of DLC and even a band themed game or two, lead designer Dan Teasdale has decided to part ways with Harmonix. Were there creative differences? Did a band he wanted in decline their music rights? Is he planning a lawsuit? Well, it may not involved lawyers, but Teasdale has some very understandable reasons. Hit the jump to see them.

In this first of several videos Valve will be releasing for Portal 2, we meet Wheatly; a British chap who's keen on giving you a hand while making you laugh throughout your trials. Glados has some big shoes to fill when it comes to Portal style comic relief, but Wheatly stands a good chance of going toe-to-toe with her. The Companion Cube was a truly lovable character, but I honestly think I may enjoy carrying Wheatly around even more. Check out the video to find out why.

No, this is not an entrant into a world's worst photoshopped contest, it's a sale on Bioware's RPGs!  Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 are on sale over at Amazon.com and it's a pretty good sale if I do say so myself. It seems like summer savings is the motto of online retailers this year, with the current steam sale and now Amazon dropping prices like it's hot.  Hit the jump for links and pricing.

Is it just me, or did E3 actually have a decent amount of MMO news?  This week we’ve seen a few updates, in both patching and in news, and as always some awesome videos.  The thing I’m most excited for is Warhammer 40k: Dark Millennium.  For serious, I’ve been waiting for this MMO since high school, I’m not even kidding.  Even still, I’m not sure how I’m going to choose that over The Old Republic.  I’ve been waiting for THAT game since I was a small child.  I’m pretty certain my high school self could beat up my child self, but I wonder who’d be the most determined, especially since in high school I was playing Everquest.  There were no MMORPGs when I was watching Star Wars for the first time, so maybe TOR will win.  It’s not important, onto the n

For those of you who don't know, the Devastation Live tournament has been running all weekend, but it's not over yet. We've been through several games, but the event is ending with Super Street Fighter 4, and the finals are being streamed live right now! Head over here to check out the action, and don't forget to root for Juice Box. He's come into the competitive scene from out of nowhere and looks like he has what it takes to go all the way. This tournament is seriously intense, and you don't wanna miss it. Check it out.

You know what we need? More hype about Call of Duty games. Mad Catz is helping Activision fill their "hype quota" with the upcoming release of their Black Ops PrecisionAIM controllers for PS3 and Xbox 360. But that's not all, folks. They are even releasing a headset and gaming glasses. Hit the jump for details.

So, here it is, 6PM EST on June 17th, 2010 and I'm sitting at my desk playing the recently released Magic: The Gathering game because I pre-ordered Medal of Honor and am waiting for the beta.  Unfortunately, it's not just me waiting for my beta key, but just about everyone.  Many people are thinking that it's their preferred method of pre-order.  Gamestop, Steam, EA store, these are the venues people have gone through and imagine their problem is localized.  I'm here to tell you it's not, and I'm here to tell you that it's unlikely that if we do play today, it will be today very long.  Hit the jump to find out why.

I was actually slightly disappointed in the Mortal Kombat trailer. The game looks excellent, yes, but I expected a lot more blood. Well the above video, courtesy of Screw Attack, gave me exactly what I was looking for. Blood, dismemberment and death after death. This is what we all remember about Mortal Kombat, and this shaky video shows how beautifully the newest MK game pulls it off. Check it out.