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Transformers 3 Is The End

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Whatever Paramount decides to do with their cash cow Transformers franchise, one thing is for sure: Michael Bay's third film will be an end to the story he set out to tell. "This one really builds to a final crescendo," Bay told USA Today. "It's not three multiple endings... As a trilogy, it really ends. [The franchise] could be rebooted again, but I think it has a really killer ending." The director also revealed who the villain is. Ready? It's Shockwave, the one-eyed overseer of Cybertron whose toy turned into a wicked purple laser canon thing. The man himself -- Shockwave As for the plot? "The new film features Sam Witwicky ( Shia LaBeouf ) taking his first tenuous steps into adulthood while remaining a reluctant human ally of Optimus Prime ." (It's better than saving the world with a gym sock full of Matrix glitter while racist robots look on...) Through this story, a mystery of sorts emerges, as TF3 centers around the "space r...

XCOM Preview

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FBI special agent William Carter pulls up, stopping his car in the picturesque, tree-lined suburban street. His surroundings are the very vision of archetypal 1950s America – modern houses, well-kept lawns and white picket fences. But something isn't right. The scene seems frozen, eerily quiet. There's no activity in the streets. No kids playing or selling lemonade. No guys working on their cars in their driveway. Something terrible lurks beneath this silence. Carter pulls out his map, and checks his destination. The distress call intercepted by XCOM (or Extraterrestrial Combat Unit ) came from a house in the area, so that's where Carter and his two offsiders are headed. They begin making their way down the road, but a shout for help rings out from a nearby house, and Carter takes off, following a slimy black trail that coats the ground. It's too late. One of the inhabitants of the house is lying face-down, covered in black goo. It's all over for him, but Carter ta...

How to Unlock Monster Hunter Missions in Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker

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If you're one of those dedicated Kojima fans, chances are that you've picked up Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , the latest chapter in the seemingly never ending saga of Metal Gear. While you're knocking bad guys out and building your own army, you might start wondering "Where the hell are all the Monster Hunter levels I heard about." Well, they're here, but getting to them takes a bit of work. If you missed it the first time around , Konami announced a few months ago that it was partnering with Capcom to put some of the Monster Hunter monsters into Peace Walker so that Snake could test his skills. However, if you were just casually playing through Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, you could easily miss these gems. The first piece of the puzzle is that you have to listen to every one of Chico's audio briefings. To do this, pick a mission, select "Briefing Files" before deploying, and then move to the Chico file library. Listen to each one of thes...

Sprint EVO 4G vs. iPhone 4

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How do Apple and HTC's smartphone juggernauts compare? While the RIM's Blackberry OS holds the crown for United States smartphone dominance, Apple's iPhone ranks second, and Android is quickly rising in the ranks. As Google's Android mobile platform continues to grow in popularity, so does the range of alluring smartphone hardware that runs it, which with every passing iteration takes further aim on the iPhone juggernaut. Earlier this year Google's Nexus One was introduced as a viable competitor to the iPhone 3GS, and now HTC's Evo 4G will go toe-to-toe with Apple's newly introduced iPhone 4. Each with powerful new technologies and their own unique feature-sets, the iPhone 4 and HTC Evo 4G will battle for the hearts, minds, and cash of consumers well into the holiday season. To give you a better sense of how these two mobile giants match up, we've constructed a rundown of the software, hardware, pricing, and technical specifications of each. Design In t...

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Review

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As of this moment -- as I sit typing on my keyboard -- I'm 35 hours into Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker , and the game only has more to show me. I beat the story at the 17-hour mark or so, but with more than 100 Extra Ops serving as mini-games/challenges, my own Metal Gear to mold and customize, a platoon of 350 soldiers, dozens of hands-off Outer Ops missions to send troops out on and so much more, I don't know when I'll put this game down. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker is probably the biggest game in the Metal Gear series, and it's only on Sony's smallest system. Grab your gun and watch the video review. Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker picks up the story of Naked Snake (AKA Big Boss) after the events of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater and Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops. It's 1974, and Snake's a bit disenchanted. After killing his "traitorous" mentor the Boss in Metal Gear Solid 3, Snake left the United States and founded Militaires S...

Assassin's Creed Bloodlines Preview

If you just couldn't get enough of Altair, the robed protagonist of the first Assassin's Creed, get ready to continue the slaughter on PSP. Bloodlines picks up the storyline where the first game left off with the assassination of Robert de Sable. Altair continues in pursuit of de Sable's girlfriend Maria, captures her and continues his investigation of the Templar Knights in Cyprus. Having played the game from the beginning, the look and feel is extremely reminiscent of Assassin's Creed on the console. However, as far as we can tell there are no segments set in modern times or featuring Desmond, the bartender and main protagonist from the first game. Our previous previews have described the look of Bloodlines in great detail, but now we can tell you for ourselves exactly how it plays. The developers have tried, within the limitation of the PSP, to recreate the first game on the handheld. Altair moves and fights like he did on the consoles with a control system that is n...

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