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Air Conflicts: Aces of World War II Hands-on

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It would seem that videogames and World War II go together better than Brad and Angelina. Every year, a handful or first-person shooters and a bunch of flight games are set in the era, and people keep buying them up. Sadly, this overabundance of historical warfare doesn't usually bleed over to the PSP, but Graffiti Entertainment and Cowboy Rodeo are looking to change that with Air Conflict: Aces of World War II, a PSP title that's going to put you in the cockpit of 17 planes in more than 240 missions. In Air Conflicts , you'll be able to either jump into one of several campaigns or take to the skies as part of an ad-hoc multiplayer match for up to eight players. When your boot up Air Conflicts and choose to go solo, you'll enter a name for your pilot and then pick which country you're going to fly for -- the British Royal Air Force, the German Air Force known as Luffwaffe, USSR, or U.S. Air Force. Get'em in your crosshairs. What's interesting about this is

Tenchu: Shadow Assassins Hands-on

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Earlier this year, Ubisoft released Tenchu: Shadow Assassins on the Wii, a ninja-filled stealth game developed by the original creators of the franchise. The game once again placed players in the quiet shoes of two ninja: Rikimaru and Ayame, who both serve Lord Gohda by carrying out his less-than-clean work. The entire game is played from a third-person perspective and players move around dark environments, systematically dispatching guards and carrying out Lord Gohda's will. In a few weeks, Ubisoft will be bringing Tenchu: Shadow Assassins to the PSP. As far as I can tell, Shadow Assassins will be a very straight-forward port of the Wii version with no new modes to speak of. PSP owners will simply be taking this stealth experience on the road -- ditching the motion controls along the way. In Shadow Assassins, you control either Rikimaru or Ayame through a series of story missions that tell of their exploits under Lord Gohda's employment. Besides the story missions -- which c