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9 August games that guarantee you'll never succeed in school

EX: "We entirely endorse the merits of academia, but if you're completely irresponsible and value having fun more than learning some rubbish you'll forget in a few months anyway, here are ten awesome titles coming out this month that will consume your free time and ensure you'll never get good grades."

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Urmomlol5019d ago

Decent list. Eh. Dunno about Kane and Lynch 2 --demo didn't impress me.

StarCraft II (even though it was a July game) will make tons of kids drop out of school. It'll be like 1998 all over again.

BeOneWithTheGun5019d ago

the demo blew. Same ole take an enemy, splice him to make more enemies, have each one take two steps, duck, blind shoot, pop head up, re-duck (word?), shoot again....

And holy crap the controls? They were clunkier than my GMC Hornet I bought when I turned 16.

The story will be pretty decent, I'm sure but man the rest of it looks like a big pile of crap.

HolyOrangeCows5019d ago (Edited 5019d ago )

The only thing that felt different was the cover system, and even that is still a bit flawed.

I'm having fun with the multiplayer in the demo, but that doesn't mean I'll blow $60 on it.

ReservoirDog3165019d ago

I actually thought it was a pretty good demo. Maybe I'm just looking at the story potential though. Either way I thought it was good.

Also, didn't know Valkyria Chronicles 2 came out August 31st. With KH BBS and that coming out the same week, my PSP's gonna get a lot of use. Also I need $80.

Rumor5018d ago

i love the title of the article, but november is the month of games :)

FACTUAL evidence5019d ago

@ kane and Lynch 2. Umm I'd rather do my school work thank you. XD
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ChickeyCantor5019d ago

"heh heh...school sucks!"

Until you realise how important it was that you should have finished it.

killyourfm5019d ago

I think VC2 is going to rule my August! Fortunately I've been out of school a long time. I'm not telling *how* long.

Queasy5019d ago

Good thing I'm out of school.

GusBricker5019d ago (Edited 5019d ago )

...is FAR worse for my wallet.

Mafia II, for sure, though.

Blaze9295019d ago

Starting the semester up again in August sure does blow. This summer felt great and it allowed me to realize how many games I had stacked up to play that I couldn't due to being in school. August, the only game I'm looking forward to is Mafia II.

Then there's Halo Reach in September. Ulgh....might just have to be a part time student this semester haha.

At least one good thing comes from putting off gaming for school work: when you finally remember to pick it up it'll be cheaper :).

Sharingan_no_Kakashi5019d ago

But I don't care I'm in college for game design so I just convince myself that playing games IS studying lol.

MMFGaming5019d ago

It is, sort of. Gives you inspiration and new ideas to experiment with! The best way to learn is to experience and see what's out there. And if that means spending 8 hours a day playing WoW so you can learn about level design instead of studying for your mid term, so be it!

hassi945018d ago

Don't encourage him MMF! :P

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The 10 Best Comic Book Video Games of All Time

From Xfire: "You'd think that there would be more good comic book video games (outside of the obvious superhero ones) released over the years, but the truth is, they are quite rare. Thankfully, a growing number of studios are tapping into this valuable resource to bring audiences the best comic book video games."

BigMalk1041d ago

No The Punisher (PS2)...

Smh

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The Best Games You Can't Officially Buy Anymore

From Xfire: "It's been estimated that roughly half of the video games ever released on the market can no longer be downloaded or purchased. Whether this is exactly correct is not the point. Rather, we think that either way, the video game industry, as a whole, has done a terrible job at preserving video games and making older titles available to play for future generations."

Terry_B1075d ago

You can play all of these games still lol. The headline is just misleading. Funny is that there is not one game in the list that you really can't play anymore due to it being online only games.

CorndogBurglar1074d ago (Edited 1074d ago )

Its not about games you can't play. Its about games you can't officially buy anywhere.

Terry_B1074d ago

The author changed it actually

Army_of_Darkness1074d ago

Who needs to buy these games anyway? Most of them are average at best and won't really be missed.

littletad1074d ago (Edited 1074d ago )

It says buy, not play though. You can't purchase Deadpool or the Simpsons game anymore. Unless you have a 360 for the simpsons or a physical copy of deadpool, or purchased it before it was delisted.

shuvam091074d ago

Look at his comment. It's from 9 hours ago. Article goes back 4 hours. Title might have been changed after realising the mistake

isarai1075d ago

One you actually legit cannot play AT ALL is Noby Noby Boy. I miss turning my brain off and messing around in that game, was so psyched to re-download it when i rebought a ps3 slim, but you cant, even if it's in your downl library, along with a few other obscure PS3 games i had.

NecrumOddBoy1075d ago

The original memes to the moon game. Loved NNB on PS3.

FreeckyCake1075d ago

I would replace Transformers Devastation with War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron tho.

Knightofelemia1075d ago (Edited 1075d ago )

Transformers Devastation was good but not as good as Fall and War of Cybertron they should be on the list. SH 2 I can play any time I want since it came free in a $10 Xbox I bought used. The Simpsons Arcade I have on my PS3 surprised the Xmen Arcade game is not on this list or the Turtles arcade game either.

CorndogBurglar1074d ago

I had the X-Men arcade game on my 360. I don't know if Xbox Live is still a thing or not, and of it is, I don't know of they still sell X-Men. But it was deinitely on Xbox Live at some point.

Knightofelemia1074d ago (Edited 1074d ago )

If you had X-Men before you can redownload it from your transaction history on the 360 Microsoft did not castrate the 360 from online. That is how I was able to redownload the old TMNT arcade game to my 360 you can't play it on XB1 or Series X but you can still access it for sure on the 360.

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This Doesn’t Redeem You, Ubisoft

Re-releasing Scott Pilgrim vs The World doesn't fix things quite that easily.

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mastershredder1324d ago

"But because of some absolute scumbags at the top, I can’t in good conscience even think about giving this company a dollar at the moment. It would be like if Konami suddenly announced that PT and Silent Hills was coming back that would be great, but you also have to wonder what made them changed their mind."

You really did not have much to go on, but that just exposed how out of touch, fan news driven and un-industry you are. I get that you think that your heros can do no wrong and all, but get back to gaming kiddo. Squeak on.

Meanwhile, they are looking for contributors to deliver more of this. :/

Pyrofire951323d ago

Should they just stop producing anything until people suddenly forgive them?